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

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Winterim ' 78, like past Winterims, proved to be a valuable and broadening experience for Harpeth Hall students both on and off campus. Students who remained on campus, mostly freshmen and sophomores, participated in a wide range of activities, from the more traditional crafts of decoupage and needlework to such courses as Life and Love in the Middle Ages or From Grimm to Disney: What They Neglected to Tell You in Your Bedtime Stories. On-campus students also took advantage of the new Arts and Athletics Center with courses in ceramics, printmaking, fabric design, jazz, tap, modern dance, theater crew and musical comedy as well as basketball and self-defense. Off-campus athletic pursuits also included riding at the Brownland Farms, competitive swimming at the Nashville Aquatic Center, and tennis at Vanderbilt. Students also held jobs off-campus in the music industry or in the Tennessee Legislature. Many girls, however, did not even stay in Nashville during January, as trips to suit many tastes were offered. A four-day trip whisked girls off to New York for shopping and visiting museums. Some Harpeth Hall students escaped January ' s ice and snow by studying marine biology in the Florida Keys, while others spent the month plowing through New England snowdrifts in a van driven by Mr. Kramer. Other students did not even remain in the United States. Mrs. Carden and a group of fourteen girls spent one week in Paris and three weeks living with French families while attending a school in France, learning the language and experiencing French culture. Ms. Johnson, Miss Felkel, and Mrs. Stamps chaperoned forty-five girls on a tour of England, Scotland, and Wales, where they encountered (and brought home) Scottish plaids and English accents. Students returned to a regular schedule in February, refreshed by a break in the usual routine and with many different experiences to share with each other.