Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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M, U. S., ' 25- ' 30; Jeffersonian, ' 28- ' 30: Honor Council. ' 29- ' 30; Topics Staff, ' 29- 30; U Club, ' 28- ' 30; Football, ' 28- ' 29; Basketball, ' 3D. William has been active in athletics and in many school affairs, and in other ways has endeavored to keep up the ole M. U. S. spirit. We earnestly hope he will have con- tinued success in the future as he has had at M. U. S. John E. Roberts, Jr. M. U. S„ ' 25- ' 30; Hamiltonian Literary So- ciety, ' 29- ' 30; Annual Staff, ' 29- ' 30; U Club, ' 29- ' 30; Football, ' 29. Johnny, as he is known to his fellow stu- dents, is one of the best all-around students in M. U. S. In all of the activities he has conducted himself with willingness that is admired by everyone. He expects to enter the Georgia School of Technology, where he will study engineering. M. U. S. will cer- tainly miss you, Johnny. Alex Powers M. U. S., ' 26- ' 30; Jeffersonian Literary So- ciety, 28- ' 30; Honor Council, ' 29-30; U Club. 29 ' 30; Football, ' 29. M. U. S. will lose a mighty good man when Alex graduates. He has been active in many things besides being very popular with all the boys. Next fall he will study dentistry at the University of Tennessee.

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John A. Pipkin M. U. S., ' 25- ' 30; Jeffersonian Literary So- ciety, ' 29- ' 30; U Club, ' 29- ' 30; Football, ' 29; Swimming, ' 29- ' 30. This is Jack ' s fifth year here and M. U. S. will have a hard time getting along without him. He has proven himself an excellent swimmer and showed up well in football. Jack expects to take a course in aeronautical engineering at the University of Tennessee. L. T. Webb M. U. S., ' 26- ' 30; Hamiltonian Literary So- ciety, ' 29- ' 30. Although L. T. hasn ' t taken part in ath- letics, he has proven himself an excellent student, carrying off most of the honors in that line. He will enter Southwestern next fall, and we wish him the very best of luck. M. U. S., ' 26- ' 30; Hamiltonian Literary So- ciety, ' 29- ' 3fl. Ben has made M. U. S. a good student, even though practicing on the piano several hours a day has kept him out of most athletics. Next year he probably will study under some celebrated pianist, and some day we hope to read of his fame as a great concert pianist.

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London, England, June 3, 1950. Mr. C. C. Wright, Memphis University School, Memphis, Tennessee. U. S. A. Dear Mr. Wright: — THOUGHT you might be interested in knowing what the old 1930 class is doing. It has been quite a long time since I have heard of the ole bunch, but lately 1 have met several of them. As you might know I am now foreign correspondent and staff cartoonist on the DAILY BLAA. Having such a position of importance naturally 1 have come in contact with a great many of the fellows, and you wtauld be surprised to know what successes they have made. It is beyond imagination. J. C. Ayres, the boy who was first in everything, even on the roll call way back yonder in 1930, is now in Moskovitz ' s Hospital, located in South- ern Scotland. Don ' t get me wrong, he isn ' t sick, but is a big and famous Doctor. He operated on 20,000 people last year, which I think is going some. Ripley, the great Cartoonist, and a good friend of mine, put it in his Believe It or Not. Pick Butler, that big, bad man from the South, is now coach of Sewanee ' s Football, and Basketball teams. He told the press that after serv- ing Sewanee as their most outstanding coach for several years he intended to enter the cotton business. Guess who is next. It is none other than Lucius Cook, or otherwise known while at M. U. S. as Little Lucius. Lucius is now a big grain and seed merchant. His plants are like Piggly Wiggly, they are all over the world. He now lives in a large mansion in Podunk, N. Y. Charlie Crump the fellow who used to wear that white M. U. S. sweater is making quite a success as a lawyer in Yellow Dog, Arkansas. He seems to have the job cinched as mayor for next year. While I was in South Africa last year, hunting big game, I ran across 1 three well known doctors. Who do you think they were? Joseph Archibald Gorilla Gardner, James Hall, and L. T. Webb III. All three have dedicated their entire lives to the missionary work. They are noted as the three most famous doctors in that part of the world. On my retunYto New York I went to see the Yankees play ball, in hopes of seeing Babe Ruth play. To my surprise the fellow next to me said that the Babe had been farmed out to the Midnight, Miss., team. He said, Charlie Hughey had taken Babe ' s place and was going like h — . And the best part about the deal is that Charlie is much better than Ruth. Never does a day pass that Charlie doesn ' t hit a couple of homers. Page Eighteen