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Folsom Comes to the Rescue
At the end of his Birmingham years, the developer Ansel Head found himself in uncharted waters. His efforts to re-invigorate the historic downtown were in shambles. The bankers, politicians, investors, and reporters, who had just months earlier been singing his … Continue reading
The Holy City
In the unsophisticated opinion of the young Ansel Head, he had been boorishly treated when he was suddenly and without recourse yanked from religious schooling with his best friend Ross at the South Highland’s Presbyterian Church, forced into the suffocating, perfume … Continue reading
The Angel Of Death
Ansel Head’s mother died in her bed on her ninety-second birthday. Her daughter, nieces, and the sweetest two ladies on earth were present at the end. Head was on his way, once again driving down I-81 at 80 in his … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's Restaurant Years
Tagged Andy, Father, Funeral, Grandfather, Hospital, I-81, Koch, McCallie, Mother, W&L
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Why The Generals
Towards the end of his McCallie years, Ansel Head knew he had learned all that the authorities could put in front of him. Along the way, there had been small glimmers of a practical education which had seeped through the … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's Washington & Lee Years
Tagged Brother, Father, McCallie, Misfits, SAT's, Washington & Lee, Yale
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Sex Education
“Thou shalt not commit adultery” was no where to be found in any etchings over any doors at McCallie but it’s dictum was pervasive. The school’s founder, a still breathing, still saving, still dominating but increasingly senile fundamental Presbyterian of … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's McCallie Years
Tagged Houston Patterson, McCallie, Presbyterian, Sex
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The Misfit King
Like all successful Achievers, Cadet Ansel Head was known to all teachers. Misfits were also known but did not draw the kind of attention that Achievers craved and Middle Classers avoided. Misfits were easily recognizable – ill kept rooms, dirty … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's McCallie Years
Tagged Achievers, Clint Folsom, Houston Patterson, McCallie, Middle Classers, Misfits, Shuttle
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McCallie Society
As was stated previously, baby boomer Ansel Head could not be shaken from enlisting in the Corps of Cadets at McCallie. To an outsider looking in, especially to an uneducated baby boomer, the Corps seemed a happy, homogeneous, and harmonious … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's McCallie Years
Tagged Achievers, McCallie, Middle Classers, Misfits, Robert Brook
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“You Also Need Peanut Butter”
The Bible quote “Man cannot live by bread alone” is etched over the door in the old dining hall at McCallie. It was the cadet Ansel Head’s first encounter with education at the institution. How stupid, he thought. Why … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's McCallie Years
Tagged Bible, McCallie, Platitudes, Prayer
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Enlisting Into The Corps
Houston Patterson was the reason the Ansel Head went to McCallie School in Chattanooga. His older pre-war brother had known Houston when Houston was a counselor at Camp Mondamin and his brother was a camper. During the winters, Houston … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's McCallie Years
Tagged Brother, BUS, Confederacy, Houston Patterson, Lake Martin, McCallie, Military, Mondamin, Page Hill, World War
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