Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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One of the more popular teachers, MR. RALPH G. HALL teaches Latin and tenth grade Biology. Mr. Hall is also the advisor of the Student Council and the faculty head of the Biology Club. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a B.S. in zoology and psychology. He has done post-grad- f uate work in liberal arts at the University of Tennes- see at Memphis and at Memphis State University. Mr. Hall is a graduate of Collierville High School where he played football and was on the All-County Team. The only female teacher at M.U.S. is MRS. BETTY JO HIGGS, who teaches Latin II to the ninth and tenth grades. Before coming to M.U.S. Mrs. Higgs taught in the seventh and eighth grades. She has taught piano for ten years and is a member of the M.U.S. music committee. Mrs. Higgs received her B.A. in Latin with honors from Southwestern and her M.A. in Latin from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. While at Southwestern she was a member of Torch and S.T.A.B. Southwestern staff.

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DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES MUS has a language program which makes it possible for a student to study four years of one lan- guage or three years of Latin and three years of another, while taking only one language at a time. First year Latin is offered to all students in the eighth grade. The ninth grade student is offered the choice of taking either second ' year Latin or the first year of a modern language, either French or Span- ish. If the student chooses to take Latin, then he receives credit for two years and then takes three years of a modern language. The student who begins his modern language study as a freshman may take an advanced placement course as a senior. MR. DAVID MORELOCK, professor of French at Memphis University School, graduated with honors from Southwestern College. He was a Fullbright Graduate Scholar at the University of Paris, when he received his B.A. Degree and a Certificate d ' - Etudes. He did graduate work at Tulane University. Since his childhood he has been active in the thea- ter and the opera. He performs in numerous plays at the Front St. Theater and the Memphis Little Theater, and has been the Director of the Memphis Opera Theater. He is the head of Memphis Univer- sity School ' s Dramatics Department, and has served as faculty advisor to the annual staff for several years, and as advisor to the National Honor Society. MR. JOHN C. BLAIR received his B.A. Degree in languages from Southwestern College in 1960, and his M.A. from the University of North Carolina in 1961. Mr. Blair was a member of four honorary fraternities while in college: Psi Chi, in the field of psychology; Alpha Psi Omega, in dramatics; Phi Beta Kappa, in scholarship; and Phi Delta Kappa, in education. His dramatic interests ranged from com- edy to religious plays. Mr. Blair ' s exceptional ability brought him a post as three-month summer mis- sionary to Puerto Rico, and to Mexico. He has travelled there every summer since he was 18, last year leading an M.U.S. tour there. His interests range from amateur art (charcoal drawings) to elec- tronics, hiking, tennis, golf, and swimming. At M.U.S. he has instructed in Junior and Senior Life Saving, and is now the father of the swimming team, as well as of the photography club. 21

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DEPARTMENT OF RELIGION MR. WILLIAM SULLIVAN received his BA degree from Southwestern College, graduating summa cum laude with his major in philosophy. He studied at Union Theological Seminary for two years, and since coming to AA.U.S. has been chairman of the department of Religion. Mr. Sullivan has taught al- gebra and biology, as well as his famous bible course. Although it isn ' t a widely known fact, Mr. Sullivan is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church, and has served in several churches. Every- one who knows Mr. Sullivan is acquainted with his undisguised yen for hunting. On his quests for game he has gone to such far off lands as Texas, Wyoming, and Nevada hunting such beasts as ante- lope, mountain lion, deer, and Mexican wild hog, not to mention quail, duck, wild turkey, and squir- rel. Mr. Sullivan recently took over the responsibility for Monday chapels, and now we have something special to look forward to on Monday. LIBRARIAN Perhaps MR. WILLIAM HANSARD ' S most outstand- ing talent is music. Besides being our librarian, he has recently become responsible for an M.U.S. choir, composed of boys from the lower grades. He has also volunteered his talents to lead the singing of hymns during our regular chapel services. Mr. Han- sard has sung in opera in the past, and was at one time the director of a band at Corning, Arkansas. On a choir scholarship at Arkansas State Teacher ' s College, Mr. Hansard earned his B.S.E. with a major in social science and a minor in library science. He did this graduate work at Louisiana State University. In addition to his library work at the school, he teaches seventh grade geography. He is presently choirmaster at Raines Hill Baptist Church. 23