Montgomery Bell Academy - Bell Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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foreword In one Iniiulrcd ihiriy-ciglu years of siuressful exisience, Montj oinery Hell Academy has never liad a yearbook. One explanation of the fact may l)e that until a time of world wide chaos arose, the memory of this sc1hm)1 remained particularly clear in the minds of all its graduates. Now, however, in as much as the number of distractions and callings to which each of us finds himself cxposc‘d is increasing, and because, too, in times of stress people have a natural tendency to try to put into somewhat secure and permanent form those values and ex|x?riences of life which they prize, we, the Senior Class, wish to leave this annual as a record of a great year at Afontgomery Hell— a year of s|)ecial significance to us. rrue, the various members of our class may not in life after school demonstrate such (piali- ties of greatness in character and talent as we find in Sam Davis and General Frank M. .Andrews, M. H. A. graduates, nevertheless, there does exist in our hearts the ambition to go hirth into the world to bring credit to our institution. Cireat deeds may lie ahead of some of us, but great thoughts and high hearts are for EACH of us an endowment from Montgomery Bell. May the students of the classes here carry on in the true tradition of our school. 1 ME SENIOR CLASS.

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Brownxee O. Currey Montgomery Bell I ■ • i - r. B, A. is fortunate indeed to have as chairman of its Board of rrustccs Mr. Brownlee O. Currey, who has been a student of the school and a lifetime res- ident of Nashville. To his foresight and industry we owe many of the splendid innovations which have been made, and in his deep and abiding interest we find an additional reason for loyalty to M. B. A. This sch(K)l takes its name from Mont- gomery Bell, Nashville industrialist and banker, whose will in 1852 created a trust fund for educational purposes.

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I’ROr-KSSOR AND MRS. ISAAC lUl.l. Dedication I’his yearbook cannot o fortli witliout an arknowlcdgincnt to Professor and Mrs. Isaac Hall, who have in so many ways been admired and cherished by every class and graduate from Montgomery Bell Academy. .Although other students and interested friends have paid tribute to them in numerous thoughtful ways and excellently chosen phrases, we also wish to express an appreciation and affection for what they have given to the students of this school. ' I ' o us the following tpiotation from I ' homas Huxley serves to describe the aim which these two Iversons must have had in mind throughout all their relationship w’ith the many boys with w ' hom they have come in contact. “ I ' hat man. I think. ha.s had a lil)cral ediuaiion who lias l)cen so trained in yontli tfiat his Ixuly is the ready servant of his will and does with ease and pleasure all the work that, as a mechanism, it is capable of; whose intellect is a clear, cohl. logic engine, with ail its parts of etpial strength and in snuMtth working order; ready, like a steam engine, to he turned to any kind of work, and spin the gos.samers as well as forge the anchors of the mind; whose mind is stored with a knowledge of the great and fundamental truths of Nature and of the laws of her operations; one who. no stunted ascetic, is full of life and fire, hut whose passions are trainc d to c »me to heel by a vigorous will, the servant of a tender conscience; who has learnetl to love all beauty, whether of Nature or of art. to hate all vileness, and to respect others as himself. Further, Profc.s.sor Ball’s arm around our shoulders and Mrs. Ball’s smile have served not only to inspire us, but also to guide us toward this ideal. It is one thing to know what one is to do or be; it is an entirely different thing to do or to be it. I’oward this latter goal, too. Professor and Mrs. Ball helped us forw ' ard.