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

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A PINEY MAZE of spinning branches entices John Comstock and Steve McCartney on a climb to investigate its unknown top; Indian Summer madness hits.

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FAR REACHING OFFENSIVE is explaine: vividly by Herb Maher (15) to John Eden (17). Rob Stump waits for the soccer action to begin. Front field confrontations dominate action as year begins Footmen survived long hours on the practice field to prepare for the tight soccer schedule. Toiling just as hard was the ex- panded football squad. Point possibilities for the companies swelled with a new intramural sports program which not only offered an outlet for excessive energies, but also brought over 150 boys into the scene and out of barracks. Wedged into the schedule was a full formal inspection — the first for many. Military strate- gists then programmed in a fall clean-up day, polishing every- thing for the coming evaluation. Eager Cotillion Club men waited for the arrival of the vari-colored crepe paper for the work to begin on the Fall Formal. Anxiously the faculty prepared and waited for the days of the approaching evaluation. ROOTERS IN A VARIETY OF MOODS clap, rap, stomp, and cheer for action to peak on the football field. Woodberry dampened soaring hopes. BROOM BRIGADE of high ranking (in the ratings and in spirit) ‘“C’ men oat stroll in formation to their fall-day tl rer Giee: clean-up assignment at the gym. :

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14 — Vitality MORE RELAXATION followed evaluation activities. Randy Armstrong decided that the dance was an ideal time to sit, relax, listen, and rap with his Stuart Hall date. UNSTABLE LIGHT MAN Ed Prado holds on to an antique lamp arm with a tipsy trash can underfoot. It was gleaming when polished. Evaluation passes into memory with advent of Parents’ Day Last second preparations kept faculty and cadets on their toes for the Southern Association and State Board evaluation. Gone almost as soon as they had arrived, the 16 evaluators from colleges, private and public schools heaped praise, and a few constructive ideas for the new decade at AMA. Howls, demons, apple dunks, black cats, and cellar activity at “White Hall” turned several Lower School men white. Re- freshments and games relieved the Halloween tension. Wondering parents drove in in droves — wondering about the grades their sons had made, wondering about the adjustment, and wondering what inches had been added (and where) to their sons’ physiques. Unbelievable rumors were rampant, also. Another first brought the rumor into the open — Col. Livick announced at a parents assembly (never before sched- uled) that cadets would be home for Thanksgiving. A few sneaky cadets led the cheering. CRUTCHES AND CLOUDS could,not prevent Ron Melcher from making, it out on field to receive his commission from his mother during commissioning parade. 7 MS. “w ee