Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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MRS. BETTY JO HIGGS received her B.A. degree from Southwestern, where she was a member of STAB, Zeta Tau Alpha, Mortar Board, and Alpha Theta Phi, a scholastic society. She received her MA. degree in Latin from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. Before coming to MUS, Mrs. Higgs taught English at Longview Junior High School. At MUS, she has tried to give her stu- dents a feeling for the living qualities of Latin. In her room may be found such things as proverbs expressed in Latin. At one Friday morning chapel program, she di- rected a presentation by her students of a play about Virgil, not the author of the Aeneid, but instead a Latin student in New York who gradually discovers that there is Latin all around him. Besides Latin, Mrs. Higg ' s great- est interest is music. She has taught private piano lessons at home for several years and is organist at Broadway Baptist Church. She attended the St. Louis Institute of Music summer session for two years. MR. JOHN HOWELLS, although one of the newest teachers at MUS, is one of the most popular teachers. Mr. Howells was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but moved to Atlanta, Georgia, and prepared for college at Westminster School in Atlanta. He attended Yale Uni- versity and graduated in 1964 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. At MUS, Mr. Howells teaches eighth and tenth grade English. Coach Howells is noted for his prowess in swimming and in water polo. He is now coach- ing the varsity swimming team and plays water polo at the Memphis Athletic Club. While at Yale, he was on the swimming team and was captain of the water polo team during his senior year. Mr. Howells also coaches the Jun- ior High football team. This past summer, Mr. Howells became acquainted with the school through his work at the MUS Day Camp as a swimming instructor. During the eight weeks he met many MUS students and faculty members. MR. JOHN LA WO, another new member of the faculty this year, is an MUS graduate. He attended Vanderbilt University and Southwestern College at Memphis and re- ceived his B.A. degree in .English and psychology from Vanderbilt. He has done graduate work in English at Rollins College in Park, Florida. Besides teaching Ameri- can History and English, Mr. Lawo is active in school affairs as advisor to the Creative Writing Club and Social Committee, and works on public relations for the school. He is coach of the Junior High basketball team and has demonstrated his athletic prowess as a quarterback against the students on November 6, passing for three touch- downs and scoring two. Before coming to MUS, Mr. Lawo worked as a free lance writer and has been pub- lished in Readers ' Digest, Fortune Magazine, and other national publications. He also has worked in the public relations department of Holiday Inns of America, Inc., and as assistant baseball coach at Rollins College. He spends much of his free time racing motorcycles and mak- ing additions to his already copious little black book. 20

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MR. JOHN EVERETT received his B.S. in mathematics from Lambuth College. He has done graduate work at Florida State University and has taught at Tennessee Polytechnic Institute. While at Lambuth Mr. Everett played varsity baseball, tennis, and golf, and he can also play a mean game of touch football. Mr. Everett comes into contact with all ages of students since he teaches Algebra I, Geometry, and Senior Math. He is faculty advisor to the Student Council and the Chess Club. He is especially well known to his students for his love of computors and his truly superior chapel programs. MR. WILLIAM HATCHETT is Chairman of the Depart- ment of English and holder of the Joseph P. Hyde Chair of English at Memphis University School. His extensive background includes a B.A. degree from Southwestern, an M.A. degree from Columbia University, and at- tendance at Cambridge University in England for two terms. During 1954 and 1955 he taught at the Anglo- American High School in Athens, Greece, and later at Furman University for one year and at the University of Tennessee for two years. Having been at M.U.S. since 1957 he presently teaches the Junior and Senior Western World Literature Course and the Senior British Litera- ture Course. Mr. Hatchett was editor of the Sou ' wester while at Southwestern and is advisor to the school paper here. He has wrjtten the official school history, and The Study of Books, a study guide to several of the classics. Among the new teachers at M.U.S. , this year is MR. CHARLES HENDERSON, a man of many varied talents. Mr. Henderson received his B.A. from Memphis State University, his M.A. from the University of Mississippi, and has completed course work for a Ph.D. at Duke. Among his awards are a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, a Duke Fellowship, and recognition in the Who ' s Who in American Colleges and Universities. At the present, he is teaching Latin II, Russian History, and Ancient History. Although this is his first year of teaching, he is a very interesting lecturer, and is able to discuss almost any subject. Mr. Henderson, who is an avid sports fan, sup- ports all M.U.S. athletic contests and is advisor to the Pep Club. Outside of school, he enjoys playing tennis and hunting.

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The head of the Memphis University School history de- partment, MR. LEIGH W. MACQUEEN, holds the Ross McCain Lynn Chair of History. He attended Memphis Central High School, and received his B.A. degree from Southwestern College in 1955; he did post-graduate work at Vanderbilt and received his M.A. degree from Mem- phis State. Before coming to M.U.S., he taught for five years at Presbyterian Day School. Besides his teaching Mr. MacQueen has taken on several tasks at school; he is co-ordinator of the Advanced Placement Program and Annual Advisor. He edited the new M.U.S. Catalogue and the 1964-65 Handbook. Mr. MacQueen also enjoys such outside activities as golf and basketball, and oc- casionally joins the track team for a warm-up. His in- terest in history is not confined to the classroom and he is a member of the American Historical Association and the Mississippi Valley Historical Association. This summer he and his wife plan to join the ranks of the world travelers with a tour of Europe. MR. DAVID MORELOCK, the professor of French at Memphis University School, actor, and cross-word puzzle solver extrordinaire is a person familiar to all M.U.S. students. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree at Southwestern, Mr. Morelock studied under a Fulbright Scholarship at the University of Paris and studied at Tulane University. Mr. Morelock is fluent in French and Spanish and proficient Italian, Russian, German, and Greek. An active member of the community and school, Mr. Morelock is the sponsor for the Annual and a repre- sentative of the National Honor Society. He also has acted in numerous plays at the Front Street Theatre, Little Theatre, and the Memphis Shakespeare Festival; he has served several years as director of the Memphis Opera Theatre. MR. BRYAN E. NEARN is in his second year as a teach- er at M.U.S. He received his B.A. from Tulane with a major in English and a minor in Spanish and psychology This year he is the counselor for the eighth grade and is the seventh and eighth grade -social advisor, two jobs which he admits fill most of his school time. While not at school he spends some of his time reading and playing tennis. This year Mr. Nearn chaperoned the eighth grade trip to the Sugar Bowl. He plans to do graduate work in English this summer, although he says he would rather travel. 21