Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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BUT WE NAKEIT SPECIAL 1976 was a year with its share of successes and its share of failures. All in all there seemed to be no vast transformation of the established standards of the MUS student body — no great uplift; no great deterioration. The school itself operated in much the same efficient, delibe rate way it had for the past twenty years. What, then, characterized 1976? Whether it was something done better than usual or something done worse, a unique set of happenings distinguished this year from the others. Class performances like the phony florist ' s retelling Mr. Strock ' s joke contrasted with such bush affairs as the Greek Dating Game ' s sound-effects fiasco. We of MUS had a part in each unique occurrence. 1976 is important not necessarily because it was the best year, but rather because it was our year. We make it special. Having opted to devote his whole free period to studying, Pete Banta sits comfortably in the early morning sunlight of the foyer, reading Inherit the Wind. 8 OPENING

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NINE MONTHS OF PRESSURE It started in August. Summer wasn ' t even over when we resumed our places beneath the arched buttresses of MUS. The school seemed much the same as it had been when we left; a class of Seniors had been swapped for a class of seventh graders. With school returned its endless line of decisions: to listen to the speaker or to watch the chairs, curtains, flags, and firehorns; to risk a trip- through the halls or walk all the way around; to cut into the lunchline or go to the end of it; to study in the library or sack in the lounge; to go to the game on Friday or not; to do homework or watch Monday Night Football. To do what you ought to do or what you ' d rather do — either way the pressures were great. Work began to backlog as the year trudged forward. There were always several things to be doing; outside readings, in-class reports, projects, term papers, and gallery reports came and went. We lived forever in anticipation of the next of our 99 days-off during the school year. 1976, which in May seemed to have passed so quickly, hadn ' t. Freshman Marty Lifer makes good use of Hyde Library ' s Philosophy and Religion shelf while working on one of Mr. Jackson ' s infamous Independent Research Projects. OPENING 7

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Making her debut as an MUS cheerleader, Cathy Stout cheers triumphantly behind the Owl bench as Bartlett yields y et another touchdown to the mighty Buzzards. In 1975 the cheerleaders combined true concern with unprecedented acrobatic talent and developed into undoubtedly the most effective and most appreciated group