Montgomery Bell Academy - Bell Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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Oh, that was such a beautiful play! said many a MBA mother after watching the MBA-Harpeth Hall Players present Thornton Wilder ' s widely acclaimed play Our Town. After long, arduous weeks of rehearsals, the cast and crew performed magnificently in two showings, both to S.R.O. crowds. Mr. Terry Holcomb and Mrs. Williams of Harp- eth Hall directed the show, which had a cast including Mr. Holcomb, Tom Neff, Amy Swartzbaugh, Brock Stevenson, Clive Sell, Susan Shoulders, Mary Lea Gibson, and others.

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The period after exams was truly a time to relax. One began to tire of classes, tests, labs, and other such restrictions. In other words, spring fever had set in, but upon re- ceiving one ' s fourth six week ' s grades, one reluctantly got back to work. The basketball team surprised us, surpassing the expecta- tions of all, except the players themselves. The winning season thus gave an outlet for feelings pent up during the winter. 13

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The days of March slowly went by as MBA students anxiously watched their cal- endars. The spring vacation countdown was on each one ' s lips as he nervously fingered his plane tickets or hotel reservations. The last few days were truly agonizing; one could almost feel the Florida sun, but, un- fortunately, one was still in cold Music City, U.S.A. The Meteor Band awaited their first public appearance; the Seniors had their cars all loaded for the Lemans-type start. The final bell rang, and they were gone in a cloud of smoke. Florida will never be the 15 same.