Montgomery Bell Academy - Bell Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

Text from Pages 1 - 128 of the 1947 volume:

JESSE FORD Editor HUGH BRYAN Business Manager OF MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY THE 1947 EDITION OF THE BELL WILL FULFILL ITS PURPOSE, IF IN FUTURE YEARS, IT CAN RECALL THE INCIDENTS THAT HAVE FILLED THIS SCHOOL YEAR OF 1946-47. THIS IS YOUR AN- NUAL; KEEP IT, AND EVERY DECADE OR SO, BRUSH OFF ITS DUSTY COVER AND REMEMBER MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY AS IT WAS IN 1946 AND 1947. — The Editor. WHO KNOWS THE The 1947 BELL is dedicated to Headmaster Richard Lee Sager. In three years he has endeared himself to every M. B. A. student. He has stood hy the student body, he has dealt justly with every hoy, he has never swerved from his set course — upholding the honor of the M. B. A. student. If one were to ask what Mr. Sager stands for, the answer would not he long forthcoming: ' ' Honor, Truth, and Manhood. ' ' The Senior Class MR. SAGER ART OF MIXING WORK AND PLAY RICHARD LEE SAGER IN MEMORIAM In loving and respectful memory of Mr. Isaac Ball, headmaster of M. B. A. for thirty years, whose every thought was devoted to creating highest ideals of honor, loyalty, and patriotism in his hoys so that they might better serve their country. Truly he was one of God’s noblemen. The City of Nashville and the hundreds of boys who were in his care mourn the loss of this great but simple man. Mrs. Norton Campbell Public Speaking Mrs. John Bitzer A.B., M.A. English Mrs. Clara Nell Dixon Seventh Grade Mr. R. T. Cornelius A.B., M.A. Modern Languages Mr. Henry A. Hackman Miss Helen Huffman B.S. Science B.S., M.A. Algebra Miss Jean McCanless Mr. James C. Rule A.B. English A.B., M.A. Mathematics Miss Loreen Thompson Eighth Grade Mrs. Hines Sims A.B. Latin Mrs. W. F. Ewton Secretary Mr. John T. Younger A.B., M.A. History SCHOLASTIC RECORD OF CLASS OF ' 46 Montgomery Bell Academy is justly proud of the record made in the first semester of college by the class of 1946. There were twenty-six in the graduating class and all twenty-six of them entered college. Since the recommendation grade for college admission is 80 for the senior year, two of the graduates were not recommended. Of the twenty-four who were rec- ommended, eighteen attended Vanderbilt, and one entered Princeton, Beth- el, Tennessee Junior College, Peabody, T. P. L, Sewanee, respectively. The boys took a total of 102 classes and failed only 4 of them, thus making a per- centage of 3.9 failures. This is one of the best records a class has ever made and the school congratulates each and every one of them. The two non-recommended boys took a total of nine classes and failed three. Nine boys who had been in the army or navy entered college for the first time last fall and took at Vanderbilt a total of 33 classes. At Sewanee one boy took 5 classes. Of these 38 classes, there were only 4 failures. This is particularly good in view of the fact that these boys had been out of school for one or two years and getting back into the study routine was very difficult. M. B. A. appreciates the fact that all of its old grads are up- holding the good name of the school and are showing the college authorities that M. B. A. boys are good college material. SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Bill Calton President Jack Whiteaker Vice-President Ken Goodpasture Secretary R oemor Hugh McLellan Bryan, Jr. Business Manager Annual ’47; Bible Medal ’46. William Thomas Calton M icrobe Football ’43; School Committee ’43, ’45, ’46; Basketball: Cootie ’45, Var- sity ’46, ’47; Tennis Team ’45-’47; Golf Team ’46, ’47; Honor Council ’45-’47; Asst. Sports Editor Bell Ringer’’ ’45, ’46; Monogram Club ’45-’47; President Junior Class; President Senior Class. Russell Campbell William F. Carpenter President Junior Honor Society ’44, ’45; ‘B’’ Football ’44, ’45. Reporter “Bell Ringer’’ ’45, ’46; Scholar- ship Medals ’44, ’45; Science Medal ’46. Henry Jamison Farrar M icrobe Football ’43; Microbe Basket- ball, ’43, ’44; Cootie Football ' 44; “Bell Ringer’’ Staff ’44-’46. Moulton Farrar, III Varsity Football ’46; Microbe Football ’43; Cootie Football ’44. Richard Dake Fletcher M icrobe Football ’42, ’43; Jr. Honor So- ciety; Senior Honor Society; Cootie Football ’45; Tennis Team ’46; Paper Staff ’46, ’47; Prize for highest average in Freshman English. Jesse Hill Ford, Jr. Annual Staff ’43, ’44; Editor ’46, ’47; Varsity Football ’45; Feature Editor Paper ’45, ’46; News Editor ’46, ’47. THE Glenn Greene Henry McKennie Goodpasture J unior Honor Society; Football: Mi- crobe ’42, Cootie ’43. Varsity ’45. ’46; Baseball ’45; School Committee ’45, ’46; Honor Council ’45, ’46; Capt. Football ’46; Secretary Freshman Class; Secre- tary Sophomore Class; Secretary Senior Class; President Monogram Club ’46, ’47; Debating Team ’45, ’46. Bell Ringer Staff ’45- 47; Annual Staff ’43, ’47; National Honor Society. George N. Griffin John Hooper Griscom Cootie Football 40- 42; Varsity Foot- ball ’43; Monogram Club. Honor Medal 42, 43, 46; Junior Honor Society, President ’43, ’44; Golf, ’45- ’47; Captain Golf ’46; Cootie Football ’45; Business manager “Bell Ringer’’ ’45-’47; Monogram Club; Debating Team ’45, ’46; Senior Honor Society. SENIOR William Moore Hibbett, Jr. Henry Downs Jamison Cootie Football ’42-’44; Asst. Busi- Microbe Football; Paper Staff, ness Manager “Bell Ringer” ’44; Busi- ness Manager ’45. Joe Lackey Kirkpatrick William Hugh Knox, Jr. Photographer Annual ' 44; Asst. Busi- Cootie Football ’45. ness Manager “Bell Ringer” ’46, ’47. Hardy Winfield Lavender V arsity Football ’44-’46; Varsity Bas- ketball ’45-’47; Varsity Baseball ’45-’47; Captain Baseball ’46, ’47; Captain Bas- ketball ’47. William Wayne Rhodes, Jr. Varsity Football ’44-’46; Cootie Foot- ball ’43; Monogram Club ' 45, ' 46; School Committee ' 45. Thomas Carothers McEwen, Jr. Cootie Football ’44; Varsity Football ’45; ’46; School Committee ’45. ’46; Ten- nis ’46; Honor Council ’46; Junior Hon- or Society; Reporter “Bell Ringer’’; Asst. Editor-in-Chief “Bell Ringer’’ ’47; Cootie Basketball ’46; Varsity Bas- ketball ’47; Mathematics Medal ’45, ’46. David King Smith C ootie Football ’45. John Frank Sparks varsity Football ’46; Varsity Basketball ’47. Keemit Christian Stengel, Jr. Tennis Team ' 44, ’46. ’47; J mior Honor Society; Microbe Football ’ 3: ‘B” Bas- ketball ’45; Monogram Club ’46, ’47. James H. Strother H onors at Florida Naval Academy Freshman “Eagle Award’’; Honor Roll Junior and Senior; Varsity Footbah 44. ’45; Varsity Basketball ’45; Captain Boxing Team ’44-’46; Lt. jg.; Blue Jacket Staff; Editor Newspaper; Presi- dent Junior Class; Vice-President Sen- ior Class; Wrestling Team; Captain Rifle Team; Member “F” Club. John Lillard Templeton, Jr. Basketball “B” ’45; FootbaU “B” ’45’, Asst. Business Manager “Bell Ringer” ’45-’47. Houston Allison Thomas P resident Freshman Class; Secretary Sophomore Class; Business Manager Paper; Feature Editor Paper. Robert Denny Waller, Jr. Junior Honor Society; Senior Honor Society; Football: Microbe ’41, ’42; Cootie ’43, ’44; Varsity ’45, ’46; Basket- ball: Microbe ’41, Cootie ’44, ’45; Golf ’45-’47; Captain Golf ’45; Vice-Presi- dent Literary Society ’45, ’46; Mono- gram Club ’45-’47. Sanford Samuel Webb V arsity Football. Raymond Whiteaker V arsity Football ’43, ’44. ’46; Varsity Basketball ’43, ’44, ’46; Baseball ’44: School Committee ’43. ' 44; Vice-Presi- dent Senior Class; President Honor Council ’46, ’47; Junior Honor Society. SENIOR CLASS Bobby Bainbridge Morris Brown Robert Brown George Carpenter Harry Corson Ed Davies Bill Bailey John Ambrose Bobby Davis Kidley Derryberry Bill Edwards Billy Joe Ehrhart George Engel Bob Ezell Woods Foster Ravenel Fulton Tom Goodloe Kenneth Hackerman Robert Hailey Larry Gates John Haselton J. B. Hibbett Billy Howard Thomas Kennedy Gordon Long Bill McMurray Jim Morris Holly Murdock Ed Nelson Walter Noel Jimmy Paris Kirk Rankin Jimmy Talbot Billy Vaughan Bill Wade Bransford Wallac e John Rodgers Frank Smith Robb Swaney Bobby Walkkr David Adams Moore Andrews Charles Blackard Bill Blackie Bobby Bomar Tommy Brakebill Bill Britain Jimmy Brown Jack Burch Allen Cargile James Cates Bobby Chickey THE SOPHOMORE CLASS Wilbur Creighton Marston Crump Buzz Davis Rascoe Davis Buford Dickerson Richard Dixon Joe Erwin Alfred Farris Henry Fitts Jack Fore Ernest Franklin Walter Hardcastle Ed Raiford Harry Hibbett Huston Horn Franklin Jarman Jerry Klein Jack Leech Ward Lovell Bob McFail Moore Milam Dickie Miller Jimmy Morrissey James Napier SOPHOMORE CLASS Jimmy Patterson Jimmy Perkins Billy Price John Roberts Phil Rosenfield David Routon Lindsley Ruth Tommy Seigenthaler Vernon Sharp Andy Spickard Dick Thorpe Bobby VanArsdale V Leslie Vantrease Don Wade John Warner Tommy Watts Joe White Lewis Wood Bobby Worrall Charles Wright Charles Zergiebel X ' SOPHOMORE CLASS Frushman Glass FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS Chuck Pearson (Not Pictured) President Charlie Hawkins Vice-President Billy Bryan Secretary Above you will see a typical Freshman class. Note the look of intense concentration on the face of each hoy. Observe the neat work on the board. The art work was done by one of the members of this class while he was waiting for the others to catch up with him in his Algebra work. Jimmy Brent Billy Bryan Bill Caldwell Dick Cantrell Kent Carney Jackie Carpenter Billy Coble Mack Dixon Bill Estes Inman Fox Carl Gates Homer Gibbs John Adams Jimmy Bradford William Bradford Ronald Bramblett Charles Graham Bobby Hackman Ken Hardcastle Charles Hawkins Jimmy Henley Francis Horn Bill King George Knox Joe Loser John Lytton John Macey Bert Madden Billy Mason Fontaine McDaniel Robert McNeilly Stirton Oman FRESHMAN CLASS Billy Phifer John Pogue Charlie Pearson Lewis Pride Tynon Roberts Marion Smith Billy Sneed Lem Stevens Brickey Teas Jack Todd Blair Trimble Spencer Warren George Williams Morris Williams Matt Wills Allen Woods THE FRESHMAN CLASS Front row — Bob Haynes, Morris Brown, Rabbit Fulton. Back row — Glyndon Fielder, Hank Webb, George Griffin, Jack Whiteaker OUR G. I. ' S M. B. A. had some mighty fine boys from Uncle Sam’s forces, who returned to school in order to complete their education. It is a very hard thing to do to come back into school where all the other boys are younger and where the lessons seem particularly hard since they have been neglected so long. All the G. I.’s are to be complimented on their determi- nation to let nothing interfere with their educational careers. Some of them had to go back into the Freshman and Sophomore classes in order to catch up where they had left off. They have our sincere admiration. .THE MICROBES Joel Fort Bobby Lance Philip Powell Beverly Gooch Harold Lowe George Smartt Dickie Bransford Douglas Huntley Buford Perry Jackie Duncan A. R. Johnson Lovick Pierce Bobby Graham Ben Moore Joe Worrall John Hollins James Pellettieri Back row — Whiteaker, Bill Wade, Calton,. Ambrose, Donnelly. Second row — Chickey, Ezell, Cole, McNeilly. First row — Creighton, Graham The Honor Council is charged with promoting honor, investigating cases of dishonor, and of generally building in the student body a higher and stronger sense of honor. The Honor System covers lying, cheating, and stealing; the present constitution was adopted in 1945. ‘‘A good name is rather to he chosen than great riches THE HONOR COUNCIL THE MONOGRAM CLUB The Monogram Club is composed of all the letter-men in school — those who have made letters in the varsity sports of football, basketball, baseball, tennis, or golf. The club undertakes a project each year — this year it is to raise enough money to install an electric timer in the gymnasium for use in basketball. The members are as follows: Ambrose, Bailey, Bomar, Brown, R., Calton, Chickey, Cole, Corson, Donnelly, Ehrhart, Engle, Ezell, Goodpasture, Graham, Griffin, Griscom, liaselton, Hawkins, Lavender, McEwen, McMur- ray, Morris, Morrissey, Nelson, Patterson, Rhodes, Roberts, J., Sparks, Stengel, Vaughan, Wade, B., Waller, Whiteaker, Worrall, B., Murdock. Rhodes, Cartoonist THE 1947 BELL Jesse Ford, Editor The 1947 Bell staff was fortunate enough to harness the genius of the best writers M. B. A. has had in many a year. The tennis article was written by Camp- bell in his usual sophisticated manner, while Griscom upheld his reputation as an author to be depended upon for direct style and pin-point accuracy in his arti- cle on golf. Ken Goodpasture, from his pilot’s eye view point of the gridiron contests, gave the results in a story told as only he could tell it. Werthan broke forth into his chatty style to give a really graphic slant on the baseball season, while Cal- ton, as free and as unbiased as ever, presented the basketball season. BELL STAFF Bill Calton Ken Goodpasture Russell Campbell John Griscom Bernard Werthan George Griffin Jimmy Paris Glenn Greene Hugh Bryan operated successfully all year in conducting an ad campaign and dealing with ex- penses like a Philadelphia lawyer. Looking down with tweezers and magnifying glass was Glenn Greene who naively gave the Microbe write-up a shot in the arm with his twenty-five cent words. The industry of Photographer Griffin astonished everyone. One moment he would be hanging from the chimney-tops trying to get a new slant on the courtyard, while instants later, he would burst into the lunchroom and snap pictures of the facul- ty. He lost sleep developing his pictures and was unable, even through the assistance of Paris and Stengel, to make up for the lost shut-eye in class the next day. Cartoonist Rhodes drew his horrible masses of ugliness from living descendants of the Neander- thal man. He says they go to school here. Yes, that is what he says. Of course, this report is leading up to the defi- nite question of “What did Advisor Sager and Editor Ford do?’’ The answer comes back as the two chant in unison: “All th e work.” Hugh Bryan, Business Manager BELL THE The “Bell Ringer ’ while struggling to meet the publication deadline each month, is the mouth- piece of the students of M. B. A. and the faithful re- corder of the activities of the campus. Replacing the “M. B. A. Bulletin” three years ago, this stu- dent newspaper has made steady progress and now rates high in the minds of the students and com- pares favorably with similar publications of other schools. Nelson Andrews did a fine job as editor in its first year, aided by a hard-working and faithful staff. Herbert Fox took over and continued the good work last year. This year John Donnelly has carried on the tradition, employing the aid of everyone from his talented mother down to the lowliest freshman reporter. The “B ell Ringer” endeavors to cover every phase of the school and campus life, personal notes, sports, club activities, class and alumni reports and features. Its editorials have been constructive and thought-provoking, while its special columns have touched the lighter side of school life and added spice and flavor. Principally, this newspaper has served as an out- let for the talents of the students through its stories, features, cartoons, and advertising. Truly the “Bell Ringer” is an important part of school life and it is the hope of the students, faculty, and constituents alike that it may long continue to ring! RINGER John Donnelly Editor Tom McEwen Assistant Editor Houston Thomas Feature Editor George Cole; Glenn Greene . . Assistant Feature Editors Jesse Ford News Editor Frank Smith Assistant News Editor John Griscom Business Manager J. Kirkpatrick; L. Templeton Asst. Bus. Managers Billy Edwards Circulation Bobby Walker Photographer David Routon Cartoonist J. C. Rule Faculty Adviser Jimmy Bradford, Huston Horn, John Thornton, Glenn Greene Reporters f: : ■ John Donnelly, Editor ‘si: The Staff - ■ m m J iMrtlW , iHi COACH HOWARD ALLEN Coach is always on the job, urging his players to put out their best, and showing them “how to do’’ and “how not to do”! His word is law on the field, but all his boys love him. He is, without doubt, the outstanding coach in this section. O O T B A Ken Goodpasture, captain of the 1947 team, has made a fine leader, admired and respected by all the players — not only on his own team, but on opposing teams. He is a fine ball-carrier and a vicious tackier. He thinks clearly even under the most ad- verse conditions. Truly he will be missed in the M. B. A. line-up next year. Whiteaker, end Rhodes, tackle The Montgomery Bell Academy Maroon football team set a hot gridiron pace here in Middle Tennessee in 1946. Coach Allen’s hus- kies, in superb physical condition for a prep squad, defeated Litton 13 to 0 in their open- er. This game gave the Maroons a taste of victory and from then on they feasted on it. The Red combine next encountered East on the latter’s field, and with scintillating run- ning they defeated the Eagles 47 to 0. M. B. A. next met that trouble-making West ball club, but their same consistent power and aggres- siveness put them in the win column again by 24 to 7. M. B. A. met little opposition when they met and defeated Hillsboro 60 to 0. The Harding Road gang by this time had their eyes on the City Championship, but on Oct. 11 they journeyed up to Du Pont and in a downpour of rain and on a sloppy field, they left with shattered hopes, having been unable to come out with nothing better than a 0 to 0 tie. Evidently this defeat had something to do with the team’s losing to Chattanooga Cen- tral 28 to 7 the next weekend. The lone score Ezell, guard for M. B. A. was set up by a brilliant run of 70 yards by Bill Wade. It was just a case of too much Central. M. B. A., however, did not choose to remain in this slump, but returned to Nashville braced for a brilliant future. Farrar, center Cole, guard Sparks, end McEwen, tackle THE SEASON BEGINS First on the last lap of the season was Father Ryan, and the Maroons tasted sweet revenge in winning 12 to 6. In one of the most dazzling games to the spectators’ point of view was the M. B. A.-Springfield game. Many said that this exhibi- tion was the best they had seen all year. With wonderful signal call- ing, cooperation, running, and pass- ing, M. B. A. was victor again with a 25 to 20 count. The following week they took Hume-Fogg into camp by a one-sided score of 64 to 0. In the only afternoon game of the season, M. B. A. defeated T. I. S. at T. I. S. by a score of 36 to 0. Then the grand moment came when M. B. A. got a crack at Cohn in a post- season game. Cohn had won the City Championship but they suc- cumbed to M. B. A. 27 to 13. This game was played before approxi- mately 10,000 fans. Engle, blocking back Goodpasture, fullback Wade, quarterback The Starting Line-up Ehrhart, tailback BEHER AND BEHER WORKS THE McMurray, hack Howard, guard The stars for M. B. A. were too numerous to mention. The entire backfield did a magnifi- cent job; particularly Bill Wade with his pass- ing, Billy Joe Ehrhart and Bobby Worrall with their broken-field running, Ken Good- pasture, the captain, with his line plunging, and Engle doing a fine job at blocking back. Bill Wade made the Most Valuable Player in the City and Ehrhart set a new scoring record which will not be equalled for many years. Waller, hack Donnelly, guard Sparks at end made the All-State. On the All- City were Ezell, Ehrhart, and Sparks. Rhodes and McEwen were demons on the defense and Farrar played well all season, but especially so at T. I. S. when he intercepted several passes. Ezell and Cole were two of the finest guards we have had in a long time. The subs showed promise of things to come and with Bob Ezell as captain for 1947, the school feels that it will have another outstanding team. MAROON TEAM THE RECORD M. B. A. 13 . . . . Litton 0 M.B. A. 47 .... East 0 M. B. A. 24 . . . . West 7 M.B. A. 60 . . . . Hillsboro 0 M.B. A. 0 Du Pont 0 M.B. A. 1 ... . Chatt. Central 28 M.B. A. 12 Ryan 6 M.B. A. 25 . . . . Springfield 20 M.B. A. 64 . . . . Hume-Fogg 0 M.B. A. 36 ... T. I. S. 0 M. B. A. 27 (Postseason) Cohn 13 Gates, end Haselton, tackle Davis, guard Patterson, back Roberts, tackle Graham, tackle Vaughan, manager Lavender, center FAMOUS SONS OF FAMOUS FATHERS Lynn Bomar, Commissioner of Safety of the State of Tennessee, was a great football player at Vanderbilt. His son, Bobby, is following in his steps in starting his grid career at M. B. A. Bobby Worrall, Sr., played on M. B. A.’s great teams of ’24 and ’25 and later starred at University of the South. Bobby, Jr., playing wing back, bids fair to become as good as his father in his best days. Judge Pink Wade was outstanding at Vanderbilt, but no more so than his son. Bill, at M. B. A. during the past year. Bill is headed for a great college career after another year at M. B. A. Many of his boosters say he will be even better than Gilmer. It is indeed a fine thing when sons follow in the footsteps of such illustrious fathers. Lynn Bomar - Bobby Bomar Robert Worrall - Bobby Worrall William J. Wade - Bill Wade Hawkins, end Brown, guard Bomar, end WoRRALL, hack Bailey, guard Nelson, hack Charlie Trippi, Bill Wade, Harry Gilmer AT Banner Sports Banquet Back row — Loser, Graham, Pellettieri, Bradford, B., Worrall, J., Macey, Pride. Middle row — Bransford, Carpenter, J., Lance, Pogue, Hardcastle, K., Carney. Front row — Smith, M., Fox, Warren, Duncan, Hack- man, Powell, Thornton. MICROBE SPORTS AT M. B. A. This school year has been a very successful one for the Microbe football and basketball teams. Under the guidance of Coaches Allen and Hackman, the Microbes have proven themselves capable in sports. Employing a single-wing formation mostly, they won three out of four football games. In the first game, the Microbes played Stokes, whom they swamped 20 to 7. Ken Hardcastle, playing end, made two of the touchdowns and two extra points. Jimmy Pellettieri, blocking back, tallied the remaining touchdown. In the second game, the Microbes stacked up 18 points against 0 for Parmer. Ken Hardcastle again made two touchdowns and Bill King, tailback, made the third. The best game of the season was with Cathedral, who always promises one of the toughest games of the season. The Microbes defeated the larger Cathe- dral eleven by a score of 13 to 12. Jimmy Pellettieri made two touchdowns and Bill King made the extra point. The boys agreed that the Woodmont game, which was the only loss of the season, was the cleanest played of all the games. Woodmont won 18 to 7. Inman Fox, playing fullback, made the touchdown and the extra point. The line-up of the team was as follows: Ends: Hardcastle and Loser; Tackles: Carney and Pride; Guards: Capt. Bobby Graham and Macey; Center: Worrall; Blocking back: Pellettieri; Fullback: Fox; Tailback: Thornton; Wingback: Warren. In basketball, the Microbes played only one game, losing by a score of 12 to 10. The regulars of the team were: Forwards: Lance and Duncan; Guards: Graham and Pellettieri; Center: Worrall. Captain Hardy Lavender, Jimmy Morrissey, Bob Worrall, Bill Wade — these are the boys who were the nucleus of M. B. A.’s basketball team. However, they were ably assisted by Jack Sparks, Jack Whiteaker, Tom McEwen, Tim Nelson, Bill Calton, and Jack Fore. M. B. A.’s chances for a share in the city honors and a seeded position in the district tournament were severely dampened by the early loss of Holly Murdock and Jack Sparks, stellar center and guard, respectively, along with reserves Billy Joe Ehrhart and Jim Morris, all through ineligibility. M. B. A. lost their opening game to West 26 to 25, but, gain- ing strength, they rolled over their next six opponents. How- ever, the loss of key players slowed down the offense and M. B. A. wound up with a record of 11 wins and 7 losses. Coach Allen Due to a slump toward the end of the season, in which M. B. A. lost successive games to Ryan, West, North, and T. I. S., a seeded position was lost in the Eighth District Tournament. M. B. A., however, surprised its followers by trouncing Lipscomb and upsetting second-seeded East in an overtime thriller by a score of 34 to 31. Hope was lost the following night when Ryan romped over the Big Red 41 to 22 in the semi-finals. Captain Hardy Lavender, who along with Bobby Worrall, was M. B. A.’s chief offensive threat, was named on the second string of the All-City Team. Worrall rated a position on the All-Star Tournament Team of the Eighth District. M. B. A., fielding the youngest team in the city, had a suc- cessful season and promises to have a great team next year. Captain Lavender THE SQUAD Morrissey, Morris, Lavender, Murdock, Hawkins, Wade, Worrall, McEwen, Whiteaker, Calton, Sparks, Ehrhart THE RECORD M.B. A. Opponents M.B 24 West 25 27 41 Ryan 32 35 45 Peabody 18 31 44 Duncan 19 27 50 North 39 45 33 Hume-Fogg 34 58 51 Lipscomb 30 46 Hillsboro 38 46 47 T. 1. S. 31 33 61 Peabody 36 22 Ryan West North T. 1. S. Hillsboro Duncan Tournament Lipscomb East Ryan ss ' ■r ' , «v ' vv vli M;r : J Last year M. B. A. had a young, inexperienced crew, which saw only Patterson, Wade, and Laven- der returning from the preceding season’s starters. Their season showed improvement over the ’45 ag- gregation, which was M. B. A.’s first representative in the Interscholastic League. The gang dropped the last two games to slip below the .500 mark but displayed some fine baseball. The first game was played with Central, which, led by Charley Cooper, was one of the most power- ful teams. The Maroons dropped this one 12 to 0 largely on account of its inability to come through with base hits. Hillsboro fell in an extra-inning contest 3 to 2. M. B. A. came from behind twice in Patterson Ezell Chickey White AKER Lavender, Captain this contest to win on only four hits. Bobby Chickey oame over for the winning tally. After dropping a game to T. I. S. and another to Hillsboro, the team bounced back into the win column with a victory over Hume-Fogg Tech, 4 to 3. Morrissey led the crew at the platter with two for three. Wade saved the game for Jimmy Patterson by retiring the last five Hume-Fogg batters. Though Bill Wade al- lowed only three hits. East won the next game 3 to 1. M. B. A. tripped T. I. S., which was in the running for the championship. T. I. S. collected only four hits and two runs as M. B. A. pushed across two tallies in the third and one in the sixth. The Red team now evened up the record by defeating Du Pont 6 to 4. After Wade allowed four runs to come across in the first inning, the Maroons drove Morrissey Roberts across one in the second, three in the third, and cne in the sixth. Then the team split a double-header with Litton. Wade won the first game 6 to 5 as M. B. A. tallied four in the fifth and two in the sixth. However, this ended the Red scoring for the year. The next three games went to Litton, Central, and East. This year, six of last year’s club, plus Jack White- aker, of the ’44 combine, should produce the best team Coach Allen has had recently. This will be a very experienced group and, led by Hardy Laven- der, should produce a real contender for the cham- pionship. Although Coach Allen would venture no prediction on the coming season, Capt. Lavender was of the opinion that the team would lose not more than two games during the season. Morris Wade Ehrhart Here at M. B. A. we have almost always been able to boast of a very fine tennis team. Such outstanding players as Joe Davis, Johnny Hyden, and Maclin Davis have been in the past spark plugs of great teams. To the list of great players may now be added the names of Bill Ferguson, Brownlee Currey, John Bell Keeble, Dan Denny, and Royal McCollough; and as the years pass, many other additions will be made. During the early years of the war our tennis team went into a temporary slump, a condition which existed throughout all professional athletics. M. B. A. has staged a most successful comeback and is looking forward to records even greater than those in the past. After a good season of Mid-South matches last spring, the M. B. A. team distinguished itself by winning for a second time the Kendall Cram Trophy in the City Inter-scholastic Tourna- ment. The great total of 56 V 2 out of 58 possible points was ac- counted for by our team, a record which will stand many years before it is even equaled. Dan Denny won the city singles’ championship with John Bell Keeble as runner-up; together Stengel Long these two won the doubles’ championship. Kermit Stengal and Harry Corson were runners-up in the doubles. All our men with the exception of one were put out of the tournament by other M. B. A. players, ranked above them. The fall tennis of 1946 was also very successful with our winning all four of our matches. Sewanee and C. M. A. were defeated once and Baylor fell twice to our team. We were un- able to play McCallie and others since they had no fall tennis. This spring two matches with most of the Mid-South teams such as C. M. A., Sewanee, Baylor, and McCallie have been planned. We have also scheduled a match with Elgin Academy, Elgin, 111., and perhaps one with Darlington School of Rome, Ga. We will have three letter men from last year: Corson, Stengel, and Calton, and also Gordon Long from Duncan School (eligible only in Mid-South matches). The remainder of the team will come from the following boys: Bransford Wal- lace, Bernard Werthan, Don Wade, Billy Womack, Fontaine McDaniel, Kirk Rankin, Andy Spickard, Richard Fletcher, A1 Williams, Rascoe Davis, and possibly. Bill Wade, Tom McEwen, and other high on the ladder determined in matches last fall. We have high hopes of winning the city championship and for a third time the Kendall Cram Trophy, thus retiring it. From the way things look now we shall not have to worry too much about winning it. Calton Corson Jim Rule, Coach GOLF Last year’s team which was composed of John Griscom, Bobby Waller, Edward McManus, and Bill Calton, finished the season with a .500 record. In the important matches with Father Ryan and Cohn the M. B. A. team led both opponents for the first nine holes but failed to produce the same brand of golf on the back nine and as a result lost both matches. A trip was taken to Chattanooga and despite the fact of playing on a strange course the team gained a tie with Chattanooga Central and lost a close match to McCallie School. All of last year’s team will return to competition this Spring with the exception of Edward McManus. Heading the list of capable re- placements for McManus is John Ambrose, a consistent performer on the 1945 team. With the experience that they gained in ’45 and ’46 and some time spent in familiarizing themselves with the McCabe course, which is the site of the matches, this year’s team could prove to be one of the main contenders for the League Championship. 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Says his shoulder pads are not broad enough. 3 — Whiteaker returns from the Sea Scouts. Addresses every one as ’’old salt.” GOES OUT for football and is ruptured fore and aft. 9 — School opens, night clubs close. 12 — Russel Campbell calls meeting (mass one, that is). Advocates a soup-bone in every pot. 15 — Griscom discovers formula that ab- sorbs demerits only to be disappointed when Mr. Hackman tells him, ’’Oh, they have machines to do that, son.” 18 — Templeton is sorely stricken when Mrs. Bitzer proves to him that he has not discovered the complete vacuum. 19 — Mrs. Bitzer gives the seniors a short quiz. 22 — Seniors finish Mrs. B.’s test. All flunk. Mrs. B. is happy. 25 — Perkins and Morrissey bombard Chero- kee Park with mortars in front of Honor Building. Mrs. Sims escapes. 27 — McPhail loses his Spanish book. Gets out of class three days to look for it. 28 — McEwen consents to stay as the foot- ball team is granted a raise. Compliments to M. B. A. jr077l A FRIEND CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER 1 — Returned vet students demand beer on tap in the lunch room. 3 — Ve ts begin serving time while pro- fessors smugly sip ’’Cokes’ in the lunch room. 7 — Hugh sings over the loudspeaker sys- tem. Tennis players listen spellbound. 14 — Vaughan calls Goodloe ’’Diggeletti.” 17 — Doctors say Vaughn may recover. 19 — Rain. Crump catches three-pound bass out of the third court. 21 — Everyone put up football stands today. Only volunteers are used. Three shot while attempting to escape. 22 — Coach goes fishing. It rains. 23 — Fish in the lunch room today (canned salmon, that is). 28 — Mr. Cornelius tells joke in assembly. New boy that forgot to laugh is strangled sixth period. Compliments of PHILLIPS BUTTDRFF Mfg. Co. ON THIRD AVENUE CONTINUOUSLY FOR 88 YEARS Compliments of STERCHTS NASHVILLE’S LARGEST FURNITURE STORE CHURCH AT NINTH Compliments of Ragland, Potter Co., Inc. Wholesale Grocers NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER 1 — The city dungeon inspector visits school — says our dungeons are too well lighted. 2 — Gwosdoff Memorial Day is observed. A statue of the fondly-remembered school patriot is smashed to powder in the courtyard. 3 — Hibbett goes to Chattanooga and lands in jail — when the family tries to bail him out, he protests that he would rather stay in jail than return to school. 5 — Mr. Sager begins piano lessons. Price says R. L. has ambitions to get into the White House. 7 — M. B. A. plays West. West penalized one yard. A West player knifed the referee’s father. 14 — Ezell says things are different now that M. B. A. has beaten Ryan. Things ARE different; Ezell’s face is one of them. 18 — Griffin calls Miami — the line is busy. 20 — Griffin attempts suicide, but fails. No one knew that he was the one who shouted Boo” in assembly. 25 — Dopey claims Republican affiliations. Flunks History. 29 — The Triangular Death,” a great tra- gedy, is presented in the assembly. The actors keep the motor running and barely escape. 30 — Vegetable soup in the lunch room to- day. LIFE and CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. OF TENN. OVER TWO MILLION POLICIES IN FORCE J. C. BRADFORD A. M. BURTON Chairman, Board of Directors President CALENDAR FOR DECEMBER Compliments of WARREN BROTHERS CO. 1 — Joe (The Sketch) Kirkpatrick, gets a 46 town and country car. Joe hires the football team to keep the girls cleaned out of it. 2 — Bryan returns to school after a three- weeks’ absence following the Chatta- nooga football trip. Doctors say that Hugh should be completely recovered by 1950. 3 — Griscom frantically closes lunch room window — afraid his beef will blow away. 6 — Three fall into moat — alligators eat for the first time in weeks. 10 — Routon breaks Webb’s arm in a gym class fracas. 12 — Calton and Donnelly lay plans for cap- turing Santa Claus. 14 — ' Fess Hackman begins to suspect that there is no Santa Claus. 24 — Mr. Sager gives the boys half a holi- day. 25 — Flecher gets five demerits. He was 20 seconds late as usual. In a gala holi- day mood, Mr. Sager lets school out at 2:28. 30 — Seniors bring provisions and plan a three-weeks’ stay as Mrs. B. gives out the short mid-term quiz. Let Your Memories Grow Dim — Make Them into Victures Wright’s Photographic Service 2809 West End Ave. Compliments of C. M. HUNT Company WE SERVE” 1014 Nashville Trust Bldg. 5-7712 5-7713 hUtk A BITEfU TO EAT I® 1 THE MEASURE Division of NATIONAL DAIRY PRODUCTS CORPORATION CALENDAR FOR JANUARY 6 — Christmas vacation over — too tired to come to school — why don’t we just have a holiday or the stoker break down or somethin’. Gooch starts the new year right by staying at home. 8 — Back in the old rut — George Cole ad- mits he has the manliest chest in the city — Country says that he is still in the race and Cole will have to show him. 10 — Jake Wallace has another new girl. Number ?. 15 — Calton is singing a new song. It’s called, Polly, Put the Kettle On.’’ Morrissey studies almost an hour completely exhausted. Worrall helps him rest. Murdock wants to be a helper, too. 17 — Fore wants to know what H- i- Phil- lips meant when he said : Girls who wear slacks should not turn their backs.” Ig Final review before mid-term exams — everyone busy ? ? 26 — Exams over, everyone passed, all hap- py except some of the basketball stars. 27 — ' I one time saw a mountain pass. But could not hear its peak.” — Hereford. SEE THE BEST OE GOOD MOTION PICTURES AT THE BELLE MEADE THEATRE IN SOLID COMFORT CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY -Price sees his shadow and goes back into the ground for another six weeks. -Basketball with Peabody — Fore cannot get his mind on the game on account of the short skirts of the cheerleaders. •Game with Ryan — too bad — Lavender off his game. -West takes over in our gym — gym cold — West hot. •Game with Duncan — at last our boys hit their stride. Morrissey makes his usual face at the referee and is almost put out of the game. Big snow — snow balls fly — windows suffer. The Franklin Road Dirty Seven take on the Woodmont Boulevardiers. Draw ! ! Snow almost gone; Mr. Sager breathes a sigh of relief. Todd shows folks that he is the fast- est driver in M. B. A. — no serious casualties, but Lewis is wearing a big patch over one eye. Lewis says he couldn’t bear to have both of them open, anyway. Gooch comes to school — Britain makes 100 on Algebra test — Mrs. Bitzer made no assignment. McFail studies for Monday’s lessons. Compliments of R. C. MATHEWS CONTRACTOR 2 — 4 — 7 — 8 — 15 — 18 — 21 — 24 — 29 — Allen Manufacturing Company, Inc. NASHVILLE, TENN. FINE COOKING AND HEATING APPLIANCES Since 1867 CALENDAR FOR MARCH 4 — Mr. Cornelius gives a shortened form of The Lord’s Prayer.” Very few boys notice the difference. 5 — Mr. Sager talks in chapel about lov- ing one’s neighbor. Strother says he got slapped for trying it on the blonde next door. 6 — Mr. Younger tells of the great man he saw eating in the restaurant in Knoxville. All the boys miss the point of the story and want to know if it is really true. 7 — A treat in chapel today. Morris Wil- liams makes a stirring speech on the Jury System in Nashville. The silver- tongued orator of the Freshman Class, Bill Caldwell, follows Williams with a learned discussion of the Russian situation. 8 — Mr. Sager teaches the boys a new song: A-B-C.” Cargile says the words are too hard for him; he wants something a little simpler. 15 — Income tax day; boys are all sleepy because they have been helping their fathers figure out how much Uncle Sam gets. 17 — Gooch comes to school again. 21 — Soring begins — Coach says he feels like a young man again. Gets over the feeling very quickly when Mrs. A. asks him to help with the spring cleaning. Covipliments of TOM HARRISON See the 1947 Complnnents of J. M. WHITSETT CO. PONTIAC REALTORS 408 Church Street Nashville, Tenn. LI DDONMOTORS Sales and Service Compliments of 1525 BROADWAY — 6-6165 NASHVILLE BAG BURLAP CO. 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A. — it is their day. 2 Spring holidays begin — everybody happy except Rhodes; he feels that he cannot afford to miss the time from his classes; also he has paid his money and feels that school should run every day. 7 — Vacation over — everyone too tired to resume work — Thomas and Murdock stay home to rest up. 15 — Only a month and a half to go — Gris- com can hardly wait to show the world what he can do. 16 — Sandwich day in the cafeteria — Horn finds mouse in his cheese sandwich — Mrs. A. tells him that will be 10 cents extra for a mouseburger. 24 — Hugh moved so fast going from the gym to main building that everyone wondered — not for long, however — it was meal time. 28 — Mrs. Campbell says her group of sophomores are the worst group she has ever had — Mrs. Sims says they are “just too sweet.” 29 — Baseball game with Tsew. (That’s West, spelled backward!) Wade pitches — Patterson fields like the An- cient Mariner: ”He stoppeth one in three.” CURREY’S WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS FOR MoWulIk, AMERICA ' S FINEST k:xLCUJO FOR CAR AND HOME CALENDAR FOR MAY 5 — Cole puts on a weight-lifting demon- stration — what a torso ! ! ! The girls are calling him Milo Barbell Cole.” 7 — Rhodes begins to study for the final exams — can’t remember what classes he is taking. 9 — Gooch is at school today. 12 — Mr. Younger fails to give Houston any demerits — feels that he must be slipping. Gives Fitts 10 to make up for it. 13 — The seniors are making big plans for the final dance. So are the members of the Junior School. Brent wants to take Miss McCanless, as he says she is just his size. 20 — The members of the Night Watchmen salute M. B. A. — three guesses who they are. 26 — Final exams start — everyone burning the midnight kilowatts — Gooch dis- covers he is taking 8th grade work in- stead of 7th. Rhodes studies hard for his American History and suddenly remembers that he had that last year. 27 — The Bell comes out — Everyone won- ders how Ehrhart got the vote for the handsomest; Whiteaker says, I was robbed !” June 2 — Graduation; everybody happy — teachers relax with a sigh of relief; Mr. Sager announces that school will open again in three months, so don’t forget to study during the vacation! ★ JAMISON BEDDING ★ WHEELER FURNITURE ★ PERFECT SLEEPER MATTRESSES ? MADE IN NASHVILLE SINCE 1883 BY JAMISON BEDDING, INC. 100 NORTH FIRST STREET NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE Compliments of HAROLD L. SHYER ' Your Jeweler” 627 Church Street 105 Eighth Avenue, North