Hallways 2014 Winter by Harpeth Hall Communications

HALLWAYS A Publication of The Harpeth Hall School

Winter 2014

THE NEW Athletic and

Wellness Center

IN THIS ISSUE:

Milestones Anniversary Capital Campaign Update Distinguished Alumna Spirit of Service

— Planned Giving —

ary Alice Quinn, retired assistant managing editor for The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, loyal alumna, and longtime member of The Founders Society, shares her memories of Harpeth Hall as she prepares to celebrate her 60th reunion with her beloved classmates.

three cities . . . you move on and enjoy the ride. My friends made in my Harpeth Hall years remain on the charm bracelet of my life.

Harpeth Hall was my springboard. From my two years at 3801 Hobbs Road, I learned about a new part of the South; I made new friends who would become some of the treasures of my life, and I was encouraged and enabled to enter, then graduate from Vanderbilt. My backbone grew stronger from those days as a Harpeth Hall gal. Let me briefly explain. My father worked for a company where management was transferred with frequency. I was in the second grade in three cities! Spring, 1952, we learned that we were moving from my birthplace — New Orleans — to Nashville. Golly: snow, hills, mountains, tree color changes, Tennessee country ham, chess pie, but no New Orleans friends. Could I survive? By summer’s middle days the move was made. I cried more tears than the Cumberland has water. I told my mother that the only way I would move from the Big Easy was to be allowed to go to a public, co-ed school in Nashville. I had attended McGehee, an excellent school in New Orleans that was private and all girls. Our only contacts in Nashville were Henrietta Spicer Creighton W.B. ’29 and her daughter, Beth, now Beth Creighton Harwell ’55. Suffice it to say that Henrietta and my mother conspired, and before I knew it, I was enrolled in Harpeth Hall. The following two years, I attended English classes in an upstairs bedroom of Souby Hall and math and assembly in the cafeteria.

Harpeth Hall and Mary Alice were equally new. I was shy, but I grew up soon. This leap of faith into the deep waters of a new school made me a new me. Thanks to a staff of excellent mentors and teachers from Mrs. Souby to Madame Fountain, thanks to the Aristons, thanks to inspiring talks from many speakers, such as the late Dr. Walter Courtney, and most of all, thanks to my marvelous new friends who invited me to spend Friday nights, join a sorority, and go to Saturday afternoon movies at the Belle Meade Theatre, the tears soon ceased. Harpeth Hall was the springboard for me to see high school through glasses not colored purple, green, and gold in Mardi Gras colors. The School broadened my mind and my spirit. I learned that it didn’t matter if you experienced the second grade in

Harpeth Hall paved a path for a learning curiosity still with me today. My love of the School and the friends made there are solid reasons for remembering the School when my will is read. Future generations of young women entering the School, at whatever level, will have a more sophisticated environment than the class of 1954 experienced. Maybe my gift will offer another shy transfer student or a vivacious eighth grader a springboard for years of growth. We are grateful to Mary Alice for her devotion to Harpeth Hall. If you would like to include Harpeth Hall in your estate plans, please contact Susan Moll, Director of Advancement, at 615-346-0087 or moll@harpethhall.org. We would be honored to recognize you as a member of our Founders Society.

Mary Alice Quinn, Senior Class ’54 Vice President, Ariston Club ’54

In This Issue:

Features 5 Remembering An Alumna Students inspired by AFS student’s story write a book about her.

16 Summer @Harpeth Hall From little girls to educators, Harpeth Hall is filled with excitement this summer.

CONTENTS

18 A Milestone Celebration A look back on the 100th anniversary of Milestones, the School’s yearbook.

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22 A Leadership Celebration Martha Ingram and Robin Ingram Patton ’84 receive the Dede Bullard Wallace Award.

29 The Power of Photos A photo essay captures the strength of the new Athletic and Wellness Center.

35 A Life of Service Be inspired by Evelyn Farris Raines ’74, our Spirit of Service Award recipient.

37 A Musical Distinction Meet Evelyn Dickenson Swensson ’45, our 2014 Distinguished Alumna.

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Departments

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ON THE COVER

A view of the rotunda in the new Athletic and Wellness Center.

Observations

Academics

Around the Hall

Athletics

Faculty

Service

Performing Arts

Regional Gatherings

Class Notes

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HALLWAYS STAFF

Joanne Mamenta, Editor Lauren Finney, Designer Photographers: Helen Burrus, Peyton Hoge, Joanne Mamenta, John Schweikert, and Michael Strasinger Hallways is published twice a year by The Harpeth Hall School 3801 Hobbs Road, Nashville, TN 37215. www.harpethhall.org This magazine is printed on FSC certified paper made up of 50% recycled content

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OBSERVATIONS

n this issue of Hallways, you will read a story by Dr. Mary Ellen Pethel on the 100th anniversary of Milestones, the School’s yearbook. Dr. Pethel is an Upper School history teacher and the School’s archivist. As a former history teacher, I delight in my conversations with Dr. Pethel as she shares gems of information uncovered in our archives. Some of our treasures will appear in a book Dr. Pethel is writing about the School’s history as we near our sesquicentennial anniversary. To ready for this milestone, we also have created reproductions from our photo archives and placed them around campus to remind our students of their shared history with the young women from 150 years ago.

photos: 1999 Milestones

• Athletic competition from archery and field hockey in the 1900s to crew and lacrosse in the 2000 • A student theatre production of Shakespeare’s As You Like It in 1924 and 2013 • Activities from Angkor, Ariston, Eccowasin, and Triad clubs in the 1900s and 2000s. We have celebrated more milestones during the 2013–2014 school year. • In August, we welcomed a record enrollment of 671 students who represent 39 zip codes and come to Harpeth Hall each morning from Davidson County and five surrounding counties. Throughout Hallways, you will read about the outstanding accomplishments of our students. • In January, we dedicated our new Athletic and Wellness Center, a place where students engage in lifelong wellness and competitive athletic competition. A photo essay of the new building begins on page 29. • Also in January, we recognized our inaugural Athletic Hall of Fame members. Photos from that ceremony begin on page 24. We profiled these amazing women in the 2013 Winter Hallways, and you can read more about them on our website, www.harpethhall.org.

From the black and white photographs in a 1914 Milestones to the digital color photographs in the current Milestones, the images illustrate how courses, hairstyles, clothing, even sports and activities may change, but many of the important milestones that are at the foundation of girls’ education remain. In these pictures, we see:

Join me in celebrating the remarkable milestones of our alumnae, many of whom are featured in our Class Notes section starting on page 47. I so enjoy hearing from our alumnae and look forward to seeing many of you in the spring when I travel to alumnae gatherings in Los Angeles and Palo Alto, California; New Orleans; Chapel Hill, Raleigh-Durham, and Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Sewanee and Memphis, Tennessee. Gratefully,

• Eager faces of young women ready to learn • Students and teachers engaged in the classroom HALLWAYS

Head of School Ann Teaff

In September, 12 Harpeth Hall students in the Class of 2014 were recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program: six are Finalists and six are Commended Students. National Merit Finalists scored in the top 1 percent of all juniors nationwide who took the PSAT in the fall of 2012, and Commended Students scored in the top 5 percent. Last year, over 1.5 million high school juniors took the PSAT. Harpeth Hall National Merit Finalists are Morgan Dentz, Lauren Grace Himes, Hannah Maclellan, Reid Patton, Claire Ramage, and Jocelyn Sitton. Harpeth Hall National Merit Commended Students are Ellie Beahm, Abby Biesman, Charlotte Hughes, Catherine Jones, Ashley Lanquist, and Amy Jo Weaver.

AROUND THE HALL

National Merit

Service

More than 300 students, faculty, staff, families, and alumnae participated in the Harpeth Hall Komen Race for the Cure Team in October and raised over $4,000. Harpeth Hall was one of the top 10 Nashville teams.

Speaker

New York Times Columnist Bruce Feiler brought his authentic, inspiring – and funny – presentation to Harpeth Hall in October for the annual Today’s Girl in Tomorrow’s World Symposium. More than 300 people came out to hear the author of The Secrets of Happy Families share stories from families across the country. Mr. Feiler said he interviewed the world’s most creative minds, including top designers in Silicon Valley, elite peace negotiators, the creators of the TV show Modern Family, and the Green Berets, to bring together the best practices for modern-day families. More than 200 tips and suggestions are packed in his book. “What works for one family may not work for another, but there are enough ideas in here so that maybe three or four suggestions will work for your family,” said Mr. Feiler. Symposium Co-Chairs Didi Biesman and Susan Trotman with Bruce Feiler

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AROUND THE HALL

Harpeth Hall’s Center for STEM Education for Girls is

LEADER in STEM Education H

arpeth Hall’s Center for STEM Education for Girls is considered one of the “7 Powerful STEM Resources for Girls in the U.S.,” according to an article published in the August edition of Edudemic magazine. Author Katie Lepi added, “The statistics surrounding STEM education and jobs in the U.S. are rather staggering to me. The latest that I’ve read indicate that U.S. students are still trailing WAY behind other nations in Science and Math education (U.S. ranks 47th in Math and Science education quality, and 78% of high school graduates don’t meet the standard levels for at least one entry level STEM class). To top it off, there’s a pretty strong gender divide in the STEM subjects: Many fewer girls are interested in even studying these subjects, and they don’t feel at all confident about their skills.” Katie Lepi said about Harpeth Hall’s program, “…they’re working to create a transformation on the educational opportunities for girls by establishing the Center for STEM Education for Girls to increase participation by girls in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math studies in high school and college and to encourage them to aspire to STEM careers.”

Molly Tanner from Flint Hill School in Virginia tests her vehicle during a workshop, “Girls Experiencing Engineering,” at Harpeth Hall’s 2013 STEM Think Tank and Conference.

STEM Consortium In November 2013, the Center for STEM Education for Girls under the direction of Dr. Stacy Klein-Gardner hosted its third STEM Consortium. The Consortium included STEM leaders from K-12 girls’ schools, including Garrison Forrest School (MD), Harpeth Hall (TN), Hockaday School (TX), Hutchison School (TN), Greenwich Academy (CT), Laurel School (OH), Marymount School (NY), Online School for Girls, and Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders (TX); local public high school Fred J. Page; STEM leaders from university-level STEM programs with strong female participation, including University of Oklahoma and Vanderbilt University; and STEM corporation leaders, including Lenovo, NASA, Medtronic, and ThyssenKrupp Elevators. We also had representatives from the Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee and the Young Womens’ Leadership Network (NY). Each year, this

S C I E N C E • T E C H N O L O G Y • E N G I N E E R I N G • M AT H group continues to provide leadership and guidance to the Center for STEM Education for Girls. The Consortium provided a valuable critical eye and creative mind for evaluating and improving upon the second year of programs. In addition, the Consortium members spent time working on ideas that will carry the Center beyond its original five-year grant.

GAINS Network Harpeth Hall has become a member school of the Girls Advancing in STEM Scholar Network

(GAINS) that is hosted by Greenwich Academy (CT). Other member schools are Castilleja School (CA), Hathaway Brown School (OH), Hockaday School (TX), and Marymount School (NY). Current students and Harpeth Hall alumnae may join this network to receive or to give mentorship. The GAINS Scholar Network connects high school girls and young women interested in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) with women leaders from STEM-related universities, labs, companies, and organizations around the world. The network provides role models, virtual mentors, and networking opportunities for girls and women at various stages of their educations and careers. HALLWAYS

2012 school year, students in a Spanish IV course watched a movie called Cautiva, which is a story about a young woman whose life is thrown into turmoil when she is suddenly escorted from her school in Buenos Aires and told that she is the daughter of activists who disappeared in the 1970s. Questioning everything she once thought true, the young woman embarks on a journey to find her true identity. Meeting others like herself, the young girl soon discovers the real-life horrors of Argentina’s relatively recent past and the nightmare that claimed tens of thousands of lives during the country’s “dirty war.” In conversations following the movie, students learned that Harpeth Hall had a student who followed a similar fate. Manely Ramirez-Abella was an exchange student from Argentina who came to Harpeth Hall in 1970 and lived with the Tanners, a Harpeth Hall family. She was very active in Harpeth Hall student life. After graduating in 1971, she returned to Argentina to attend the university. She later married and had a baby boy. In 1977, Manely and her husband were taken by the police and were never seen or heard from again. Students researched Manely’s life, which included interviewing the Tanners, who had led a letterwriting campaign in the late 1970s to find out what happened to Manely and her husband. “Seeing a picture of Manely in the Harpeth Hall Milestones made it more personal for our students,” said Elizabeth Allen, Chair of the Upper School World Languages Department and Spanish IV and V teacher. The students’ research led to writing a bilingual book about Manely Ramirez-Abella’s life.

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Students’ Book Honors Manely Ramirez-Abella ’71 By Liza Southwick ’13 (Reprinted from Logos)

n December 27, 1977, Manely Ramirez-Abella, her husband Nereo, and

her son Arturo were beginning their day when a group of military officials invaded their home kidnapping Manely and her family. Manely and Nereo were never seen or heard from again. During the late 1970s, many families and individuals from Argentina were forcibly taken from their homes and driven to concentration camps. The military took anyone who openly demonstrated opposition to the current government. There were about 30,000 known disappearances, but many more went unreported. As an exchange student at Harpeth Hall through the American Field Service program, Manely stayed with the Tanners, whose daughters attended Harpeth Hall. From August 1970 to June 1971, Manely was a member of the senior class.

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Editor’s Note: During the 2011-

The men and women who disappeared, known as desaparecidos, were political activists. Unlike in the United States, citizens of Argentina could not freely voice their opposition to the government. Therefore many desaparecidos knew they had a chance of being taken. Manely Ramirez-Abella was one of those people. She and her husband were taken to concentration camps, but Arturo survived and was raised by his grandparents. Helen Tanner (left) and Donna Tanner sit with the Spanish V students When Manely returned to Argentina from 2012-2013 whose research led to a book about Manely Ramirez-Abella. after her year at Harpeth Hall, she maintained contact with her host family via letters. In one of those letters she wrote:

“If I die soon, I would like for you to know how much I love you, what a wonderful time I had when I was part of your family and that I really feel that you are part of my family. Just one more thing, if something happens to me, please don’t be sad because I chose this and I’m happy because I fight for the happiness of all my people.” The Harpeth Hall Spanish V class hosted an assembly last spring honoring Manely and the other desaparecidos. Of those honored, survivor Alicia Partnoy, was the guest speaker. After being abducted from her home, Alicia was taken to a concentration camp called The Little School while the military officials forced Alicia to leave her young daughter behind. Upon being released from detainment to the U.S. through a program created by President Jimmy Carter, she published a book entitled The Little School describing her time and what it was like as a desaparecido. The assembly highlighted the life of Manely with reflections from Alicia. During the 2012-2013 school year, Spanish V students researched and created a book in Manely’s honor. It highlights her time at Harpeth Hall, her life in Argentina, and the history of that time period. To view our students’ video about Manely’s story, visit http://bit.ly/HHManely To purchase a copy of Manely Ramírez-Abella’s life story, visit: http://bit.ly/Manelybook

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FALL EVENTS

Sunday on Souby

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ATHLETICS

Fall Team Highlights

Kennedy Potts ’14 and Anne Weingartner

Two Seniors Sign National Letters of Intent Kennedy Potts ’14 signed a National Letter of Intent in November to play Division I basketball for Lipscomb University. Kennedy has played basketball at Harpeth Hall since seventh grade. She has played both shooting guard and point guard. She was All-Region as a junior and averaged 15 points and five assists a game. “Kennedy is the hardest working player that I have ever coached. Early on in her career she set a goal to play Division I basketball and has worked extremely hard to achieve that goal,” said Harpeth Hall Head Varsity Basketball Coach Anne Weingartner. Kirstin Robertson ’14 signed a National Letter of Intent on February 5 to play soccer for Division 1 Austin Peay University. Kirstin played the forward position at Harpeth Hall. She received the MVP award for the DII AA EastMiddle Region. She also was named DII AA All-State and Tennessean All Mid-State. During her senior year, she had 27 goals and 7 assists.

Meggie Lucas, Kirstin Robertson ’14 and Anne Weingartner

Coaching Accolade Varsity Soccer Coach and Middle School History Teacher Meggie Lucas was named by The Tennessean as the Girls Soccer Coach of the Year.

Mary Caton Peffen ’14

Upper School Cross Country State runner-up Golf Qualified for state Soccer State Champion (first for Harpeth Hall)

Middle School Cross Country Harpeth Valley Athletic Conference (HVAC) champions Golf HVAC Runner-up Soccer HVAC Runner-up HALLWAYS

Varsity Accolades Soccer Division II AA All-State Soccer Team: Lauren Grace Himes and Kirstin Robertson

East-Middle All-Region: Lauren Grace Himes, Claire Ramage, and Kirstin Robertson

East Middle Region MVP: Kirstin Robertson

Tennessean All-Midstate 1st Team: Lauren Grace Himes and Kirstin Robertson

Volleyball East-Middle All-Region: Molly McConnell and Conleigh Werkhaven

2013 State Soccer Champions

ATHLETICS

Harpeth Hall’s First State Championship in Soccer

Jordan Martin ’14

Varsity Cross Country Team

Middle School Cross Country Team Winter 2014

FACULTY FEATURE

World: A Conversation with Parents” at the NCGE. This presentation was a synopsis of the parent education series presented at Harpeth Hall.

BOARDS Marie D. Maxwell, Dean of Students of the Upper School, was appointed to the Leadership Nashville Alumni Association Board for 2013–2015. The Alumni Association is a division of the Leadership Nashville Foundation. Mrs. Maxwell was a member of the 1985 class of Leadership Nashville.

Marla Faith, Middle School art teacher, was elected to the board of directors for Kaleidoscope, a new arts organization in East Nashville that provides children’s art classes. Dr. Stacy KleinGardner, Director of the Center for STEM Education for Girls, was invited to join the Leadership Council at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, TX.

EXHIBITIONS Joan Curry, Middle and Upper School art teacher, exhibited her ceramic pieces in a show, Human/Nature, at Studio 550 in New Hampshire. Marla Faith exhibited her artwork in December at the Meher Center in Myrtle Beach, SC. In addition, she had several poems and art published in OmPoint, an online journal dedicated to Meher Baba.

PERFORMANCES Joe Croker, Upper School English and media arts teacher, had his song, “Let’s Go Back in Time,” cut by jazz singer David Basse on his new CD, The Hero. Mr. Croker wrote the HALLWAYS

song for his wife, Denise Croker, an Upper School English teacher. Mr. Croker’s version is currently available for download from Amazon and iTunes under his name.

PRESENTATIONS Elizabeth Allen, Chair of the Upper School World Languages Department, and Marees Choppin, Chair of the Middle School World Languages Department, presented at the Tennessee Foreign Language Teachers Association (TFLTA) Conference in November with two language teachers. Their presentation, “Exploring Brazil with Your Spanish Class,” offered ideas and lesson plans for incorporating Brazilian Portuguese and culture in K–12 classes.

Elizabeth Allen; Marees Choppin; Yelena Janumyan, Middle School science teacher; Dr. Stacy Klein-Gardner; and Vanesa Wenz, Upper and Middle School Spanish teacher, presented at the National Conference on Girls’ Education (NCGE) in February in Philadelphia. Their presentation, “Language and Culture Meet Science and Engineering: Examples Across Middle and Upper School,” demonstrated collaborative projects created at Harpeth Hall between world languages and science classes. Jennifer Adams, Director of Counseling, and Molly Rumsey, Director of Library and Information Services, presented “The Digital

Jennifer Adams and Traci Keller, Dean of Students of the Middle School, presented “A Mission-Driven Leadership Program” at the NCGE. Jennifer Adams, Marees Choppin, Traci Keller, Meggie Lucas, Middle School History Department Chair, and Becky Smith, Middle School Science Department Chair, presented “What is the Best Way to Showcase Students’ Work?” at the NCGE. The workshop showed educators how to create a digital footprint of tangible output that tracks a student’s learning journey. Jenny Byers, Director of College Counseling, coordinated and led a program for college counseling office assistants at the Association of College Counselors in Independent Schools meeting in San Diego in February. The event included a visit to the University of San Diego. Tad Wert, Chair of the Upper School Math Department, presented on “How Flipping My Math Classes Changed My Life” at the National Conference on Girls’ Education in February in Philadelphia. The presentation explained how flipping his math class has had a profound effect on Mr. Wert’s teaching and students’ learning. The presentation taught participants how to flip their classes, how to create their own screencasts, and what their expectations should be for their students.

PUBLICATIONS Meg Griswold, Upper School English teacher, published, “Rekindling Reading: On the Use of E-Readers in the English Classroom” in the November edition of English Journal, a publication produced by the National Council of Teachers of English.

Dona Spawn Gower

English teacher at Harpeth Hall from 1976 to 1985

Dr. Mary Ellen Pethel, Upper School history teacher and archivist, published “Sport and the Outward Life: Young Women Athletes as Progressive Players,” an essay as part of the book Tennessee Women in the Progressive Era (Mary Evins, ed., University of Tennessee Press, 2013).

WORKSHOPS Harpeth Hall hosted the Tennessee Association of Independent Schools’ workshop, “Mathematics: Curriculum, Teaching Tools, and Strategies” in January. Keynote speaker was Nils Ahbel, a math teacher from Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts. Mr. Ahbel is an expert in the innovative use of technology in the classroom and one of the authors of three math textbooks published by the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project. Jess Hill, Director of the Upper School, facilitated a panel, “Coordinate Academics: The Classroom,” at the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools’ Conference on Coordinate Education in November in Washington, D.C. This conference explored the strategies, opportunities, and challenges of forming a coordinate education program between all-boys and all-girls schools.

ormer English teacher Dr. Dona Spawn Gower died peacefully at her home in Dallas on November 18, 2013, after a long and heroic battle with cancer. Her daughter Alison was at her side. A teacher at Harpeth Hall from 1976 to 1985, Dr. Gower shared her joy for life and her passion for literature and writing with her students. Dr. Gower and her Harpeth Hall colleague Dr. Betty Marney were known for creating one of the finest English college preparatory curricula. Dr. Marney recalled a course that she and Dr. Gower designed following the Gowers’ year in Leeds, England. The semester course for seniors was called “Great Works,” and each Upper School English faculty member participated. “I will always remember Dr. Gower for her brilliance, her hilarity, and her legendary beehive hairdo. She was a tour de force — one of those people who shined so brightly. Dr. Gower and her cohort Dr. Marney taught me so well and were probably the catalyst in my choice of English as my major at Vanderbilt. I’m forever grateful,” said Elizabeth Thomas Trabue ’87. Dr. Gower, according to Dr. Marney, also was known for her antics. “Dona’s contributions to the classes were filled with her usual insights and dramatic instincts. On one occasion, a student asked how a cockroach (as in Kafka’s Metamorphosis) could open a door. Immediately, Dona threw herself on the classroom floor and wiggled roachwise to the door and raised, again roach-like, her arm to the knob. Fortunately, the bell rang to mask the hilarity of all in the room,” recalled Dr. Marney.

She was a tour de force — one of those people who shined so brightly. Adelaide Davis Stevens ’79 recalled another story. “While she was known for her pencil skirts and pumps, the most distinguishing characteristic was her hair wrapped, piled, and pinned so pill-box completely on top of her head. From week one, our question was ‘How long is your hair?’ She was teasingly and mysteriously vague. It was the great mystery of junior year. In the spring, it came. Dr. Gower told us that if we did something — memory fails — she would let down her hair. On that Friday, with Polaroids poised, down came the tresses. Not only were we amazed that her hair almost touched the floor, but also at the speed with which Dr. Gower rewrapped and coiffed the long, brown mane back to its familiar perch.” Dr. Gower’s professional career as a teacher spanned almost five decades. Upon resigning from Harpeth Hall in 1985, she was invited by Idanelle McMurry, Harpeth Hall’s former head of school, to apply for an opening in the English department at the Hockaday School in Dallas where Miss McMurry was head of school. She taught for one year but left to lead the The Teachers’ Academy at the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture. In 1996, she established the Athena Foundation in Dallas, dedicated to the ongoing education of teachers. “Dr. Gower’s dedication to teaching was her passion, and she instilled in her students an appreciation of literature. She was an inspired and inspiring teacher,” added Dr. Marney.

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FACULTY

Harpeth Hall Students Raise Funds to Provide Uniforms for Girls in Lwala, Kenya

SERVICE

In the spring of 2011, Harpeth Hall began a strategic partnership with the Lwala Community Alliance, an organization founded in 2007 by brothers Milton and Fred Ochieng, natives of Lwala, Kenya, to improve the health and well-being of the residents in their community. Since the inception of the partnership, Harpeth Hall students have hosted numerous benefits to raise funds for the Lwala Community Alliance. Each February, Upper School students host a citywide Dodgeball Tournament in which 20-plus teams from area high schools compete and learn of the barriers to education for young women in Lwala. In March 2012, Harpeth Hall hosted a benefit concert, “Celebrating Women Around the World,” in the Frances Bond Davis Theatre. For the concert, the School commissioned a new choral piece, “Msilale Wanawake,” by well-known composers Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory, funded by the Harpeth Hall Parents Association. In January 2013, Harpeth Hall expanded its Lwala partnership by committing to provide new uniforms and reusable sanitary pads to 1,200 sixth-grade girls as an incentive to stay in school. The idea for the initiative came about after eight students, along with Head of School Ann Teaff, visited Lwala during a 2013 Winterim trip. Lack of access to new uniforms and unmanageable sanitary needs are deterrents for older girls to stay in school. Boys are often preferred to receive education over girls. If resources are limited, families will place the needs of their daughters’ education as a last priority. The benefits of keeping girls in school are well documented: higher family wages, later age of marriage, higher rates of school enrollment for future children, lower rates of infant and maternal mortality, and a reduction of HIV. The Harpeth Hall community — driven by the student body — will raise $30,000 – $10,000 per year for the next three years — to fund the Lwala Uniform Initiative. Students are hosting fund-raisers to support this initiative. In November, the Upper School students participated in Gratitude Week. During Gratitude Week, students “gave up” something, such as a latte or bagel, and gave that money to the uniform initiative. A Gratitude Graffiti Board set up in the junior lobby let students anonymously write down responses to why they are grateful for their education. Harpeth Hall also hosted a fall exhibition of photographs for the Lwala Community Alliance in the Marnie Sheridan Gallery. Entitled “Daughters of Lwala,” the pictures told the stories of our sisters in Lwala and their quest to battle the barriers to education. It was a moving display for our community to see the hardships, dreams, and triumphs of the girls in Lwala as they seek to remain in school. As part of the uniform initiative, Harpeth Hall is providing an embroidered patch that will be sewn on each new uniform to signify its partnership and commitment to empowering girls. The School also has produced notecards from photographs students took during their 2013 Winterim trip to Lwala. Funds from the sale of notecards support the uniform initiative. The notecards can be purchased at Harpeth Hall’s bookstore. Harpeth Hall notecards (above) support the Lwala Uniform Initiative. HALLWAYS

The patch that will adorn uniforms in Lwala, Kenya.

Welcome

NEW TRUSTEES

2013-2014 New Trustees

Didi Kaplan Biesman ’82

John T. Johnson

Tricia McDowell

Brian Reames

served on the Distinguished Alumna Selection Committee in 2004–2005, was the Parents Association’s 9th grade Parents Together Chair in 2010–2011, and was a Reunion Class Chair in 2011–2012. She chaired the Today’s Girl in Tomorrow’s World Symposium this year and also serves on the Community Relations Committee of the Board of Trustees. Didi received a degree in economics from the University of Michigan and a Master of Business Administration from Duke University. She is a self-employed marketing professional. Didi and her husband, Brian, are parents of Abby ’14 and Michelle ’16. Their son, Adam, is a senior at Montgomery Bell Academy.

is President of Mid-South Wire Company, a privately-held producer of low and medium carbon steel wire. He is a graduate of Battle Ground Academy and the University of Alabama. John T. is serving on the Leadership Team Committee for The Next Step Campaign and on the Investment Committee of the Board of Trustees. He also serves on the Corporate Sponsorship Committee for The Main Event 2014. John T. and his wife Kerrie are parents of Lara Lillian ’16. Their son, Tate, is in the seventh grade at Christ Presbyterian Academy.

received a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Business Administration from Vanderbilt University. Tricia was the Main Event Auction Chair in 2010 -2011. She and her husband Doug served on the Annual Fund Major Gifts Committee in 2011-2012, and they have been chairs of the Major Gifts Committee for the past two years. As a trustee, she serves on the Advancement Committee and the Buildings and Grounds Committee. The McDowells are parents of Margaret ’12, who is a sophomore at Tulane University, and Catherine ’14.

is a Senior Vice President at Highwoods Properties Inc., a commercial real estate firm. Brian received a Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt University. As a trustee, he serves on the Property Committee and the Transition Committee. Brian and his wife, Leigh, are serving on the Annual Fund Major Gifts Committee this year and are parents of Mary Winston ’16, William, a sophomore at Sewanee: The University of the South, and Grey, a senior at Montgomery Bell Academy.

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PERFORMING ARTS

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SUMMER

Summer @ Harpeth Hall During the summer, the Harpeth Hall campus is filled with tykes, tweens, teenagers, and teachers. Below is a list of the many programs offered at Harpeth Hall for summer 2014:

Summer Programs Julia Child. Jane Goodall. Jackie Joyner-Kersee. No matter

who her hero is, a girl can live her dreams at Harpeth Hall during the summer. Girls of all ages can explore science in-depth, perfect athletic skills, uncover artistic talents, and just plain have fun. Academics, arts, athletics â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Harpeth Hall has it all with more than 70 summer programs for girls starting at age 4 through high school.

STEM Institute Sponsored by the Center for STEM Education for

Girls, the STEM Summer Institute, June 2-13, is a summer program that targets high school girls in public, charter, and independent schools from across Middle Tennessee to pursue an interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) fields. This summer, participants will work on projects improving the design of the biosand water filters used by the Lwala Community Alliance, and the winning design will be used in the community of Lwala, Kenya.

Online School for Girls Through the Online School for Girls (OSG), Harpeth Hall students can take summer courses that offer them an opportunity to better transition from one level to the next, be it within a specific course or from middle to high school or from high school to college. Courses are offered online and asynchronously (that is, not live), allowing students to take the courses from any location with Internet access and have some flexibility in completing work. Harpeth Hall was one of four founding schools of the OSG. HALLWAYS

College Essay Writing Sessions The Harpeth Hall College Counselors will host two optional application and essay work sessions on July 30 and August 4 from 9 a.m. to noon for rising seniors. There is no set agenda for the work sessions, but rather it is a designated time when the College Counselors will be on hand to assist seniors with their online college applications and college essay drafts.

Time to Rise In our 21st year, Harpeth Hall has served as a host for the YMCA-affiliated Time to Rise summer enrichment program for at-risk students from Nashville public schools. Time to Rise’s mission is to help students in grades four to six “improve their life chances through academic excellence and character development.” Each year approximately 30 rising fifth-grade girls, selected by their teachers and counselors for their motivation, school attendance, and parent support, enroll in four weeks of core academic classes taught by Harpeth Hall teachers and high school students hired as class instructors and camp counselors respectively.

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for Teachers The 2014 STEM Think Tank and Conference will be held July

Center for Innovative Educators The Harpeth Hall Center for Innovative Educators offers professional development workshops this summer, from June 2-5. Our mission through this center is to inspire teachers to develop new and creative practices, to build a network of learning professionals, to support teacher growth through innovative thinking, and to prepare students for the 21st century.

16–18 at Harpeth Hall. This year’s theme is The STEM Connection: Developing Skills, Creating Relationships. More than 60 workshops are offered during the concurrent sessions. Presenters are coming from coast-to-coast and represent public and private K-12 educators, university researchers and outreach leaders, museum leaders, and representatives from STEM companies. The annual conference is sponsored by the Harpeth Hall Center for STEM Education for Girls, and we expect more than 250 educators from across the United States to attend.

Five workshops are offered this summer: • Get in Their World: The Digital World • E-books in the Classroom • From Idea to Object: 3-D Printing Comes Alive • From Techno-Phobe to Techno-Star • Using LibGuides to Leverage Inquiry

For More Information about Summer at Harpeth Hall, visit the Harpeth Hall website, www.harpethhall.org, or contact one of the following individuals: • Sacha Bone, Director of Summer Programs, bone@harpethhall.org • Dr. Stacy Klein-Gardner, Director of the Center for STEM Education, stem@harpethhall.org • Jenny Byers, Director of College Counseling, byers@harpethhall.org • Joanne Mamenta, Coordinator for the Center for Innovative Educators, mamenta@harpethhall.org Winter 2014

100th Anniversary CAPTURING THE LIFE OF THE SCHOOL

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Illustration and Senior Middle Class photo, 1918 Milestones

Milestones is a memory book, a history book, a reference book.

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f not for the prudence and vision of the first

Milestones staff in 1913–1914, we might be talking about the centennial anniversary of the “Milady’s Iris” or “Milady in Stripes” based on the previous yearbooks for Ward Seminary (1865) and Belmont College for Young Women (1890). Fortunately, the first editor in chief, Zetta Elizabeth Jones, recognized the “lack of durability” of such names and instead adopted a name that “expresse[d] so exactly what our annual stands for . . . and is in itself a ‘milestone’ in the history of the school.” Both Ward Seminary and Belmont College for Young Women had published impressive annual yearbooks, as many schools did, beginning in the late 1890s. Ward Seminary’s yearbook was named The Iris and was first published for the 1897–1898 school year. Most likely, The Iris was so named because of the prevalence and popularity of the flower throughout the state. In fact, the iris was officially made the state flower of Tennessee in 1933. Belmont College’s yearbook was called Milady in Brown as the girls donned brown uniforms. Belmont first published a yearbook in 1904 and Milady in Brown ran for nine years until the merger.

In the fall of 1913, Ward-Belmont College opened its doors as a new institution on the corner of Wedgewood and 21st Avenue, a stone’s throw from then Peabody Normal College for Teachers and Vanderbilt University. Whether conscious decisions or not, Ward-Belmont created more traditions than it carried over from its predecessor schools. For instance, the school discontinued its primary and intermediate grades to focus on its college preparatory department, collegiate department, and music conservatory. Other written traditions commenced with the opening of Ward-Belmont, including the publication of The Hyphen, an impressive weekly six-page newspaper, as well as a new literary periodical called Chimes. The Hyphen was so named for the new hyphenated name: Ward-Belmont. Chimes was published quarterly and featured student poems, stories, and artwork.

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Milestones, 1918

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Its name symbolically referenced the bell tower located on the campus, one of the school’s landmark features, which struck every hour. Historically, early yearbooks served many purposes and were often the only publication produced by schools, other than curricular or promotional catalogs. As the premier mouthpiece of school life and culture, yearbooks showcased student literary work including short stories, songs, poems, drawings, and paintings. In addition, yearbooks included lists of students (including home city and state), faculty (including academic credentials), and literary, social, and extracurricular clubs. In some cases, alumnae and former faculty updates were also incorporated. By 1920, most schools had created separate literary publications (such as Chimes or today’s Hallmarks), newspapers, alumnae journals or newsletters, and school directories. With these developments, the modern yearbook was born. Early yearbooks, from the late 1890s through 1916, reveal mottos, colors, and even a representative flower for each class and school club, in addition to officers. For example, the fourteen members of HALLWAYS

the Junior Class at Belmont College for Young Women in 1905 list the following:

COLORS: Green and White FLOWER: White Sweet Pea MOTTO: Cerno, Credo, Cresco [I discern, I believe, I grow] Class cheer: Rick-a-chick-a, Boom-a-lack-a, Sis! Boom! Bah! Nineteen seven, Rah! Rah! Rah! The shift in yearbooks from picture or face books to works designed to document and record the history of the school year mirrors larger changes occurring throughout the nation. The Progressive Era, Prohibition, World War I, women’s suffrage, and developments in

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modern yearbook: “With the explosion of desktop publishing in the last few decades, yearbooks have become even more journalistic, reflecting not only the design and photographic capabilities now available, but including coverage that showcases everything from reporting of events to first-person profiles.”

printing certainly influenced the high school and college-aged women of Ward-Belmont. Milestones emerged as more serious in tone with greater informational content. While still full of fun and some frivolity, Milestones had become more journalistic in style by 1930. For example, the 1937 Milestones Table of Contents is as follows: WARD -BELMONT SCHOOL Book I.................................................. Her Faculty Book II................................................ Her Organizations Book III............................................... Her Sports Book IV............................................... Her Clubs Book V................................................ Her Campus Life Book VI............................................... Her High School Graduation Book VII............................................. Her College Graduation As the publisher of Harpeth Hall’s Milestones, the Herff Jones company explains the evolving purpose and the role of technology in the

The size and shape of yearbooks also changed. School annuals prior to the 1930s were horizontally long, resembling a coffee table book. Milestones adopted the more standard 8x10 size in 1922. Today’s sizes have since expanded to 9x12, and the number of pages has doubled from 190 in 1970 to an average of 280 since 2000. Yearbooks have not only grown in size but have also added much more color. While the first Milestones in 1914 did contain splashes of color on a few selected pages, pictures and pages containing color were significantly more expensive and therefore limited. This would be the case until 1999 when color was still limited to pages featuring the senior class. The price of print production and color pages has since declined and today Milestones is printed in full color. The accessibility and prevalence of technology has also altered the presentation of content. Beginning in 2007, Harpeth Hall switched from using hard-copy photos to all digital photographs. In 2012, Milestones featured several QR codes, which if scanned by a smartphone, directed the reader to additional information and pictures on the Web. The 1913–1914 Milestones staff adopted as its motto an excerpt from seventeenth-century English poet Robert Herrick: “Attempt the end and never stand to doubt; Nothing’s so hard but search will find it out.” In these ways, the yearbook still fulfills many traditional roles: it is a memory book, a history book, and a reference book. In short, it provides both a remembrance and a record of “milestones” passed, from year to year, in the life of the school. (Mary Ellen Pethel, Ph. D., is an Upper School history teacher and the School’s archivist.)

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Harpeth Hall Board of Trustees Nancy Graves Beveridge ‘80 and Katie Groos Nelson ’80 stand in front of a photo of themselves on the new Athletic Timeline.

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Head of School Ann Teaff and current parent Elizabeth Dennis at the Leadership Dinner.

Campaign Co-Chairs Jane Berry Jacques ’72 and Barbara Richards Haugen ’68

One Step closer to our Campaign Goal

ive months after the public launch of the $35 million Capital and Annual Fund campaign, The Next Step: Strengthening the Mind, Body, and Spirit, the Harpeth Hall community celebrated the opening of the new Athletic and Wellness Center with an All-School Assembly on January 28 followed by the Leadership Dinner on January 29. Campaign Co-Chairs Jane Berry Jacques ’72 and Barbara Richards Haugen ’68 announced at the Leadership Dinner that the Harpeth Hall community had raised $34.1 million of the $35 million goal. This milestone announcement was met with enthusiastic applause. Also during the Leadership Dinner, eleven outstanding women were honored. After Martha Rivers Ingram and her daughter, Robin Ingram Patton ’84, received the prestigious Louise “Dede” Bullard Wallace Award, Mrs. Ingram made a beautiful tribute to her dear friend Dede Wallace who passed away at the young age of 34. Nine inaugural members of the Harpeth Hall Athletic Hall of Fame were recognized. Olympic gold medal winner Tracy Caulkins Stockwell ’81 expressed her appreciation for her fellow inductees, each of whom she had a tie to at Harpeth Hall.

In her remarks, Head of School Ann Teaff thanked the guests in attendance for their generous spirit. “On behalf of every girl who has passed through our halls to learn these lessons and on behalf of those who will follow in their footsteps, I thank you for being here and for inspiring this exceptional facility, for taking a dream and willing it to be. “You remind me every day what I love about this institution. It’s the excellence. I love a place where everybody talks about excellence — and is proud of it. Excellence has to be reflected in the facilities. That sends such an important message to the girls.”

Sustaining The Annual Fund: Gifts to the Annual Fund furnish our classrooms with innovative learning tools, support faculty development, increase resources for financial aid, and provide unique student enrichment experiences.

Building an Athletic and Wellness Center: Gifts to the Center help fund a state-of-the-art facility for competitive training as well as fitness activities and wellness classes for all girls.

Purchasing Adjacent Property: Property acquisition gifts provide space for tennis courts, and additional soccer, lacrosse, and softball fields.

Increasing Endowment: Gifts to the endowment support faculty salaries and benefits, financial aid, and all aspects of educational excellence for our girls.

Students view the Athletic Hall of Fame and Wellness panels. HALLWAYS

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The Next Step: All-School Assembly

The Athletic and Wellness Center was dedicated at an All-School Assembly on January 28.

Students take a look at the Athletic Timeline in the Athletic and Wellness Center.

Board of Trustees Vice Chair and current parent Robin Ingram Patton ’84 talked at the All-School Assembly about wellness and giving back. Harpeth Hall Athletic Hall of Fame Members Pat Neblett Moran ’51 and Tracy Caulkins Stockwell ’81 share a moment.

Students, faculty, and the Honeybear enjoy the “bagel” seating in the new Athletic and Wellness Center.

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2013 - 2014 LEADERSHIP DINNER

Martha Rivers Ingram and Robin Patton Ingram ’84

Martha Rivers Ingram and Robin Ingram Patton ’84

Receive Prestigious Louise “Dede” Bullard Wallace Award

he Harpeth Hall School honored Martha Rivers Ingram and Robin Ingram Patton ’84 with the prestigious Louise “Dede” Bullard Wallace Award for their outstanding service to the School at the January Leadership Celebration Dinner. The award is named for Louise “Dede” Bullard Wallace, a member of the original student body of Harpeth Hall who helped establish our school spirit by her enthusiastic engagement in all phases of campus life. At the Leadership Dinner, Martha Ingram and Robin Ingram Patton were recognized for their leadership and commitment to girls’ education. Having graduated from Ashley Hall and Vassar College, Martha Ingram is both a believer in and advocate for all-girls’ education. She is a business and civic leader who has HALLWAYS

had a transformative impact on Harpeth Hall, the Nashville community, and beyond. She is an ardent supporter of the arts, education, and cancer research. At Harpeth Hall, Martha Ingram’s vision and philanthropy have improved academic facilities, increased the endowment, and provided leadership during bold campaigns. The School also gained from her business acumen and wise counsel while she served as a member of the Harpeth Hall Board of Trustees from 1982 to 1988 and from 1993 to 1999. In 2003, Martha Ingram was named an Honorary Trustee. With a belief in the importance of promoting leadership and community service, Martha and her late husband, Bronson Ingram, established the Ingram Scholars program at Harpeth Hall in 1995, in honor of Robin. Winter 2014

So far through this program, 23 deserving, bright young women have benefitted from a Harpeth Hall education. The Ingrams also were instrumental in supporting the School’s cutting-edge technology initiative in its earliest stages. In fact, their gift provided the network infrastructure that laid the foundation for today’s wireless campus as well as the software that enabled faculty and students to share files and communicate between different buildings. Recognizing how essential endowment is in a girls’ school, Martha Ingram made another generous gift to Harpeth Hall’s endowment in 2001. In 2004, Martha Ingram and her family gave a lead gift to renovate the Upper School, naming it the Hortense Bigelow Ingram Upper School in honor of Bronson Ingram’s mother, a founding trustee of Harpeth Hall. We are grateful to Martha, an invaluable asset to our community, for being an advisor to The Campaign for Harpeth Hall and for currently serving as Honorary Chair of The Next Step Campaign. Additionally, each of her four children — Orrin, John, David, and Robin —have been generous supporters of the School. Robin Ingram Patton is a graduate of Harpeth Hall and Duke University. As an alumna and parent of Reid ’14, Crawford and Wilson, Robin has supported the School through her leadership and her philanthropy. With a passionate belief in the power of all-girls’ education, Robin has enabled Harpeth Hall to create innovative and inspiring programs in the visual arts and in athletics and wellness through her support. She has served as a trustee since 2006, as the 2004 Reunion Chair, and as a volunteer for The Campaign for Harpeth Hall and The Next Step Campaign. In 2001, Robin and husband Richard Patton made the lead gift for the construction of the Patton Visual Arts Center, also dedicated to the memory of Robin’s grandmother Hortense Bigelow Ingram. Both teachers and students comment that walking into this beautiful, light-filled visual arts center inspires them every day. To provide fitness opportunities for every girl at Harpeth Hall, the Patton family again gave the lead gift in 2010 for the construction

Betty Bullard Stadler ’51 and Jim Stadler, sister and brother-in-law of the late Dede Bullard Wallace ’53

of the Athletic and Wellness Center, a place where students for generations to come will engage in lifelong wellness and competitive athletic competition. In addition to her commitment to Harpeth Hall and educational excellence for girls, Robin Patton’s advocacy and influence is felt throughout the community in her work with the Nashville Humane Association, cancer research, children’s health, and the arts. Dede Bullard Wallace ’53 would be pleased to see how Martha Ingram and

Robin Patton’s stewardship has led Harpeth Hall to the forefront of girls’ education. Strategically, thoughtfully, and with great enthusiasm, these women continue to inspire as they shape the future, define excellence, and model generosity and leadership. The Harpeth Hall School is grateful to Martha and Robin for their unparalleled contributions to our School and our community. Hortense Bigelow Ingram’s legacy continues with the next generation of Ingram women through great-granddaughters Alice Campbell ’05, Eileen Campbell Hart ’07, Alexa Chapman ’07, Christina Chapman ’10, Reid Patton ’14, Martha Ingram ’15, and Virginia Ingram ’15.

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Athletic Hall of Fame Member Susan Russ (center) is joined by her family (from left) Emile Russ, Chris Russ, Kent Russ, Susan Russ, Marti Jeffords, Andy Russ, and Whit Jeffords.

Athletic Hall of Fame Member Pat Neblett Moran ’51 with her daughter, Georgianne Moran ‘78

The Next Step: Athletic Hall of Fame Recognition

Athletic Hall of Fame Member Linden Wiesman Ryan ’93 with her father, Jim Wiesman

Accepting a gift on behalf of the late Patty Litton Chadwell was her niece, Patty Delony ’66

Athletic Hall of Fame Member Tracy Caulkins Stockwell ’81 (second from left) with her sister, Amy Caulkins, brother, Tim Caulkins, and mother, Martha Caulkins

Athletic Hall of Fame Member Margaret Groos Sloan ’77 with husband, Paul Sloan Not pictured: Lonnie Leotus Morrison and Catherine Morrison (deceased) HALLWAYS

Representing the late Dugan Coughlan Davis were members of her family (from left): Wallen Dean ’14, Anne Davis ’73, Beth Davis’ 74, Karl Dean, Pat Davis ’82, Tamara Davis, Joe Davis, Emma Gleeman, Andy Gleeman, Rascoe Dean, Caroline Dashiell, and Brian Gruber

The Next Step: The Impact of The Glasgow Family Gift

rom her days at Ward-Belmont, Bobbie Leake Glasgow ’36 developed a passion for her alma mater that spanned decades. Bobbie came to Ward-Belmont during the era of the Lindberg baby kidnapping. Her great aunt in Tacoma, Washington, with whom Bobbie lived, received a kidnapping threat and swiftly moved Bobbie to Ward-Belmont and to Nashville where she was warmly welcomed by her Leake family cousins. Bobbie thrived in her new setting, flourished under French teacher Madame Fountain, and loved field hockey. Also, while at Ward-Belmont, Bobbie befriended five sisters who introduced her to their brother Mack, whom she married in 1939. She and Mack raised four wonderful children, Susie Glasgow

whistle blew, I was always ready to ‘hop-to.’ I participated in all the sports, including water polo, in which I was sure I would drown . . . My loyalty is now to Harpeth Hall, from which our two daughters, one daughter-in-law, and one granddaughter have graduated and may the wonderful school continue in its excellency for years and years to come.” Knowing of their mother’s heartfelt commitment to Harpeth Hall, Bobbie’s son Sam established a scholarship endowment fund in 2010 in her name. In his words, “I can say that it has been one of my biggest thrills to be able to honor my mother by establishing the Susan Barbara Leake Glasgow Scholarship with the support of my two sisters who attended Harpeth Hall and my brother who attended MBA, as I did. We all cherish the memories of our schooling at these two great schools. My dad attended Wallace School, a predecessor of MBA, and always supported MBA for the same reasons. We all have felt privileged to attend such fine schools, and we know that our lives would not have been the same without these opportunities. One of our goals was to pass on this opportunity to an aspiring student who otherwise might not have been financially able to attend Harpeth Hall. Mom was able to watch her named scholar begin to develop and mature into a gracious and confident young woman and to encourage her to be all that she can be. My siblings and I plan to be in touch with this young woman and to follow her progress over the coming years and hopefully into her further schooling and maybe beyond.” Bobbie was a great cheerleader for the student who, through her legacy, was given

Mom was able to watch her named scholar begin to develop and mature into a gracious and confident young woman and to encourage her to be all that she can be. Brown ’60, Sam Glasgow, Bim Glasgow, and Emily Glasgow Bruno ’64. Over their 70-year marriage, the Glasgow family grew to include daughter-in-law Candace Floyd Glasgow ’71, eight grandchildren, including Barbara Keith Payne ’85, and seven great-grandchildren. While sorting through Bobbie’s keepsakes following her death in October 2013, her children found their mother’s handwritten note: “Ward-Belmont was a home to me for four years as a boarder and two years as a day-student. I truly loved the school and had the greatest admiration and respect for Miss Morrison. We always got along famously, and whenever that

the opportunity to attend Harpeth Hall through the Susan Barbara Leake Glasgow Scholarship Fund. Emily Glasgow Bruno, who is co-chairing her Harpeth Hall 50th reunion this year, shared, “I am appreciative of Sam’s vision in creating the scholarship in her name while she was still alive and well. It meant so much to her to receive such an honor. Our family will support the scholarship and enjoy watching the recipients thrive in the same setting which provided my mother a safe and engaging place of growing into womanhood.” Winter 2014

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The Next Step: The Impact of The Rechter Family Gift

reat teachers change lives, and they are at the heart of a Harpeth Hall education. In the words of Jamie and Ben Rechter, Harpeth Hall photography teacher Peter Goodwin since 1981 “is an unassuming, brilliant gem of a teacher.” Their daughter, Kristina, who is a senior, said that Mr. Goodwin encourages her and all his students to create their own path in life and not pursue someone else’s vision of their life. He shows them that one does not have to fit a mold or aspire to someone else’s definition of success. An excellent photographer and a talented painter himself, Peter Goodwin also shows his students that the arts enable one’s passions to flourish. In his photography class, Peter Goodwin makes sure that his students understand the science and art behind their photos and insists that they not rely on technology. In a spacious darkroom in the Patton Visual Arts Center, students learn about developing negatives and printing photographs. Watching their own photos come to life is an awakening and a test of talent.

Our daughter has flourished because the school environment creates an atmosphere where a young woman can accomplish any goal in life. Jamie referred to this quote by photographer Trevor Marczylo to underscore the importance of the darkroom: “I feel that making an image using Photoshop doesn’t even come close to making a print in the darkroom. One of the beauties of creating an image in the darkroom is that each print is unique . . . . You are only relying on your experience, intuition, and knowledge of your craft and which sometimes is just plain old luck. Once you move that photo paper from the enlarger and put it in the developer there’s no going back. You can’t just go back one step or erase the last few steps like you can in Photoshop. You have to start from scratch in the darkroom.” In making a gift to The Next Step Campaign and deciding to name the darkroom in honor of Peter Goodwin, Jamie HALLWAYS

explained “Ben and I are thoroughly convinced that Kristina’s experience at Harpeth Hall has enhanced her self-confidence. She has a strong sense of self. Our daughter has flourished because the school environment creates an atmosphere where a young woman can accomplish any goal in life. We just feel blessed that we can recognize an outstanding teacher who has generously shared his photography skills as well as valuable life lessons.” Kristina added, “Long after I graduate, I will not remember how to find a derivative or a half-life of a cell, but I will remember all the hours I spent in the darkroom. I will remember the excitement of when the photograph begins to appear in the developer and the long talks with Mr. Goodwin.”

THE NEW Athletic and

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Architects: Street Dixon Rick Architecture, PLC Builder: The Parent Company Project Management: Johnson Johnson Crabtree Architects P.C. Photography: John Schweikert

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By Scottie Fillebrown Coombs ’ 78 Director of Alumnae Relations

Career Connections Alumnae Networking Are you

Are you constantly searching for career guidance and career mentors? The Harpeth Hall Alumnae Office is here to help! With the aid of past and present Harpeth Hall National Advisory Council members, we have recently launched a new mentoring initiative called Career Connections. This program is dedicated to mentoring and connecting alumna to alumna. Through the Career Connections webpage on the Harpeth Hall website, alumnae are able to view and contact members of the National Advisory Council for counsel and advice. This group of alumnae represents professional women from various graduation years, cities, colleges, graduate schools, and professions. By featuring profiles of designated council members, we are creating connections for all alumnae.

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webpage features three important and useful links: the Harpeth Hall LinkedIn Group — a proven professional networking site where Harpeth Hall alumnae can network and exchange professional information; a survey form designed to aid those alumnae seeking a job or internship; and a survey form designed as a vehicle for those offering a job or internship. Visit the site at www.harpethhall.org/HHcareer and help yourself connect! There are several additional initiatives helping to further our efforts. In the fall, Harpeth Hall joined the GAINS Scholar HALLWAYS

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Network, which connects high school girls and young women interested in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) with women leaders from STEM-related universities, labs, companies, and organizations around the world. The network provides role models, virtual mentors, and networking opportunities for girls and women at various stages of their educations and careers. Details can be found at www.gainsnetwork.org. In November, we hosted our first career networking panel entitled “Lean In and Learn.” Five accomplished Harpeth Hall alumnae professionals shared openly their advice on choosing a career path, handling the twists and turns, and making sound career decisions. We plan to make this program an annual event. Then in December, we offered informational panels to alumnae interested in applying to either medical or law school now or in the future. These panels of experts, including several Harpeth Hall alumnae, offered sound advice on the application and admission process for those wishing to advance their education through graduate school.

The Harpeth Hall Alumni Office is here to help you. Let us know how we can keep you connected. Contact me at 615.346.0090 or coombs@harpethhall.org

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2014 SPIRIT OF SERVICE RECIPIENT

Evelyn Farris Raines ’74 By Laurie Payne Nicholson ’74

For her work locally and globally, the National Advisory Council has chosen Evelyn Farris Raines ’74 as the 2014 Harpeth Hall Alumnae Spirit of Service Recipient.

fter attending Colorado State University and Middle Tennessee State University where she completed her degrees in plant and soil science and fine arts, Evelyn returned to her family farm outside Nashville and encouraged her parents to begin organic farming. During this time she became aware of the plight of the Ugandan people under the dictatorship of Idi Amin, and in 1980, following the overthrow of Amin, she and her parents took their first trip to Uganda working with the Africa Foundation to reintroduce village farming skills as part of a rehabilitation ministry to 400 street children and prison detainees. Since then, Evelyn has returned almost every year for the past 33 years. She serves as a board member of Hands In Service, a Christian rural development organization that collaborates with local communities surrounding Soroti, Uganda, to provide vocational training, primarily metal fabrication and mechanics, and agricultural training. The organization also established an organic farm and market garden to demonstrate sustainable methods for agriculture and to empower the residents who have suffered from a lifetime of war and poverty with the confidence and means to support their families and communities.

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Evelyn’s work includes consulting with farmers, encouraging women to start micro-enterprises to support their families, and helping local children find innovative ways to earn money for school fees. During her 33 years in Uganda, she has established close relationships. In fact, some of the families have named their children after Evelyn.

Besides her global work in Uganda, Evelyn also uses her talents and skills in Nashville. She has taught watercolor classes at the Tennessee Women’s Prison, helping women find their own expression, joy, and creativity through art. She has tutored children at Preston Taylor Ministries and taught them to plant a garden. Seeing a need for an arboretum as an educational tool for her

neighborhood park, Fannie Mae Dees, Evelyn designed the arboretum, planting new or maintaining existing diverse species of trees. The arboretum is registered as the Hillsboro West End Neighborhood Arboretum with the Tennessee Urban Forestry Council and the Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Together with a group of hen-keeping women known as the “Hen Chicks,” she worked to educate Metro Council to successfully pass the backyard hen ordinance and shortly after participated in Nashville’s first ever backyard chicken coop tour. Her “urban farm,” composting systems, and chicken coop have been used as an educational tool for many local schools and nonprofit organizations. For her work, she was featured on Nashville Public Television’s Volunteer Gardener series. Despite her many local achievements, it is Evelyn’s lifelong contribution to the people of Uganda in which her true spirit of service is most Winter 2014

evident. Evelyn’s more recent work in Uganda is the Opiai Market Garden in Soroti, Uganda, which grows citrus fruit and seasonal vegetables for local markets. The Opiai farm has brought together her knowledge of agriculture and her compassion for people. The four-acre tract of land worn out by decades of overgrazing and cropping was fenced and cleared. A 42-meter well was dug in order to provide drip irrigation for the garden. A solar pump and elevated storage tank were built and installed under her father’s guidance by graduates of the vocational training program. Composting systems were set up collecting local sources of nitrogen and carbon, primarily animal manure and discarded rice hulls. Mulching, cover cropping, crop rotation, and small animal husbandry were implemented to contribute to the garden’s success as a self-sustainable demonstration market garden.

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Once the soil was enriched, nearly 300 citrus trees were planted over three years. While the trees were still small, vegetables were planted around each tree to benefit from the good soil and well water. Once the citrus orchard was established, Evelyn suggested that Neem trees be planted across the farm entry to provide shade and act as a source of natural mosquito repellant and biological pest control. The Neem leaves can be fermented, ground, and sold as an organic insect repellant. Finally, Evelyn organized neighboring children during school holidays to do weeding around the citrus trees, teaching them that work is fun and rewarding. Students received school supplies and uniforms for their work. In addition, weeding is an important part of the success of their farm and gives the children a safe place to be close to adults during the day. Evelyn Raines has often sacrificed the comfortable lifestyle of her Nashville home, spending time away from her husband and two daughters to serve in a humble and unassuming manner in a difficult area of the world. She has never claimed any recognition for her labors, nor has she ever received any financial compensation for her work. One person’s spirit has touched and truly enriched all those around her. She continues to look ahead for new and creative opportunities in which to serve her Nashville and Ugandan communities. For these reasons we celebrate Evelyn Farris Raines for her great achievements as a humanitarian. The 2014 Spirit of Service Nomination Team: Laurie Payne Nicholson ’74, Ginny Farris Gordon ’76, Mimi Nischan Heldman ’78, Sally Tanner Goodrich ’74 Cathy Tosh Shell ’74, and Mardi Street ’74.

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By Cathy Tosh Shell ’74

Awesome” may be the most overused adjective in contemporary American language. Everyone and everything seems to be described as “awesome” in our vernacular, but in actuality few impress greatly or inspire admiration or induce feelings of awe. But if this is true, then who or what is truly awesome?

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Harpeth Hall honors a Ward-Belmont or Harpeth Hall graduate annually as its Distinguished Alumna, and those eligible “are trailblazers; are moving spirits in health, welfare, cultural, or civic affairs; have achieved wide recognition for professional excellence and leadership, serving as an example for other women; have attained unusual success in highly competitive fields; and/or are nationally recognized for vision, skill, and commitment to make things happen.” Award recipients are indeed awe inspiring and impressive in their vision, their achievements, and their example to others. In a word, they are awesome. This year’s recipient, Evelyn Dickenson Swensson, WB’ 45, more than fits the bill. A talented vocalist, pianist, conductor, librettist/lyricist, composer, mother, grandmother and wife, Evelyn Swensson was a child of the Great Depression and exhibited musical inclinations from infancy. Her mother, a violinist, spoke of her making “singing noises” that turned heads within her family as a baby in Woodstock, Virginia, and at age 9, she taught herself piano on a cardboard cutout keyboard on the family kitchen table. By age 10, she was winning statewide piano competitions. Evelyn Swensson was president of her senior-middle class at WardBelmont and received a certificate in piano upon graduation in 1946. She went on to complete a BA in Voice and Piano at Hollins University and soon after married her husband of 62 years, Sig. “Ward-Belmont encouraged me to have a happy family, a career, and a

helpful place in my community,” she commented, and she took that advice to heart. There was never a time that Mrs. Swensson was not working in some capacity in the musical arts as she raised her family of four children. At the time, only 29 percent of women worked outside the home, and of those who did, only 15 percent were professionals. “I needed to keep my mind busy,” she said, and thus wherever her husband’s career took their growing family, she kept her mind and her hands busy directing and conducting church and community choirs and music programs, creating them when none existed. She also taped and hosted a weekly half-hour radio show for WBOC, Salisbury, Maryland, in her home for 10 years. Wherever she perceived a void in musical arts of any kind in her community, she went to work to fill it. In the early 1970s, she earned a master’s of music degree in conducting and composition, becoming the first female recipient of a master’s of music degree from West Chester continued on page 38

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University. This was the first of many firsts for Evelyn Swensson, as she was soon to be the first accredited Minister of Music in the Peninsula Conference PA, the first choirmaster in Delaware certified by the American Guild of Organists, the first female conductor of OperaDelaware, and the first female conductor of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra. She was asked to join OperaDelaware’s Family Opera Theatre as musical director in 1974 and soon became general director. Her professional goal “to inspire, uplift, educate, and instill a moral message in children,” coupled with the dearth of materials appropriate for family opera spurred her to begin writing musicals for children in 1990, adapting works of literature to the stage. “We did every show we thought would be a family production, and then we ran out of things.” She began creating her own materials. “I get an idea and I don’t give up,” she said, and has since written 13 musicals, most of which she produced, staged, and conducted. Critics have described Mrs. Swensson’s lyrics and arrangements as “lively,” “inspired,” and “encompassing all musical genres from Gilbert and Sullivan to jazz.” Four of her musicals, “Anne of Green

Through the Night after reading the novel, a gift from her husband one Christmas. Collaboration with Earl Hamner, creator of The Waltons, resulted in her writing the musical adaptation of The Homecoming, based on Mr. Hamner’s original book, Spencer’s Mountain. She also has collaborated as librettist or lyricist for musical works of composers John Rutter and Gian Carlo Menotti. She has received numerous composer awards from the National League of American Pen Women; is a member of Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Music, and Who’s Who in Education; was the 1996 Distinguished Alumna at West Chester University; received the 1998 W. W. Laird Music Award; received the International Reading Council Literary Award; and was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Delaware Women for 50 years of achievement as a composer, conductor, lecturer, pianist, and vocalist. She has lectured at the national convention of the American Guild of Organists as well as the Festival of Women Composers. Upon leaving OperaDelaware, she began performing one-woman shows for the Delaware Humanities Forum portraying historical figures such as Martha Washington, Mary Todd Lincoln, Maria von Trapp,

to inspire, uplift, educate, and instill a moral message in children Gables,” “Wind in the Willows,” “The Adventures of Beatrix Potter and Her Friends,” and “The Legend of Redwall Abbey,” have been published and performed over 700 times across 30 states in the United States, Canada, and New Zealand; one was recently translated into Dutch to be performed in Holland. She has written musicals for adults as well as children, creating a musical adaptation of Mary Higgins Clark’s All

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Adelicia Acklen, Sophie DuPont, and Sally Cary Fairfax. Currently, she is Conductor of Brandywine Pops Orchestra in Wilmington, Delaware, and her autobiography, Notes: My Life with Music, will be published in November 2014. The Distinguished Alumna Selection Committee is honored to recognize Evelyn Dickenson Swensson, WB ’45 as the 2014 Harpeth Hall/Ward-Belmont Distinguished Alumna.

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In September at the 2013 Annual Ward-Belmont Coffee at Harpeth Hall, our fifth- and sixth-grade geography teachers collaborated with our librarians and archivist to create a project to connect the past with the present and to celebrate the lives of Ward-Belmont alumnae as part of the larger historical narrative of Harpeth Hall. Students conducted background research by using the Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s archives and digital collection, interviewed Ward-Belmont alumnae, wrote a one-page biography of their alumna, and created a Google site to highlight their alumna.

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Tidwell was awarded the Achievement Award by the Metropolitan Historical Commission for her dedication and contributions to the protection, conservation, and promotion of Tennessee’s natural resources, including Radnor Lake State Natural Area and Nashville’s greenways and trails. Ann has served on the Friends of Radnor Lake Board of Directors for more than 25 years.

1959 Drane Dickinson

Lyttle is always eager to learn new things which currently includes learning how to upholster. Peggy Ezzell McClellan continues to practice interior design and is now focusing on clients who are downsizing. She and her husband Guy are the proud grandparents of Elsa, Sophie, and Annabel who live in Chapel Hill, N.C., and Sam who lives in St. Louis. Peggy and Guy feel fortunate to live in St. Louis where there are so many fine cultural institutions. They are both avid fans of the Cardinals. Mary Beatty McLaughlin is a retired Librarian for Children First Montessori Community, but coninues to work for it part-time. The rest of the time, she enjoys painting or playing bridge. Mary’s art can be found on her website: www.Mary-B-Art. com. Alva Herbert Wilk enjoys gardening, Bible study, and tennis. She stays busy with seven grandchildren, four of whom were born in one year, and aging parents. She also spends a lot of time on her farm with her husband Frank.

1960 Susan Willingham

Simons had a solo art show at the Bryant Gallery in East Nashville in August 2013. The show was entitled Scapes

class notes because it included paintings of landscapes and tablescapes of places and things that are special to Susan.

1966

Betty Harlin King was thrilled to add two new grandchildren to her family this year. Her daughter Elizabeth, former Harpeth Hall Director of Alumnae Relations, gave birth to John Rutland Moore, Jr. on June 20, 2013 and daughter Catherine gave birth to Luella Reese DeVane on November 5, 2013.

1971

Bebe Allen Evans, Director for the Charlie Daniels Band, Inc., was one of seven women who received the 2013 SOURCE Award on Sept. 24. SOURCE is a nonprofit organization supporting women executives and professionals who work in all facets of the Nashville music industry. Lisa Morrissey LaVange is Director of the Office of Biostatistics in the Office of Translational Sciences, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As director, she oversees over 170 statistical reviewers and staff members involved in the development and application of statistical methodology for drug regulation. As office director, she is responsible for developing policies and procedures to guide statistical review of regulatory submissions, coordinating biometric research to evaluate drugs and therapeutic biologics throughout the product lifecycle, and providing comprehensive statistical services to CDER scientific and regulatory programs. Dr. LaVange chairs the Statistical Policy Council and Senior Leadership Team

for the Office, is a member of the steering committee that oversees the implementation of Prescription Drug User Fee Act, and participates in several guidance document working groups. She also serves on the Antibacterial Drug Development Task Force convened by the FDA in 2012 to address a critical public health priority

1975 Carolyn Shoulders

is the project manager for Redwood Creek Restoration Project in Muir Beach, CA. As part of the project, the parking lot and surrounding area were revamped to accommodate both people and wildlife.

1977

Sally Barge Hawley serves as the Chairman of the Board of Highlands School, a pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade independent school in Birmingham, AL.

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resources consultant, an advertising firm operations director, a former attorney, judge advocate general (JAG) officer, and a president/COO of a database services/technology company. The discussion included experiences from all points on the spectrum of acceptance from different industries and from different parts of the country. The experience was a highlight of her year.

1986

Jacqueline Saturn Dakar has been named CoGeneral Manager of Capital Music Group’s Harvest Record label and has relocated from New York to Hollywood, CA.

1989 Katy Dunlop

McCain left managing Belmont Animal Hospital in Nashville and has relocated to the Philadelphia, PA area. She moved with her husband who works for a division of Johnson & Johnson.

1990 Beth Rather Gorman

Amy Grant Gill and her husband Vince Gill were given the honor of singing at the dedication of the new Presidential Library on September 27 at Mount Vernon, George Washinton’s home in Virginia and one of our nation’s most treasured historical landmarks.

was promoted to Executive Director of the National Capital Area Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) in Washington, D.C. She previously served for nine years as the chapter’s Deputy Executive Director after joining the team in 2000.

1980 Brita Meng Outzen

1992 Shannon

is an independent photography professional and is one of the major photographers of the Boston Red Sox. Her photos may be viewed on her website: www.aviewfromthepit.com.

1981Ann Webb Betty

was honored to be one of five Rhodes College Alumni to participate in a career panel for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) alumni and students. Other panelists included a corporate human

Simpson Bevins has been named Director of Communications for Battle Ground Academy. Marcie Allen Van Mol was once again named as one of Billboard’s 2013 40 Under 40. In addition, she recently accepted a position as an adjunct professor in the New York University’s Steinhardt Music Business Program teaching a music business class in strategic music and branding.

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1993 Melissa Hampton

Burghardt has taken on the role as Vice President, Partner Services at OpenX. OpenX is a digital and mobile advertising technology company. Her group manages all the relationships with publishers and supply aggregators who leverage OpenX technology and monetization services. OpenX is ranked seventh on Forbes’s Most Promising Companies this year. Melissa and her family love being back in Los Angeles after spending five years abroad.

1995 Christina Fontec-

chio Wakefield works in Zambia in Southern Africa as the Technical Director for the Behavior and Social Change Communication Program for The Manoff Group. The Manoff Group is based in Washington, D.C. and provides assistance in communications and behaviorcentered programming to nutrition, health, environment, water, and HIV/AIDS programs. After being a therapist for eight years, Courtney Pace Weiler is now the clinic manager at Centerstone’s Luton Clinic in Antioch, TN.

1998

Marissa Moses Russ serves on the board of trustees for the Friends of Nashville Ballet, and she chaired the organization’s Spring Tea at Hillwood Country Club in April 2013. Erin Hirsch Zagnoev served on the commitee for the Friends of Nashville Ballet’s Spring Tea. In May, Erin and husband Greg welcomed their second daughter Sari.

1999 Meg Milam Chamblee is the Business Development Manager for CTS, a regional IT consulting firm. Meg introduced her company

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to Harpeth Hall’s Center for STEM Education. Through her encouragement, CTS has been a corporate collaborator at Harpeth Hall’s STEM Think Tank and Conference. CTS has been a corporate exhibitor for two years and has also provided volunteers to prepare conference materials. Meg recently moved back to Nashville from Birmingham, AL and looks forward to continuing her involvement with the Center for STEM Education for Girls.

2000 Katie Howell Fayard moved back to Nashville from New York in February of 2013 and works in the Alumni Relations Office at Vanderbilt University. She and her husband are delighted to be back in the south.

2001 Rachel Chisolm

is pursuing her Ph.D. at the University of Austin in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering. For her doctoral research, Rachel is studying the impact of climate change on emerging glacial lakes in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru. This research includes the water resources implications of glacial retreat on water supply and the risk of glacial lake outburst floods. She has been with the Greater Austin Chapter of Engineers Without Borders since 2008 and serves as project lead of Climate Adaptation in Mountain Basins in the Andean Region (CAMBIAR) Peru. Megumi Matsuda obtained her medical degree from Toyama University, Japan in 2009. After two years of internship at Tsukuba University, she took a position with the Japanese government medical technician at the Ministry of Health. Megumi’s role as a medical technician is to contribute to

national policies and laws in areas which require medical knowledge. Her posts included infectious disease, especially in seasonal influenza prevention promotion and patient safety service.

2002 Katie Kennedy

Armstrong and her husband Jim live in Monterey, CA. Jim is in the Marine Corps and was awarded the Olmsted Scholarship, which allows both Jim and Katie to be enrolled at the Defense Language Institute to learn Serbian. During the summer of 2014, they will be moving to Montenegro in southeastern Europe for two years. Christine Bass Burk was hired as Farm Coordinator for The Land Trust for Tennessee’s Glen Leven Farm. Charlotte King de la Pena lives in Ft. Worth, TX with her husband Thomas and son, Franklin Thomas. She recently took a new job as a Registered Nurse in the child and adolescent psychiatry unit at Cook Children’s Medical Center. She works with children ages 2 - 12 years old with behavioral and psychiatric issues as well as autism spectrum diagnoses. Caroline Landry works for the marketing and advertising firm of Avrett Free Ginsberg. In September of 2013, she accepted the position of Account Director of Europe and is spending the year in Geneva, Switzerland.

2003 Allison Chandler is

a James E. Tolan Human Rights Fellow at Defence for Children International. She lives and works in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Maggie Waltemath lives in San Francisco, CA and is a Senior Interior Design Project Manager for Kendall Wilkinson Design, LLC. She also writes a blog entitled Vibrance and Chaos.

2004 Elizabeth Bradbury

has taken a new position in Nashville as the Marketing Manager for Second Harvest Food Bank. Lauren Dagley Coy works for a financial research company, Gerson Lerhman Group. Lauren and her husband Scott, recently moved from Austin, TX to London, England where Lauren is charged with starting a corporate research team for her company.

2005

Sarah Baker graduated from the University of Kentucky School of Law in 2012 and is back in Nashville as an associate in the health care practice group at the law firm of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP. Sarah was back on the Harpeth Hall campus recently to speak to student athletes at a Harpeth Hall Athletics Department event for students interested in pursuing sports in college. Helen Ramsey obtained her Master’s of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt University in 2013. She lives in Washington, D.C. and is an Adult GerontologyAcute Care Nurse Practitioner at MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute. Morgan Stengel has joined MESA Capital Partners in Atlanta as an Investment Analyst to support Mesa’s acquisitions, dispositions, development, and asset management efforts. After three and a half years at Ernst & Young in McLean, VA, Kathleen Morphis Yabroudy has joined the Eating Disorders Coalition of Tennessee as Executve Director.

2006

Elta Falls Mariani left The Dreyfus Corporation where she has been a paralegal for the past three years to attend law school at Boston College. Emily Hassell is back

2007Mary Helen Crafton

is the special events administrator at the NoMad Hotel in New York City. Evaline Franks is a student in the Master of Development Practice program at The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Sally Anne Harrell is working at Challenge Aspen where she interned during Harpeth Hall Winterim. Kate Sangervasi is an account executive at Susan Becher & Associates, a public relations firm in New York City focused on interior design clients.

2008

Rae Ellen Bichell moved to Washington, D.C. for a fellowship at National Public Radio. Meredith Power graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Tennessee receiving a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration as an accounting major and finance collateral major. Recently, she completed a graduate degree in the Master of Accountancy program at the University of Tennessee, concentrating in audit and controls. While

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enrolled in the graduate program, she passed all parts of the CPA exam. This fall, she began working as an Audit Associate at KPMG in Knoxville, TN. Lauren Quinn continues her work with AmeriCorps and teaches 3- and 4-year- olds at Shades Crest Baptist Church Preschool in Birmingham, AL.

2009 Blythe Cate has

accepted a new position as the Graphic Designer for At Home in Arkansas, a magazine that showcases homes and gardens around the state of Arkansas. Sarah Dolan graduated from Vanderbilt University in December 2012 and moved to Chicago. She works for Huron Consulting Group where her main project involves consulting with a 12-facility hospital system that is headquartered in Memphis. She also works with the hospital’s outlier facilities in Arkansas and Mississippi. Kathleen Fletcher is a 2013 Teach for America Corps member. She graduated from the University of Virginia in May 2013 as a member of Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society. An award has been named in honor of Ann Francis by the University of Alabama equestrian team and coaches. The trophy will be awarded annually to a team member as determined by the Univeristy of Alabama team and coaches based on team leadership. Ryllis Lyle submitted a photo and caption to the New York Times Digital collection entitled Documenting the Decade. Readers submitted photos and their recollections of important moments from the last 10 years. Her photo was of April 11, 2008 which she calls, “A split

second of the American Prom, captured in pixelated splendor.” Sabin Nettles graduated from Boston College with a Bachelor of Science in psychology with a focus in neuroscience. Sabin lives in Boston and is a Research Technician in the Tetel Lab at Wellesley College. At Tetel, Sabin is investigating the interaction between progestin receptors and steroid receptor coactivators in the brain. Maddie Polk, a Systems Engineering student at Washington University in St. Louis, wrote an Op-Ed article entitled “Developing Capacity for Systems Thinking in Schools” and presented her findings to the International Conference of the System Dynamics Society in Cambridge, MA. Ellen Thomas graduated Summa Cum Laude from Texas Christian University in May 2013. She was recognized with the Best Research Project at the Research and Creativity Festival in the TCU College of Communications. She is also a member of Alpha Lambda Delta National Academic Honor Society. She lives in Austin, TX and works for Megalomedia as an Assistant Editor in Television Postproduction for a reality show on the History Channel.

2010

Olivia Coble spent her summer working for Moondance Adventures, an outdoor adventure company that leads two-to-three week trips for teens. Most trips are geared towards high school-aged students, but the company also offers trips for middle school students. Olivia led two three-week trips in the Pacific Northwest. She

and the students spent three days sea kayaking in the San Juan Islands, six days backpacking in North Cascades National Park along the east bank of Ross Lake, one day wind surfing in Hood River along the Columbia River Gorge, two days rafting on the Deschutes River, and three days climbing at Smith Rock State Park. Caroline Green finished her degree at Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising and is now working for Marimekko, a Finnish fashion and home furnishings company that is expanding its presence in the United States. Caroline helped open its Beverly Hills store and has been in charge of growing its fabric sales and custom sewing service. She also is the interim co-manager of the store. Emily Hong is a senior at Yale University. Thanks to a successful crowd funding campaign, Emily spent the summer of 2013 in San Francisco. While in San Francisco, she worked directly with groups from Code for America, the San Francisco United School District, University of California, Berkeley, Google, IDEO, a number of San Francisco’s agencies, and many other local stakeholders on city-centered civic projects. She also participated in service work at Code for America brigades and the SF/Marin County Food Bank. Emily’s main project was an initiative of San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Civic Innovation to bring increased transparency to city laws. Chelsea Stessel is a senior at the University of Southern California and was back on the Harpeth Hall campus in November 2013 as part of an alumnae panel that spoke to the class of 2014 about college life.

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in Nashville to attend Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management. Lindsay Jacques graduated from Vanderbilt Law School where she was a member of the Law Review and Co-President of the Business Society. Lindsey lives in Nashville and is an associate attorney at Waller, Lansden, Dortch, and Davis. Margaret Walker obtained her Master of Science of History of Art, Theory and Display from The University of Edinburgh. After graduation, Margaret served as a curatorial intern for the National Trust for Scotland. She now lives in Nashville and works in sales and marketing for Stanford Fine Art.

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Charlotte McClellan

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BIRTHS Varina Buntin Willse ’95 daugher, Campbell Buntin Willse on October 25, 2013 Molly Borum Berry ’96 daughter, Ella Claiborne Berry on August 28, 2013 Karen Jones Kung ’98 son, Benjamin James Shiang Kung on November 30, 2012 Mary Knox Merrill Miller ’98 twin daughters, Evelyn Knox Miller and Adeline Marie Miller on December 28, 2013

Meghann McConnell Myers ’98 son, Jackson Paul Myers on July 13, 2013 Brie Brown Buchanan ’99 daughter, Keller James Buchanan on July 20, 2013 Kate Souder Wolf ’99 daughter, Leila Mae Wolf on July 30, 2013 Rachel Wieck Cupit ’00 son, Conway Cupit on August 25, 2013

Katie Kennedy Armstrong

Susan McGugin Davis ’00 son, Joseph Marshall Davis, Jr. “Jack” on November 3, 2013

Charlotte King de la Pena ‘02 son, Franklin Thomas de la Pena on April 18, 2013

Kathleen Hale McClellan ’00 daughter, Charlotte Kathleen McClellan on October 18, 2013

Amy Warner Greathouse ’02 son, William Warner Greathouse on August 5, 2013

Hannah Galbraith Wright ‘01 daughter, Madeline Rose Wright on February 22, 2012

Rachel Price Apple ’03 son, Warren Dean Apple on August 19, 2013

Jenny Patterson Camp ’02 daughter, Clara Beasley Camp on September 17, 2013

Austin Jones Reeves ’03 daughter, Eleanor Sinclair Reeves on December 21, 2013

Anna Mayo Jacques

Martha Grace Orman ’99 to Scott Davis Melvin on October 19, 2013 Liza Reynolds ’70 to Dan Lytle Buttrey on July 15, 2013

Lindsay Beckner ’00 to Frank Jeremy Dial on October 5, 2013

Jennifer Herbert ’79 to John Pilkington on November 16, 2013

Lauren Toth ’01 to Captain Alexander Jay Stark on March 9, 2013

Jill Peters ’85 to Mike Fuller on September 28, 2013

Betty Elrod ‘01 to Hayden Alexander Perkin on July 10, 2013

Margie Ayers ’89 to Anthony S. Biondo on March 17, 2012

Audrey Ball ‘02 to Bret Guest on November 16, 2013

Crispin Davis ’94 to John Menefee on December 14, 2013

Katie Kennedy ’02 to James Robert Armstrong on May 18, 2013

Kimberly Irion ’96 to Justin Yungfleisch on October 19, 2013

Bradley Wright ’02 to Adam David Ferrarini on November 9, 2013

Brandy Hollingsworth ’97 to Neeley Andrews on October 19, 2013

Anna Mayo ’03 to Matthew Berry Jacques on October 5, 2013

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Margaret Riley ’03 to Casey Nathaniel King on September 21, 2013

in Memoriam Duffey WB of Memphis,

Tennessee, passed away December 22, 2013. She attended Ward-Belmont College and graduated from the University of Tennessee. She is survived by two daughters and five grandchildren. Margaret Keyes Clark Tate WB ’37 of Nashville,

Tennessee, passed away January 8, 2014. She was a

freelance journalist. Working with youth in her church and the community were her top priorities. She is survived by three daughters, one son, six grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. Betty Neisler King WB ’40 of West Lafayette, Indiana,

passed away on January 11, 2014. She enjoyed gardening, travel, and was involved in the Presbyterian church. She

is survived by two sons, one daughter, two granddaughters, one grandson, and two greatgrandchildren.

grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

Ann Ganier Notebaert WB

Tennessee, passed away on July 4, 2013. An excellent athlete, her entire family shared a passion for sports. Lou Ellen is survived by her husband, two sons, three grandsons, and a sister, Barbara Nordholt Ramsey ‘61.

’40 of Nashville, Tennessee,

passed away November 15, 2013. Mrs. Notebaert was a member of the Garden Club, Centennial Club, and Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Society. She is survived by three sons, seven

Lou Ellen Nordholt Bramwell ’57 of Farragut,

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2011

Alli Crew studied abroad during the fall of 2013. While in Paris, she took a trip to Disneyland Paris where she ran into another Harpeth Hall graduate, Angie Zambrano ’10. Alli and Angie had a French class together while at Harpeth Hall.

2012 Ellen DeWitt con-

Margaret Riley King

Laura Wright ’04 to Marshall Branch Alexander on October 19, 2013 Brooke Bloom ’05 to Russell Parks Riebeling on September 28, 2013 Katie Gallagher ’05 to Christopher Major Cowart on November 23, 2013 Kathleen Morphis ’05 to Matthew Joseph Yabroudy on May 25, 2013 Tricia Ritter ’05 to Mathew Alexander Carvajal on August 3, 2013

tinues to pursue her passion in music while at Samford University. Ellen is part of the Samford orchestra and played in the pit for the Samford University musical production of “Pirates of Penzance.” Christina Fortugno, a sophomore at Belmont University, Tina Qian a sophomore at Harvard University, and Sarah Allen Ray, a sophomore at Cornell University were back on the Harpeth Hall campus

in November as part of an alumnae panel that spoke to the class of 2014 about college life. Lindsey Lanquist, a sophomore at Elon University, has been accepted into the Elon in New York Summer Program 2014. She will live and intern in New York City for seven weeks during the summer of 2014.

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Kate Beuter is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis and is part of the university’s swimming and diving team. Erissa Irani took part in a research experience program sponsored by Vanderbilt University that focused on improving treatments for muscular dystrophy using muscle fiber tracking computer programs. Anna LeBleu is a member of Duke University’s crew team.

Mary Susan Sinclair-Kuenning ’05 to Jim Flanagan on July 13, 2013 Meg DeLozier ’06 to Luke Dozier Ferguson on December 28, 2013 Caitie Reid ’06 to Doug Branson on May 4, 2013 Allison Stewart ’06 to Scott Robinson Hearon on September 21, 2013 Camille Bentz ’09 to Aaron Forrest Barrett on October 12, 2013

We welcome photos in our Class Notes, Marriages and Births sections. We prefer high resolution, 300 dpi jpegs. Email your digital photos to Alumnae Coordinator Lisa Harrison, harrison@harpethhall.org. Winter 2014

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Clubs

are and have been an important part of school life.

Clubs formed at Ward Seminary in the 1800s are similar to clubs that exist today at Harpeth Hall — Chorus, Drama, Camera (Photography), and Studio (Art) clubs. Ward Seminary clubs fostered friendship, fellowship, and camaraderie. During the Ward-Belmont years, clubs were meant to enhance students’ learning, such as the International Singers Club and the Turf and Tanbark Club formed to instruct girls in horsemanship. With the founding of Harpeth Hall, some of the Ward-Belmont clubs did not carry over, such as sororities and state clubs, but many did. Four of the intramural clubs — Angkor, Ariston, Eccowasin, and Triad — remain at Harpeth Hall today. Harpeth Hall’s early clubs promoted citizenship, scholarship, and special interests to provide students with the opportunity to learn outside the classroom. From the 1970s to 1980s, new clubs promoted community service at Harpeth Hall, such as the Peace Corps and American Red Cross clubs. Today, Harpeth Hall has 40 clubs in the Upper School, and they offer numerous leadership development skills, including organization, teamwork, and communication.

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about clubs, visit our

Century of Clubs online page at http://bit.ly/HHClubs

Go Above and Beyond!

Your gifts to the Annual Fund help support innovative educational programs in and out of the classroom. Inspired after reading The Kite Runner in Upper School English class in 2009, Harpeth Hall students began an annual kite flying event. Several years later, the Creative Writing Club has built upon this idea and continues to host a kite flying festival each spring to generate awareness and raise funds for The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a nonprofit organization that helps provide economic opportunities, education, and healthcare for women and children in Afghanistan. As our students teach us what it is to go above and beyond for others, join us in going Above and Beyond for them with a gift to the 2013-2014 Annual Fund!

Many thanks to those who have already made a gift to the Annual Fund and, in this extra special year, have pledged support to The Next Step Campaign to realize our dream for a new Athletic and Wellness Center, for the Endowment, and for Property Acquisition. KAY AND WALTER LANG, 2013-2014 ANNUAL FUND CHAIRS To read more about The Next Step Campaign, visit our website www.harpethhall.org/TheNextStep To make a gift, please click the Giving Tab at www.HarpethHall.org or call Susan Moll, Director of Advancement at 615-346-0087 or Tracy Campbell, Director of Annual Giving at 615-346-0083.

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