Name/Title
Senior-Middle Step Singing May 31, 1936Entry/Object ID
2023.132Tags
Ward-BelmontScope and Content
A song list for the Senior-Middle Step Singing at Ward-Belmont on May 31, 1936. Six songs were performed, including a class song and The Bells of Ward-Belmont school song.Context
Brought to Harpeth Hall from Ward-Belmont, Step Singing is an annual year-end tradition when the graduating senior class passes the school's leadership down to the junior class. Today, this ceremony also honors the Lady of the Hall, Harpeth Hall's highest honor, selected by upper school students and faculty. In addition to commending the Lady of the Hall, the junior and senior classes present their class songs, and a member of the Harpeth Hall faculty or a respected community member is selected to speak by the senior class. Step Singing is cherished as a special tradition that has endured since the 1920s.
This document belonged to Dorothy "Dottie" Love Elliott, originally from Lexington, Kentucky (born approximately 1918), who attended Ward-Belmont during the 1935-36 and 1936-37 school years. While there, she was a member of the F.F. social club, serving as its Sergeant-at-Arms 1936-37. She earned her General Diploma and Expression Diploma in 1937. Elliott went on to marry Edwin Rhodes McClelland and had three sons.Collection
Harpeth Hall School ArchivesLexicon
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Elliott (McClelland), Dorothy Love (Dorothy) 1937