Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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AARON BRENNER— M. U. S. ' 25- ' 26- ' 27- ' 28- ' 29; Football Team ' s JManager ' 27- ' 28; U Club ' 27- ' 28- ' 29; Jeffersonian Literary Society 27- ' 28- ' 29; Business Man- ager of the Topics ' 28- ' 29. Brenner has been the manager of the football team for the past two sea- sons, and has proven himself a neces- sary and very faithful one. He was also the business manager of the Topics, for which he deserves much credit for the successful handling of the financial and distributing matters. He is also a good debater, since he rep- resents the Jeffersonian Literary So- ciety in the Joint Debate along with two other boys. Aaron expects to go to the Washington University, St. Louis, where we hope that he will make a good record. FREDERICK WILLIAM HOOPER, JR.— M. U. S. ' 27- ' 28- ' 29; Football ' 28- ' 29; Honor Council ' 29; Topics Staff ' 29; Vice-President Senior Class ' 29; Jeffersonian Literary Society ' 28 ' 29, President ' 29; U Club ' 28- ' 29. Hoop is the boy with the perma- nent smile. He smiles even during football games in which he was a great asset to old M. U. S. He has taken part in a good many school activities and will surely be missed from the personnel of the school. This fall lie will enter the University of Tennessee, where we hope that he will continue with the same success as in the past.

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LAURENS FRANK BARKER— M. U. S. erary Society ' 27- ' 28- ' 29; Topics Staff ' 29. , 25- ' 26- ' 27- , 28- ' 29; Jeffersonian Lit- Barker has been at M. V. S. for four years and is very conscientious with his school work and the various school activities in which he has par- ticipated. He is contemplating enter- ing Georgia lech and we know that he will continue with his good work there, where he will study to become a con- tractor. JAMES MARTIN KIRBY— M. U. S. Literal } ' Society ' 25- ' 26; Jeffersonian Literal - ] ' 27- ' 28- ' 29; Boxing ' 26- ' 27; Prep school paper- In the future, when we see the name, Dr. J. Martin Kirby, we will know that it is the former M. U. S. bad boy. Kirby has been at M. U. S. for six years and these have been successful years. I le is one of the cleverest boxers in this city and one of the best that has attended M. U. S. He goes to Tulane this fall, where he will study medicine. Page Eight

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Mr. J. P. Snider. Memphis University School. Dear Mr. Snider: Memphis, i enn. June 1, 1040. FI: Y months ago. while I was working on a tramp steamer, from Sin- gapore to San Francisco, I saw Roy W ' en .ler, an old schoolmate of mine. This occurred in one of the South Sea Islands. Roy was swim- ming instructor for all those pretty maids down there. This started me to thinking and wondering what had become of all my fel- low classmates of ' 20. On arriving in San Francisco I met Robert York, another of my classmates, who was now Editor-in-chief of The New York Times. I le promised to find out this information for me through his reporters. He found that .Malcolm Smith was now in the heart of Africa hunting the Angouficasza with a bow and arrow. He is writing a history of this almost extinct an ' mal. Smitty has given all press rights to The New York Times. A story in the paper a few days ago told about an inventor who had started to Mars in an aeroplane of his own making and had not been heard i ' rom since. This inventor was none other than our old aeroplane builder. Bill Fleming. Wilson Raney is now a world famous wireless operator on the great steam- ship Leviathan. Kill Kirby after many setbacks has finally won to the top of his profes- sion. He is now the world ' s heavyweight champion and weighs one hundred ninety-eight. Not many days ago a new record was hung up by Burnett. He is electrocu- tioner at San Ouentm and has electrocuted his first millionth. On looking up the statistics of this unique record we find that the man w horn he electrocuted, was no one eLe besides W. O. Webb. This hardened criminal has been constantly chased by the police of three continents until he was finally brought to justice. Fred Hooper started out as a dentist in a small town but after much pain he finally gave this up and wended his way to Hollywood where he became a movie star. I lis next picture will be Lover ' s Paradise. co-starring Nancy Carrol Barker, who had a fairly good sized collection of stamps when he started in our school, increased his collection during the last year considerably and since gra uating he has gathered together more than ever. He started counting the stamps over seven years ago and hasn ' t finished yet. Aaron Brenner is now in the Legislature debating that co-education is benefi- cial to the modern school. I am going to forward .Mr. Wright a copy of these facts as I know he will appre- ciate them. Sincerely yours, T. W. Meriwether. Page Twenty