Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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Close on the heels of others, and with far more olose on his own heels, David Dunavant, left, rounds the bend in the twenty team MUS ' Invitational.

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Old-fashioned school spirit with all shouting loudly didn ' t appear too often; but the school wasn ' t really as fragmented as many of us thought. In spirit of all the diversity, MUSwas still very much one school. We all abided by the Honor System; the trust it made possible remained one of the best things about the school. We all heard the same speakers on Friday mornings. We all listened to the same appeals for support, the same pleas to keep the lounge clean. We all watched (and even yelled with, at times) the same cheerleaders, and groaned at the same corny Pep Club skits. The unity we felt was very much different from that of a few years earlier — no longer did everyone cheer at the game or did everyone easily belong in a certain clique. The unity of 1975 hinged on a respect — or, at least, a tolerance — for all the unusual people and interests that were part of the conglomeration. images of One, School Persist Vestiges of old- fashioned Here we go Buzzards unity thrived at various times throughout the year. One of the more memorable instances occurred when a large group of students marched from library to main building during an impromptu last- period Friday mobile pep rally created to drum up enthusiasm for the postponed football opener against CBHS.

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After school: play rehearsal or wrestling or soccer or basketball practice. Weeknights: film series or intramural buckets or game or concert. Weekends: another game or some organization ' s dance or a civic service drive or a club outing or any one of an unbelievably diversified array of things going on in the city. So went a typical winter ' s week— whatever the hour, whatever the season, there was always something taking place that some part of the student body was involved in. MUS had a lot of things for a lot of people in 1975. The conglomeration of happenings and activities never allowed the student to get too dragged down by the everyday regimen of five hard classes and the ensuing homework, which occasionally had to be pushed aside in favor of other more diverting matters. 1 w, y ' W- 7l| ' Tj l m » ' : || Discussion of weekend ' s game, dance, and ! movie with Sam Varner and Steve Barton lg, distracts Jay Langenfelder from catching up on neglected weekend homework.