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

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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