Augusta Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Fort Defiance, VA)

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Spring fever fails to enervate cadets With a short month, there was no chance for spring fever to take over. Models, projects, and term papers kept the corps apprehensive about grades amidst the normal anxiety in awaiting vacation, spring, and warm weather. Fat letters from colleges were ripped open with glee, but thin ones were frowned upon by nervous seniors. Juniors received their introduction to College Boards about the same time as ROTC scholarship announcements arrived in Fort Defiance. Snowballs are verboten at AMA, but from the first day of March, cadets ducked the flurry of lacrosse balls on the stoops, in the courtyard, against the walls, and even through door windows. In short order, Col. Livick evacuated barracks, and the barrage ceased until faculty backs were turned. Tennis courts were jammed with the return of warm weather and the greens at Ingleside were alive with people, pros, amateurs, and cadets. BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT of awards, Larry Reed and Jeff Wenzel wait for other members of the RECALL staff at the spring session of CSPA. During the banquet at the Waldorf on Saturday, the staff was stunned by the award presented to Gol. Savedge — the S, K. Smith Yearbook Scholarship Award for the top-rated yearbook in the nation. Also winning the S. K. Smith trophy and scholarship was the WHITEHALL of Pennsylvania, which has Miss Marjorie Lazarus as the adviser. ———

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PRE-EASTER MASS brings Father Benedict to AMA. Don Malnati receives communion while Rollo Gutierrez, Randy Armstrong and Bill Dulaney await their turn. Father Benedict’s weekly visits helped cadets, DEEP IN THE HEART OF DIXIE! Dixie Purser gains sustenance from fried shrimp, mashed potatoes, and green peas. It’s almost a Friday night traditional fare at AMA in Major Peduto’s Mess Hall domain. o DUMBFOUNDED is Bruce Orenstein by the magnitude of the Luray Cavern formations. Doug McDowell checks out a huge stalagmite, but it’s not one of those which makes the rocks sing. Luray’s cavern organ is world famous. MODEL TIME for mathematics classes. Keith May’s flip-top pyramid becomes one of Col. Hoover's prized possessions, since it’s perfect for illustrating the Yale program of SMSG geometry, in use at AMA for six years. 28 — Cadet Life | ae [ I. fs oth dl ' ty } i.

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Frenzy of Gil-mania grips battalion Whack! Squoosh! Boom! Sounds of spring cleaning drowned out the amplifiers, the transistors, and the stereos in April. GI blues brought on frantic efforts to police up, spruce, oil, and brighten up every room, rifle, stoop, and cadet for annual Government Inspection, an early April happening. Spit and polished cadets greeted the visiting team headed by Col. J. R. Lovell. Classroom visits, inspections, and a formal parade which pleased the team resulted in renewal of AMA’s Honor Military School ranking. All the work paid off when an extra afternoon in town was given for the corps’ cooperation. Wailing down to Lexington, the RECALL men spoke at SIPA and won four awards. Charlie Pascale and Larry Reed won prizes for long distance attendance awards. Best Private School yearbook trophy and the Gilliam Trophy for best yearbook in the contest made the weekend a memorable one. More trophies appeared in the trophy case when Roller Rifles and Band won first place awards at the Dogwood Festival.