Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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M.U.S. has an ex- cellent tradition to follow. The stu- dents feel that it has followed it tvell. Zbc Ibcmpbie Univcveitv 5c boo I A DAY SCIH ) »I. l ' k I ' .nvs 4J !!U!nl fM ' pupil-. Scvrn instructor . Hcn r V ' - T[| trin. Wei! t ' (|ui} ' jH (i i ymnasium; aniple } ' l.t un-un(i iiu haseisri!!. iootbal!. tennis .md all iuahlsfui ut i ' r sports. An ,h: -filfted school oi Wrishinutoii Aud l.v.r i ni vrrsitv. inutTsUy of the South, T ni cT itv of v, ' ,u-- see, i ' liiversitv of Mi !- i| [ i and the rnnrr :t Cliicas o, Pupils are aUo tutrd t- ' eiitrr th»- i ii .r l- aclielor of Art- course hi the rFi- .is!t • ' ! ' n ;ur.a. SEND FOR CATALOGUE UJerts Rhea, Principals Cor. Madison and Manassas Sts 13

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ceased to be published after a few years, but was begun again as the Red and Blue in 1927. The school colors, red and blue, were decided by a vote of tlie student body in 1898. The combination was the compro- mise result of a closely split vote between the colors of Harvard and Yale. The school continued turning out excep- tionally fine scholars, such as Richard Halliburton, world famous travel writer and adventurer, until the early nineteen thirties, when it was forced to suspend op- erations as a result of America ' s great de- pression. In the 1930 issue of the yearl)ook paper the editor wrote a sentence in his editorial to the senior class that could well serve as an epitaph to the whole era: Fel- lows, it ' s all over now. In 1953, however, plans were laid for a new school, which was to closely parallel the M.U.S. of the early twentieth century, and in 1954 was chartered as a general welfare or non-profit organization. It was decided that the new school would use the same name as its predecessor, and would carry on the traditions of the Old School. A very definite connection between the old and tlie new was actually written in the charter. The new M.U.S. graduated its first sen- ior class in 1958, and ever since then has been actively carrying on the traditions of the old M.U.S. We still use the same colors, have an honor system much like that of the Old School; the school crest and motto are still the same, and we still use the de- merit system which dates from as early as 1899 (needless to say, this is not the most popular of M.U.S. ' s traditions.) Even study halls are a part of M.U.S. tradition, dat- ing back from before the time of this 1897 group. Study hall exemption, too, is tradi- tionary; the Old School equivalent of the exemption list was the Fresh Air Club made up of boys excused from study hall be- cause of their scholarship. 12

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The former loca- tion of the school having been sur- rounded by the groivth and conges- tion of the city, a new campus ivas constructed i n 1953-5 at 6191 Park, just outside the city limits. The new location in- cludes ninety-four acres of beautiful land, and spacious colonial style build- ings. Classes began in 1955. with many alumni of the Old SchooV enrolling their sons and grandsons. Until 1956 the school in- cluded o ily grades seven through ten, but it expanded to grade eleven then, and in 1957 M.U.S. was amin pradu- ating seniors. !4