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

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Each year at Harpeth Hall goes by in much the same way.

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Dedication: Miss Idanelle McMurry In a community such as Harpeth Hall, in which each student is busy with her term paper or game or dance, each teacher worried about his or her exam or team or club and the board concerned about money for the new buildings, it is often easy to forget the axis around which our microcosm has so long revolved, the force which, to a large extent, has kept it revolving. When Idanelle McMurry arrived in 1963, Harpeth Hall was a very small high school with only two buildings. Today the two buildings still remain along with the library, the middle school, the Wallace wing and the new arts and athletics building. With this campus expansion under the leadership and guidance of Miss McMurry, the student and faculty size of Harpeth Hall has greatly increased. Greatness, however, cannot be entirely measured in numbers. Miss McMurry has helped effect many other changes, including Winterim and the addition of innovative courses, while maintaining the high standard of education for which Harpeth Hall is known. Aside from these improvements in our own community, Miss McMurry has brought much local and even national esteem for Harpeth Hall with her capacity for leadership. Her many major roles in education include that of past president of organizations such as the Southern Association of Independent Schools and the National Association of Principals of Schools for Girls. In addition, she has been a member of the board of directors and secretary of the National Association of Independent Schools. Miss McMurry is listed in Who ' s Who in America and is a member of several service organizations. Having achieved Phi Beta Kappa and having received both her B.A. and M.A. from Vanderbilt, Miss McMurry has participated in our community for longer than most of us can remember. Although these honors mean a great deal to Harpeth Hall, they are not the aspects of Miss McMurry which we will remember most. We will recall how she seemed to know everyone ' s name, how she attended all of our school activities, how she loved her work, and how she loved us. Thus, the 1979 Milestones staff would like to dedicate this annual to Miss Idanelle McMurry, who has dedicated her last sixteen years to all of us.

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The timeiessness of a traditional southern girls ' school seems manifest in the ivy-covered Souby Hall, tree- lined drive and massive h ' ons ' heads in the stone front gate. Even fashion remains unchanged at Harpeth Hall, one piaid year fading into another. Each year brings enthusiastic though somewhat awed freshmen and ieaves behind enthusiastic though somewhat bJeary-eyed seniors.