Montgomery Bell Academy - Bell Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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Meadmaster Mr. Howard Alien might almost be said to have grown up with the school— a fact which j)er- haps accounts for his fine understanding of the boys and their problems. First a student, then the head of the athletic department for eight years, and now our esteemed Headmaster, he is truly a vital part of the school. His practical suggestions and inspiring willingness to help us have been of great benefit to Montgomery Bell Academy. Howard .Allf.n

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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.

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Miss Mary IIflen Si fpsc) English Instructor n.A. anil M.A. at Vanderbilt; gradiinit work at George Pealxrdy College fi»r Teaiher : iiininier work at University of Chicago; taught one year in Davidson CUninty sys- tem. then for four years at Stephens tUrllege, in Missouri, where she taught C.ollcge Fresh- man English. Ralph (;. Morrissey English Instructor B.. . at Washington and I.ee llniversity; M.. . at Vanderbilt Unisersity. Mess Mary Helen Simp.son Ralph (;. Morrlssey Henry Hackman Miss Virginia Kennemur Henry Hackman B.S., Middle Tennessee Teachers Cxrllegc; Head of Science Depanment at M. B. A. for two years. Mlss Virginia Kennemur Librarian B.A. at University of Georgia; candidate for M.A., George Peaboily farllegc for Teacher , June. lfM4; has .served three years as a li- brarian. and has l een at M. B. A. for two years.