Montgomery Bell Academy - Bell Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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FOR THE PAST AND FOR THE FUTURE It is remarkable that MBA, as relatively small as it is, can, year after year, participate so success- fully in interscholastic sports. Indeed, MBA’s fine athletic tradition reaches much further into the past than its reputation as an excellent academic institution. MBA has introduced to this area many of its presently favorite sports, and the recent ath- letic teams have more than done their part to uphold MBA’s heritage of athletic superiority. Progress plays an important part in sports. If we ignored the advances in equipment, technique, and execution of strategy that have taken place, MBA would fall far behind its competition. The one element that is never ignored or disregarded as passe is gentlemanly conduct and sportsmanship. The tradition of sportsmanship can only be supple- mented by progress. It is perhaps for this reason that MBA teams have retained their position as athletic leaders in the community. Bill Blair gains ground in a 1965 football game. A game in the old gym, in the days of “tackle basketball. ' A sign of progress — the first basketball trophy in two decades.

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ON A FOUNDATION OF THE PAST The basic purpose of any school is to educate — in the classics, in mathematics, in languages and history and English. In truth, all other activities, though both necessary and important, must be con- sidered extra-curricular. There is no need for lengthy dissertations on the qualifications of Mont- gomery Bell Academy to educate; it is simply one of the finest schools in the South, whose academic rating is very high throughout the country. This is important when college applications are made. Institutions of higher learning recognize that MBA has given each of its students the best possible preparation for college. This always is progress, gratifying progress. Education at MBA consists of the best of tradi- tion and progress — tradition in everlasting courses such as Latin and history; progress in the advanced theoretical mathematics or in the extremely modern language lab. Indeed, as in every other phase of MBA school life, the best of past and present is combined to create the excellence that is MBA. The present lab, with excellent facilities for study in every scientific field. 9