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In what year did Battle Ground Academy begin?
1889
100
Who started BGA in January of 1996?
5th Graders
100
Who were the first two headmasters?
Mr. W. D. Mooney and Mr. S. V. Wall
100
Twelve boys enrolled at BGA in 1893 from what American Indian tribe?
Chickasaw
100
In what sport did BGA win state championships in 1993 and 1994?
Boys basketball
200
In what year were the two literary societies formed?
1925
200
Who started BGA in 1991?
6th Graders
200
Which headmaster served in the Civil War under Nathan Bedford Forrest?
Mr. S. V. Wall
200
What United States President signed a treaty that eventually brought those twelve American Indian students to BGA?
President Andrew Jackson
200
How much did the land for the original campus on Columbia Avenue cost in 1889?
$1,140
300
In what year the annual Tug-o-War begin?
1935
300
Who started BGA in 1945?
7th Graders
300
Which beloved and colorful headmaster started the annual tug-of-war?
Mr. John Briggs
300
The headmaster's house, called Fleming House, is named after what BGA graduate?
Sam Fleming, Class of 1924
300
Headmaster Briggs offered to give a day off from school to any student who could be him in what game?
Marbles
400
In what year did BGA become an all-boys school?
1929
400
Who started BGA in 1979?
Girls
400
Which headmaster led the move from the old Columbia Avenue campus to the current Glen Echo campus?
Dr. Ronnie Griffeth
400
From whom was the property for the first BGA campus purchased?
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Carter (of the Carter House)
400
What kind of special training became part of the BGA curriculum in 1942?
Military training (World War II)
500
In what two years (8 years apart) did the original BGA campus burn down?
1902 and 1910
500
Who started BGA in 1998?
Kindergartners, 1st Graders, 2nd Graders, 3rd Graders, and 4th Graders (the old Harpeth Academy)
500
Why did Headmaster Briggs allegedly made BGA an all-boys school?
Mr. Briggs did not like (or know how) to discipline girls!
500
What was the original name of Battle Ground Academy?
The Wall and Mooney School
500
The first school newspaper, published in 1902, was named after the school's original colors. What were they?
Purple and green