Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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JOHN CRUMP— F-K ' 22- ' 23, M. U. S. ' 24- ' 2 - ' 2( ' 27- ' 2N, Honor Council ' 26- ' 27- ' 28, Secretary I reasurer ' 2 27- ' 28, Secretary Treasurer ' 28, I lamiltonian Lit- erary Society ' 26 - ' 27 - ' 28, Marshal ' 26, Sec- reasurer zo -■ootball ' 27, Cheer- 7- retary leader ' 26, Baseball team ' 27- ' 28, Captain ' 28, Golf Champion ' 28. Secretary Senior Class ' 28. fohnny, as he is called, has been a fixture M. U. S and has taken a great interest iii the activities of the school. I le has been secretary and treasurer or nearly every or- ganization of M. U. S. He was elected cap- lain of the baseball nine. In fact Johnny has contributed a great deal to the wel- fare of the school. As we said, John is a fixture here, and there will be a vacancy in the old school after John has graduated, lie will attend the University of Virginia. JOHN GRIDER— M. U. S. ' 24- ' 25- ' 26- ' 27- ' 28, I lamiltonian Literary Society ' 26- ' 27- ' 28, Honor Council ' 27- ' 28, Swimming ' 27- ' 28, Boxing ' 25, I Club ' 25- ' 26- ' 27- ' 28 Topics Staff ' 27- ' 28, Annual staff ' 28, Football ' 27. John came to M. U. S. in 1924. He has taken a great interest in all the student activities. He has entered into all the sports and worked hard for a place on the teams. I le has the ability to smile, either in vic- tory or defeat, to bear rip under any cir- cumstances. John was a hard lighter on the lootba field, he worked hard and earnestly at his position. John is one ol lire model boys at M. U. S. and wish there were more. John will enter the United States Nava Academy at Annapolis. We all hope to see John the commander of a large battle- wagon some daw

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Memphis ' , 1 enn. Mr. H. G. Ford, May 31, 1948. Memphis University School. Dear Mr. Ford: At last 1 have found the kind of work that I really enjoy and I have discovered that my business ability would be completely lost in a newspaper job. 1 have become a traveling salesman for a large beauty products con- cern, and 1 am delighted to tell you that 1 have made a great success of selling rouge, powder, and lipsticks. While on my numerous business trips 1 have come in contact with many of my old graduating class of 1 92 7-2 8. One of my best customers is Albert Erskine. You remember him of course, that handsome blond boy who always wore such marvelous knickers. He owns a barber shop down in Texas, and though he still looks as though he combed his own hair with a brick, he sure gives some classy hair cuts to the cowboys. When 1 was in New York last spring I saw Dabney Crump. He is still crazy about chickens, but now they are in the follies, not the feathered bird. And that reminds me that Carlisle Page is the leading man in all of Greta Garbo ' s pictures. He has such fire, such magnetism, such personality, she told me. His complexion is perfectly marvelous for he takes the greatest care of it by using our own specially prepared beauty clay. Edgar Dettwiler is the finest song and dance man on Broadway. He has his name in electric lights three feet high, Edgar Dettwiler, and his six- teen cuties, it says. 1 met Admiral John Grider in Washington. He uses our delightfully scented shaving soap, and he looks swell in his gold braid and brass buttons. Alfred Campbell is also in Washington working in the treasury department counting thousands of nice shiny dollars, but at night is when Alfred really shines at those big balls with all those pretty Washington women. James Harrison and David Roach have a smart studio in Greenwich Village. Harrison ' s pictures of cows are noted for their contented look all over the world, and he has become very famous. David is a splendid violinist. His beautiful hair has captured many a woman ' s heart. Halbert Scott and John Martin are flying those big trans-oceanic planes. Scott made a record parachute jump and got twelve tin medals and twenty kisses from French generals. John Martin only recently flew to the North Pole and got both of his ears frozen. They always were large. John Myers has made more money than all the rest of the graduating class put together. He is the biggest bootlegger in New York. McAuley helps him bottle the stuff, and together they have filled three graveyards and put hundreds of struggling doctors into Fifth Avenue mansions. In fact, all of my old class have made names for themselves except two whom I thought would be great successes. As my train was passing through Missouri I saw two dirty tramps eating slum gullion from a tin can. Who do you think they were? John Crump, whose father put the T in Tammany, and that once irresistible lady killer, Millard Bailey. Sincerely, BOYDEN UNDERWOOD. Page Thirteen

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BOYDEN UNDERWOOD— F.-K. ' 24-75; M. U. S. ' 25-76-77-78; J.effersonian Liter- ary Society 76-77-78, President ' 27, Vice- President ' 28; Honor Council 77-78; Top- ics Staff ' 26-77-78, Editor ' 28; Annua] Staff ' 27-78, Editor ' 28; U Club 77-78; Boxing ' 27; Wrestling ' 28. When M. U. S. and F.-K. consolidated three years ago we were extremely fortu- nate in acquiring Bovden Underwood as a student. Boy den has proven himself worthy of all the honors that have been bestowed upon him. I lis greatest successes being done in his work as editor of both The ' Topics and Red and Blue. Underwood ' s hobby is newspapers, and he was the most active member The Topics staff the past year, being always ready to write on any subject, can express himsell well and has an interesting style. We predict a bright luti for him if he takes up writing as a profession. Taking everything together, Boyden is a valuable man around school and departure will leave a vacancy hard to fill. Here ' s luck to you, old boy. 01 le lis MALCOLM DEATON McAULEY— M. U. S. 77-78; Jeffersonian Literary Society ' 27 28. Malcolm started to M. U. S. in his senior year, and he did not have much time to devote to the various organizations of the school. Malcolm lives in Mississippi, and on this account was unable to stay out for football, lie came out for football for a few weeks, but due to the great distance he had to go he had to- stop. McAuley is liked by all the boys of the school and he is a peach of a fellow. lie is also a most conscientious student, and ranks high up in his class. lie takes an active part in his society work, and is an accomplished debater. We all wish Mc the best of luck and suc- cess in his later life, and we know he will succeed in college.