Montgomery Bell Academy - Bell Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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' •i Faculty Mrs. Roland L. Lowry: Eng- lish IV; English IV (AP); Sr. Class Advisor; Chairman of the English Department; B.A., M.A., Vanderbilt Uni- versity Dr. Christian Niemeyer: English II, English III, Eng- lish III (H); Advisor to The Bell Ringer, B.A., Universi- ty of Notre Dame; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt Universi- ty James A. Poston: English I, English IV; Drama Club Ad- visor; Varsity Tennis; B.A., Belmont College, M.A., Pea- body College Mrs. Ann S. Orth: English II and III; Advisor to the Ju- nior Class; B.A., Brown Uni- versity; M.A.T., Vanderbilt University Dr. Laurel Eason: English II, English II (H); Sponsor to Sophomore Class; B.A., Emory and Henry College, M.A., University of Arkan- sas, M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Mrs. Cathleen S. High- tower: English I, English I (H), Word Wealth; Fresh- man Class Advisor; Olivert College, Indiana University, University of New Orleans Mrs. June G. Bowen: 7th grade English; 7th grade Ad- visor; B.A., Baylor Universi- ty; M.A., Peabody College •Vv ' O ,

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Mr. James Jefferson James Jefferson has taken on a new role at MBA. He has relinquished all his teaching duties to devote all his time both to the promotion of MBA’s athletic program and to the direction of the groundskeeping at MBA. For years past, he has been an exceptionally successful baseball coach and assistant football coach. His great amount of knowledge of and experience in sports promises to aid the athletic program greatly as athletic expansion planned for the next few years becomes a reality. We are confident that Mr. Jefferson will play an essential role in MBA’s athletic expansion and in his new role as head groundskeeper. Mr. Laird Smith, Jr. Without a doubt, the MBA Alumni Association is one of the most supportive groups of our school. This support is largely a result of Mr. Smith and his duties as the Director of Development. His motivation goes far beyond duty, however, as he obviously enjoys the arduous tasks of organizing reunions, hosting visitors, and collecting donations to the school. Mr. Smith even demonstrates his school pride by providing valuable maintenance assistance. Mr. Smith is greatly appreciated for his all-around services. The Secretaries Mrs. Alleen Garriot, Mrs. Virginia Liles, and Mrs. Frances McKeehan are three ladies without whom MBA could not get along. Our devoted office secretaries undertake massive amounts of paperwork from all levels of the faculty and administration. The immense degree of correspondence to and from the school is handled by these three. Despite student interference, when the deadline for a project arrives, the secretaries invariably have the project completed. Their duties range from managing the student fund to changing schedules to a countless number of other operations on which the students depend. The student body as well as the administration and faculty recognize that the secretaries are indispensable in the daily running of the school.

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English, Library, and Speech Mr. Gilbert Edson: Econom- ics, Psychology, 7th grade Word Wealth; Director of Guidance; Assembly Pro- grams Director; B.A., Sewanee; M.A., Harvard University Mrs. Patricia Hartman: As- sistant Librarian; B.A., Uni- versity of N.C. — Chapel Hill, M.S., Univ. Wisconsin — LaCrosse, M.L.S., Pea- body College Mrs. Phoebe C. Greene: Re- medial Reading and Spell- ing; Radcliffe College, Pea- body College Mr. Michael Kidwell: Speech Teacher; Forensics Coach; Dungeons and Drag- ons Advisor; B.A., Emory University, M.A., University of Tennessee Mrs. Mary Louise Shell: 7th grade English and Word Wealth; Virginia Intermont College, East Tennessee State University 23