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

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LIFE! PAST THEIR PRIME. Dandelion puffs fascinate Ronnie Shobe in a few free mo- ments in the afternoon. Civilian clothes were still allowed during free afternoons. NOT SO NEAT, but the year starts with a first formation of tennis shoes, nervous new officers and the first playing of the “Star Spangled Banner.” WINTER PASTORAL. Cadets stay in their quarters and the winter winds finally bring snow into the Shenandoah Valley. Student Life Divider —90

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GNEW “LEAVES IN “IT don’t see how it’s changed so much.” ‘‘Well, I do. Look at those new cadets. They do not have to look half as sharp or cut the corners as we did. And watch those shines. These new cadets stink ... ’’ The sentiment . was not new, but there was truth in both statements. Faculty members were con- vinced that the year was better than the old one, that there was a warmth and a glow. The action was Calmer, but there was more of it by far, cite TWISTED ANKLE brings a touch of agony to Tom White. Andres Ayau comforts Tom with the fact that AMA is winning against arch rival FMS. MODERN CARS frame graduation ceremonies in 1926. Note the huge 48-star flag which will be lowered just as Auld Lang Syne sounds on the blacktop. Only the cars and cadets and flag have changed 50 years later. 0 8 — Student Life Divider

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010 — School Opening MIXING OGETHER None of the officers complained when the order arrived at home to report to school two days early. They were the first to know that Col. M.H. Livick's order was out to turn over a new leaf. New cadets didn’t even notice that the lines they had to walk were sharper and that they couldn’t talk to one another. They just obeyed. When the old cadets returned, they knew and said much ... but in a short time, they fell into the swing of things. With Mike Perez as the B.C. it was the first time that a cadet of Latin-American origin had become the top man. One day less of orientation meant one more day of class. Faculty reac- tion to the corps was positive. “These cadets are a notch above last year’s group,” stated Col. Paul Hoover, Math Department head. LONG GREY LINE takes shape ... in only days. Second year man Billy Huegel takes it in stride for the first Sunday parade of the school year.