Harpeth Hall School - Milestones Iris Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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Harpeth Hall began in the fall of 1951, the same year that Ward-Belmont closed. Under Mrs. Souby, the Headmistress, and a faculty chosen from Ward- Belmont, the new school naturally kept many of the old traditions and standards. Lady of the Hall, the four major clubs, the Student Council, and the George Washington birthday celebration are a few of our familiar institutions which have roots in Ward- Belmont. The building known to us as Souby Hall, together with twenty-six acres of land, was bought from the Estes family and housed the faculty and all 161 students until the first classrooms were added later that year. In 1953 the Bullard Gymnasium was completed. Other additions since then include the auditorium, the Annie C. Allison Library, and the Daugh W. Smith Middle School. Late in the fall of the year Harpeth Hall opened, it was accredited by the Southern Association. Its purpose then, as now, was to provide girls with an opportunity to prepare for college and for life. Harpeth Hall is now ending its twenty-fifth year, just as our country is entering its two hundredth year. In a short time, many changes have been wrought— new classes, more activities, and Winterim. There are more changes due. Yet the original, basic idea of preparation and of experience has not been changed; it seems only to have expanded.

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MARGARET INGRAM COBLE 1959-1975 Carefree and unbound, the world was hers— only the sky to keep her spirit from flowing over. Every day, a challenge to know, learn, and to love more of life Kept her minutes filled with hope- to catch the reason why, to make lier sad friend smile. Oftentimes alone and unsure, to gras-p required more reaching. Yet she was always herself, her very best self . . . Daring to be different, and to follow her own star. -Walton Estes

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Knowledge is just self-pride; and if you ' re proud of yourself, then everything else will look better.