Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

Text from Pages 1 - 84 of the 1957 volume:

I MEMPHIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL 6191 Park Road Memphis, Tennessee Around A ■ - i; The New Gym H a 1 1 I J The Campus Expert individual attention is given to every student ROSS M. LYNN, HEADMASTER, A.B., M.A., Ii.D. Presbyterian College University of North Carolina Duke University At Memphis University School the student body is limited in size for the express purpose of enhancing individual diversity, placing em- phasis on high academic standards, personal growth, integrity, honor, emotional and spiritual maturity. To assist in attaining these purposes, small classes will be main- tained, close student -teacher relationships encouraged, and a strong emphasis placed on individual responsibility. Boys of varied faiths will be helped in their development as in- dividuals, in activities both friendly and challenging Those in charge of Memphis University School hold it their duty to teach how to meet and manage difficult intellectual tasks. They believe that all good teaching is rooted and grounded in character,. carefully cultivated and based on religion and ethics. ADMINISTRATION Faculty MR. JOHN M. NAIL English, History Southwestern (B.A.) Mr. DAVID MORELOCK Languages Southwestern (A.B.) Tulane (M.A.) Universite ' de Besancon Certificat d ' Etudes Mrs. J. T. STUCKENSCHNEBDER Millsaps College Memphis State (B.A.) Mr. LAURAN F. WINDHAM Latin, English Mississippi College (B.A.) Mr. C. M. PIPKIN Math, Science Southwestern (B.S.) George Peabody College for Teachers (M.A.) Faculty Mr. RUSSELL JOHNSON English Memphis State (B,S.) Columbia Univ. (M.A.) Mr. GENE THORN Director of Athletics Menphis State (A.B., M.A.) Mr, aiARLES G. KELLY General Science Univ. of Chattanooga (B.B.A.) Mrs. J. S, CALMER Certificate from Menphis State, Smith College C •., -. ' % 1 .k N - ii ?l !• i Mr. EDWARD E. BLAND Social Sciences Jniversity of Tennessee (B.S.) CLASSES ' ' ■ ' - Eleventh Grade Worthington Brown Bill Butler Claude Crawford John Edwards « h John Evans Jack Henard 12 Eleventh Grade Cash King Leslie Nicholson is 0 W- Kerry Patteson Clyde Patton True Redd Jimmy Thomas Bob Walters 13 Tenth Grade George Allen Turner Askew  Ted Bailey Devere Bond Lanny Butler Fowler Cooper Billy Deupree 14 Tenth Grade Howard Ellis Tommy Keesee y L . t George Early John Lawo Allen Malone Bobby Metcalf Duke Montgomery 15 -«r V, y -. a A Bryan Neam Fritz Schas Claton Sims Tenth Grade Bill Simmons Frank Smith Bill Taylor Henry Twley Tom Waring 16 John Bondurant L J Ninth Grade mi. Richard Brumfield C.A Frank Alley CS w. Syd Butler ii y ' m Larry Chamberlin Charles Crump 17 Ninth Grade Hal Emmons Robert Dillard Geoige Edwards Willam Gotten Kingsley Hooker Jim Haygood 18 Ninth Grade Horace Hull Ned Laughlin Scott Ledbetter Billy McDaniel Mac McLaren Allen Morgan John Norris 19 Ninth Grade k.w  i. Robert Gates Carl Olsen George Gwen ts ; s ' J ' t ' L. Pete Pace I Carlisle Page Phil Patterson Phil Perel 20 Ninth Grade C. D. Smith Ned Smith Bill Stiatlon Didi Strong Keith Walker Alex Wellford Feiiell Vamer 21 Eighth Grade Lyle Adams Calvin Ahlgren Pepper Allen Jim Barton Jim Blount Cran Boyce Jody Brown 22 Eighth Grade Steve Bull Carl Carson Sam Carter Ronny Qiamberlin Jimmy Dobbs Bill Evans Theo Folz 23 Jack G oldsmith Pitt Hyde Bobby King Eighth Grade Felix Laughlin Cairutheis Love Jim Madison Scott May 24 Dan McGovran Henry Morgan Bill Myers John Raiford Eighth Grade Robert Ray Arthur Seelbinder Dudley Weaver Robert Whitlock 25 John Wilhoite Mike Alexander Bill Axthux Bin Black Seventh Grade Richard Bown Randy Cohn ■i n t Tommy Block Danny Cppp Jeiry Bradfield Phi Up Cramp Charles Chandle John Demuth fy ■ J Mk y 26 John Dobbs John Fry Jim Gamex Seventh Grade Robert Huckabee Howie Mallory John King John Martin John Laughlin Lee McCormick J iiM2 George Mahoney Nevrton Metcalf 27 Warren Montgomery King Rightor Seventh Grade Elder Shearon Edmond Taylor Clare Smith Cole Wilder Freddy Smith Barney Witherington Gene Stratton Dan Work M 28 ACTIVITIES Student Council SEATED, Left to Right: Worth Brown, President; Clyde Patton, Vice-Presidentj John Lawo, Robert Dillaid, Mr. Gene Thorn, Faculty Advisor. STANDING: Jody Brown, Bill Arthur. The five class presidents and the president of the Student Body, with Mr. Gene Thorn as faculty advisor, compose the Student Council. The function is largely that of managing student affairs. This includes supervising student elections, selling tickets to athletic events, and maintaining a monitoring system. 30 Honor Council SEATED, Left to Right: Mr. Pipkin, Faculty Advisor; Henry Morgan; Fowler Cooper; Syd Butler; Bob Walters, Vice-President; Bill Butler, President. STANDING: Howie Mallory; Dan McGowan; Alex Wellford; John Dobbs. The Honor Council is the highest governing body of students at Memphis University School. It is comprised of a President and a Vice-President, both from the 11th grade, and one representative from the 10th grade and each of the two sections of the 9th, 8th, and 7th grades. They all are elected by secret ballot. The chief function is to supervise the Honor System, the three specific offenses being lying, cheating, and stealing. The duties are to investigate every case reported and to clear a student if he is innocent, or to recco- mend procedure if he is guilty. The existence of an Honor Council provides the basis for the establishment of a sound and workable Honor System whereby the high prestige and character of the school is maintained. 31 Annual Staff SEATED, Left to Right; Tommy Keesee, Assistant Editorj Clyde Patton, Editorj Bob Walters, Business Managerj Jack Henard, Photographer. STANDING: Claude Crawford, Sports Editorj Jimmy Thomas, Advertising Manager. The 1957 OWL is the second yearbook of the school and the boys worked together to make it possible. De- spite limited sources of information and experience, and considering the usual setbacks, the staff did a very creditable job. 32 Paper Staff SEATED Left to Right: Alex Wellford, Jimmy Thomas, Lesl I S STSlDINGrRobert Ray, BiU Taylor, Ted Bailey. ie Nicholson; Editor, Lamiy Butler, John Lawo, Freddy This year the paper staff has doae a fine job and hassuccee for which the students are thankful. ded in publishing some interesting material 33 Social Committe© SEATED, Left- to Right: Pitt Hyde, AUen Morgan, True Redd, George Early BiU Doggreil, Freddy Smith, John Laughlin. STANDING: Faculty Advisors; Mr. Nail, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Bland. In late September the Autumn Dance was held followed by a Ninth Grade Christmas Party. Then came the annual Formal after semester exams. At the time of publication many other social gatherings were being planned. 34 Athletics Varsity Football ■ ' .s, jm k ' iii-- in FRONT ROW, left to right: Bill Butler (55), George Early (74), Kerry Patteson (35, CO-CAPTAIN), Claude Craw- ford (11, CAPTAIN), John Evans (61), AUen Malone (27), Bryan Nearn (81), Frank Smith (82). MIDDLE ROW: Jimmy Thomas (MANAGER), Jack Henard (21), George Allen (60), Fritz Schas (76), Tom Waring (62), Fowler Cooper (71), Ted Bailey (17), Howard Ellis (31), Clyde Patton (88), Coach Gene Thorn. BACK ROW: Bob Walters (MANAGER), True Redd (22), Lanny Butler (20), Bill Taylor (70), John Lawo (12), Worth Brown (45), Tommy Kee- see (33), Coach Bland. M.U.S. 26 13 Bartlett M.U.S. 33 6 Germantown M.U.S. 34 Kingsbury M.U.S. 13 White Station M.U.S. 13 Tredwell M.U.S. 6 12 Humes M.U.S. 13 13 B.G.A. M.U.S. 125 57 Opponents 36 Varsity Football The 1957 football season brought the Memphis University School Seniors its first winning record, with a fine four won, two lost, and one tie. Although playing with just Sophomores and Juniors. Coach Gene Thorn ' s crew was led by an invaluable team spirit throughout the campaign. The Owls were con- stantly handicapped by injuries and at no one game were they at full strength. Individually, Captain and Quarterback Claude Crawford, who completed 47 70 of his passes, Co-Captain, Kerry Patteson, who was leading ground gainer until his injury at mid-season, Fullback, Worth Brown, who led the team in scoring and two capable ends, Clyde Patton and Frank Smith were leaders on offense The first game of the season was played against the Harriett Panthers. Brown tallied the first touchdown of the season to send M.U.S. to an early 7-0 lead. In the second quarter. Brown again scored giving us a 13-0 lead at halftime. In the second half, Crawford ' s passes to Patton began to connect. One of these, for 52 yards, set up Tom Keesee ' s third period sprint around end. A Crawford to Patton pass scored the extra point and another of these passes scored late in the third quarter. The final score was 26-14. The second game of the season, M.U.S. easily roared over the German- town B Team, 33-7. Patterson and Brown were standouts in this game. The first game on our home field was against the Kingsbury Falcons. The boys were up for the game and the Falcons suffered a severe 34-0 loss. The whole team stoood out in this game, especially John Evans, and Allen Ma- lone. The fourth game of the season was again played on our home field a- gainst the White Station B Team. M.U.S. scored early in the first quarter on a Brown to Patton pass. The two teams waged back and forth, M.U.S. unable to advance because of the loss of Co-Captain, Kerry Patteson, who broke his cheekbone. The game was deadlocked until late in the fourth q ' jarter when Frank Smith intercepted a desperation pass and went all the way. The game ended at 13-0. Then the streak ended at the hands of a swift Treadwell team 13-0. With a separate offense and defense, the Eagles wore the Owls down. The Owls started the game with only 14 men. With M.U.S. at its physical lowest, Humes edged the Owls, 12-6. After Humes scored first, a Crawford to Patton pass tied the score. As the half time neared, Humes scored on the last play, to lead 12-6. Neither team could score in the lasthalf which featured strong defensive play. The Owls tied Battle Ground A cademy in the closing seconds, 13-13, in the most thrilling game of the season. B.G.A . scored on the opening kick off and the M.U.S. hopes dwindled. B.G.A. scored again but of the two touchdowns scored, they were only able to tally one extra point. After half time, M.U.S. roared back into the game. Lanny Butler scored over tackle and we racked up the extra point. The Owls dominated the second half play, with Brown leading the ground attack. Short passes put the ball in scoring territory late in the last quarter. Then, witb less than a minute to play. Brown swept right end to knot the count. The extra point gamble failed. 37 ed Devils Memphis University School ' s jnior squad, composed of sixtce  th and 11th graders, mutilat. ermantown High School ' s 2n _ ;am 33-6. This was the second vic- )ry for the Owls against no losses iTorthington Brown and Kerry Pa son were standouts of the gan ■ermajitown won the toss so MUS fid to kick off. Mter two running lays. Gi-rmantown passed, but it •as intercepted by Patteson. MUS -sen ran two wide plays for good ains and on the next play Claud rawford ran around end for tl Duchdown. Patteson made the exi ra point good by running anothe ride play. This put us ahead 7-0, When MUS got the ball in the 3cond quarter, Brown made a 2? d. gain to make it 1st down ajid oal to go. After a couple of losses, JIaude passed to Clyde Patton and c was tackled on the 3. The ball -ent over, but Germantown could .ot move the necessaxy 10 yds. an as forced to kick. Worth hand ff to Patteson and he raccfi iantly 43 yds. down the ;oing in and out of m- ' own tacklers for P [own of the aiterno ll ' ry for the extra point, uccessfui but there wa enalty for holding. On cuted pass play Cra- Wcted with Patton fc  oint. -, The Owl ' s kicked of B the Red )evils and they reall wseemed to tart moving. They m«e a fine 20 -■ard pass play to o«o|3 yard line tnd then a run to ou .our-yard line lut all for nothing. An MUS man sroke through the line and jarred he ball out of the arms of a Ger- nantown man and Bryan Nearn ' s ilcrt recover ' gave the ball to us igain. Tommy Keesee made a 12 ard run to about our 40. Brf hen shot through the line out he clear and ran from ou g ine to the goal, a 66 yard ittempt for the extra poin| successful Seconds later inded with MUS ahead ? In the second half, Ge cicked off to MUS. Bro ' ' ibout a 15 yard run an The second half op( M with iartlett kicking and Mvawlord vent to the 45 befojil he was lopped. On the secon«llay from MTimmage, Crawford ™lt Patton I md before Clyde was stopped, he , lad legged it to the 3 yard line. , rhen after one play, Keesee swept; ' ft end for the TD. The extra point s-rtr made on a Crawford to Patton ' )ai-.-i play, j Germantown tor unnecessary rough- ness giving us another 15 yards. A short runs gave us our down. Crawford made xgf for another first ' next play, Brown ijtty run for our fourth The extra point was un- ■mantown got the ball ■off they tried to pass. raistake because Brown intercepted it and raced to their 12 yard line before be was pushft. out of bounds. As MUS tried t ' l Jp TD the ball was fu town fell on it bi, ,t when heW for committed their lut little hari our men re« a 4 yard loss. Tl ■couldn ' t fiake a first do , had to punt. Then Germantown I fumbled the ball and our boys re- j covered once more on the Red Devil j 38 yard line. Patteson, on a 36 yard j run through the left of the line i scored our 32nd point. Worth Brown en tried to kick t f xtra point n ajid h t t ' VXA? k t€-% The firsr Barllett, 1, ganu; was Llglily .-succe Wo lost the to. ' --, ; ensiicces.sfu. pl i ' s, tht ' Owls startea a sustaui ford spearheading tl. from three . ards o aftej- touchdown was no Mem pi kicked once 6-0 lead. returned the yard line and pass piay carr 11 yard line. (| WPTORtS Station B Te 13-0 Victim I ' niversitv the Senior Team wa s sophomores and j ,orn ' s boys won ' ip-l thington Brown kicked off. to our 40 yard line, Fron •ith Kerry Patteson and CI til finally Worth Brown pi inf and ! Then they gained the 1 more, MUS a 3rd down pass play ft the Panthers passed, t was good for 6 points ar oint was made. artlett then kicked d after onr play from hfKM t$ fourth stra ' -rht f.3otball won Its ame of the seison ye terdaj by defeating Whue b. i ' ion ' .s B i- ' im, 1 ' -!) esterdr)y at MUS. fmal ei un .so.mded. 1 1 .r a f.-)L ' rrii-peri fo,t MUS t c . crrv Pj 1 ; :, tjr .MM .-. ' --, iif THIRD m, 34 aces 82 Yards ass lr:3rception ,!y, .Tj-f ' p !i ho ?, wJMrh ; T f I st - ame on M lU-DoS-.h-;, Afhletu- J: -Ml ' ' •■hitri «n4 .,1 iwr. j for the Memphis University School ISMS SEASON ;■ m 26-13 VICIORy ' a.-tlett ' B ' Victim Of Aer Ground Attack hiiphia Universin ed in every period • opened iis fooiba a 26-1 M Nuiary ieit ' B ' ieani on ' fidii ' on, the first play er, Kee.?ec gainecj e and in two ii made a first gain was Keesee and the Owls were on the 20 with a first down. The combina- tion of Crawford to Patton again clicked, this time going all the way. The try for extra point wa.s imsuccessful, and we had a sub- Btantial lead of 26-7 in the waning .moments of the 4th quarter. •placed on MUS ' s n eXHuU-Dobbs} ' Field. Wbjfffl Statioh ' B ' s play ' ' ' ' ' !}JUS next Thursday on the new ' ' ' jfipld. __ ' ' Men pb,-- I t ' --,tv - h. . - 1 I in 1 n z ' l ' lo ' bill :::iirc es- ..M -, Heli.nue Pai k Oot e ' ii , . oiCft Ine Uhh hn « ' «Mi loui lids out anc .li .HiNCfM n and L le Ad u US WIN slKti- 1 70 te on end Smj o i e( yards ' ore downs, wn. Another ked up by readwelt B Teat! 13-0Dev! Tie cluCi ' 5 lempii. lnu-- . fi-vtilull lU • 1 Oi ,- l op n CO ns mei HiH Lowiy pldPEjen ro ' nt ' Ml S hid tno d, .me on the 15 and ihe si. . hv na.ss mt tnsu-hdow ns ' . of. ,n each f the la ' ihi ' - e qi tcK t ' aurte Crau o d fakei pas ? and tan 44 jards :n ■second. Allen Maton? imed rds with an nt ! rrpti d f the thud J ni Tot K?« a pitchout . ' ' ai.ds m h n., ' 11 ,?ue. iK lox i,p i liui -da afterr V tf St ,f or R t« Is ,- , . i ' — B.-f« M« ( !J« , K h . .iBjfBT X lt flH Lp ta,is «« atfon itars m U$ Triumph n iti t of sion V M !S nilKHlUT .y i ; . ' ui, 1 ; i t Tiio i - ■• gtimp of tiio SfRsnn was ( ' . ; .1 th ' H !!l,-f ohh.s Athlotu- i- ' ipl.i s-ith the ( ing Kingsbury 3-t-O. A lai.. ■■ i! ' from both schools was on hand to ' cht- er tb.oir resptH-tivt teani-- . ' ' ' Kingsbury won the toss but ! ' la elected to kick off. Tli.- first of- ■ ' fensive march bcg ' an with Brown tlKh ivee ee an • . J ' attcson nppin« oi ' SECOND H LFSCO,t.S MiKi !PbWNB«i y GIVE MUS 13-131 F0RIH1WI[I3; Battle Ground Scores Early Malone Races 82 Yarr-, But Loses Lead n-, « i,, .. . ., „i , . r-ic i) nil a ' ; po b lf .i- ' fi .r ic,.ini!K {■ ■ II S Juniors Edg ongvieiv Heights The Junior Team got eat start aa they ove . ngview Heights 6 to 0. I ilf both teams shovre .11 handling, both offensis ' cly and I.l .S. Stops riiite Station ' end ho me game of the one ' th ; toughe. St so r for th o Owls rh. fe n v ot spi ' It a ■-o Jou n to m t ' ii vh l ' I ;n the openn g n ' u - . t th iai tir- t qu u tt ' 1 . ' u 4 1 ' i OHn p 3b spin t a t. ,, ffit iir d fou -a C ' ' r -f-o itnis ff!v  ' 1 ' 1 ■yp t - -.IN t r ' n u ts U! -- H It -- fl i r I v( t O ! t  ' . m ' d t U 1 Ugg I ' i hi ' v I u r 1 h fh d-f. ' ia S ' ' ii E ) 1 the tir t h ' t t it -I . in r. t tit on ft U M ' . f. imr ti k K . ' . r -on rece n 1 I OVv T in f I f iC I.l i ' V 1 ' h . - t ' i !.••, qt h til I t ' tld df tem game fo K u L n f ' i ot lit tot f i ' I ' H t- a tii ie iin as tne teparcans woula arive Iward. our line stiffene-d and ew the green horde back. Vith minute. remaining in the :Tie, the Spartans were staging a vo that seemed de.stined to suc- d. The White Station hopes wers ' hed to the ground when M.U.S. 1. Frank Smith, punched a Spar- pass from the air and raced rty-five yards unmolested tor • second tally of the game. Tht ra point was made and the re read M.U.S. 13 White Sta-. 1 0. ' he game ended sccond.s lattr J M.U.S. was once more vic- ious but at a terrible price. rn. ' Patteson will be unable to jp the rest of the sea.son. tl erse fo In th ury d l%mly awff blocked a pimt gaining possession on the 45. After a line play. TrrAfo finding his receivers covered, ran around left end for a li-yard touch- down. Patteson skirttd end for tls - 21st point as the half ended. A spirited Kingsb ' iry team too ' the field m the third cjuarter. Tht Owls received but fumbled th« kickoff Kingsbury recovered and seemed on their way whea Malon. ' Intercepted p ' y P ss on th MUS 18 anc Jced 82 yards for the backbrf ii JUJ). Patt: added the e Most of t ' SW ' ' ' gamf w h tht J pta.g ' ' , but Aiih an mi ihi!d -nd ■tirn- Rui ' ct f,. - IdUii lernno R tpan ; h. 1 Wuil •!l I ' l ! 1 ' -t i ' • i ! • i ■ ..p •vlUS FACES KINGSBURY 11th Grade Grid Teains Se For Came T. - day cm The gaff victorious ' fif heir fii the home field, 5-0. B.. . ■ aimed :.- 2 and after the Paruii.-r- f:;-st down, they fimi:.! ' l ' :vricr Cooper rtco ' . . • f,)r MUS. l- ' rnm tiiot. , C; , ■• • .■arried the bail to the P;irtl : ■ . ii-u line, a run of 32 yards. Maio:: icr picked up 3 to the 5 ' ar ' nia.rkcr and Brown gained ar.cr ' a ya,rd on the next play. Tom a;; Ki ' i ' Si e went to the 3 and it wa 4th down. On 4th down, a Crawfori to Fatton pass was incomplete am the ball went to Part! ' . ' ' - the; first play from scriinr ' -Mot fumbled and ' on tlie 3. On ma ba sir ■Av teiT , ' ' ' mm 1 fp-w ' •if!:-; V % ' %  . . ?.: -  « % V . ■-. f 1 !« ., ' -vltoiM -- «• • ' Junior High Football fl « . . S JKll I ' iP W SJf iS P A- ii ' - - ' FRONT ROW, left to right: Carl Olson, Pete Pace, Met Crump, George Edwards, Syd Butler, Allen Morgan, Jimmy Haygood, Robert Oates, Jim Barton, Bill Evans, Robert Dillard, Ned Laughlin. SECOND ROW; Bill Doggrell, Cal- vin Ahlgren, Felix Laughlin, Henry Morgan, George Owen, Lyle Adams, Mac McLaren, Jody Brown, Scott May, Kingsley Hooker, Farell Varner, Pepper Allen, Jimmy Dobbs, Richard Brumfield, Phil Patterson (Manager). BACK ROW: Bill Myers, Arthur Seelbinder, Pitt Hyde, C. D. Smith, Ned Smith, James Madison, Camithers Love, Dan McGown, John Laughlin, James Blount, Bobby King, Jimmy Allen, John Raiford, Coach John Nail. M.H.S. 6 Longview Heig] M.H.S. 19 Messick M.U.S. 6 20 West Memphis M.U.S. 19 Germantown M.U.S. 6 7 Frayser M.U.S. 7 19 White Station Totals 44 65 42 Starters I H i i iii ■%-j. ■  ■ THE LINE: Jim Barton (E), Bill Evars (T), George Edwards G), Robert Gates (C), Met Crump (G), Robert Dillard (T), Carl Olson (E). THE BACKFIELD: Jimmy Haygood (QB), Lyle Adams (RH), Syd Butler (FB), Mac McLaren (LH). Under Coaches Nail and Windham, the season opened with a thrilling 6 to victory over Longview Heights, George Edwards made the only tally for M.U.S. Next were the Junior High Champions of Memphis, Messick. The M.U.S. Juniors put up a great battle and only until the remaining minutes of the game was Messick able co pull the game out of the fire with a 19 to victory. The next game was played at West Memphis with the boys losing to a powerful team 21 to 7. The next game the Junior Owls racked up an easy victory over Germantown 19 to 0. Bad luck plauged the ream when they lost to a lucky Frayser team 7 to 6. The last game of the year was played against the leaders of the league. White Station, The boys played a fine game and the score at the half was 7 to 7. The last half the team ran into some bad breaks and came out on the shori end of a 19 to 7 score. 43 Varsity Basketball FRONT ROW, left to right: Henry Turley, Duke Montgomery, Frank Smith, Clyde Fatten (Captain), Bill Butler, Bobby Metcalf, Jimmy Tliomas. BACK ROW; Bill Deupree (Manager), Tommy Keesee, Lanny Butler, John Lawo, Bill Taylor, Jack Henard, Leslie Nicholson, George Early, Bob Walters (Manager), Coach Gene Thorn. M.U.S. 39 82 Collierville M.U.S. 66 46 Senatobia M.U.S. 33 58 Germantown M.U.S. 43 52 White Station M.U.S. 45 69 Millington M.U.S. 64 50 Osceola M.U.S. 52 58 Humes M.U.S. 41 71 Collierville M.U.S. 54 43 Kingsbury M.U.S. 61 34 Kingsbury M.U.S. 47 63 Germantown M.U.S. 45 43 Senatobia M.U.S. 30 65 B.G.A. M.U.S. 57 67 Millington M.U.S. 41 65 White Station M.U.S. 71 41 Humes M.U.S, 75 40 Kingsbury M.U.S, 45 15 Kingsbury 44 Senior High Basketball This year marked the beginning of the high school basketball career of the Memphis University School Owls. All considered it was a fine year, finishing the season with eight wins and tea losses a- gainst older, more experienced teams. The Owls opened the season against the Matrons from Collierville and lost to a classy county team led by All -County, Virgil Austin who scored 25 points. Still looking a litiie ragged, the Owls dropped the next game to the Germantown Red Devils. Still looking for the first win of the season, the Owls were overcome by the Millington Trojans. Lanny Butler hit 15 points fo r the losers. In the first outing against a prep league team the Owls led Humes 39 to 38 at the end of the third period but lost a heartbreaker in the final seconds to Humes. Leslie Nicholson was high man for the evening with 17 points. At the dedication of the new Kingsbury gym, the team won its first game of the season largely due to the efforts of George Early who hit for 16 points. M.U.S. next outing was a fine game against Germantown in which we lost by 16 points. Again Nic- holson scored 19 points. The Owls lost the next game to a classy B.G.A. team that caught us on an off night. The team had cold feet for the next game also, being handily defeated by the White Station Spartans. For the second time M.U.S. romped to an easy victory over Kingsbury with George Early hitting 28 points for the highest individual output of the season. Senatobia became our third victim in the new gym with Captain Clyde Patton hitting 15 points. On January 23, the M.U.S. gym was invaded by the Osceola B Team. Although they were tall boys, the Owls outscrapped them all the way for the victory by 14 points. Stars in our fourth win here Nic- holson and Frank Smith with 14 and 13 points respectively. Even though the Owls showed great improvement and determination, they were no match for power- ful Collierville and tell to them a second time. Lanny Butler, Nicholson, and Early accounted for 43 points between them as they led the Owis to their third victory over Kingsbury. On our first road trip, a return match with Senatobia, we played a greatly improved team and won in the last seconds by 2 points. The victory was largely due to the work off the boards and 18 points by Lanny Butler. We lost our next game to Millington by 10 points although the team played one of its best games of the year. The Owls were out for revenge against Humes in a return game in the M.U.S. gym and really poured it on to win by 30 points and gain our first victory over a prep league team. Smith scoured 18 and Nicholson hit 19. Ending the season on a high note, M.U.S. romped over Kingsbury by 30 points, allow- ing the Falcons only 3 points in the second half. This game typified the type of playing shown all year with plenty of spirit, hustle, and determination. Total Points Nicholson 180 L. Butler 172 Smith 150 Early 135 Patton 101 Henard 56 Keesee 42 Ellis 25 Metcalf 7 Thomas 5 867 Team Average 48.6 45 f — k ' ' Junior High Basketball FRONT ROW, left to right: Carl Olson, Larry Chamberlin, Farell Vamer, Bill Evans, Phil Perel, Mac McLaren, Bill Stratton. SECOND ROW: Coach Windham, Horace Hull, Jim Barton, Jimmy Haygood, Alex Wellford, Syd Butler, Richard Brumfield, Phil Patterson (Manager). 1 M.U.S. 35 16 Whitehaven M.U.S. 39 7 Germantown M.U.S. 45 15 Collierville M.U.S. 41 30 Millington M.U.S. 70 20 Germaiitown M.U.S. 54 21 Longview Heights M.U.S. 33 24 Whitehaven M.U.S. 54 27 Frayser M.U.S. 46 12 Collierville M.U.S. 31 15 Frays er M.U.S. 56 15 Germantown M.U.S. 33 36 C.B.C. M.U.S. 43 21 Whitehaven M.U.S. 33 23 Millington M.U.S. 73 17 Collierville M.U.S, 36 30 Bartlett M.U.S. 51 19 Collierville 48 Junior High Basketball The M.U.S. junior team gained itself a fine reputation and brought basketball recognition to the school by compiling a 17-2 record. The Junior Owls won the Southern Division championship and placed second in the county, missing that. championship by one point. M.U.S. won their first three games with comparitive ease. The fourth game marked their initial performance in the new gym against Millington. A large crowd witnessed an exciting game and it was only near the end of the contest that the Red and Blue felt safe. The attack was led by Jim Haygood and Syd Butler. Along came four more decisive victories, one of these being a 70 to 20 romp over Germantown at M.U.S. In the Longview Heights game, four men hit the double figures in scoring; Barton 16, McLaren 14, Haygood 12. and Butler 10. In the win over Frayser, Haygood posted his seasons high, tallying 22 points. Also outstanding in this game was Bill Stratton. One of the closer contests of the season was Whitehaven, finally overcome 33 to 24. The junior squad had three more games which were won by wide margins. Substituting in one of these games, Evans totaled 16 points and Chamberlin connected for five jump shots. Then came the meeting of M.U.S. and C.B.C. at La Salle Gym. This team was one of the top teams in the City Junior High League. A slow start lost M.U.S. the game. With the Owls tense, C.B.C, jumped off to a 12 to 14 point lead until near the halftime when the Red and Blue shook off the jitters and played like champions to narrow the margin to two points. In the second half the same thing happened again. We got behmd only to come back to tie the game up with only a few minutes to play, but C.B.C. was not to be denied and won the game in the closing minutes. All the boys on the team wanted to play them a return game but it somehow could not be arranged. The next game, the Owl hit the highest score ever made by an M.U.S. Junior High team, in a 73 to 17 over Collierville. Considering the fact that junior high games are shorter than high school and col- lege games, this figures out to be a comparitive for high school of 97 to 22 and for college an amazing 122 to 28. After this great contest, the Owls crushed Whitehaven and defeated Bartlett, the leading team in the Northern Division of the county league, by a close score of 36 to 30. The game was thrilling to the very last minute McLaren and Haygood displayed a brilliant dribbUng exhibition to freeze the ball to the finish. Haygood and Hull accounted for most of the points. The County Tournament to decide a county champion came next at Millington ' s court with M.U.S. seeded number one due to tneir victories over all the teams entered. After receiving a bye in the first round M.U.S. turned back Millington, 29 to 24 in a thriller and on the following night lost a heart breaker to Bartlett by one point, having a chance to score in the last five seconds. The ball was ready to be thrown in by an M.U.S. man with a play that might have won the game, but due to some confus- sion on the sidelines, the play never got off and the game ended 34 to 33. Judging from this season, the future of M.U.S. basketball looks very bright. 49 i$ r B Team FRONT ROW, left to right: Sam Carter, Pepper Allen, Arthur Seelbinder, Jody Brown, Pitt Hyde, Calvin Ahlgren. BACK ROW: Coach Windham, Henry Morgan, Robert Ray, Lyle Adams, Scott May, Carruthexs Love, Felix Laiaghlin, Rich Wilhoite, Theo Folz (Manager). The Junior Hi B Team played five games and won all five, giving great expectations for next years regular Junior Team. Falling before the Baby Owls were White Station, East, Frayser, Millington, and Bartlette, With Bill Evans at Center, Felix Laughlin and Pepper Allen at forwards, Jody Brown and Pitt Hyde at Guards, the B Team had a scrappy club. These boys had plenty of help from Seelbinder, Mor- gan, Adams, May, Love, Taylor, Ray, and Ahlgren. Though lacking height, they made up for it with plenty hustle. With these boys as a nucleus, we should have a good Junior High Team. 52 Cheerleaders SEATED, left to right: Cole Wilder, Henry Turley, Cash King. STANDING: Doritte Evans, Judy Garrecht, Helen Pidgeon, Mary Montedonico, Elizabeth Nickey. M.U.S. athletics received fine inspiration from this group of boys and girls. They did an excellent job in leading our student body in cheering at athletic contests. At the end of the football season, the cheerleaders gave a party at Elizabeth ' Nickey ' s, honoring the team. A good time was had by all. 53 fTi P Tennis Left to Right: Mac McLaren, Alex Wellford, Horace Hull, Les Nicholson, Tommy Keesee, Bill Stratton, Carol Olson, Coach Charlie Kelly. In its first year Memphis University School compiled one of the very best records in tennis that has ever been made im Memphis. They won the unofficial City Prep School Championship (unable to offi- cially play in the city league due to being in the county). Scores M.U.S. won 7 matches C.B.C. M.U.S. won 6 matches East Hi M.U.S. won 8 matches Hernando M.as. won 6 matches Central M.U.S. won 7 matches C.B.C. 2 M.U.S. won 8 matches Hernando 1 54 Les Nicholson, number one for M.U.S., came to us last year and since has more than proven himself as a top ranked Tennis player. His list of achievements include. City Championship for twelve and under, City Championship for fifteen and under for three straight years, Mississippi Valley Championship for fifteen and under, and State Championship for fifteen years and under. Les was ranked as second top Tennis player in the South for fifteen and under. Nicholson also won City Championship for 18 and un- der. City Men ' s Doubles, State Championship for 18 and under, ana the State Men ' s Doubles. He is now ranked sixth in the South for 18 and under. 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