Montgomery Bell Academy - Bell Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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PROGRESS IN I EACH OTHER . . . Before 1924, when the main building burned down, it was a copy of a Virginia plantation. Here the building exhibits the “down-south” flavor which is a part of its tradition. The school building of 1913, in what is now the heart of downtown Nashville. ' A- . The new, modern gymnasium, dedicated in 1957, which made possible the conversion of the old gym into Wallace Hall.

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TRADITION AND BALANCE WITH The gate to the school grounds as it ap- peared in 1921, before Harding Road was the huge boulevard it is today. Pictures such as this appeared frequently in earlier MBA publications, when aerial shots were within the realm of economic feasibility. The main building is in the foreground, to its left the old auditorium, now the Old Science Building. In the rear is what was then the gymnasium, the present Wallace Hall. The new gym and the football field had not yet been built Montgomery Bell Academy is a private school established in deep tradition. At MBA respect for tradition and institution continues in a rapidly progressing society. Progress, on the other hand, has equal meaning here, for progress in education is what maintains MBA’s excellence as a prep- school; progress in other fields prepares an MBA student for the quickly advancing life in our world. Indeed, tradition and progress are in balance with each other.

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A front view of the Ball Building, which replaced the building that burned down in 1924. It is named in honor of Isaac Ball, headmaster for thirty years, who, even after his retirement, gave many more years in service to the school. Once the old gym, Wallace Hall is now a magnificent auditorium and study hall, with classrooms in the lower level. a An attractive recent addition to the cam- pus is the Warren Taylor Memorial Foun- tain, which stands across the patio from the Ball Building. The exit gate as it appears now. It is as old as the school itself.