Harpeth Hall School's Alma Mater
Original handwritten copy of Harpeth Hall's Alma Mater
Handwritten text: O Harpeth Hall, O place beloved, thy beauty crowns the hills; in strength and grace thy walls arise above the woodland still. Our voices ring with happiness, our hearts are filled with pride, as here each girl finds for herself the joys that will abide. So light of heart and free, we pledge allegiance through the years. As old girls with the new girls share the pleasure that endears. Thy standard from the hilltop waves in dark magnolia green and of thy destiny so fair proud privilege to sing!
![Handwritten note by Frances Keltner Hardcastle about the Alma Mater written by Martha Corwin Gregory [page 1]: Handwritten in pen, cursive script: Mrs. Gregory beloved English teacher at Harpeth Hall from the beginning - for many years - wrote our Alma Mater - music and song while teaching first period English class our very first year - in the bedroom upstairs, overlooking the grounds of the front yard accompanied by her guitar and students of her first period English class - of which I was a member and cherish so many memoires of Life at Harpeth Hall Fran(ces) Keltner Hardcastle](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/4555/a1212020-078a-11f1-9e64-034b89102254-wyXx1i4.lg-nt@2x.jpg)
![Handwritten note by Frances Keltner Hardcastle about the Alma Mater written by Martha Corwin Gregory [page 2]: Handwritten in pen, cursive script: I have saved these many years the paper on which she wrote the words I am sharing...Fran(ces) Keltner Hardcastle](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/4555/a54c5340-078a-11f1-9e64-034b89102254-wyXx1i4.lg-nt@2x.jpg)
