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19 ott 2015 · Ward-Belmont was the first junior college in the South to receive accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In the spring of 1951, after several years of financial problems, the board of trustees decided to sell Ward-Belmont to the Tennessee Baptist Convention, and in the fall of 1951, the new Belmont College had its first co-educational freshman class.
4 mar 2011 · This promotional pamphlet from circa 1940 provides an overview of Ward-Belmont’s academic, athletic, and fine arts programs as well as student life, including clubs and the annual May Day Festival. In 1952, the newly named Belmont College became a co-educational college, while the high school division separated to form The Harpeth Hall School.
The first educational institution on the estate was the original Belmont College (1890-1913), offering elementary school through junior college education to young ladies. The school merged with Ward Seminary to become the prestigious Ward-Belmont School for Women (1913-1951), and in 1951, with the support of the Tennessee Baptist Convention, the school became the coed Belmont College.
26 gen 2018 · Ward-Belmont College (Nashville, Tenn.), "Milestones 1948" (1948). . 35. 1948 yearbook of Ward-Belmont College. Title page erroneously states volume XXXIII.
8 ott 2017 · Until the Great Depression, Ward-Belmont prospered, and enrollment reached 1,200. The college achieved national recognition, particularly in music and speech, and the customs established at the school’s founding became venerated traditions. The depression broke the school’s momentum, and Ward-Belmont fell deeply into debt.
Milestones 1914. Ward-Belmont College (Nashville, Tenn.) 1914 yearbook of Ward-Belmont College. 1. 2. Ward-Belmont School Yearbooks from 1913 - 1951. Illustrations and images of the students and faculty from this Nashville, Tennessee all-girl school.
Minnie Pearl was born Sarah Ophelia Colley in Centerville, Tennessee, in 1912. "I was a mistake from the start," she wrote in her autobiography. Her mother, a finishing school graduate, was 37 and had four girls in school when she learned she was pregnant once more. She was also one of the social leaders of Centerville, population 500.
