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CHANGE AT WOODWARDACADEMY As progress changes everything, so it has changed Woodward Academy, and like any lasting, successful insti- tution. Woodward has constantly tried new ideas in a con- tinous attempt to improve itself. The school year 1980-81 saw many changes in administration, curriculum and the physical structure of the campus. The administrative changes set up a new, triangular ad- ministration. Mr. Don Woolf, appointed Vice-President of Curriculum, will be in charge of the student aspects of Woodward, giving Dr. Jones the freedom to concentrate on alumni relations, development, and fund raising. Mr. Jim Chandler will act as Vice-President of Finance. Another administrative change has taken place with Mr. Paul Stock- hammer becoming Director of Admissions and Mr. Ira P. Sanderson taking on the responsibility of Development. In the area of curriculum, the emphasis in 1980-81, is on quality instead of quantity, giving students a deeper knowl- edge in essential areas. The school day has been shortened to six periods each lasting 50 minutes. Teachers have been asked to set higher standards for student work. Dr. Jones expresses this approach by saying I would rather a student take four or five challenging subjects and do well, than be spread so thin over many subjects. Renovations have been made in the physical structure of Woodward ' s campus. Classrooms have been added in Tucker Hall of the Lower School, and Upper School class- rooms have been remodeled. Resident life has been made more pleasant with the remodeling of Weltner I and II, Evans, and Woodward Halls. Rutland Hall, now the pre- school center, has also been remodeled, and a new pre- school wing has been added at the Busey School. In the student parking lot, a separate entrance and exit have been constructed, so traffic will flow in one direction, and park- ing spaces are now slanted, minimizing confusion and mak- ing parking easier. These many changes have been made because of Wood- ward ' s special attitude of always striving to do better. Because of this willingness to change and thereby improve. Woodward Academy again proves that it is a school com- mitted to being the best and to making a significant difference in the education of its students 16 CHANGES
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iTRIVIAi r Oix times in the Academy ' s history a marching unit and the band engulfed Washington, D.C. to help bring in a new Presi- dent of the United States of America. In the photo above, the Academy ' s cadets are shown participating in the 1961 Inau- gral Parade of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Georgia Military cadets have also marched in the parades for Teddy Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Eisenhower, and Johnson. 1907 1920 1928 1937 1950 1964 1965 1967 1969 1971 1972 1973 1975 1978 1979 Trivia Briefs First dance held at GMA First Senior Dance Georgia Military Academy became the first school to offer a course in aviation First year that girls served ais GMA cheerleaders They were called the Red Peppers and were from Commercial High School. GMA organized its first wrestling team. GMA admitted its first coeds Susan Brewster and Elizabeth Alden Davis were GMA ' s first female graduates First graduating class under the name of Woodward Academy Woodward Academy, in this year, first allowed female resident students. Girl ' s athletics begun. First service club started at Woodward. First Super-Goober Day held First time female faculty members marched with male faculty members in processionals Seventy-fifth anniversity of the Academy First resident student, Virginia Serrato, elected Woodward Homecoming Queen First graduating class to have members who attended The Busey School First off-campus Junior-Senior Prom W hile there are many memorials on our cam- pus, perhaps none is so overlooked as the com- memorated rifle pit in the front of Brewster Hall. That monument marks what was once a line of Confederate Fortifications built for the defense of Atlanta during the Civil War. It was this line that was broken by Sherman when he captured Atlanta on his march to the sea. The monument stands a silent witness of the war which swept over our land in the 1860 ' s. The stone marker was erected on the campus by the Daughters of the Confederacy to commemorate the events that took place during the War Between the States. The marker reads: Site of Atlanta Breast Works and Rifle Pits used for the Defense of Atlanta during the Battle July 1864 erected by Robert Edward Lee Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy Another of the interesting markers on the cam- pus is the Korean War Monument. Given by the Class of ' 61, it honors those alumni who lost their lives in the Korean War. WOODWARD TRIVlA 15
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