Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

Text from Pages 1 - 256 of the 1977 volume:

' •fc ' v ; -c- ' . THE OWL: 1977 Volume 21 llsllC(l l)V I IK ' SUICK Memphis University School 6191 Park Road Memphis, Tennessee 38138 THE 1977 OWL Spring and Summer ... 10 Fall. . .32 Winter. . .62 Pursuits ... 96 People ... 136 Memphis ... 192 The cupola is in view from most places on the campus. Here it looms over the lounge and parking lot. The r ie v as students trudge to the library. If they become too weary on the way, they can rest on one of the new concrete benches. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS The three cube-shaped lights outside the library are in contrast with the cupola atop the administrative vvin«. TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 What Is MUS? Is our school the staid institution that began with Werts and Rhea, or is it the dynamic school that is known by the anagram MUS? Is it the white doric columns and antebellum South flavor of the front of Hyde Chapel, or is it the stark, contemporary ziggurat of the library? Is MUS the bronze plaque dedicating the library with a quote from Luke 2:52, or the water buffalo upstairs? Is our school the pristine virginity of the north courtyard, or the promiscuity of the lounge which everybody visits and defiles? How does the MUS student feel when he brags that his school is the best in the city, or when an outsider stereotypes MUS as a place for rich kids? Could MUS be the lantern atop the administrative wing, or the ham radio antenna? Is our mascot the sculptured owls in the foyer, or the hungry-looking buzzards on the back windshields of students ' cars? Is MUS the frenzied spirit of a 10 to 7 victory over CBHS, or studying all night for an exam? Does our education here consist of learning about nuclear fallout and sex in ninth grade health, or is it questioning the ethics of nuclear weapons and sex in twelfth grade Bible? Is MUS an Upper and Lower school? Is it that first day in the seventh grade or graduating after six long years? Is our school running that accursed cross country course on cold, damp mornings when your lungs burn and your feet get wet, or is it sitting on the porch of the lounge taunting the guys that run by you? What about Hatchett ' s locker and the threats to remove the food machines and the compliments on our behavior in chapel and the bells and microphones never working right? Is MUS a school with a million dollar endowment or a place to grow up? An explosion of oranges, reds, and whites pierces the black sky over downtown Memphis during the Fourth of July fireworks display. The bicentennial fervor of the celebration on the Mississippi River died soon after the last rocket burst had extinguished itself in the water below. MUS students remained passive to America ' s 200th birthday. Many students planned to attend the Independence Day festivities on the river, but most arrived after it was over. When skies turn blue and grass brightens from brown to green and trees begin to bud, MUS students look at the front of their school where the winter ' s gloom has been spent and think that it isn ' t such a bad place after all, him (■aMHMHMMia mmMm. 4 OPKNINC, . W | 1 :W ■ ' JtJr m tJflfBf ™ IBfi i MM There are many places on the MUS campus which are rarely visited. One is the sign facing Park Avenue. From behind it, a member of the MUS community views the world in a different perspective. In such spots the cares and worries of the outside seem remote and unreal. Moved by the renewal of the MUS-CBHS rivalry. Col. Lynn, with the support of the cheerleaders, begins the first of 15 traditional rahs — team, team, team. One wonders if this overt display of spirit moved the football team to a 10-7 victory that night. OPENING Overwhelmed by the post-election cleanup job, Robert wearily pushes his broom down a hall clogged with the remnants of a week ' s campaigning. In his Southern evangelistic style, Chuck Chambers exhorts the student body to support the football team. School spirit started off strong during the football season but waned towards the middle of the schedule making it necessary for Coach Rudolph and the team members to plead with the students for continued support. One, two. . ., one, two . . . Go big team down the field . . . The pep band breaks into song to arouse the student cheering section to new levels of enthusiasm. Though their talent may be questionable, the spirit of the group is beyond doubt. 6 OPKNINC . Who Is MUS? Is MUS Col. Ross M. Lynn, who started the school back in 1954, or a scared twelve-year- old singing the alma mater for the first time in Friday chapel? Is MUS the student who does almost everything, or the student who does almost nothing? Who is the student who cheats on a test, and who is the student that reports him? Is MUS an Honor Council upon which our academic system is based, or a Student Council that works its tail off to arrange activities that only a handful of the student body supports? Is MUS the many distinctive personalities on the faculty, or a faceless student body? Is it Mrs. Hamilton telling people to be quiet in the library? And is MUS Coach Thorn calling out names in chapel? Who are the Board of Trustees? Who is the Football Club? Who are we? Are we a senior who enjoys eating a Wendy ' s double for Thursday ' s lunch? Are we a football player writhing on the field in agony over a hurt knee, or are we a soccer player who plays on fields throughout Tennessee? Are we the actor who feels and works on the old wooden stage of Hyde Chapel? Are we all Neil Utkovs yelling ourselves hoarse at pep rallies, or an audience that doesn ' t really care? Are we some six-hundred distinct individuals? Is MUS going by the faculty lounge and hearing things that we would not hear in the student lounge? What about all those little people that are seen lining up outside the cafeteria at 11:30 each day, and the mysterious people who erase all the blackboards and empty the trash cans every night? Who are the outsiders mentioned as those responsible for articles that are missing around school? Is MUS those kind friends, Willie and Robert, who were given a day last year? Are we freaks, athletes, rednecks, intellectuals, rich kids, or just plain people? Although their bodies are wracked with physical pain. Turley Howard and Courtnay Rudolph are elated after a 10-7 victory over arch-rival CBHS. Amidst the hoopla and merry-making of a pep rally. Mr. Schmidt is infected by the spirit of the surrounding students. MUS faculty members are not afraid to join in with the students on cheers and are waiting for their chance to prove their vocal prowess on the infamous stand up cheer. OPENING I 7 kZ9 A1US is US Long hours of practice make up Glenn Crosby ' s afternoons during tennis season; but all the work will be worthwhile if he is victorious over his opponents. The dedication of the tennis team consistently makes it one of the top teams in the state. The rules and intricacies of pre-registration often defeat the most brilliant MUS students. Steve Satterfield and Lee Powell have lost all hope of planning a schedule on their own. and have called Coach Thorn to save them from having a year of free periods. a OPENING MUS is a school of contrasts. It is composed of all the individuals that associate with it and all the places that students will remember and forget. MUS, like the rest of the world, is composed of good and bad. We cannot hide that some students get lost in the mad rush for social standing and class respect. However, this shortcoming is small compared to the school ' s as sets. MUS is a place where students grow from boys of twelve to young men of eighteen. During this time it shapes our view of life and our role in it. More than any other school in Memphis, MUS prepares us for college. When we leave our school, we have been taught how to learn and study. There is a special relationship between the student and teacher. Often they are found talking and laughing together. The student body enjoys vast privileges. It has great freedom in what it says and does. This freedom contributes to the artistic excellence at MUS and the wide range of activities. At MUS a sense of humor prevails in most things. The school can laugh at itself. Always we can find ways to laugh at ourselves or someone to laugh with us. I wanted this year ' s Yearbook to express MUS as a photograph. Nothing is hidden or touched up. The Yearbook should show the school as it really is, like a photo. I felt that when the school was pictured with all its good points, the overall image would be more beautiful than before. It would be a real place to all the people who look back to the year captured in this book. What is MUS? Who is MUS? MUS is everything and everyone at 6191 Park Avenue. Russell Deaton In the dank, dark foyer of the gym, MUS students go annually to cast their ballots for the next year ' s student government. In the tradition of American Democracy, the foyer is not lit. As a result voters cannot see their ballots. August is not ideal football weather. Sweating and heat exhaustion are common. Without Willie and his breaktime drink, the players would not have survived the torturous summer sun. During a particularly grueling practice. Coach Rudolph applies an ice pack to Tommy Christenbury ' s injured shoulder. Chuck Chambers, who is concerned for the talented T.C. ' s welfare, gives him a reassuring pat on the head. OPENING 9 sn During sudden-dea0p ti ' the Regionals, Bret Weaver shoots his way from the trouble of the trap, to the comfort of the green. GOLF 1976 (10-1) 319 Briarcrest 318 Weaver. Stimson 318 Auburndale 332 Stimson 302 Collierville 351 Stimson 303 Bartlett 388 • Weaver 293 Germantown 298 Weaver 318 Millington 334 Winkleman 312 Briarcrest 314 Rudolph 299 Harding 312 Weaver. Rudolph 1st Big Ten Tournament 1st District Tournament 1st Regional Tournament 2nd State Tournament THE 1976 GOLF TEAM: (front row) Bill Mace, Lee Nichols, Rob Preston, Courtnay Rudolph, Bret Weaver, Marshall Clark; (second row) Bruce Stein, Dan Brown, Bob Boals, John Atwood; (not pictured) Buddy Stimson, Willie Winkleman. Golf Team Has The Stroke Of Victory Bret Weaver Is 1st In State The 1976 Owl Golfers completed a rigorous schedule with an astounding 10-1 record, the only losses coming in the season opener to Briarcrest by only one point and their second place finish in the state tournament at Chapel Hill. The team ' s great season was also highlighted by individual honors. Bret Weaver won first place in the individual standings at the state tournament. This title recognized him as the finest high-school golfer in Tennessee, quite an achievement. Weaver, Rudolph, Stimson, and Winkleman all turned in medalist scores during the season. After the opening loss, the team won every remaining match in the regular season. Many of the wins were in hotly contested battles with the margin of victory being only two strokes, as in the rematch with Briarcrest on April 27, at Windyke. That score was MUS 312 to Briarcrest ' s 314. Other contests were not as close, like the 85-stroke (303- 388) victory over Bartlett on April 12, at Audubon. The top-four golfers were Weaver, Stimson, Rudolph, and Boals. All fired consistently low rounds and on several occasions came through with miraculous scores to insure the team ' s victory. In post-season play, the Owls ' performance was as tight as it was during the season. They drove in victories in the Big Ten, District, and Regional tournaments and finished second to Bristol in the State Championship. Bret Weaver was the medalist in the Big Ten victory on May 4, at Dyersburg. On May 6, the team upset CBHS to win the District Tournament at Galloway. Buddy Stimson earned medalist recognition. The Regional at Fox Meadows will go down in MUS golf history as the closest and most tense contest ever. At the end of regulation play, MUS and the old nemesis, Briarcrest, were tied. Sudden-death play-off was required to determine the champion. Amazingly, all eight golfers birdied the first hole and parred the second hole, leaving the score tied. MUS out-putted Briarcrest on the third play-off hole to win the Regional Tournament by a scant stroke. Coach Larry Shurlds was extremely pleased with the depth of his team which included: Marshall Clark, John Atwood, Dan Brown, Rob Preston, Bruce Stein, Lee Nichols, and Bill Mace. The only graduating player was Willie Winkleman. 12 SPORTS In the rematch with Briarcrest, Bob Boals smiles confidently as his final putt nears the cup. GOLF On the ninth fairway during the 85-stroke rout of Bartlett, Buddy Stimson addresses the ball in preparation for his second shot. With intense drive and determination, Courtnay Rudolph tees off in the Regional at Fox Meadows. GOLF 13 Varsity Runners Are Big Ten Champions Eight School Records Are Smashed By Four Relay Teams And Four Individuals The 1976 track team started its season with a decisive victory over Briarcrest, and a win in the MUS, Collierville, and Auburndale triangular meet. Neither meet gave the Owls much competition. Later, they confronted some tougher competitors and brought home second-place trophies from the Harding Invitational, Southwestern Invitational, and the East Memphis Classic. Tired of finishing second, they took first place in the Big Ten Championship. From there it was on to the District 12 meet, where, with phenomenal individual performances, they placed a strong third. Tommy Christenbury, Mark Porter, and Kyle Fisher went on to the state, coming home with a third, sixth, and twelfth, respectively, in their events. During the season many school records were broken. In the relays, Bill Mathieu, Ronnie Kirkpatrick, John Hammons, and Tiff Miller broke the 440-relay record with a time of :44.6. The 880-relay record was broken, with a time of 1:34.1, by Albert Ray, Conrad McCrary, Gib Wilson, and Hammons. A new mile-relay record of 3:26.0 was set by the team of Wilson, Mathieu, John Pitts, and Miller. And finally, the old 2-mile relay record was overturned by the quartet of John Wrenn, Pitts, Rene Bourgoyne, and Christenbury with a time of 8:06.1. There were also individual records set. Bill Mathieu now holds the school record in the 220 with a :22.5, and Mark Porter broke the mile run and 3-mile cross-country run with times of 4:26.2 and 15:37.0. Finally, there came the incredible achievement of Tommy Christenbury, who, with only a few weeks of practice, came home with 3rd in the state decathlon and broke the school record with 7,862 total points. The 1976 Varsity Track team fared well as a team as a result of record-breaking individual efforts and remarkable depth of talent throughout the entire roster. Coming out o his spin, Joey Schaeffer lunges forward with a burst of power to put the shot into flight. The 1976 track team was led by Gib Wilson, Kyle Fisher, Mark Porter, John Pitts, Bill Mathieu, and Tiff Miller. 14 SPORTS As he eyes his spot in the sand, Mike Holt crosses his fingers and hopes that he sails that far. THE 1976 VARSITY TRACK TEAM: (front row) Ronnie Kirkpatrick, Bill Dunavant, Albert Ray, John Pitts, Mark Porter, Rene Bourgoyne, John Hammons; (second row) Conrad McCrary, Kyle Fisher, Bill Mathieu, Ted Powell, Brad Adams, Trent Riggins, David Dunavant, Stuart Westland, Tiff Miller, Gib Wilson, John Stevens; (third row) Stan Graves, Chris Schmeisser, Chuck Chambers, John Murrah, William Howard, Tommy Christenbury, Billy Fisher, Joey Schaeffer, Mack Oliver, John Wrenn, Bill Jauchler, Jeff Peters, Joe Morrison. ■MS WmmSBKm VARSITY TRACK 1976 (3-0) Briarcrest Collierville Auburndale Harding 1st Big Ten Championship 2nd Harding Invitational 2nd Southwestern Invitational 2nd East Memphis Classic 3rd District 12 Meet TRACK TRACK 15 In the District 12 meet at the Fairgrounds, Tiff Miller stands ready for the start of the mile-relay, slumps exhausted after his leg, and walks imperturbably off the track after his final high- school race. Displaying the Fosbury Flop form, Kyle Fisher barely clears the bar at a height of 5 ' 10 . Nearing the pit, Tommy Christenbury struggles for extra distance as Mr. Edwards waits to measure. 16 SPORTS Nearing the end of the 880, Breck Bolton painfully kicks off the last few yards. JV Runs Away With East Memphis Title Christenbury Is Second In AAU Decathlon The 1976 Junior Varsity track team showed its great ability even after opening the season with a loss in a closely contested second-place finish in a triangular meet with tough CBHS and Briarcrest. The following week, the JV Owls brought home another second in a three-team meet, losing by 4.5 points to Germantown. In action the next week, the team suffered its third setback, to CBHS at Harding — this time by 15 points. At last, the JV registered its first victory. It came at the expense of Bartlett, as the Baby Owls won 16 of 17 events. Coming off this big win, the team had to go to Germantown for the East Memphis Championship track meet. Here the Owls showed their true form and dominated five other teams, thus bringing home a first-place finish, as Tommy Christenbury won three events. The team had many outstanding athletes including: Christenbury, who placed second in the decathlon at the National Junior Olympics; Chris Schmeisser in the shot put; Brad Adams in the discus; Jeff Peters and Phillip McNeil in the THE 1976 JUNIOR VARSITY TRACK TEAM: (front row) Chip Lansden, Paul Edwards, David Dunlap, Ken Flowers, Conrad McCrary, Albert Ray, Hunter Seabrook, Joe Morrison, Breck Bolton; (second row) Mark Witte, Tim Guyton, Stan Hughes, David Walker, Jim Mitchell, Phillip McNeil, Mark Crosby, Henry Caldwell, Jeff Peters, Marty Lifer, Gordon Summerfield; (third row) Tommy Van Brocklin, Craig Weiner, Chris Schmeisser, John Erb, Bill Dunavant, John Norfleet, Greg Meyer, Keith May; (fourth row) Chip Parrott, John Stewart, Chris Clark, Brad Adams, Stewart Cox, Tommy Christenbury, Ted McLaughlin. long distances; Conrad McCrary in the sprints; Bill Dunavant in the low hurdles; and Mike Holt in the long jump and sprints. Overall, it was a very fine season as several qualified JV athletes contributed greatly to the Var sity ' s success. Among these were Schmeisser, Christenbury, Peters, McCrary, Adams, Dunavant, Joe Morrison, and Albert Ray. JV TRACK (2-3) 68 CBHS 74 Briarcrest 33 66.5 Germantown 71 Harding 37.5 67 CBHS 82 Harding 31 115 Bartlett 15 1st East Memphis Championship TRACK 17 Netmen Win District And Regional Crowns Owls End Successful Season With Fourth Place Finish In State Tournament Play The 1976 tennis team upheld the longstanding tradition of excellence in tennis by winning both the Regional and District tournaments. Coach Stacks, in his last season at MUS, was pleased with the winning season he and his team found. The team consisted of fifteen players who began practicing early in the fall to prepare themselves for the tough spring season ahead. By spring, the playing team of seven members was established. The top seven were Dick Milford, Chris Garner, Tiger Buford, Sam Varner, Bob Ruch, Henry Hancock, and Phillip Adams. The Owls found competition weak in the Memphis area after easily defeating Auburndale (8-1). To find competition, the team had to travel around the South playing in large tournaments against other preparatory schools. In these tournaments, the netmen won the MBA Invitational and the Big Ten Tournament. They placed fifth out of twenty-four teams in the Chattanooga Rotary. The highlights of the season were winning the Regional and District tournaments as well as placing fourth in the state, where they missed being runners-up by merely one point. Not surprisingly, the Owls were defeated by Baylor, defending national champions, who went on to win that title again. With four members of the top seven graduating, the team has its work cut out for it to remain a Southern power. However, Buford, Hancock, and Adams are returning with others who have been practicing with the team. The new coach is Mr. Bill Taylor, a friend of Coach Stacks, who played tennis for Southwestern. Coach Taylor is optimistic about the team and its chances for success. During the longest match of the Regional Tournament, Tiger Buford lunges for a winning volley. In the District Tournament at MUS, Phillip Adams eyes the ball before a vicious serve. 18 SPORTS To end a long rally in a challenge match, Mark Dvorozniak rushes net for the put-away drop shot. A smile comes to Henry Hancock ' s face as he sends a screaming forehand across the net. TENNIS THE 1976 VARSITY TENNIS TEAM: (front row) Mark Dvorozniak, Phillip Adams, Chris Garner, Bob Ruch; (second row) Bill Miller, Glenn Crosby, Henry Hancock, Tiger Buford, Dick Milford, Sam Varner, Andy Humphries, Coach Stacks; (third row) Bill Lewis, David Peeples, Jack Stokes, Tom Marshall, Collie Krausnick, Forrest Howse. TENNIS 1976 (1-D Baylor 9 8 Auburndale 1 1st MBA Invitational 1st Big Ten Tournament 5th Chattanooga Rotarv 1st District Tournament 1st Regional Tournament 4th State Tournament TENNIS 19 Anticipations of organizing the newly elected Student Count; run through Cliff Phillips ' mind as he is sworn in by Colone Lynn as President for the ' 76- ' 77 school year. A tornado ripped through the MUS campus during the Student Council elections last year. Fortunately, none of the candidates was injured, and the elections were soon completed. Donkeys plan strategy prior to the annual donkey basketball game. Although it is true that most players were quite mule- headed, all got a kick out of the asinine event. 20 STUDMN T I.IFF. On April 7, MUS was astounded by a sudden visit from the infamous Groucho Marx. Marx is seen here doing his Colonel Lynn imitation while accepting the Colonel ' s birthday gifts from senior Bob Ruch. Pleased with student response, Furry Lewis, eighty-one and still playing the blues, provides election-week entertainment on the porch of the lounge during lunch. Dale Wells was instrumental in procuring the well- known blues artist, who was the highlight of Dale ' s campaign for Student Council Vice-President. SPRING 21 vw The recently completed Mid-America Mall proved a new source of entertainment with such events as the Memphis Music Heritage Festival, which included Furry Lewis, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and Muddy Waters. ] MUSTA ' D ' s spring production of The World of Curl Sandburg, Lorna Ehemann, Leonard O ' Neill, Jodie Markell, Chip Hughes, Susan Hatchett, and Russell Deaton turn the tables on the audience and critique their response. JO ' fjr ' «4 to ' - { 1 1 i 1 1 % v .1 __VJ f After learning of his assignment to the P.E. chumps, Dennis Steinmetz attempts to convince Coach Peters that there really will be a ping-pong team at MUS. 22 STUDENT LIFE Under the able leadership of Coach Stacks, Coach Carpenter, and Miss Green, MUS and Hutchison students achieved a Rocky Mountain High at Winter Park, Colorado, during spring vacation. The trip was organized by MUS parents Mr. and Mrs. Dan H. Murrell. Sitting stoically during the final moments of graduation, the Class of ' 76 cannot wait to leave and kick up their heels over finally being free. Little do they know of the pits and pratfalls that await them in the world. spriv; j.t The omniscient owl gazes down upon a rare phenomenon at MUS — a clean student lounge. The usual lively atmosphere of the lounge vanishes during the summer months, until students once again fill it with mirth in September. The field east of the Lower School was graded and leveled last summer for an eighth grade football practice field. Extensive watering was required during the height of last summer ' s drought in order to keep the new field in tiptop shape. Last summer MUS was busy with the finishing touches on the new Fine Arts Wing. With all of this added space, the old art room was remodeled into teachers ' offices, a conference room, and a faculty work room. 24 STlini ' .NTI.IKK Mr. Thorn has little trouble keeping students out of the halls during the summer class periods. Deserted scenes such as these are common at MUS when most students are away on summer vacations. Solitude is often difficult to find at MUS, but this scholar manages to obtain a haven of bliss for a few fleeting moments as he studies for an upcoming Algebra test during the summer session. The Upper School counterpart to the Dunavant Auditorium. Hyde Chapel, will soon be hidden from passersby by a miniature jungle ere cted around it. The school planted scores of trees and bushes in an effort to beautify the campus. SUMMER 25 When in California, do as the Californians do. Sitting on the beach as psychedelic images of clouds swirl in the mind, an MUS student can feel the true spirit of a Pacific sunset. The vista that John Muir saw the first time he visited Yosemite Valley is enough to overcome even a blase MUS student who is used to the grandeur of East Memphis. 26 STUDENT LIFE Making a witty remark to his cohort, Duane Delk, Charles Webb ignores the teacher in the Summer Workshop production of Up The Down Staircase. At Tivoli Gardens just outside Rome, free- spirited Laura Sanderson beckons Jay Norfleet to join her on the ledge, but Jay ' s fear takes precedence over his adventurous nature. At sunset in Destin, a calm before the storm settles on the beach as MUS students prepare for nighttime activities. Despite certain recent restrictions, this Florida resort area is still a favorite among MUSers during the spring and summer. SUMMER 2- The new Fine Arts building brought many opportunities and facilities for the students. During orientation these new boys discover some of the important facts about the building, such as the exit. Surrounded by his players, Coach Rudolph anxiously awaits the outcome of the MUS-CBHSgame at MUS The Owls won the game in an exciting finish, 10-7, Immediately following a mail outburst of laughter, Forrest McCurdy exterminates a front-row heckler with a quick shot of Raid. This fall Forrest single-handedly led the ad campaign, which helped finance The Owl. 28 STtll)F.NTI,IFK During the CBHS pep rally, John Wilbourn ' s act on the Bong Show receives its just desserts as Bobby Hoof Marshall creams John with a pie immediately after his seal imitation. g The MUS Pep Club made a valiant effort to corner the market on butcher paper this fall, using yards and yards of the sign-maker ' s favorite each football game. Here Joe Morrison paints a friendly greeting to our opponents from Christian Brothers, who earlier in the day had driven across town to wish all MUSers the best of luck in the upcoming contest. Jubilation reigned at the victory dance, which for a change was actually a victory dance, as MUS defeated CBHS. The merry mood was exemplified by Dan Murrell who raises his voice and hand in a signal of joy over the team ' s performance. BACK-TO-SCHOOL 29 Super chump foe Namath and renowned studio wrestler Jackie Fargo advertise Root aftershave. Glenn Crosby and Barry Rogers performed one of the several skits before the CBHS game. Before a fV soccer scrimmage, goalie Greg Grafland executes the static flexibility exercise, one of Coach Schmidt ' s many unorthodox tortures designed to separate the men from the boys. Constantly ridiculed about his short pants and oversized ears during freshman initiation, Warwick Garner is overcome by his fantasy that he might someday be a senior and wreak revenge upon his freshmen. 30 STUDENT LIFE With remarks such as There will be a spaghetti and meatball dinner tonight — spaghetti before the game, meatballs after, Mr. Ellis Haguewood, faculty adviser to the yearbook, amuses the student body with his dry humor on School Day Picture Day (SDPD). Described as being the best darn batch of cheerleaders we ever had, varsity super- chicks Sarah Hunter, Missy Nichols, Cary Jehl, and Douglas Patteson fire up the student body with the Buzzard Call during a pep rally in chapel. BACK-TO-SCHOOL 31 « ■ m «■ ■ 1 «M ' ■ ' :t2 FALLDIVII)KR FAU. DIVIDER 33 Varsity Owls Streak To 5-0 Record For First Half Of Season AP Ranks MUS Tenth In State As Owls Score 81 Points To Their Opponents ' 25 The Owls opened their season on a victorious note by beating the Saints from Briarcrest 21-6. Despite heavy rains, a large crowd stayed to watch Skipper Pridgen and Conrad McCrary lead MUS to a victory over their neighborhood rivals. The team again had good support when a crowd of well over 2500 came out to see the revival of the game with arch-rival CBHS which MUS won 10-7. Courtnay Rudolph ran for 106 yards and completed 5 out of 9 pass attempts for 69 yards. Tommy Christenbury was Rudolph ' s primary receiver catching 4 passes for 53 yards. Christenbury also contributed 15 tackles, an interception, and a fumble recovery. MUS jumped to a 3-0 record by defeating Dyersburg 15-0. Skipper Pridgen paved the way for the Owls with 80 yards rushing while McCrary was close behind with 77. MUS ' next trial was Brownsville at MUS. Turley Howard recovered two Halfback Conrad McCrary skirts the Brownsville defense on his way around right end. MUS narrowly defeated Brownsville in the 7-6 contest. fumbles, one of which occurred with 1:40 to go and Brownsville on the MUS 40. This recovery killed their drive and the Owls upped their record to 4-0 before a crowd of 1,053. Steve Kotler ' s extra-point was the margin of victory. McCrary rushed for 80 yards on 15 carries, and Christenbury had 10 tackles and 2 assists. Barlett proved to be little competition as they fell to MUS by the score of 28-6. Rudolph passed for 115 yards while McCrary rushed for 101 yards. Seventy-one of McCrary ' s yards came on his touchdown run on the first play from scrimmage. The Owls ended the first half of the season with a 5-0 record. The offense had scored 81 points while the defense had held their opponents to 25. The team was ranked tenth in the state by the Associated Press poll, and was looking forward to a strong finish in the second half of the season which was yet to come. 34 SPORTS After a short gain, a Bartlett ball-carrier falls prey to the swarming defense of Conrad McCrary, Starke Miller, Warren Boone, and Tommy Christenbury. Quarterback Courtnay Rudolph lies in agony after receiving his career-ending knee injury at Covington. This injury was a great influence both in the loss to Covington and in the Owls ' sputtering offense during the remainder of the season. MUS defenders Warren Boone, Chuck Chambers, and Brad Adams are set ready to fire off against the Dyersburg offensive line. FOOTBALL 35 •■ A second before the snap, the offensive line of Turley Howard, John Walt, Robert Shemwell, Percy Clarke, and Chuck Chambers is ready to explode off the line and crush the Brownsville defense. Quarterback Courtnay Rudolph takes advantage of very good protection to spot his receiver far downfield. This game with Millington was MUS ' firsl loss of the season. 3B SPORTS Key Injuries Cause Team To Falter In Season ' s Second Half Inexperienced Chip Rudolph At QB And Injuries, illnesses, and inexperience plagued the Owls during the second half of the season and led to the loss of 4 of the last 5 games, the only victory coming over Ripley. On Homecoming night MUS suffered its first loss of the season when they were upset by Millington 28-19. Millington got on the scoreboard first and led 14-0 at the half. Early in the third quarter, Rudolph put MUS on the board with a 57-yard touchdown punt-return and later with a two-yard run for the TD. McCrary scored on an 11-yard run in the fourth quarter to end the game ' s scoring. Rudolph led the Owls with 79 yards on 14 carries. Covington was perhaps tougher than any team MUS had played thus far. A crowd of 2500 at Covington watched a remarkably close contest Grayson Replaces The Injured Leads Owls To Victory At Ripley until first-string quarterback Courtnay Rudolph tore some ligaments and was put out for the rest of the season. The score was 14-7 at the half, and Steve Kotler added 3 more on a 33-yard field goal in the second half. The Owls could not come up with the game- winning touchdown and fell to the Chargers 14-10. The only win of the second half of the season came at Ripley. The defensive struggle ended in a scoreless tie and went into a rare overtime period. After no score in the first overtime, junior quarterback Chip Grayson, starting for the first time, scored on a three-yard run for the only points of the game. McCrary led Owl rushers with 150 yards. The Ripley victory was the high point of the second part of the season. It snapped a two-game losing streak and gave Grayson a chance to show himself, and he performed admirably. Jackson Central-Merry was undefeated and a top contender for the state championship when MUS met them on the road in Jackson. The Owls held the Cougars to their lowest score of the season but nevertheless lost the game 14-6. In the final game of the season, the Germantown Red Devils upset MUS by the score of 14-6 at MUS. It was Germantown ' s first Big Ten victory and a bitter pill for the Owls to swallow. The game was tied at six-all until the Devils scored in the fourth quarter. MUS ' only score came on a 7-yard pass from McCrary to Pridgen. 1 tumble recover isvilleyame. This . .. Brownsville ' s scoring Ihre MUS territorv with 1:40 le FOOTBALL 37 After the 48-minute battle, the victorious Owls gather at midfield with the Dyersburg players for the exchange of handshakes, comments, and congratulations. Teamwork Is Important Factor In Owls ' Winning Season Offense Scores 128 Points As Defense Holds Opposition To 9.5 Points Per Game The Varsity Owls were many individuals working together to make a team. Within this team, however, were several sub-teams or units, each with a job to do. The offensive line was made up of experienced veterans including big Chuck Chambers at left tackle, Warren Boone at left guard, quick Robert Shemwell at center, John Walt at left guard, and Turley Howard at right tackle. The offensive backfield performed well on the ground this year despite Rudolph ' s injury. The wishbone formation requires a good fullback, and the Owls had one in Skipper Pridgen. He ' s big and quick off the ball. Conrad McCrary and Chip Grayson both ran well at the halfback spots. Grayson was moved into the quarterback position where he started the last three games of the season. McCrary was an extremely fast runner and managed to stay on his feet for the big gains. Dwight Miller and Tommy Christenbury were the two ends. Both are tall and have exceptional ability at grabbing the ball and bringing it down. The defense was anchored by linebackers Christenbury, Chambers, Starke Miller, and Jack Stokes. Cecil Godman, Robert Shemwell, and Warren Boone were on the defensive line at the tackle positions. Dwight Miller and Turley Howard had the job of separating the pass from the receiver at defensive end. They did so successfully and vastly reduced the opponents ' chances of scoring on the long pass. Rounding out the defense were defensive backfield members John Norfleet, Conrad McCrary, Carter Rise, and Courtnay Rudolph. Skipper Pridgen served as the punter, and Steve the toe Kotler kicked extra points and field goals with phenomenal accuracy. It was all of these players plus all the rest excelling in their respective units that led the Owls to another winning season. After being brought down by the Brownsville defense, halfback Conrad McCrary stretches forward in an effort to get the ball across for the first down. 38 SPORTS V VARSITY FOOTBALL 1976 (6-4) 21 Briarcrest 6 10 CBHS 7 15 Dyersburg 7 Brownsville 6 28 Bartlett 6 19 Millington 28 10 Covington 14 6 Ripley 6 Jackson 14 6 Germantown 14 THE 1976 VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM: (front row) Cecil Godman, Warren Boone, Courtnay Rudolph, Chip Grayson, John Norfleet, Steve Thomas, Percy Clarke; (second row) Tommy Christenbury, Skipper Pridgen, Starke Miller, Jack McDonald, Brad Adams, Carter Rise, John Gowdy, Steve Kotler; (third row) Eric Hunter, Bruce Moore, Chris Schmeisser, Kent Ihrig, Turley Howard, Chip Wood, Marty Lifer; (fourth row) David Peeples, Keith May, Greg Meyer, Tri Watkins, Dwight Miller, Scott Schaefer, Paul Deaton; (back row) Emory Miles, David Caldwell, Rush Waller, Chuck Chambers, Conrad McCrary, Jack Stokes, John Walt; (not pictured) Robert Shemwell. FOOTBALL 39 Ninth Grade Has Five Game Winning Streak Defense Manages 3 Consecutive Shut-Outs The Junior High Football Team opened its season against Germantown at The Red Devils ' home pit with a morale-stifling 32-8 loss. The Junior Owls were not about to take this first defeat as an omen for the season ahead as they came home and won their next five games in a row. September 16 brought Harding Academy to Hull-Dobbs field, and the Owls shut-out the Lion Cubs 14-0 to put themselves on the winning track. Collierville was the next victim and was defeated by the score of 6-0 at MUS in a hard-fought battle which could have gone either way. Briarcrest, the school which is fastly becoming a rival on the order of CBHS, fell 16-0, marking MUS ' s third straight shut-out of opposing teams. Ripley came very close to snapping the winning streak. MUS trailed 12-6 with two minutes remaining in the game. In that two minutes, the Junior Owls scored two touchdowns, the winning TD coming on a pass from Jon Scharff to Jimmy Allen. The final score was MUS 18- Ripley 12. Millington gave MUS its toughest fight of the season. At the end of regulation play, the score was tied at 14-all. According to league rules, the game went into overtime. Each team got the ball on their opponent ' s 10- yard line and a series of downs. MUS scored first and with a 2-point conversion, the score was 22-14. Millington got its chance, and they too scored 8 points to tie the score at 22. Both teams lost the ball in the second overtime. MUS blew its chance to go ahead in the third overtime, and Millington got the ball. On third down and goal, Hugie Foote recovered a Millington fumble and went 80 yards for the MUS TD and a victory of 28-22. In fine punt-relum coverage, David Percer slides in to take out the Ripley ball carrier as George Skouteris and Chip Crawford rush in to assist. The team finished the season on the same sour note as it had started with a loss of 44-12 to a very tough Covington team. This loss snapped a five-game winning streak, during which the Owl defense allowed an average of only 6.8 points a game, while the offense scored an average of 16.4 points a game. George the Greek Skouteris and Robert Ashley were elected team captains at the beginning of the season. In addition to these two, some outstanding players were Jon and Richard Scharff, the twin brother QB wide-receiver connection, which put many points on the board. Sidney Kriger was a fine performer on punt-returns of very long yardage. Cannon Allen proved to be a powerful running- back and broke through the lines for many first downs. Jimmy Allen kicked and was on the receiving end of a few key passes. Coaches Etter and Saunders led the team to a 5-2 record and were very happy with the outcome. In the closely contested Ripley game, Chip Crawford drops the Tiger quarterback for a 10-yard loss to help ice an 18-12 victory. 40 SPORTS JR. HIGH FOOTBALL 1976 (5-2) 8 Germantown 32 14 Harding 6 Collierville 16 Briarcrest 18 Ripley 12 28 Millington 22 12 Covington 44 THE 1976 JUNIOR HIGH CHEERLEADERS: (front row) Grace Bingham, Stacey Perkins, Carol Thomas, Lucia Saunders, Stephanie Satterfield; (second row) Tracy Perkins, Grace Wilson, Carolyn Burr, Boo Mann, Liz Ruleman. THE 1976 JUNIOR HIGH FOOTBALL TEAM: (front row) David Percer, Richard Scharff, Jon Scharff, Jim Higgason, Stuart Adams, Robert Ashley, Steve Johnson, Paul Thornton; (second row) Charlie Burrow, Greg Parker, Tim Greer, David Zadick, Scott Lance, Davant Latham, Cannon Allen, Paul Wadsworth, Sidney Kriger; (third row) Coach Etter, Hugie Foote, Jimmy Allen, Robbie Bradley, Chip Crawford, George Skouteris, Louis Jehl, Sam Pogoni, Larry Spence, Coach Saunders, John Ogle. FOOTBALL 41 Baby Owls Suffer Only One Loss In An Eleven Game Schedule McCrary Leads Stats With 70 Points, 653 Yards, And 79 Tackles From the first day of 8th grade football practice, one could tell that this team had the potential to be special. For 2% hours each day, 39 individuals worked to become a team, and several weeks later they had won four games and lost none. The helmets didn ' t all look the same, nor did the socks match — one player weighed 89 pounds, another 189. Some had never played a down of football, others had played for years. But the victories were shared, the attitude helpful, and position competition was highlighted. Brian McCrary, Chuck Bolton, and Ted Angelakis sewed up the running-back positions early in the season with David Rudolph at quarterback. Jack Kelly eventually won the starting position at center with Andy Meyer at pulling guard and Sam Blackwell on the right side. Lynn Ballinger was a pleasant surprise at pulling left tackle, and Bill Harwell did equally well at the right tackle position. Mark Sasse moved in to start for the team at tight-end, and William France and John Sharp alternated throughout the season at the split-end position. Judd Peters came in at right defensive halfback, Lee Dillon and Keith Christenbury at outside linebackers, and Mark Schaefer started at left defensive halfback until he was injured at mid-season. The fifth game was lost to the Dolphins by six points in overtime, but that didn ' t keep the team down. They came back to beat Whitehaven and Warren, the two quickest teams in the league, to put MUS in a tie with Germantown for the league ' s lead at 6-1. They had beaten Germantown previously by two points, and the play-off game ended in an impressive 18-14 win for the Owls. From there they advanced to the divisional play-off game with Briarcrest West, which MUS won 18- 0. Highlights of the year were many — the leadership of Ballinger and McCrary during crucial game situations, the fantastic catches of Mark Sasse throughout the season, the extra-effort running by Rudolph and Angelakis at key points, excellent end play by Harwell, good offensive line blocking by Meyer, Kelley, and Blackwell, and, of course, a defense that held 10 opponents to 48 points. 8th GRADE FOOTBALL 1976 (10-1) 14 Auburndale 22 Briarcrest North 14 38 Briarcrest West 20 Harding 8 Germantown 6 Dolphins 6 6 Whitehaven 14 Warren 8 14 Coker All-Stars 18 Germantown 14 16 Briarcrest West Star running-back ' Btiim McCrary heads around right end in the first Briarcrest West game. On offense, McCrary scored 70 points and gained 653 yards during the season. Quarterback David Rudolph eyes an open) in the Briarcrest line as Brian McCrary watches for the opposition. 42 SPORTS P JflL • FOOTBALL On rhird and short yardage, David Rudolph, trying to catch the defense off guard, lofts a screen pass to Brian McCrary. Displaying a swarming defense, Mark Sasse drives to put down the Briarcrest ball carrier as Jack Kelly rushes in to assist. It was defensive plays like this that led to the Baby Owls ' 38-0 victory. THE 1976 EIGHTH GRADE FOOTBALL TEAM: (front row) Mark Sasse, John Edmonson, Jeff Wasson, Chuck Bolton, Jeff Fuller, Mark Frazier, Sam Blackwell, Randy McCloy, Peter Lindy, Glen Durham; (second row) Coach Ferguson, Andy Meyer, Jack Kelly, Eddie Murphy, Bill Wilson, Jeff Kaplan, Ted Angelakis, David Rudolph, Judd Peters, Greg Thompson, Jeff Harris, Richard Taylor (Mgr.), Sanford Gore (Mgr.), Coach Decell; (third row) Chris Fulton, Joe Francis, Bud Thrasher, John Sharp, Brian McCrary, Lee Dillon, Clayton Rogers, Keith Christenbury, Lynn Ballinger; (fourth row) Paul Schaefer, Michael Pierce, Bill Harwell, William France; (not pictured) Mark Schaefer, Robert Shy; (pictured but not seen) Brown Brooks. FOOTBALL 43 At the Bishop Byrne Invitational, Ted Powell passes a Wooddale runner at the finish to help secure the Owls ' first place finish. fV CROSS-COUNTRY 1976 (6-1) 17 Harding 38 Briarcrest 73 15 CBHS 46 Briarcrest 78 20 Germantown 35 Millington 48 28 Bartlett 27 22 Harding 33 1st Memphis Classic 2nd Old Hickory Inv. 1st Shelby County League Cross Country Team Places 4th In State JV Captures First In Shelby County Meet The Cross-Country team had one of its best seasons ever. It qualified for the state meet for the fourth time in a row and finished fourth in the state. The season started in mid- September when the Owls ran their first meet in the newly formed Shelby County Cross-Country League against Harding and Briarcrest. They barely squeezed by Harding to win. Mark Porter ran a strong race, taking first place, and Ren Bourgoyne and Jeff Peters did well. The following Saturday the team ran in the Bishop Byrne Invitational. Mark Porter won the race, and the team finished first for the second year in a row. Next, the team ran at CBHS against the Brothers and Briarcrest again. The Owls won handily with Bourgoyne, Peters, Ted Powell, and Henry Caldwell finishing in that order. Seven Buzzards then went to Nashville to run in the prestigious A. F. Bridges Classic. In a field of twenty-two teams, the Owls won first place with a great team effort. Porter again led the way by finishing second and breaking the school record. In the first lap of the Memphis Classic, Mark Porter heads for the front of the pack. Although Porter did not win this meet, the team was victorious. GeTmantown and Millington were the next to fall to the Buzzards. Steve Malone won this race with Jeff Peters finishing close behind. The Owls hosted the Memphis Classic, and about twenty teams in the race made it very competitive. Included in the field was Fairley, the eventual state champions. MUS held off Fairley and won the meet with Porter, Bourgoyne, Peters, and Malone all running well. The team ' s next victim was Bartlett with John Geek Stewart leading the way. On the following Saturday, the Buzzards travelled to Jackson to run in the Old Hickory Invitational. Porter set a new meet record of 15:29 to finish first, but the team was handed its first second- place finish, losing by only one point. The Harriers went to Southwestern for the Shelby County League Championship. They finished a disappointing second. Porter finished second, and the whole team finished in the top fifteen. The next stop was the Regional at Southwestern. The team finished third to qualify for the state with Porter coming in first. The Buzzard seven again went to Nashville to run in the State meet at Percy Warner Park. The team went with high intentions of winning the state but were disappointed. They finished in fourth place. It was a bitter pill to swallow, but the Owls were recognized as one of the better teams in Western Tennessee and they definitely were. MUS also had a fine JV team which lost only one league meet throughout the entire season. They came in 15th running against all- varsity teams at the Bishop Byrne Invitational. The Junior Owls won the Memphis Classic, came in second at Old Hickory, and won the Shelby County League Championship. This is a good sign as they will be the heart of the Varsity in years to come. 44 SPORTS Ten yards into the JV segment of the Memphis Classic, Phillip McNeil jumps into an early lead. Eighty-three runners from 12 teams participated. VARSITY CROSS-COUNTRY 1976 (7-0) 30 Harding 31 Briarcrest 73 Collierville 114 18 CBHS 54 Briarcrest 75 15 Germantown 41 Millington 56 20 Bartlett 41 1st Bishop Byrne Inv. 1st A. F. Bridges Classic 1st Memphis Classic 2nd Old Hickory Inv. 2nd Shelby County League 4th State Meet THE 1976 CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM: (front row) Bill Miller, Ren Bourgoyne, Mark Porter, Ted Powell, Steve Malone, John Wrenn; (second row) Clayton George, Mark Crosby, Hope Brooks. Hunter Seabrook, Dean Underwood, Allen Landers; (third row) Phillip McNeil, Eric Johnson, Jeff Peters, John Stewart, Tommy Van Brocklin, Henry Caldwell. At the 771 id-race point in the Memphis Classic. Ren Bourgoyne and Jeff Peters struggle to stay- ahead of two men from Fairley. Although Fairley eventually became state champs. MUS defeated them in this meet. CROSS-COUNTRY 45 Propelled on his one freshman-powered skateboard, Jay Dunlap uses Tim Greer to help him perfect his whip technique in preparation for his upcoming tryout with the Bay Area Bombers. In his one-man show, Krapp ' s Last Tape, MUS graduate David Reed sensuously peels his fourth banana before making his last recording. David took time out from his theater activities at the University of Tennessee to make this performance before a sparse crowd of about one hundred. The usually stoic Mr. Deaderick finally lets someone ' s needling get under his skin, as Mr. Brown lowers his head from the agonizing sight. The school this fall offered swine flu shots to all the faculty and their families; and despite their fears of the diminutive hyperdermic, most took advantage of the invitation. 46 STUDENT LIFE Tom Marshall and Dan Higley, disdaining the primitive use of fisticuffs, settle their dispute by the gentlemanly art of fencing. Fencing has become one of the minor diversions for several of the more chivalric MUS students. Ray Brandon smirks as he listens in on a conversation between Mr. Thorn and Colonel Lynn. Ray ' s service was invaluable to the Student Council, who had planned a coup d ' etat of the Administration. Actually, Ray ' s sound system was an important addition to MUSTA ' D ' s fall production of No Time For Sergeants. FALL 47 After losing all of his casino tickets, Glenn Crosby tries to sweet talk Peggy Strock into giving up hers. She laughingly shrugs off the entreaties as she has her own ambitions to break the bank. At another phase of the Homecoming pep rally, Bill Dunavant and Ruffner Page dance to the delights of the student body. Within minutes the little men in the padded truck arrived to take them back to Bolivar. The newly crowned Homecoming Queen, Gary Jehl waves farewell to her subjects as her chauffeur- driven Mercedes prepares to take her to the Crown and Sceptre Ball, more commonly known as the homecoming dance. The Queen ' s Royal Escort, Scott McDearman, giggles gleefully as he realizes that he has just topped another rung on the social ladder. 48 STUDENT LIFE Although the Student Council lost money on the Homecoming Dance, at least the band, Gail Force, with lead guitarist Mike Enright and bassist Bill Rennie, enjoyed themselves as they made an admirable attempt to shatter the windows of the Student Lounge. However, it seems rowdy students were more successful in that field than the band was, for several panes had to be replaced throughout the year. At the pep rally before Homecoming, Janet Wepfer displays the extraordinary qualities of a Super Chic as she tries in vain to hatch a football. Later there was a mad rush for the football as cries of Fumble ran throughout the audience. As Allen McCool prepares to spin the silver ball during Casino Night, compulsive gambler Palmer Thomason hovers near the table trying to calculate how many spins it will take to win back the $50,000 she has just lost. The big winner of the night was Mark Stratton, who compiled a total of 273 tickets. HOMECOMING 49 Students heralded the return of the greatly-missed sandwich and candy machines to the lounge, and it seemed the starving waifs emptied them as fast as they could be filled. But of course, along with the popular vending apparatus came the usual panhandlers: Brother, can you spare a dime? The new prayer room given in memory of Dr. and Mrs. L. Ross Lynn by the Colonel and Mrs. Lynn, offers a moment of solace from the maddening crowd elsewhere. It is only one of the many rooms in the new 11,000 square foot, $400,000 Fisher Fine Arts Wing. Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Cook donated funds for the wing in memory of former Chairman of Cook Industries, Hubert F. Fisher. 50 STUDENT LIFE iv ■ ■•■ ' ■■ - •• • • •••• .4 • it Little do MUS students know that the original Star-Spangled Banner that inspired Francis Scott Key to write new lyrics for the famous barroom tune is now used as a handy wipe in the new theater workshop. Even students with kidney trouble couldn ' t escape the Student Council this year. Countless flyers were spread throughout the school in even the most private places, but the Council still had trouble packing the house for the Tuesday night flicks. This infamous instrument in the basement of the new wing has caused several problems for many of the more curious students who have an uncontrollable urge to use the little hammer on the Armageddon Button. When struck, it triggers a mechanism which shuts off the power in the entire Fine Arts wing. — ■ • ! . FALL 51 Basketball game? What basketball game? Taking part in yet another fad, Scott Crosby prepares to down his sixth paper towel and collect on his bet. Joan Dimou casts a glance of amazement. I can ' t believe he ate the whole thing! Coach Watkins gives the M. U.S. volleyballers their pre-match pep talk just before the Buzzards take on the fighting Turkeys of St. Mary ' s. The inexperienced boys were ambushed by the well-prepared volleyball power, losing the match in three straight games. 52 STUDENT LIFE The long arm of the law finally catches up with Stuart Westland on a dreary, misty day at MUS. Moments before, Stu was bragging to his cronies of his exploits. However, when he walked out the door, he found himself in justice ' s grasp. Drunk with victory, Vint Lawson and Dale Wells smugly await the end of the game in order to congratulate the players on a fine performance. FALL 53 The Administration was persuaded to ignore the sexual and social implications of Mr. Todd ' s air sculpture. Pedestrians in cars on Park Avenue were amazed at what they thought was a giant earth worm that had come down to devour East Memphis. A few loyal fans brave the cold to watch the MUS soccer team suffer a 5-3 defeat to Father Ryan, who came from behind in the second half on three penalty kicks. After seeing his beloved Green Machine battered by a crunching head-on crash with Jeff Hunt ' s Grand Prix, Coach Peters dickers with Mr. Hunt about the amount required for Jeff ' s reinstatement on the basketball team. Much to the students ' dismay, because of the accident the Administration announced that the MUS 500 would have to be shut down. jgggP-! 54 STUDENT LIFE i v ; Twmnwra Juniors react to a joke by the Balfour man as Jess Ossorio receives his long awaited class ring. David Howard contemplates darting out and grabbing a freebie. Honesty is the best policy is illustrated here by Whitney Brown as he signs out for lunch, unlike several hapless students. Seniors looked forward to second semester when their lunch privileges doubled. Taking advantage of the facilities in the new Fisher Fine Arts Wing, David Robinson reverts to childhood play to fashion an ornate mud pie on the potter ' s wheel. FALL 55 ► r- Trying to find material for his devotional, John Stevens decides to run the risk of using the library for further research. Amazingly, John did not violate any of the many library rules and escaped unharmed. With a rapacious grin, David Stinson greedily eyes his well-earned commission on the ads he sold for the 1977 OWL. The yearbook ' s business manager, Barry Hendon, rewards the top ad salesman with over $30 and the privilege of taking a holiday from school. Like a choir of angels, the Hutchison Glee Club harmonizes on the last refrain of The Little Drummer Boy during the annual Christmas music program. This year Mr. Williams also organized a mixed choir composed of both Hutchison and MUS students which competed in several choral contests, including regional, state, and national sing-ins. 56 STUDENT LIFE Karate is the real specialty of Mr. Dan Murrell, Professor of Law at Memphis State, seen here as he demonstrates to an enthusiastic student body the general technique for retaliating against the jury when it decides the case against you. Professor Murrell gave a very interesting talk on city, state, and federal laws, specifically those dealing with the transition from juvenilejo adult status. Students were exposed to a wide variety of chapel programs ranging from Mr. Shurlds ' fascinating consumer filmstrips to Mr. Jackson ' s Wednesday messages. Here, in a unique program, mime Ron Foreman gives his interpretation of the undulations of ocean waves. CHAPEL 57 4CKED HCLSE N€ TIME ECC Vested in party attire, and somewhat disheveled after the barroom brawl, Sergeant King (Skip Jones) gazes in disbelief as he learns of Will ' s admission to Gunnery School. Restrained by two fellow inductees, Ben Whitledge, portrayed by Charles Webb, stares in horror as his new buddy Will defends his dignity by socking the derisive Irvin on the jaw. Hugh Sinclair, Skip Jones, Flip Eikner, and Charles Webb snap to attention as Lieutenant Sally Mansberg informs them of the Colonel ' s impending inspection. H ■ - v W . ■? jAJk mLiJl 1 g r9 mtw ' A 9 ' fifc ' - m? H ■ t J 2L - M wB t WW «M ik .- l : jBsBBKBk 58 THEATER SALUTES: SERGEANTS On November 11, 12, and 13, the Hyde Chapel curtains opened successively and successfully to MUSTA ' D ' s first production of the 1976-77 theatre season: No Time for Sergeants. Despite recurrent hospitalization of director Mr. George B. Elder, the play proved to be one of the funniest and the most well-attended comedies ever presented at MUS — the second night ' s performance being the first non-musical show here to entertain a sell-out crowd. The plot of this hilarious outing centered on Georgian hillbillies Will Stockdale and Ben Whitledge, portrayed respectively by Flip Eikner and Charles Webb, who were drafted into the Air Force much to the chagrin of their barracks commander Sgt. King (Skip Jones) and platoon mate Irvin Blanchard (Hugh Sinclair). Their subsequent misadventures included losing a plane over an atomic testing site, starting a barroom brawl, and accidentally receiving hero medals, all in an effort to achieve their ultimate transference to the Infantry. As well as director Mr. Elder, the fine execution of No Time for Sergeants was carried out by technical director Mr. Andy Saunders, stage manager Randy Graves, lighting director Peter Vermilye, technicians Tim Sharpe, Bob Fockler, and Ray Brandon, and cast members Malcolm Aste, Eddie Hardin, Bobby Neal, Forrest McCurdy, Whitney Brown, Dan Murrell, John Stevens, and Charlie Stuart. THEATER 59 Wailing And Gnashing Of Teeth: Saturday School In the annals of crime and law enforcement, there have been many examples of unique and spectacular punishments. From the infamous Iron Maiden to France ' s Reign of Terror to the lynchings of the Wild West, every society known to man has had its own distinctive form of retribution. And perhaps nowhere is this fact borne out more clearly than at MUS. To the outsider, MUS appears to be the kind of school which would handle discipline in a low-key, equitable manner, but this assumption is painfully false In reality, MUS has come up with its own bizarre system of justice — Saturday School. Saturday School is based upon an innocuous principle — if a student violates one of the simple rules (such as the overdue book rule) set forth in the handbook, he must attend a two- hour study hall in the lecture room on the Saturday following his violation. However, this insipid principle is only a cover-up of the true motives of Saturday School, which is in fact a form of physical and psychological warfare, a judicial expedient used to punish offenses ranging anywhere from tardiness to premeditated murder. To better understand Saturday School, it is necessary to infiltrate the system and observe the entire punitive process. The first step in the process is the student rule-violation. Often, the student is not notified of the office ' s knowledge of the violation for one or two days. The purpose of this is to lull the student into a sense of false security, so that notifying him of his crime makes him doubly angry. The next step is the sending of the love note — a call to the office to see Miss Easum, MUS ' answer to IBM. She notifies him of his offense, and informs him that he will be a Saturday Schooler the following weekend. He is given alternatives for redress ( There ' s no way you ' ll get out of this . . . ), and reminded to be prompt. Often Saturday Scholars become chronic offenders. It is not at all uncommon to find Saturday Scholars who must attend eight or nine consecutive sessions. These students bear out the fact that Saturday School is neither deterrent nor rehabilitative in nature. Next comes the actual punishment. The student, who probably ambled into his house at 3 A.M. the previous evening, must rise by at least 8:30 and come sit for two hours in hard, plastic chairs. He irrives fashionably late and pretends to study, lest the proctor mete him a lunchroom duty penalty. Finally, the punishment is over. The student rises and prepares to leave the room. As he gathers his books, the proctor approaches him. The student gulps knowingly, for he realizes that lateness to Saturday School will garner him another infamous punishment — Wednesday School, the purpose of which is to As one of the most interesting and stimulating ot school institutions, Saturday School is cherished by the students, who crowd into the lecture room early each Saturday to enjoy this MUS tradition. 60 STUDENT LIFE By Chip Hughes As he checks the Saturday School list, William Howard hopes that for some inexplicable reason his name might not be included. But his hopes were dashed as he was invited to attend for the third Saturday in a row. The infamous letter from Miss Easum means disaster for a student ' s weekend, as it usually results in one of two penalties, death or Saturday School, the choice being left to the student, of course ; By the time Saturday morning rolls around, however, most wish they had chosen the former option. Teache r M A lUg - ?? ' ■ fnn ii  ii w iw  ' i ii i  i 111 i f « ' n i g m tm tmmmmimmmMmmtmmmmm 9$fliMt HfiWMR Please send AJU i L MTTtTZt J this period to see: t tt « office st the end of Col. Lynn Mr. Thorn Mrs . Green Mr. Shurlds (Guidance Office) JKr. MacQueen Mrs. Hamilton (Library) X , M iss Easum Miss Brugge Faculty • .mi f f m mmitmi - ,., SAT, SCHOOL ESSAY 61 Winter 62 WINTER DIVIDER WINTER DIVIDER 63 Inexperienced Owls Weather Early Season With Mixed Results Team Defeats CBHS, Splits With Briarcrest, And Trounces Auburndale Three Times Off to a sluggish start, the Varsity Basketball team won two of its first four games. Despite 28 points by Stan Graves and 12 by Breck Bolton, the Owls never got untracked at Wooddale and lost 55-50. A weak Auburndale team then invaded Todd-Snowden gym, and MUS easily subdued them 50-27. The following week the Buzzards flew into Briarcrest ' s gym and, with the help of an excellent student cheering section, defeated the Saints. Stan Graves again led the Owls with 22 points, while Bolton added 14. Playing their fourth game in one week, the weary Buzzards travelled to White Station where they lost 53- 44 in an uninspired second-half effort. After an impressive 63-44 victory over Bishop Byrne and another dull game with Auburndale, the Owls participated in the East Memphis Classic. Forced to play Auburndale in the first round, they won on a 45- point second-half rout. Graves put in 22, and Daniel Brown, with tremendous hustle, added 14 points. In the semifinal game against Briarcrest, MUS inexplicably fell flat and was blown out of the gym 61-45. The Owls, however, did not give up and salvaged pride by crushing Christian Brothers 82-50 in the consolation game. Graves and Bolton scored 25 and 18 points respectively, while Jeff Hunt had 17. By the Christmas break, the Owls stood 6-3 and seemed to be improving with every game. Before the Christmas break, the basketball team played inconsistently. However, there were bright spots as Graves averaged 21 points a game, and Bolton shot spectacularly from the outside. During the East Memphis Classic at White Station, Tommy Christenbury jumps center to start the first round, 59-33 rout of Auburndale. As Dan Brown jockeys for position under the boards, Jeff Hunt boxes out Harding center Tommy Murrey to capture a crucial rebound. 64 SPORTS The Owls ' season was not all roses. Their frustration is evidenced by John Geek Stewart who has just lost a rebound to Harding. BASKETBALL 65 Owls Edge 6th-Ranked Baylor On Route To Tenn. Prep Title Stan Graves Is Most Valuable Player As Owls Beat Harding In Overtime For First Place Coming off a two-week rest, a revitalized MUS team soundly thrashed Bartlett at MUS. Next, at Wooddale, the Owls avenged an earlier loss with a 66-60 triumph; leading MUS scorers were Stan Graves and Brer.k Bolton with 26 and 16 points. Traveling to Germantown ' s inferno, the Buzzards were scorched by a raucous, fire- breathing, maledictory crowd. While Terri, a Germantown cheerleader, stoked the fire, the clawing, bruising Devil defense turned the spit as the Owls were roasted 54-50. Two Chattanooga powers, Baylor and McCallie came to Briarcrest to play the Saints and MUS. The Buzzards whipped McCallie 61-57 in a hard-fought battle against a well- disciplined Tornado squad. The next day, MUS found that Baylor deserved their ranking of sixth in the state as the Owls lost to them by six. Basketball Homecoming brought in the Harding Lions. Despite a special Harding defense designed to stop Graves, the Owls prevailed. Dan Brown was top scorer in the game with 12 points. Bartlett ' s Panthers were much improved since the early season, and the Buzzards barely got away with a 42-41 victory. After drawing a bye in the first round of the Tennessee Prep Tournament, MUS met Baylor again. This time the Owls won by only one point, 50-49. Graves scored 17 and Bolton 14 as Mark Counce put in 4 free throws in the last 14 seconds to put MUS in the lead. The team opposed Harding in the Championship game which went into overtime where MUS won 58-53. Counce, Bolton, and Graves provided even scoring. Counce was named to the all-tournament team, and Graves was named Most Valuable Player for the tourney. (ill SPORTS The second half starts as Jeff Hunt jumps for control against his counterpart from McCallie before a large crowd at Briarcrest. The Owls ' top scorer Stan Graves rises over CBHS to put another two points on the glass. Graves scored 24 points in this 62-51 win at home. BASKETBALL Playing before something less than a full house at White Station in the East Memphis Classic, Barry Rogers shoots the front end of a 1-and-l in a lackluster game with Auburndale. BASKETBALL 67 In the late moments of a game against CBHS, defensive stalwart Barry Rogers and playmaker David Walker hustle back after teaming for a bucket. BASKETBALL After gaining position on the offensive boards, senior center Jeff Hunt follows Brock Bolton ' s missed shot against CBHS. Hunt ' s season came to an end when he sustained an ankle injury in the last Germantown game. 68 SPORTS Varsity Loses Four Squeakers In Season ' s Final Fortnight After Charting A Solid 17-8 Regular Season Record Owls Bow To Rugged Kingsbury In District Tournament Playing before a sparse crowd in the East Memphis Classic at White Station, Stan Graves successfully completes a backdoor play. The last week of January brought three crucial games for the varsity basketball team. The first was a make-up game with Millington which resulted in a victory for the Owls, though both teams displayed lackluster play. Wednesday night was a different story: when White Station arrived, MUS gave one of its strongest efforts of the season, and, with the help of a relatively small but vocal crowd, defeated the Spartans 52-45 in two overtimes. Friday night the buzzards played the Devils of Germantown in a rematch at MUS. Playing in front of the largest crowd of the year, the Owls gave their best shot, but fell to Germantown. The following week the Owls travelled to Millington. The Trojans played a well-disciplined game and defeated the Buzzards on two free throws with two seconds left in the game. In their last meeting of the season, Harding barely edged MUS 57-55 in the final seconds. The vengeful Lions were definitely out for blood as the week of the game was officially dubbed Beat MUS Week at Harding. The Varsity completed their regular season with a disheartening loss to Briarcrest. The Owls led by one point with two seconds remaining but lost when the Saints sank two pressure-packed free throws to end the game ' s scoring at 46-45. The District Tournament, held at Millington, pitted MUS against Kingsbury in the opening round. Unfortunately, Kingsbury was up for the game and defeated the Owls by seven to end the Buzzards ' season. Although the season ended on a sour note, the Varsity was successful overall with the help of fine, consistent performances by Stan Graves, Mark Counce, and Breck Bolton. THE VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM: Courtnay Rudolph, David Walker, Forrest Howse, Mark Counce, Tommy Christenbury, Bill Edmonson, Jeff Hunt, John Stewart, Stan Graves, Barry Rogers, Daniel Brown, Mike Holt; (not pictured) Breck Bolton. BASKETBALL 69 B TEAM BASKETBALL (14-5) 26 Wooddale 19 35 Briarcrest 34 36 White Station 22 46 Bishop Byrne 45 50 White Station 32 50 Harding 52 40 Bishop Byrne 25 53 Wooddale 44 48 Germantown 46 46 Harding 47 62 CBHS 42 47 Collierville 50 50 Millington 23 55 White Station 38 44 Germantown 48 38 Collierville 39 57 Millington 45 42 Harding 35 49 Briarcrest 42 Setting up ' in a tight 1-3-1 zone. Owl defenders Jeff Peters. Stewart Cox, and MUui.Holt thwfwWCBHS offensive effort. The Owls crushed the Brothers 62-42. THE B-TEAM BASKETBALL TEAM: Bo Smith, Andy Cowan, Chris Clark, Chip Parrott, Stewart Cox, Tim Guyton, David Dunlap, Jeff Peters; (not pictured) Albert Ray. 70 SPORTS B-Team Has Highly Winning 10 Of First Several Players Move Up To Varsity And Contribute To Depth Of A-Squad Successful Year 11 Games As in past years, the B-team of 1976-77 was highly successful. However, it was much more a part of the Varsity than ever before, as a number of players were moved up to the Varsity squad, even if only temporarily. Beginning with three straight victories over Wooddale, Briarcrest, and White Station, the team got off to a great start. The Owls were confident going into the Harding Invitational tournament where they defeated Bishop Byrne by one point, and swept past White Station before finally falling to a strong Harding team 52-50 in the finals. Bouncing back in a return match with Bishop Byrne, the Owls defeated the Red Knights handily in the last game before the Christmas break. Returning from vacation with snow and ice, the team waylayed Wooddale once more. The junior buzzards next faced Germantown, and they edged the always-tough Red Devils 48-46. Hoping to avenge their only loss, the team again met Harding and again fell by only one point to the Lions. The B-team then defeated Christian Brothers before falling to Collierville in a three-point ball game. After handily defeating Millington and White Station, they lost in double-overtime to Germantown by a mere 4 points. Still down from the Germantown loss, the adolescent Owls dropped the next game to Collierville by one point. Millington fell to the B-team 57-45 in a make-up game for one that was cancelled earlier due to snow. The B-team wrapped-up its highly successful season with two big wins. The Owls defeated Harding by seven points in the Lions ' den, then met Briarcrest at home for their final game. The Saints also fell by seven to MUS. 1 ft 1 1 I  t m 1 J M Slipping in a back door lay-up, Forrest Howse puts MUS ahead to stay in the closing seconds of the Germantown game. Showing determination characteristic of this year ' s B-team, Chris Clark pulls up short to pop a fifteen-footer. B-TEAM BASKETBALL 71 9th Graders Finish Erratic Season By Defeating Colonial In District Balanced Attack Is Partially Effective The ninth-grade basketball team showed early promise, losing to Germantown at Germantown by only seven and clobbering Auburndale by twenty-one. After losing to a physically-awesome Millington team by seven, the Baby Owls whipped Collierville 24-15 in a defensive struggle. Most of the remainder of the season brought the Jr. High Buzzards disaster. After again defeating Auburndale ' s Eagles, the Baby Owls lost eight straight. First they travelled to Briarcrest and CBHS, losing by fourteen and twelve points. Next came Millington and a devastating twenty-three point final deficit. After losing to Harding by three, they played Germantown at MUS. The game proved to be no contest as Coach Keesee began juggling the starting line-up in resignation. His strategy was to no avail, as the Jr. High team again lost to both Harding and CBHS. One admirable trait of the Baby Owls was their unwillingness to give up. They proved that they had courage when Briarcrest invaded Todd-Snowden Gymnasium. Down by eight with less than three minutes left in the game, the Owls came back to tie the score at thirty-one all, only to lose on a last-second shot in regulation play. In their final regular- season game, the Owls defeated an improved Collierville team by one point. The district tournament was held at Wooddale, and MUS opened well against Colonial, defeating them by twelve. In the second game, a physically-superior Airways Jr. High team whipped the Jr. High Buzzards by sixteen. Throughout the erratic season, Coach Keesee relied on almost every player in key situations. Consistent team players included George Skouteris, Jon Scharff, Brent Robertson, and David Vick. In the Germantown game at MUS, George Skouteris yanks the rebound from the Devils ' glass. 72 SPORTS BASKETBALL In the final seconds of the season- ending loss to Airways, George Skouteris takes advantage of a wide-open jump shot. These two points came too late, however, as the Owls fell 36-20. As Jon Scharff and George Skouteris box out the Germantown man, Jeff Gray takes advantage of the opening to jump for the open board. THE NINTH GRADE BASKETBALL TEAM: Greg Parker, Mark Bilsky, John Ogle, Jeff Gray, Buddy Friese, Newman Cross, George Skouteris, Louis Jehl, David Vick, Jon Scharff, Brent Robertson; (not pictured) David Simpson. NINTH GRADE BASKETBALL (5-11) 28 Germantown 35 42 Auburndale 21 35 Millington 42 24 Collierville 15 57 Auburndale 20 20 Briarcrest 34 20 CBHS 32 25 Millington 48 25 Harding 28 20 Germantown 42 39 Harding 52 21 CBHS 31 31 Briarcrest 33 33 Collierville 32 40 Colonial 28 20 Airways 36 FRESHMAN BASKETBALL Eighth-Graders Score 840 Pts. In 19 Games For 44.2 Pt. Average David Rudolph Consistent Top Scorer With 262 Pts. In 19 Games In the game with OLS during the St. Louis tournament, ludd Peters sweeps down the sideline on his way to the MUS bucket. The eighth- graders rolled over OLS 54-33 and came in third in the tourney. The eighth-grade basketball team was one of the most successful athletic teams at MUS this year. They drove hard and booked some of the biggest routes in recent MUS basketball memories. David Rudolph led all scorers with an average of 15 points per game followed by Eddie Murphy with 7.3 points a game, and Tommy Meriwether with 6.9. The team as a whole averaged 44.2 points a game. The littlest Owls started the season with a big victory over Auburndale, followed by a 10-point loss to Memphis Prep. The score of their next contest was a bit unbelievable, as they trounced Briarcrest Ridgeway 60-9! In the St. Louis tournament, the eighth grade defeated Our Lady of Sorrows and Snowden before losing to Holy Rosary in the third round. Finally, they beat SBEC 53-47 in the consolation round to nab third place. The three-game losing streak that followed was hard to explain when viewed against the great play of the team throughout. All three games were very close and could have gone either way. The games with Woodland Presbyterian and the game with St. Ann all proved to be blow-outs with the margin of victory in the St. Ann game being 48 points. The remainder of the squad was rounded out by Jaden Wells, Bud Thrasher, John Sharp, Judd Peters, Keith Christenbury, and Ted Angelakis who was out for the latter portion of the season. THE EIGHTH GRADE CHEERLEADERS: (fronl row) Meg Hollingsworth, Martha Early, Kathy Black, Martha Earp; (back row) Mary Pidgeon, Curry Wilson, Kyle; Tabor, Kerrye Hill. 74 SPORTS During the 39-33 victory over SBEC at Harding, Eddie Murphey stops to dribble around his adversary as Jaden Wells stands ready for the pass. EIGHTH GRADE BASKETBALL (13-8) 46 Auburndale 17 27 Memphis Prep 37 60 Briarcrest Rdgwy. 9 54 OLS 33 42 Snowden 41 51 Holy Rosary 60 53 SBEC 47 36 Richland 38 38 Germantown 42 47 Harding 58 44 Woodland Pres. 10 43 Germantown 48 42 Memphis Prep 51 62 Woodland Prep. 18 34 Grace St. Luke 31 40 St. Dominic 21 26 Richland 35 39 SBEC 33 70 St. Ann 22 55 ECS 40 56 Memphis Prep ■„ .: 45 As Bud Thrasher ' s toss nears the rim, he, Eddie Murphey, and John Sharp prepare to grab the rebound from the bewildered St. Ann team. THE EIGHTH GRADE BASKETBALL TEAM: (front row) Tommy Meriwether, Eddie Murphey, David Rudolph, Jaden Wells; (back row) Coach DeCell, Bud Thrasher, John Sharp, Judd Peters, Keith Christenbury; (not pictured) Ted Angelakis. 8th GRADE BASKETBALL 75 Inclement Weather Cancels Most Of Grapplers ' Season Top Wrestler Jack McDonald Wins In District And Advances To Regional In the dual match with Harding, Rex Lunn tries to gain the opening advantage. WRESTLING THE WRESTLING TEAM: (front row) Phillip Barron, Tony Masi, Bill Long, Jack McDonald; (second row) Howard Rhodes, William France, Marty Lifer, lack Stokes, Brad Adams, Turley Howard, Keith Runyan, Kent Boler, Stuart Adams; (third row) Jeff Kaplan (mgr.), Michael Pierce, John Dreifus, Mark Sasse, Andy Meyer, Chris Masi, Dave Wright, Rex Lunn, Robert Sparks, Chip Hanover, Peter Lindy (mgr.), Coach Kuhl. The general lack of experience and the cancellation of six matches caused the MUS grapplers to end up with a less-than-perfect season. The Owls began their season by taking on three of the toughest teams in the district: Germantown, Millington, and Harding. After losing to all three by substantial margins, the wrestling Buzzards rallied to defeat Briarcrest 52-12. Six matches were cancelled because of the worst winter in recent history. The other West Tennessee teams could not make the drive to Memphis. All six matches were with teams that MUS had beaten in the past and had a good chance of beating again. Thus, there were no easy matches for this year ' s team. In tournament competition, the grapplers fared little better than before. MUS got sixth in the district largely on Jack McDonald ' s wins, and McDonald was the only one to advance to the regionals. So far at MUS, the young sport of wrestling has been relatively unknown and unglorified. It has perhaps the hardest practices, and there are no easy days with no work to do. The advent of wrestling at MUS has changed many students ' image of the sport. No longer do students think that the only prerequisite for wrestling is that one must be a 210-pound gorilla; they now recognize that agility, quickness, and discipline are necessary for one to be a good wrestler. And who can forget the academic contribution that wrestling has made. Without Coach Kuhl we would never have known the linguistic perfection of the word wrasslin ' . When assessing the scores of a wrestling team, it is important to remember that individual records mean more than team scores, because team points are awarded on an all-or-nothing basis. Thus, an evening of wrestling may have very close individual matches but produce a non-representative, one- sided team score. 7fi SPORTS Top wrestler Jack McDonald, (11-5-1) for the season, starts to shoot his half to turn the opponent over for the inevitable pin. WRESTLING (1-3) 9 Germantown 46 9 Millington 46 7 Harding 41 52 Briarcrest 4th Shelby County 9th Millington Invitational 6th District 24th Regional 12 In a more or less stalemated position, Stuart Adams struggles to stay in the match with the Germantown man. Struggling to break down his Briarcrest opponent while still in bounds, Phillip Barron pulls on the supporting forearm while driving from behind for the take-down. WRESTLING 77 As the seconds eat away at any hope of a victory over Father Ryan, David Howe cuts back on a fullback while John Townes moves downfield looking for a pass with which he might score. Father Ryan was ranked as the number one team in the state for most of the soccer season. Empathetic, Clif Phillips watches while John Townes is overrun during MUS ' s disheartening 5-3 defeat by Father Ryan on Hull-Dobbs Athletic Field. 78 SPORTS Kickers Whip Southwestern, McGavock, And Baylor Just as the Hijlsboro npan reaches the ball. Jim Mitchell pops it up and away from tbt utstretched Foot ' of the opponentj BPWW-O. starting its second-string. THE VARSITY SOCCER TEAM: (front row) Andy Humphries, Ruffner Page, John Townes, Neil Utkov, Jim Mitchell, Newton Allen, Clif Phillips, Mel Payne, Dale Wells, Dade Hunt; (second row) Chris Lambert, Glenn Crosby, Albo Carruthers, Steve Hergenrader, David Howe, Bryan Jones, Kim Jenkins, Patrick Snipes, Earl McClanahan, Chip Broadfoot; (back row) Andy Kaplan, Tim Monahan, Malcolrji Aste, John Wilbourn; (not pictured) Rollin Riggs. Arctic Weather Conditions Plague First Half Of Season The soccer team showed great dedication to the sport by facing the most severe winter in memory and by playing in incredibly bad field conditions. With their spirit only diminished by a lack of spectators, the team pulled off a record much improved over the previous season ' s. After a pre-season victory over Southwestern University and a season-opening win over Nashville ' s McGavock, the team felt they were well on their way to a state championship. They were in for a rude awakening as they lost to Father Ryan, 5 to 3. Ryan was behind 3 to 1 at the half, but three penalty- kicks in the second half boosted their score and morale to the extent that MUS could not recapture the lead. Next, the Owls faced a skilled MBA team, also from Nashville, and played a hard-fought game to a 1 to 1 tie. Arctic weather in Nashville kept McGavock from making its trip to Memphis, and the game was listed as a forfeit. With a 2-1-1 record the Owls journeyed to Chattanooga to play Baylor and McCallie. After whipping Baylor 4-1, the team played McCallie in probably the worst field conditions of the season. Due to weariness from the Baylor game and lack of homefield advantage, MUS lost an extremely close match as they sank to a 3-2-1 record. After having their game against Hillsboro cancelled because of bad weather in Nashville, the Owls grew restless. Facing Baylor for the second time, MUS soundly defeated the Kickers 3-1, but the game was not as close as the score indicates. The next day MUS played a make-up game with Hillsboro and tucked another victory under their belt. The Owls were again disappointed as they were deprived of their rematch with McCallie. The game was not ruled a forfeit but merely a cancellation. SOCCER Soccer Squad Takes 2nd In State To Cap Best Season Yet Number-one-ranked Father Ryan Falls To Owls In First Round; MUS Loses To McCallie In Last Minute Of Championship Hoping vengefully to defeat Father Ryan and MBA, the soccer team travelled to Nashville. At MBA the team for the first time played in beautiful weather. But they again had to settle for a tie as MBA scored in the last 17 seconds. The next day Father Ryan showed their prowess as they defeated the Owls 3-2. The game-deciding goal was again scored on a penalty kick. In spite of this defeat, the Owls ' record guaranteed them a place in the State Tournament. Although the team was fairly low-ranked going into the tournament, they felt they had a great chance of doing very well. The defense supported mainly by left-fullback Dale Wells, felt they could hold any team in the state to a very low score. The Owls were blessed with an exceptionally strong halfback line including Ruffner Page, John Townes, and Tim Monaghan. A very good offensive line, sparked by center-forward Dale Hunt, held its own with all opponents. The team travelled to Chattanooga for the State Tournament where they fared well, taking second place. Ironically, MUS drew l-ranked Father Ryan whom the Owls wanted to beat more than anyone. The Nashville team fell to the Buzzards 3-0 with Dade Hunt scoring twice on penalty kicks and Andy Humphries scoring once from in close. The next day, MUS crushed Castle Heights 5-1. Townes, Humphries, and Monaghan scored one each; Hunt had two. In the finals, the Owls played McCallie to a 0-0 tie at the end of regulation play. The game went into 2 five-minute overtimes in which goalies were not allowed. McCallie scored with only 40 seconds left in the second overtime to win the championship. Left Winn Newton Allen manuevers around a Hillsboro fullback in an attempt lo scon;. This victory gave the Owls a 5-2-1 record. ft SOCCER DO SPORTS ' K« rf «m«M « Sm m ' •• Not needing John Townes ' assistance, Glenn Crosby shoots in search of a score during the Owls ' easy victory over Hillsboro. In this contest, MUS got away 18 shots on goal while Hillsboro failed to shoot at all. Fullback Dale Wells clears the ball to the forwards while Bryan Jones looks on during MUS ' second home game. This game ended in a 1-1 tie with MBA. VARSITY SOCCER (7-4-2) 3 Southwestern 1 4 McGavock 1 3 Father Ryan 5 1 MBA 1 4 Baylor 1 1 McCallie 2 3 Baylor 1 4 Hillsboro 1 MBA 1 2 Father Ryan 3 3 Father Ryan 5 Castle Heights 1 McCallie 1 SOoCER 81 In the 1-0 victory over Germantown, Bryan Jones battles for possession of the ball with an equally determined opponent. Eighth-grader Paulo Aur eyes the ball with intense concentration and a stiff upper lip as he runs up to take it before the Green team player. JV SOCCER 1976 (9-3-3) 2 Glenmore Academy 2 4 Blue 1 Green 1 4 Germantown 1 Glenmore Academy 1 Raleigh Red 1 Raleigh Mustangs 2 Spurgeon Academy Germantown Red 2 9 Spurgeon Academy 1 2 Blue 2 2 Green 1 At left halfback, David Shy thwarts the Glenmore offensive drive by stealing the ball before the halfback can pass to the waiting forward downfield. 1)2 SPORTS JV Soccer Team Does Well With Only Two Returning Players More Try Out For JV Soccer Than For Any Other Ninth Grade Sport j? After making a steal that prepares to ' pas8s J .- --,-,|g|gM ' y Jewnfieid as ES Sh THT and Barron Williams bask ' bimufi.  ; « •w I = : .; . . The Junior Varsity Soccer team is a great part of the growing soccer program at MUS. The 1976 team of twenty-two eighth, ninth, and tenth graders completed fifteen games in their seven-week schedule to finish 9-3-3 in the Southeast Memphis Soccer Association. The season opened on September 7 with a game with Glenmore Academy which ended in a 2-2 tie. The two teams met again later in the season and fought to another deadlocked score of 1-1. Interestingly, Glenmore went on to win the league title. The first loss of the year came in the third game which MUS dropped to the Green team 1-0. In the tenth game of the season, Spurgeon Academy fell to the baby Owls by the score of 6-0. David Vick fired in two scores as did Wes McCann. Edward Smithwick and Kim Jenkins added one goal each. Chip Broadfoot scored the game ' s only goal in MUS ' second victory over Germantown. Two games later, the JV kickers met Spurgeon Academy for the second time and again soundly defeated them, this time by the score of 9-1. Barron Williams put in three shots, the highest number of goals for a single player in a single game. McCann and Jenkins scored two each, while Vick and Broadfoot added 1 each in the highest scoring game of the season. After tying the Blue team, the JV soccer team closed out its season by defeating the Green team 2-1. Mel Payne, Bryan Jones, Andy Kaplan and Kim Jenkins moved up to the varsity squad at the conclusion of their season. Chip Broadfoot became the varsity manager. Many young athletes who had excelled in other inter-scholastic sports chose to play soccer instead of their former sports. This fact combined with the great numbers at try-outs make soccer the up and coming sport at MUS. THE 1976 JUNIOR VARSITY SOCCER TEAM: (front row) Robert Gordon, Mark Stratton, Barron Williams, Norris McGehee, Paulo Aur, Ray Wooten, David Shy, Chip Broadfoot; (second row) Bruce Gordon, Warwick Garner, Hampton Sides, Mel Payne, Jon Garrett, Bryan Jones, Greg Graflund, Kim Jenkins, Bob Watson, David Vick, Robin Smithwick, Andy Kaplan; (not pictured) Wes McCann, Edward Smithwick. SOCCER 83 Trying to keep the Faculty ' s messy caffeine addicts from taking their ambrosia into class, the Administration has requested that they drink up in the lounge. MUS has tried to shield its students from any undesirable elements of the system. Warnings such as this one often are ignored by overheated choral music students who cannot resist the temptation to cool off during strenuous rehearsals here in the music room. In an effort to conserve energy and money, the school attempted to maintain a constant temperature but found it difficult to get one that suited everyone. Students are often unaware of the reasoning behind Do not signs and as a result overlook them. These admonishing letters attempt to keep students from warping the tables on which Mr. Williams places his coveted concert handbells. To the disbelief of many music students, Mr. Williams claims that warped tables cause his prized possessions to become detuned. 84 STUDKNT I.IFK The lower school management was kind enough to point out a spot where students frequently stop. When asked why this occurred, Mr. Springfield replied, I ' m not sure, but when they reach that point, they immediately go into a deep tra nce and seem to enjoy themselves immensely. NO STUDENT A WITHOUT A FACULTY SIS fyf T Hill I 5 ™ mm ENTER HALLS ARE IN SESSION ■ «i J With the addition of the new fine arts wing, MUS is now flooded with excess space. This gave the Administration opportunities to provide special services for the Faculty such as setting up a Christmas gift fund for them. A new, more artistic style was used in the Do Not Enter Halls signs this year, but unfortunately they did not help enforce the rule any more than the old ones did. Many Saturday schools were dished out to students who ignored such warnings. WINTER 85 Concerned students Percy Clarke and Tri Watkins look on as Student Council President Clif Phillips is stabbed in the rear by a zealous political dissenter. He later recovered, however, and was able to read the announcements in chapel in his usual stimulating manner. Corridor antics are a major part of every student ' s workload. Numerous earth tremors shook the Memphis area this year, unsettling not only the appearance of the school but also the minds of several previously nearly normal students. This part of the foyer was a favorite Owl roost for Thespians, scholars, and idlers of various persuasions. On a dreary Saturday afternoon the loyalist supporters remain in a hopeless effort to cheer the muddy Buzzards over MBA. The weather wasn ' t the only thing that put a damper on the spirit, because the Buzzards could only salvage a 1-1 tie. 86 STUDENT LIFE Spending a full day at the public library often seems too much for MUS students to handle. Tenth grade ' term-papers required Hugh Scott to spend his Saturday wrestling with note cards and Yaggy. Threatening weather conditions forced the yearbook editors to help Ted Powell get his car out of the rain. But the adventure proved unsuccessful because engineers had not constructed the doorway for any such emergency. The Senior corridor proved to be more easily accessible in early winter as a group of wits were able to deposit Marshall Clark ' s Honda CVCC just in front of Room 10. WINTER 87 Lower school students enjoy spending their study halls chatting with Mrs. Higgs — in classical Latin, of course. At times, however, the dedicated Latin students need correcting. Adam, that ' s not agricola; it ' s agricolae. The new Lower School P.E. coordinator, Mr. Rick Ferguson, attempts to explain to students Bubba Halliday and David McGowan the basics of putting up a volleyball net. Physical exercise is always a welcome break from the rigorous academic routine of the school without walls. Ki% • 88 STUDENT LIFE Oblivious to the disaster that is about to befall them, two industrious students peruse a magazine for an article giving information for their reports. Above them, a sinister student prepares to re- enact the infamous bookdrop, but the unfortunate scamp was caught and had the book thrown at him by Mrs. Hamilton and the Administration. The second-semester rush for new books at Pepper Bookstore forced angry customers to wait in long lines, and complaints to the branch manager, Mr. Leslie Skip Daniel, were numerous in the first few weeks of this fine old establishment ' s New Year Sale. The new salesclerk, Mrs. Kay Jackson, was a welcome sight to students long-jaded by years of bartering with Pepperland ' s top- sergeant, Mr. Daniel. Amid the whirlwind of confusion in Clack Dining Room, Vance Overbey. much to his amazement and nausea, pulls a grimy P.E. sock from his tuna surprise as John Norfleet enjoys the trick that he has just pulled on Vance. Clack Dining Hall is an unforgettable part of what we affectionately call the educational experience. WINTER 89 This party-line voter is placing a confident November vote for his candidate, but little does he know that the man on the right is manipulating the polls in the true democratic tradition. The Jimmy Carter — Gerald Ford battle produced a record national and local turn-out at the polls and a victory for the ex-peanut farmer from Georgia. With on ly seconds left in the game with Baylor at Briarcrest, Marshall Clark attempts to get the MUS fans riled up at the rather innocent-looking fellow standing under the basket. Marshall had a few comments on the ref ' s officiating, and the crowd responded boisterously in hopes of cheering the team to victory. Their efforts were rendered useless, however, by a hot-shooting Baylor team. 90 STUDKNTUFK Starke Miller assists his fellow Civic Service Club members in harvesting a prime evergreen that they plan to decorate with the help of youngsters from Memphis Boys ' Clubs. Only a year ago, many Americans would not have known to whom this smiling face belonged, but it was that very smile that propelled Jimmy Carter into the political spotlight. Since taking office, his folksy, down-home style has earned high marks from even his detractors. An intense craving for frog legs got the better of Skipper Pridgeon in a dissection process that every Biology student in America remembers the rest of his life. WINTER 91 An impressive gallery of potential homecoming queens was displayed here at half-time of the MUS-Harding game. From left to right are Missy Nichols with Jim Rainer, Cathy Stout with Dade Hunt, Ellen Raines with Allen McCool, Weezie Mann with Bruce Moore, Douglas Patteson with Steve Hergenrader, and Julia Pidgeon with Glenn Crosby. Weezie Mann is crowned homecoming queen by Clif Phillips, as her escort Bruce Moore and cheerleader Neil Utkov congratulate the basketball beauty. At the basketball homecoming dance, Andy Cowan, looking over Joe Morrison ' s shoulder, remarks tongue-in-cheek that Sarah Hunter and Ruffner Page will definitely be the next Ginger Rogers — Fred Astaire dance team. ' 12 STUD ENT LIFE Outside the dance, Courtnay Rudolph prepares to produce identification for Robert Watson, who in conjunction with school rules, required I.D. ' s from all students who tried to buy Coke. It was rumored that Courtnay, in a fit of benevolent generosity, even bought a soft drink for his date. One of the more interesting chapel speakers graced MUS with his presence on homecoming Friday. By George, you better sit up and pay attention! Faculty and Administration often participate in student skits. BASKETBALL HOMECOMING 93 Even the mighty Mississippi couldn ' t withstand winter ' s onslaught, as the river was frozen over from St. Louis northward. All barge traffic to that area had to be stopped at Memphis and shipped by some other means. Chunks of the ice could be seen floating past Memphis during the winter and early spring, and it was rumored that polar bears and penguins were sighted, but these reports could not be confirmed. One small footprint of a man; one large pain in the neck for the Administration. •14 STUDENT I. IKK Winter Winds Whip Mid-South Area The winter winds blew down upon Memphis and the Southeast this year, with the arctic blasts setting record-low temperatures and dumping ice and snow as far south as Miami, Florida, and even the Bahamas. The unusually frigid weather caused numerous problems for the entire nation, including severe fuel shortages, slumps in the economy, and even deaths in the northern portions of the country. Meteorologists suggested several explanations for the anomalous climate, but the most common was that the jet stream had shifted. The jet stream, an upper atmosphere current of 250 mile-per-hour winds, is the main determinant of the weather patterns in the United States, and for some inexplicable reason it shifted from its normal east-west route to a colder north- south course. It thus began pumping arctic cold fronts from Maine to Miami. Temperatures in the Memphis area were often near zero, freezing lakes and causing shortages of such things as long underwear and ice skates. But probably the thing in shortest supply was natural gas. Record amounts were used at the beginning of the icy spell, and by the time the full fury of winter hit, shortages sprung up in the East and South, forcing schools, businesses, and industries to close, and putting thousands out of work. Fortunately, the officials at MUS had the foresight to install a twenty- thousand gallon fuel oil tank (buried underground) on campus. As a result, the main building of the Upper School was heated with this fuel. The Lower School, library, gymnasium, and chapel, however, had to be heated with natural gas, thus putting MUS under a late winter allotment crunch, but the school never had to close down, a fate that befell several other private and public schools across Tennessee. Although MUS escaped closing because of the fuel shortage, it could not evade the snow and ice that fell on Memphis. Because of the slick roads and other dangerous conditions, school was forced to shut down for several days, disrupting its calendar of events and compelling the Administration to cancel scheduled holidays and extend school later into the month of May. But students did not seem to mind, as they enjoyed their free days with such winter sports as sledding and ice-skating. The weather in the Mid-South was cold, but we were much more fortunate than other sections of the country. Especially hard hit were the Northeast and Upper Mid- West, with the Great Lakes area receiving the brunt of the storms. There were over twenty weather-related deaths, and in Buffalo, New York, fourteen persons died in one weekend. Snow accumulations approaching two hundred inches were common in that area, while temperatures hovered at 50 below and winds blew at 40 miles-per-hour. Certainly there will always be someone who will remember that hard winter back in ' 77, and hopefully there will not be one like it for some time to come. Forecasters claimed that the strange weather conditions were likely to continue into the other seasons; in spring there may be floods or there may be drought, while summer might be a scorcher or even cooler than normal. Perhaps the most appropriate irregularity of the year was hell ' s freezing over — Hell, Michigan, that is. x ; «• •- • :■ Loo king mord Iikl£% Siberian winterscape than East - 5 S«rnp,h1s ubiTrbia. MUS is ; caverea in arctic; precipitation. Ohe.. vwald«xpect to_see iimb jvelv£S swarming the campus instead okfrostfritten - preppies-running to class. ■ - . ■ '  . SNOW ESSAY 95 IT During the 1976-77 school year, the Memphis University School Theatre Arts Department enjoyed one of its most active and successful seasons yet under the able direction of Mr. George B. Elder and Mr. Andrew Saunders. The Summer Drama Workshop presented in June Bel Kaufman ' s stirring comedy Up the Down Staircase. Cast members included Lisa Patton, Sara Smith, Hugh Sinclair, Flip Eikner, Chip Hughes, Charles Webb, and Scott Stevens. In an effort to create unity among the cast members, several field trips were taken such as a week-end journey to Opryland and campout at Montgomery Bell State Park. On June 27, the annual MUSTA ' D Awards Banquet was held at Across the Tracks. Among the recipients of Best Acting trophies (jars of Hyde- Park mustard, representing the names of the department, the theater, and the street on which it is located) were Charles Webb, Scott Stevens, Molly Townes, Jodie Markell, KEEN GOOD Sharon Hancock, and Candy Cox. New members Wendye Clarendon, Rob Skinner, Peter Banta, and David Reed were inducted into the Hall of Fame and plans went underway to exhibit portraits of the some twenty- odd old members in the new Arts Wing. Attendants of the Banquet were entertained by such past stars as Jill Jemison, Cindy Howell Walker, and Rob Skinner. After the tremendous success of the autumn production of No Time for Sergeants, Mr. Elder set about preparing an entry for the State One- Act Contest. Hugh Sinclair, Flip Eikner, and Charles Webb admirably performed Box and Cox, a nineteenth-century farce discovered by Mr. Elder in an antique book he purchased at a flea market. The plot revolved around a landlady ' s attempt to prevent two gentleman boarders who worked during opposite shifts from discovering that they occupied the same apartment. After voyaging to Murfreesboro where the competition was held at Middle Tennessee State University, the troupe easily won Second Place. Finally in the spring, production of the hit Broadway musical Man of La Mancha became the fulfillment of Mr. Elder ' s dream to direct his favorite show. This amusing but touching story of Don Quixote starred Flip Eikner, Jodie Markell, Skip Jones, Hugh Sinclair, Charles Webb, Charlie Stuart, Chip Hughes, Forrest McCurdy, Stan Graves, Russell Deaton, Trinner Moore, Dan Murrell, Mack Oliver, and Jack McDonald, with Mr. Elder and Mr. Saunders taking roles for the first time in an MUS play. The musical proved to be an exciting and memorable experience for all involved. 96 THEATER The move to the new Fine Arts Wing includedjhe addition of a newDulletin board which displ ..■ pertinent paraphtr 5j p en| fak innouncements My THEATER 97 Pursuits 98 PURSUITS DIVIDER PURSUITS DIVIDER 99 science: School gets new teachers, but outlook remains the same stratmg the gyruscope principle, Dr. ho kicked field goals for the Grizzlies, at he has arm strength, too. More than any other department, the Science Department ' s personnel has changed over this past year. New teachers could be found in three of five positions in the Upper School: Mr. Brown led all Physics-Chemistry classes, Mr. Taylor instructed in Biology, and Mr. Etter taught in Physics. Despite the new environment, these men have fit in well and have shown the ability to further the Science Department ' s goal of constantly refining methods in order to achieve excellence in all aspects of science. Leading the way in replacing ignorance with knowledge was Mr. Omundson ' s famous Chemistry classes in which the student learned of unit-factor problems and gas laws. Because of a course requirement, all Freshmen took Health taught by Mr. Shurlds, where they learned such important subjects as drug abuse, balanced diet, and oral hygiene. Mr. Shurlds also instructed Ecology which was basically an awareness course designed to deal with man and his vast environment. Physics-Chemistry, the only science course required for graduation, was directed by Mr. Brown who, despite his newness to MUS, got down to business with his students. This year there was a greater emphasis on lab orientation in order to better prepare those students who plan to further their scientific education. Even though it was Mr. Taylor ' s rookie year at teaching, the Biology classes forged onward under his leadership. Here lab work and technique were heavily stressed not only to reinforce concepts but also to improve confidence. Making the move this past year from Lower to Upper School, Mr. Etter has stimulated many MUS and a few Hutchison students in the field of Physics. His theories, hypotheses, and speculations added interest to an otherwise bland course involving endless equations and calculations. The Lower School branch of the Science Department lived on with a seventh-grade course of life science much like Biology and an eighth grade course. Both were taught by Mr. Saunders. 100 ACADKMICS Playing with his pulleys, John Atwood proves the conservation of kinetic energy during a Physics lab. An unearthly silence fills the chemistry lab as beleaguered students battle with an infamous O test. The author of the test, Mr. Omundson, blissfully grades papers, knowing that he has once again given his students an exam that builds character. SCIENCE 101 In Seventh Grade Math class, Gibby Gibson and Rob Walters attempt to contradict Coach DeCell ' s proof of the Fundamental Theorem of the Calculus. In Computer Math class, while Mr. Ramsey is distracted, Mel Payne programs the computer for self-destruct! To the utter bewilderment of her Calculus students, Mrs. Scrimger develops a differential theorem. Diligently pecking away at one of the school ' s new calculators, Charles Webb hurries to finish the previous night ' s homework assignment before class begins. 102 ACADEMICS MATHEMATICS: Calculators, new courses, new teachers, Beta Club, Mu Alpha Theta While striving to develop student interest in mathematics at MUS, the Math Department supplemented last year ' s goal of curriculum revision with the addition of several new textbooks and the creation of two new courses. Success was further achieved in the current objective of creating a more uniform system of testing and grading under the direction of Department head Mrs. Evelyn Scrimger. The existing math courses were revitalized by the tradition-breaking purchase of 24 calculators valued at $800 for use by students on tests, and by the addition of two new faculty members. Many of the teachers also began production of videotapes geared toward pupil preparation for CEEB and AP exams. The necessary background required for the comprehension of Euclidean and Cartesian concepts was offered in the Lower School by new instructor Mr. Brister DeCell in his 7th and 8th Grade Arithmetic and Pre-Algebra classes, and by Mr. J. M. Springfield in his 8th Grade Arithmetic and Algebra I classes. After progression to the Upper School, students were taught Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II through the efforts of Mr. Ray McGhee, Mr. Jake Rudolph, Mr. Joel Watson, and Dr. RoberkEtter, who was transferred this year from the Lower to Upper School to replace departing Mr. Mitchell. Instructees next found themselves choosing between Computer Math, Pre-Calculus, and a new course, Introduction to Statistics. Their instructors were Mr. Mark Ramsey, Mrs. Scrimger, or Mr. Tom Brown, another new teacher at MUS. The advanced math pupils who felt compelled to continue their fascinating study of numbers reached the limit of their secondary school education in the Calculus class or in its less difficult counterpart, Topics in Analysis, another new course. Both were taught by Mrs. Scrimger. To further propel students to new heights, and to develop their interest in math, inductions into the Beta Club and Mu Alpha Theta, the honorary organizations for excellent math students, were held in both the Lower and Upper Schools respectively. Aware that he has a gdod average, Graham Matheme finds amusement the fact that he will pribably fail ne5 t period ' s Calculus quizjover some ne , incomprehensible material. There ' s More To See On CCTV After gaining momentum in the 1975-1976 school year, MUS-CCTV went ahead full speed for ' 76- ' 77. Included in this progress were both the Upper School and Lower School T.V. crews, which were very active throughout the school year. The Davis Studio, which is located in the library, was completely reorganized and expanded during the summer in order to accommodate the growing amount of sophisticated video equipment which must be housed there. Included in the process of revamping the studio was the addition of an editing machine, which the studio utilized to provide viewers with programs free of commercials. Another novel aspect of 76-77 MUS- CCTV was the studio ' s capacity to broadcast programs simultaneously on three different channels to any part of the school. This year the Studio produced several productions ranging from Mr. MacQueen ' s The Death of Lincoln, to Mr. Hatchett ' s Richard III. The taping of local and network programs from Memphis television stations was also continued, and thus added to the rapidly-growing tape library which the Studio presently possesses. The Upper School T.V. crew, under the supervision of Mr. MacQueen and Mr. McGhee, and the Lower School T.V. crew, headed by Mr. Broer, were both run primarily for and by the students. The crews provided faculty members with productions and taped programs from the Studio ' s tape library. These taped programs provided an interesting and added dimension to whichever class they were shown. Undoubtedly, the programs proved an invaluable aid to the teachers and students alike. With the excellent facilities of the reorganized studio, and the talent and expertise of the Upper and Lower School T.V. crews, the 1976- 1977 version of MUS-CCTV proved to be the most sophisticated and efficient CCTV organization in the history of MUS. Hopefully MUS- CCTV will continue to improve in both the quality and quantity of its production, for the organization is and will remain an integral part in school life at MUS. STUDENT ASSISTANTS: (front row) Randy Graves, William Howard, Ken McCown; (back row) Ted Powell, John Stevens, Mark Merrill, Eddie Hardin, Ray Brandon. As student assistant William Howard fights to maintain consciousness, Mr. MacQueen elaborates on step sixty of his operation manual for the light switch in the Davis Studio. 104 ORGANIZATIONS ■ In one of the lower school productions. Temple Brown focuses in on his subject. THE UPPER SCHOOL TV CREW: (front row) ames Ward, William Howard, George Douglas, Mike Brown, Rob Moore, Don White, Graham Matherne, Eddie Hardin, Bentley Long, Bruce Landau, Dennis Steinmetz, Matt Smith; (back row) Greg Graflund, Ted Powell, Ray Brandon, John Stevens, Jim Johnson, Randy Graves, Mark Merrill, Tony Masi. Randy Graves, John Stevens, Mark Merrill and Ray Brandon combine their efforts to produce The Death of Lincoln, one of several programs written and produced by Mr. MacQueen and the TV crew. CCTV 105 Old And New Clubs Merge For Active Year This year MUS saw the return of many traditionally active clubs plus the addition of several new organizations. One of the more energetic groups, the Ish Kabbible Memorial Pep Band, came on strong for its second year as a great boost to school spirit. A variety of musicians ranging from seventh graders to seniors combined their efforts to perform well-known tunes arranged and orchestrated by the band ' s director, Flip Eikner. This organization remained active throughout the entire school year playing at football, basketball, and several soccer games, not to mention chapel programs, pep rallies, music concerts, and MUSTA ' D ' s spring musical production. The Latin Club, an active organization of longstanding, also returned this year. Consisting of second and third year Latin students, the club worked hard to prepare for the State Latin Convention, an annual event held in Nashville. The group hoped to follow in the footsteps of last year ' s club which took second place in the Division Two competition. The Latin Club: (front row) Brent Robertson, Alan Landers, Roger Wegbreight, Greg Parker; (second row) Bryan Cunningham, Mark Bilsky, Mike Brown, Chip Lansden, Scott Stevens, Hampton Sides; (third row) Cannon Allen, Tod Singer, Charles Burrow, Stephen Sharp, Hilton Roberts, Stuart Adams, Hugie Foote, David Zadick, David Taylor; (fourth row) Don Miller, Russ Billings, Andy Marker, Jim Johnson, Roger Hiatt, David Simpson, Mark Powell; (back row) David Pepple, Bentley Long, Dick Pryzma, Tony Masi, Mark Wiley, Greg Graflund, Mike Brown, Leslie McBride, Dan Robertson, Tom Barzizza. The Ish Kabibble Memorial Pep Band: (front row) Charles Webb, Jon Dreifus, Jonathan Rosenberg, Temple Brown; (back row) Flip Eikner, Carl Morrow, Malcolm Aste, Allen McCool, Dale Wells, Dick Pryzma, Jimmy McKinnon, Rob Nash, George Woodbury, Steve Corlew. The F.C.A., Fellowship of Christian Athletes, another old standard, renewed its charter again this year. As in years past the organization attempted to integrate sports activities with Christian fellowship. At a typical Wednesday night meeting, members would play volleyball or basketball, listen to and discuss a devotional, and conclude with a prayer. Certainly the F.C.A. was one of the more popular clubs this year, and will likely remain a favorite among the students for years to come. Perhaps the most offbeat club ever chartered at MUS was this year ' s Foosball Club. The stated purpose of the novice organization was to develop members ' skills at the popular game. In an effort to promote the sport, the club sponsored a tournament and held regular games at various amusement centers around the city. The matches were undoubtedly enjoyable ventures for all those involved. All in all, clubs old and new provided a wide range of activities for all types of students. 106 ORGANIZATIONS The Foosball Club: (front row) Cam McCaa, Chip Grayson, Vance Overby, David Howe, Steve Hergenrader; (back row) Steve Manly, Tommy Christenbury, John Norfleet, Bob Robinson, Bill Dunvant, John Erb, Vint Lawson, Steve Thomas, Jim Rainer, Bruce Moore, Ted O ' Brien. The F.C.A.: (front row) Masked Man, Dade Hunt, Albo Carruthers, Mark Counce, Chris Lambert, Glenn Crosby, Kent Ihrig, Andy Cowan, Breck Bolton, Joe Morrison, David Dunlap, Bobby Neal; (second row) Barry Hendon, David Walker, Ruffner Page, Vint Lawson, Neil Utkov, Chuck Chambers, Steve Thomas, Robert Shemwell, Conrad McCrary, Andy Caldwell, Chris Clark, Scott Tatum, Newton Allen, Stan Graves; (third row) Cecil Godman, Dan Daniels, David Howard, Vance Overby, David Howe, John Norfleet, Bill Dunavant, Scott Schaefer, Warren Boone, Dwight Miller, Starke Miller, Jack McDonald, Dave Wright; (fourth row) Brad Adams, John Stewert, Keith Runyan, Skipper Pridgen, Stuart Westland, Ronnie Banks, Russ Billings, Chip Wood, Jack Stokes, John Walt, Tri Watkins, Andy Humphries; (fifth row) Marty Lifer, Rush Waller, Bruce Moore, Bob Robinson, Mark Crosby, Hunter Seabrook, Dean Underwood, David Caldwell, Phillip Adams, Rene Bourgoyne, Bill Miller, Jay Dunlap; (back row) Allen Landers, Henry Caldwell, Percy Clarke, Jim Rainer, Stuart Adams, Jimmy Allen, Don Miller, William Howard, Mike Brown, Stephen Sharp, Jim Johnson, John Adams. CLUBS 107 In his Man ' s Search class, Mr. Haguewood makes a noble attempt to excite his eleventh and twelfth graders to the ins and outs of Flatland. 108 ACADEMICS ENGLISH: Controls on composition enforced, More freedom for teachers and continued electives This year the English Department unified more closely its apparent goals by setting certain standards that each class had to meet. These requirements included, of course, the literature covered in the certain class, vocabulary and grammar exercises (mainly stressed in grades seven through ten), and essays or research papers. It was with the latter that the most emphasis was placed for composition was the area most worked on this past year. The department felt the need to decide what was required for an acceptable paper — in short what constituted a good or bad grade. With the guidelines set up, the instructors were able to notice and isolate school-wide problems such as deficiencies in usage, spelling, and mechanics at various grade levels, thus helping the individual student to overcome his difficulty. Even though it would seem that guidelines would limit a teacher greatly, the opposite was true for the English teachers. They were allowed to use almost any means to convey their points to a class. Video-tapes, movies, filmstrips, all were put to use in most of the courses and proved a welcome break meaning that half a class would learn to take notes while the other half would catch up on some missed sleep. Oral reports was another device employed and let students standup and play teacher for a while. There was little or no change this year in the number or types of electives open for Juniors and Seniors. Quotes from Goethe and the Eye greet the student in World Literature taught by Mr. Boelte. Here everything from the Medieval romance to Existentialism is examined in the special Boeltonian manner. Mr. Hatchett, with his High Scholar ' s Chair, themes, and bulletin board tests, succeeded in fostering interest in English Literature, Shakespeare, and Three Critics. For those hopeful A-P students and those rejects from other classes there was always Mr. Thompson gladly greeting them into the world of Convention and Experiment where the study of poetry caused the decline of many a grade. American Literature and Man ' s Search for Himself were headed by Mr. Haguewood, who saw that each of his students not only completed his assignment but enjoyed doing it as well. Mr. Russell, the chairman of the English Department, guided students through ideas of paradise and the unique style of more recent Southern writers in Utopia and Satire and Southern Renascence respectively. The tenth graders waded through both their last year of serious vocabulary study and required term papers. Students having Mr. Pettigrew especially feared the two research papers due, the reasons being his unique grading system and understanding heart. Along with Mr. Pettigrew, Mr. Boelte and Mr. Hatchett shared graciously the Sophomores. Making the big jump to the Upper School, the Freshmen found Mr. Thompson, Mr. Pettigrew, and Mr. Haguewood waiting with treats in the forms of The Odyssey, Oedipus Rex and other works of literature. An in-depth examination of grammar and short stories as well as vocabulary was also involved. The Lower School program was headed by Miss Gattis, who taught the seventh grade, and Coach Kuhl who instructed the eighth grade. The seventh graders worked mainly on basic reading and writing skills, while the eighth graders expanded their reading into harder literature while studying grammar and vocabulary. This year the MUSe was out again, but in a new, longer, less fancy form. Throughout the second semester, work continued under the guidance of co-Editors Vint Lawson and Graham Matherne and Faculty Advisor Mr. Hatchett. MUSe EDITORS: Flip Eikner, Graham Matherne, Ruffner Page, Mr. Hatchett, Vint Lawson, Rollin Riggs, Haines Fullerton, Dale Wells. ENGLISH 109 Intprepar tion foik the halftime activities triat evening at he Fdbtball Homecoming, Isfi Ka± ibble Memorial Pep Bend Kaxubble Memorial Hep band mdmbers Allen MtCool, Tlempl Br«|wn, anl Flip Elkner renears ! CarpenJers ' hit« For Iw duilng their class jle, on tile otherlside o eiroom it t 1 I I 1 . . . band members Malcolm Aste, Rob Nash , and Jimmy McKinnon toot out strains oflhe sameltune. Lead trumpeter Steve Corlew, who Jespised |For All We Know, cut class that d ay an d unfortunately missed the pictUESji, the CarpenJers ' hiti For All We Knlw duilng their class nerio whjle, on tile otherlside of the cramped ensembleiroom nevl buildirjg In an enlightening visit last spring to Mr. Russell ' s Music Appreciation class, Mrs. H. R. Vermilye, a former resident of Pakistan, allowed John Townes to accompany her on her sitar as she sang and danced her version of Connie Francis ' hit Whose Sari Now? Earnestly starting off an otherwise dreary early, Monday-morning chapel with their rendition of The Bailie Hymn of the Republic, chorus members Tommy Christenbury, Ren Bourgoyne, Mark Merrill, John Murrah, and Dan Murrell glance quickly at their music and anxiously eye director Mr. Williams for their cut-off. Raring to continue covering their canvases at the commencement of ail class one day, painters Henry I Ismcook and I, on l.a .ar hastily mix their acrylics ami prepare to add yet smother color i the silready- shaping-up tableaus before them. The freedom in the Ail courses al Ml IS lo dabble in several different mediums certainly fulfilled the philosophy, Different strokes for different folks. 110 ACADEMICS New building, mixed choir, All-state choir, arts festival Beginning with the move into the new Fisher wrap-around wing this autumn, great advances were made in the Fine Arts Department at MUS, both in the academic classes and in the performance areas. In the academic courses, students in the Lower School began learning music notation, history, and lives of composers such as Mozart, Grieg, Handel, and Gershwin, and learned to play the handbells in the 7th and 8th Grade Music classes taught by Mr. Anthony Williams, Department Chairman, and Mr. Rick Broer. They also took a field trip to Cable piano manufacturing factory, Ivers-Pond, here in Memphis and enjoyed a very informative tour. After progression to the Upper School, many young men became connoisseurs of the works of Van Gogh, Turner, and Rembrandt, and those of Chopin, Beethoven, and Schoenberg in the Art Appreciation and Music Appreciation classes respectively, guided by Mr. James Russell. In these courses, appreciators were required to attend music concerts, or to design and display one bulletin board apiece on a particular facet of art. Mr. Russell also instructed many Seniors, including two Hutchison girls, in the Humanities. Stressed in this curriculum were the finer points of art, philosophy, music, architecture, and literature, with each pupil keeping a journal and meeting the requisite of 500 pages of outside reading per semester. In the Art I and II classes, students experimented in many mediums including charcoals, pencils, painting, pottery, welding, metal- cutting, silkscreening, and woodcutting under the direction of new faculty member Mr. Carroll Todd. The MUS graduate also instructed his prodigies in forms and shapes, and in drawing caricatures, and helped them submit entries to the Scholastic Art Contest in March for cash prizes and or scholarships. In the Music Department, Mr. Williams taught Instrumental Music and a new course, the Mixed Choir, for students from MUS and Hutchison. The Instrumental Music class consisted primarily of the Pep Band, which performed at athletic events and various skits and musical programs. The Mixed Choir performed in three concerts: the annual Fall and Spring Concerts, and a performance of Gabriel Faure ' s Requiem Mass. MUS also became a member this year of the West Tennessee Vocal Association, entering several men in competition for the State Choirs. Jim Johnson, Steve Manley, and Charlie Stuart made the All-West Tennessee Choir while Stuart, Stan Graves, and Rene Bourgoyne qualified for the All-State Choir. In the theater and elocution areas, Mr. George B. Elder, as well as directing the various school plays and Summer Drama Workshop, instructed two Speech classes, sponsoring several students in Speech Tournaments in which they fared very well. Mr. Andrew Saunders, while teaching no Fine Arts classes per se, inculcated many industrious lads with proficiency in the technical theatre arts, including set building, lighting, house management, programs, and painting. Many outlets are offered at Memphis University School for students to express their artistic talents. As well as the various classes, the plays, Talent Show, and Spring Fine Arts Festival were presented. With indeed some of the finest high school facilities in the city and a knowledgeable and experienced faculty, the MUS Fine Arts Department is one of the best around. FINE ARTS 111 No, Douglas Patteson is not a many-armed Buddah of a Far Eastern sect; rather, she is merely part of one of the cheerleader ' s creative formations. THE 1976-1977 CHEERLEADERS: (left to right) Janet Wepfer, Margot Bell, Sarah Hunter, Missy Nichols, Patrice Williford, Cathy Stout, Weezie Mann, Cary Jehl, Miriam Atkinson, and Douglas Patteson. Vivacious Cheerleaders Incite School Spirit When the football season began, the team was ready and so were the cheerleaders. After many hours of practice this summer, the 1976-1977 cheerleaders proved themselves to be as fine a group as MUS has ever had. With a wide repertoire of well- executed cheers, the girls exhibited efficient organization and inspired exuberance. Undoubtedly this year ' s squad was instrumental in arousing school spirit to its highest level in recent history. The girls braved foul weather and long distances to support the school and spur our teams on to victory. Even when we were losing, the cheerleaders remained optimistic to the end. The talented group performed under the able leadership of Captain Cary Jehl and Co-Captain Cathy Stout along with direction from sponsors, Mrs. Louis Jehl and Mrs. John T. Stout. Obviously this year ' s squad raised the standard of excellence sought after in MUS cheerleaders. 112 ORGANIZATIONS In the foyer of {he chapel, Margot Bell, Sarah Hunter, Janet Wepfer, Miriam Atkinson, and Patrice Williford take a deep breath and prepare for the upcoming frenzy of an MUS pep rally. The cheerleader ' s pyramid totters on the edge of catastrophe, but who can complain about the engineering of this structure? In the traditional CBHS pep rally Weezie Mann and Cary Jehl arouse the student body on an early Friday morning. CHEERLEADERS 113 LANGUAGES Labs, tapes, Don Quixote, Latin Tournament, Moliere Reading, writing, listening, speaking: what sound like the objectives of a first grade teacher are actually the not-so-elementary goals of the excellent Memphis University School Language Department. Provided for the student by this department are the grammatical and conversational preparation necessary for college, cultural insight into a language, and, incidentally, the requirements for graduation from MUS. Eighth grade students fulfilled their Latin I requirements by familiarizing themselves with Roman culture and the basics of Latin grammar under the guidance of Mrs. Betty Jo Higgs. Pupils with second-quarter averages of 85% opted for independent study, that is, so long as they maintained their average. Book reports, Roman Life projects, and participation in the Dressed for a Roman or; demonstrates the exube Second Place in the Stat it Landers jth which MUS won jurnament. Mid-South Latin Tournament offered students further outlets through which they could demonstrate their appreciation for the contributions of Latin to our English language and culture. In the Upper School, Latin scholars had an opportunity to continue their Old- World edification in Latin II, III, and IV. Miss Marilyn Green provided review of grammar fundamentals, coupled with studies of Caesar, Vergil, Ovid, and Oried. She was also sponsor of the Latin Club. Under her leadership students travelled last spring to Knoxville where they attained Second Place in the state Latin Tournament. Similar aspirations were set for this year ' s contest, held in Memphis. Mr. Vincent Mutzi ' s Spanish I and II classes emphasized conversational skills and grammar while his Spanish III students concentrated on literary and cultural enlightenment through the study of such works as Cervantes ' Don Quixote, and through oral reports on various relative topics. The French I, II, III, and IV classes were conducted by Mrs. Frank Robinson, Language Department Chairman. Instrumental in her courses were dictees, quizzes, themes, and reports on cultural aspects of France. Students became acquainted with the works of Beckett, Moliere, Camus, Zola, Corneille, and other renowned French writers, and with the precepts of French art, geography, history, customs, and daily life. Students in all language classes were required to record lessons on an average of one tape per two weeks, and regularly used the Language Labs or listened independently to programs in the library. The knowledge generated in these courses will prove invaluable in reading, travel, and in college. 114 ACADEMICS In a diligent attempt to fulfill his French II recording assignment. Steve Corlew makes a last minute anguage tape in the library. i.av.i ACKS 11- In a valiant attempt to explain the absence of his World History homework essay, Scott Schaefer recounts his previous night ' s ac ' ivities for the benefit of Mr. Schmidt. On the exterior of the door to Mr. Boelte ' s classroom, the haunting, ever-watchful Baby Eye stares contentedly following the perported rescue from its recent scandalous kidnapping. While seeking supplemental explanation of the Lockeian Theory from Mr. Deaderick in his office, an Advanced Placement American History student can easily identify many of this teacher ' s infamous tools of trade. 116 ACADEMICS SOCIAL STUDIES: Re-modeled A-P and Lower School program with continued electives In the History Department much stayed the same, yet major changes occurred in the approach to the advanced placement program and to the Lower School courses. Those brave lads willing to face the dreaded A-P exam this spring in American History were separated into a single class under Mr. Deaderick. Comprehensive analysis, statistics, interpretation were all part of this course which requires numerous essays and independent narrative work. In order to better prepare upcoming Freshmen for the shock of Upper School history courses, the Lower School history program was remodeled to include Government and a new course for eighth graders called Social Studies II, both of which were taught by Mr. Broer. The Social Studies II course was planned to diminish memorizing and involve more analyzing and writing. American History continued without fail this year. A change came, however, with Mr. Schmidt teaching one section while Mr. Deaderick taught two classes and Mr. MacQueen instructed his traditional first period class. The high number of electives offered by this department was taken advantage of by much of the student body. Studying everything from what is in the deep recesses of one ' s mind in Psychology under Mr. Shurlds to the cause of the Russian Revolution in Comparative Revolutions under Mr. Schmidt, the student learned the value of higher education often times with lower grades. Al ong with these other electives were Cultural and Intellectual History of the U.S. and Civil War History headed by Mr. Deaderick and Economics under Mr. Daniel. Several students, for both honorable and not-so-honorable reasons, went daily to Hutchison to take part in Mrs. Flannigan ' s Contemporary Issues class. Introducing the Freshman to the Upper School was Ancient and Medieval History with Mr. Boelte and Mr. Schmidt having a class each. And there was the Modern European History course. Because of decreasing interest only one session was scheduled under the direction of Mr. Schmidt. SOCIAL STUDIES 117 Active Council Also Proves Imaginative This year an active Student Council continued many of the programs initiated by previous councils but also ventured forth with many innovations of its own. Even old traditions were permeated with novel approaches. For example, in an effort to put freshman initiation on a more brotherly basis, the Student Council proposed that each Senior take his Freshman out to lunch. Also the usual Homecoming dances were enlivened by the creation of a mock-casino in the foyer of the school. Other important activities included Emphasis Eighteen, a program through which students were informed of their societal status as minors and as adults, and the planning of a spring festival involving music, art, and entertainment by students and outside talent. During the course of the year the Council managed to pass several major bills including the reorganization of the Pep Club, the establishment of sub-committees headed by the various commissioners, the maintenance of a Student Council bulletin board, and the formation of certain guidelines for the establishment and performance of clubs and school organizations. Certainly one of the actions most well-received by the student body was the return of food machines and a microwave oven in the student lounge. Also with regard to the lounge, the Council instituted lounge duty to relieve the backlog of students assigned to lunchroom duty. In the absence of the MUS Film Festival, the Council appeased avid moviegoers on several occasions with films by such greats as Laurel and Hardy, The Little Rascals, and W. C. Fields. These presentations were free to the students and public, and were, for the most part, well- attended. In a more serious effort the Council, in association with the Civic Service Club, provided food for needy families at Thanksgiving and raised money for the Mile-O-Dimes at Christmas. To characterize the ' 76- ' 77 Student Council as active would be insufficient; one would have to include the terms interested and imaginative as well. The Council served as an example and as encouragement for future student government at MUS. In the lecture room during one of several informal meetings sponsored by the Student Council, members Tri Watkins, Joe Morrison, Clif Phillips, and Stan Graves field questions raised by interested students. At the first dance of the year early in the football season, Hot Dog cooks in the lounge. 11(1 ORGANIZATIONS During a typical Wednesday afternoon Council meeting, President Clif Phillips and Commissioner Neil Utkov consider the latest proposal. At the Basketball Homecoming dance, Allen McCool counts his winnings after a long night at the roulette wheel in the Student Council ' s mock-casino. THE STUDENT COUNCIL: (front row) Philip Adams, Clif Phillips, Scott McDearman, Mike Holt, Neil Utkov, Preston Klinke; (back row) Joe Morrison, Mark Counce, Stan Graves, Dan Daniels, Tri Watkins, Allen McCool, Clayton Peeples, David Peeples and Dale Wells; (not pictured) Sidney Kriger. STUDENT COUNCIL 119 Honor Council Upholds Traditional Ideals The hallmark of Memphis University School is the feeling of trust and honor fostered by the Honor System and supported by the Honor Council. Understandably, the Honor System is the most esteemed institution at school. Although every student is aware of the existence of the Honor Code and Honor Council, few realize and appreciate the numerous advantages of such a system. An atmosphere of trust is of great value to MUS students for it enables them to live and work with less tension. Students can leave valuables, such as books and athletic equipment, exposed and unattended without fear of having them stolen. Furthermore, students can take examinations without hovering over their papers to hide their answers. A student pledges that the work on his paper is his and not the work of a neighboring classmate. Through mutual cooperation on the part of students and faculty the Honor System works to everyone ' s advantage. Under the Honor System each student is required to test his own morals. Because of the sense of security and trust displayed by the faculty and his peers, a student has Honor Council President Turley Howard and faculty advisor Mr. Pettigruw review the Constitution of the Honor System. countless opportunities to lie, cheat or steal and go unpunished. Fortunately, the spirit of honor at MUS encourages most students to abide by the Honor System. The opportunity to exist by honorable means is one of the greatest learning experiences a school can offer. Of course, violators and dissenters exist within any system. This aspect is dealt with by the Honor Council. If everyone conformed perfectly to the standards of the Honor System, MUS would have no need for the judicial services of the Honor Council. However, the purpose of the Council is to help the students, not to frighten them. Everyone must recognize the Honor Council as a body working to further the students ' sense of honesty, integrity and respect. Students should avoid stereotyping the Council as eager to sentence every violator to the maximum penalty. Naturally, the Honor Council is the most responsible and most respected organization at MUS because the Council consists of the students most admired by their peers. The student body selects the Council members. The Council members in turn have the difficult task of fairly judging those who chose them. This year the Council was definitely an excellent source of experience and leadership. 120 ORGANIZATIONS THE HONOR COUNCIL: (standing) Chip Grayson, Andy Cowan. Hampton Sides, Paul Edwards, Paul Deaton, Bruce Moore, Turley Howard; (seated) Davant Latham, Charlie AJlen. Jason Fleming, Andy Meyer, Jef Kaplan, and David Douglas. In the Lower School auditorium, Turley Howard interprets the Honor System from the student handbook for seventh and eighth graders. After lunch outside the student lounge, Bruce Moore and Turley Howard discuss a recent case while Andy Cowan, Chip Grayson and Charlie Allen listen. HONOR COUNCIL 121 Multitude Of Clubs Spark Interest The Civic Service Club, this year under the guidance of Mark Counce, again maintained an active schedule. The club ' s first project occurred in the early fall as members collected money for the National Hemophilia Foundation. The club ' s second major program was the Turkey Drive, an annual event whereby the students provide needy families with turkeys and food for Thanksgiving. This year the clu b purchased nine turkeys and six boxes of food. The third major enterprise undertaken by the club was the Christmas tree project. MUS students, together with members of the Boys ' Club, cut down and decorated a Christmas tree in the foyer. This year ' s Pep Club proved as vivacious as any pep organization in recent years. Club president Neil Utkov organized several committees to design posters and boost spirit for various sports events. Andy Cowan led the cheering at most football games, while spirited senior Marshall Clark inspired the fans during the basketball games. Another club this year was the Camera Club, composed of the school ' s most avid photographers. In the showcase in the south hall the club regularly exhibited original photographs. The Backgammon Club was one of the most active and well-organized clubs at MUS this year. Members held meetings on every other Wednesday after school and conducted backgammon clinics for students interested in learning to play and others who wanted to improve their skills. This year the Mechanics Club moved into its own workshop next to the maintenance building near the track. Members spent their time working on cars and even held a tune-up clinic one Saturday. THE MECHANICS CLUB: Lon Lazar, Frank Hitchings, Robert Gordon, Andy Kaplan, Sam Shedden, Will Bonner, Don Miller, Carter Rise, David Stinson, Mark Belz, Steve Hays. On a Sunday afternoon, Mark Counce, president of the Civic Service Club, gives instructions to students who gathered to collect for the Hemophilia Foundation. 122 ORGANIZATIONS The Pep Club, overflowing with spirit, finds itself unable to assume any definite formation. THE CAMERA CLUB: Howard Nease, Stuart Wilson, Frank Jones, John Jennings, Billy Knight, Tim Sharpe. THE BACKGAMMON CLUB: (front row) David Gould, Joey Pierce, Percy Clarke, John Wilbourn, Robert Gordon, Lon Lazar, Andy Kaplan, Greg Meyer; (second row) Sam Sheddon, Louis Wrenn, Bruce Gordon, Tom Gerber, Tucker Dewey, Alan Landers; (back row) Mark Belz, Barry Hendon, George Sousoulas, Ray Brandon, Sidney Kriger, Tod Singer, Keith Canfield, Jay Lindy, Dan Daniel, David Leonard, Ren Bourgoyne. CLUBS 123 PHYSICAL EDUCATION: Change in uniforms, Participation in team sports, Realization of raising level of personal fitness A change came this year which made places around the gym, cross- country course, and a softhall field much more attractive. The innovation was, of course, the new P.E. shirts fielded this year by the eager participants. Even though the gym shorts, socks, and shoes remained constant, the new shirt showed a large MUS in front, but as was the case last year, the back of the shirt had nothing on it. Despite the outward appearance changing, the P.E. course as such changed little. Again this year the program was guided by the two major goals of the department: taking part in a team sports program and bettering each individual ' s degree of fitness. To achieve the former, each class was divided into four separate and permanent teams with names like Mexican Blackbirds and Juice. These teams clashed head-on savagely in sports like softball, flag football, volleyball, cross-country, and basketball. Likewise, through memorable tasks such as cardio- vascular exams and the Circuit, equal emphasis was placed on the bodily condition of each P.E.er. To the heads of the Upper School P.E. program, Coaches Peters and Keesee, an A was earned through proper effort and attitude. Those lucky and hard-working souls who received an A were given a cut per quarter while the other students were given a date with the track. Over half of all Seniors fell under the Senior Independent Program which allowed them another free period during the day in return for pledged independent exercise. Failure to exercise resulted in their happy re-admittance to a regular P.E. class. Some Seniors became P.E. assistants. Here, they were able to satisfy their weekly independent P.E. requirements, drop their fifth subject and still receive one-half credit for their full year ' s work. In addition, they exercised their God complexes by commanding absolute power on the playing field (whenever the coaches were absent). Coach Ferguson was again in complete charge of Lower School activities in physical education. Various exercise drills and bar work combined with a rigorous running program gave the seventh and eighth graders a fun break from classes. Coach Ferguson invented many new calisthenics to get his lower schoolers in shape. This exercise was designed to strengthen back muscles and hold the gym ' s roof up. 124 ACADEMICS lj Since the beginning of time, students have tried to get out of P.E. Coach Keesee can ' t believe that one P.E. ' ers gym uniform was burned by his maid in a ritual sacrifice to«an obscure river god. ;- ___ J . ;., „ ,,: ■ , .. , , ; ,:, , _ _, The cross-country course, as David Caffey can attest, is an awesome and tiring run. Just watching his class complete it has made Coach Peters so exhausted that he had to take a seat on the stands and recover. PHYSICAL EDUCATION 125 Between class periods, Mr. Jackson takes time to explain to senior Dave Wright the applicability of Plato ' s Divided Line Theory to the Christian beliefs emphasized in the Ethics course. Continuing a traditional practice at MUS, Mark Counce reads verses from Corinthians I as he delivers the Friday morning chapel devotional. Setting up his Bible project in preparation for Mr. Elder ' s class, seventh grader Jay Mednikow adjusts his David in a victorious stance over the giant Goliath. 126 ACADEMICS RELIGION: tabernacle, FCA, electives, survey One of the most striking differences between the curriculum at Memphis University School and that at most schools in the area is that the students here are not only allowed to be taught Bible and religion-related courses, but also required to fulfill a one-unit requirement in this category in order to graduate. Seventh graders began laying a firm religious foundation in Mr. George B. Elder ' s Old Testament Survey class. In addition to their studies of the events which took place from Genesis until the coming of Christ, they were each required to turn in an out-of-class project, such as a model of Solomon ' s Temple or of Noah ' s Ark. Mr. Elder frequently lectured in the garb of an O.T. character such as Abraham, took his pupils on a field trip to a synagogue, and led them in building a life-size Tabernacle. The boys also had pop quizzes in the form of Bible Football, in which they competed in teams against each other for points. After graduation into the Upper School, ninth graders received their first half-unit of credit in the New Testament Survey course taught by Department Chairman, Mr. David Jackson. In this course, the life of Christ was stressed, as well as the later works of the Apostles, the journeys o f Paul, and the discovery of the Ryland Fragment in Egypt. Juniors and Seniors received their second half-unit in one of three electives, all taught by Mr. Jackson. The Comparative Religions class, which used a new textbook this year, studied the different aspects of the major religions of the world including Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Taoism and Islam. In the Philosophy of Religion course, pupils learn arguments for and against the Judiac and Christian God. Emphasized in the small class, which implemented a discussion rather than lecture format, were the relations of God with such topics as the suffering of people through the centuries, and evolution. The Christian Ethics class compared the different ethical philosophies of Aristotle, Nietzche, Bentham, and Russell, among others, with that of the New Testament. In this course, as well as in the Comparative Religions Class, oral reports on germaine t opics were given by the students. Students were edified by guest chapel speakers on Friday, and by Mr. Jackson ' s inspiring talks in Wednesday chapel. Mr. Jackson also sponsored the Fellowship of Christian Athletes who met regularly to play volleyball or basketball and then were led in discussion by a guest speaker. All in all, the Religion Department fulfilled its goal of providing a fresh look at the Bible. RELIGION 127 The new wing was the epitome of modern perfection and facilities. However, its spotlights in the foyer were not lined up quite right. The new Fine Arts Wing sits in placid readiness for the onslaught of students who will use it during the coming years. Its constuction is an example of MUS looking to the future. 128 ACADEMICS New Wing ' $ Worth by Graham Matherne Despite the Friday chapels, the lunch lines, the American History tests, and all other worn-out situations that tell one it has just been another year, there is one bit of physical proof to affirm otherwise — the new wrap-around wing to Hyde Chapel. This addition, which will be entitled the Fisher Fine Arts Wing upon Dedication Day, is indeed a drearn come true for several members of the Administration and Faculty. The 11.000 square-foot structure was built at the cost of 5400,000, furnished with another S23.000, and the area landscaped for some S6.000. This is all well and good, and certainly it was deemed money-well-spent, but what have the students received for such a huge amount of money? There are rooms which give permanent space not only to established facets of school life such as the Owl, the Owl ' s Hoot, and the Student Council, but also to some of the active groups around like the Ham Radio Club and the Strategy Club. Likewise, the Dark Room facilities are larger than those in the Library. But with the great amount of common sense shown daily by an average MUS student, it would not take long for him to decide that the area this building has served most is the Fine Arts Department. First of all there are several new offices occupied by Mr. Saunders. Mr. Elder, and Mr. Williams. Mr. Elder sums up the common attitude by saying he just loves his new office. The theatre branch of this department has seen increased space for the building of sets. Previously all work was done on the performing stage — thus creating a large mess for Friday pep rallies as well as for play practice;. Now all sets are made in the room to the rear of the stage and simply pushed in or out as the need be. With the addition of various power-tools the stage crew ' s limit is their imagination and budget. Furthermore, the rooms upstairs are invaluable as places for auditions and practice sessions. The collecting of costumes has now begun because of storage space given to that end. Finally, the new dressing rooms have eliminated the hanging-up of blankets, and a comfortable green room (for the cast that is about to go on stage) has provided a pleasant place for the performers to methodically forget their lines. For those students pursuing music, the addition has added much to the program. Those taking Instrumental Music find one large sound-proof room to meet in, but there are also three smaller rooms with a piano in each for practicing and tuning purposes. The Choral Music room not only serves as a place for 25 girls from Hutchison and 35 MUSers to meet and harmonize, but also is the setting of Lower School classes like Bellringing I. The choral room itself is as acoustically perfect as possible with special sound- absorbing walls and padded chairs. The $3,000 sound system includes recording capabilities on cassette or reel-to-reel, four mikes and mixer, turntable, receiver, cabinet, and speakers. Art is another course within this department that is affected by this structure. Students get to try their hands at pottery, painting, and sculpture in surroundings conducive; to serious work. New additions include a kiln, potter ' s wheels, and new larger drawing tables. These; classes give the student a change from his ordinary routine, but if his work is good enough, it has a chance of being bought by the school and put in a newly created collection of student art that will be kept at MUS. Furthermore, the gallery at the front of the building gives ample space to display students ' works. In short, the new addition is finished and being used. MUS has for the longest time given one the chance to put on a helmet and go out on a field to the cheers of hundreds, but now it gives one the opportunity to take in his hands some clay and mold it into a reflection of himself. For the longest time, one has had the chance to run and beat a time previously set, but now the opportunity to learn and conquer a piece of music or a part in a play is a real one. This addition gives a strong sense of identity to the Fine Arts Department. Physically one can see and mentally one can know that there is a place for the arts at MUS and this is (pine trees and all) what the students get from it — indeed money well-spent. _ NEW WING ESSAY 129 Staffs Hard Work Revives Interest This year, as in years past, the newspaper staff continued to turn out many fine editions of the school newspaper, the Owl ' s Hoot. Faculty advisor Mr. Mike Deaderick, editor- in-chief Haines Fullerton, and a dedicated staff combined their talents to produce newspapers which stirred the imagination and interest of the student body at MUS. This year ' s Owl ' s Hoot staff reported on topics which were as diverse as they were stimulating; they included local and national events, as well as important school events. However, the newspaper staff did not limit itself to merely writing articles; they even went so far as to sponsor a school-wide straw vote in the controversial 1976 election. Haines Fullerton and associate editor Marshall Clark were instrumental in the actual technical production of the newspaper and were responsible for quite a few good articles. The editorial section under the leadership of Chip Hughes produced hard-hitting and thought- provoking editorials and encouraged free expression of opposing viewpoints. Editor for the news section, Allen McCool, put his staff to work reporting on events anywhere from homecoming to the Turkey Bowl. Dale Wells did an admirable job in selecting features for his section which he chose primarily from articles contributed by the student body. Sports editor Glenn Crosby and his assistants provided excellent coverage of the many diverse athletic activities at school. Thanks to the editors and to the extremely hard-working and able staff the Owl ' s Hoot was again successful at maintaining the high quality expected of student publication at MUS. 1M0 ORGANIZATIONS Suffering from delusions o grandeur are the newspaper editors: Allen McCool, Chip Hughes, Dale Wells, Glenn Crosby, Marshall Clark, and Haines Fullerton. THE NEWSPAPER STAFF: (standing) Andy Humphries, Tim Sharpe, Vint Lawson, Vance Overby, Graham Matherne, Russell Deaton, Jim Enright, Stephan Sharp, Forest McCurdy, Flip Eikner; (sitting) Barry Rogers, John Stevens, Scott McDearman. Amused at Dale Wells ' feature article, associate editor Marshall Clark points it out to sports editor Glenn Crosby. NEWSPAPER 131 THE 1977 YEARBOOK EDITORS: Billy Knight, Forrest McCurdy, Ray Brandon, Chip Hughes, Tim Sharpe, Bob Fockler, Charlie Allen, Russell Deaton, John Atwood, Preston Klinke, Ted Powell, Scott McDearman, John Townes, Howard Nease, Carl Morrow, Flip Eikner. THE PHOTOGRAPHY AND DARKROOM STAFF: Tom Barzizza, Jon Garret, Rollin Riggs, Howard Nease, Trinner Moore. Billy Knight, John Jennings, Stephan Sharp, Brian Cunningham. THE YEARBOOK STAFF: (front row) Skip Jones, David Robinson, Stuart Wilson, Rollin Riggs, Trinner Moore, Stephan Sharp, Marty Lifer, Mark Wiley, Tri Watkins: (back row) Andy Humphries, Ken McCown, Mark Merrill, Whitney Brown, Jay Dunlap. 132 ORGANIZATIONS Veteran Staff Gets Job Done Led by a hard-working corps of veteran yearbookmen, this year ' s OWL staff produced yet another excellent yearbook. The workers, old and new, displayed diligence and devotion as they sacrificed their Saturdays to the all-important publication. The grueling task actually began in early July when the editors attended a week-long yearbook camp at Ole Miss, but the real thrust of the campaign began in early September. The staff toiled long hours to meet periodic deadlines and finally concluded their work on the ' 77 OWL in early February. With that final deadline the staff had assembled a book which captured both the individuality of the students and the spirit of the school as a whole. Mr. Ellis Haguewood, who served in the capacity of faculty advisor to the OWL, offered much-needed encouragement and guidance to the energetic workers. The photography and darkroom staffs also deserve credit as they provided the many pictures needed to fill the book. The 1977 editor-in-chief was Russell Deaton, who managed to bring out the best in the staff with his intelligent and able leadership. Certainly he deserves much praise for his unrelenting effort. Hard work and talent were the basic tools used by the staff in assembling the 1977 OWL. Furthermore, the final product is something of which every MUS student can be proud. Original features in the 1977 OWL are a new layout design in the opening section with margins based on the Aristotelian golden section, the absence of copy in the faculty and underclassmen sections, and a new divider page layout. This year ' s book also had more color pictures than any previous OWL. On a chilly Saturday morning in the publication room of the Fine Arts building. Russell Deaton and Mr. Haguewood review the proofbook for usable pictures. On an autumn afternoon Charlie Allen and Forrest McCurdy work untiringly to prepare material for the first of several deadlines. YEARBOOK 133 Clubs Provide Welcome Diversion This year the Strategy Club, Amateur Radio Club, Chess Club, and Fencing Club provided creative outlets for interested MUS students to express themselves in nonacademic areas while at school. For this reason these four clubs remained among the most popular with the students. The Strategy Club, under the leadership of Mack Oliver with the aid of Vice-President Tom Marshall and Secretary Rollin Riggs, met in Room 202 of the library until the Club received its own club room in the new arts building last December. Along with its new room, the Strategy Club obtained several new games with which members continued fighting military battles all over the world. Through these battles, The Strategy Club continued to strive for its aim of total world domination. The MUS Amateur Radio Club was quite active this year. This organization also moved into its own room in the new arts building and erected a new antenna during the Christmas Holidays. Members practiced ham radio code on Wednesdays and Saturdays to improve their skills and familiarize themselves with the workings of ham radio. The objective of the ham radio club was to license its new members for next year. The Chess Club attracted the attention of many students this year. Club president Tommy Gerber helped spark interest in the club and its activities with his witty announcements of upcoming matches. The team bounced back from last year ' s record of 0-12 to finish this year with a record of 8-4. Overall, this year was highly successful for the club. The Fencing Club was initiated this year. The members of the club practiced during their free periods to increase their proficiency in the fine art of fencing. Several members who knew the basics of fencing started the club which accepted students of varying degrees of skill from beginners to those who had taken courses in fencing. The fencing club along with the other clubs at MUS provided still more ways for MUS students to enjoy themselves and become involved. As Greg Meyer and Mack Oliver listen in, Scott Schaefer attempts to reach the Rubber Duck on the ham radio. On the walkway between the chapel and the Lower School ' , Malcolm Aste and Tom Marshall re-Jo fence before a small ml attentive audience. K(4 OKCANIZATIONS In the Strategy Club ' s new room Bill Long shows great joy having just wiped out an entire German division in the Battle of the Bulge. In an intense chess match against Craigmont, Chris Creson and Bill Long attempt to move the chessmen through psychokinesis. CLUBS 135 People 136 PEOPLE DIVIDER I 4 PEOPLE DIVIDER 137 During a spirited pep rally, Col. Lynn puts aside his work as Headmaster to lead the students in the traditional 15 Rahs before the Briarcrest game. Academic Dean L. W. MacQueen looks up from his work to remark with pride about his Nowland Van Powell painting in the background. His other interests include American History and closed-circuit TV. Preparing to lecture his economics class, Mr. Daniels reviews Wall Street Week, one of his many sources of information about the ever- changing tide of events on Wall Street. In addition to teaching economics, Mr. Daniels serves as school Business Manager. 138 FACULTY Head of the Dramatics Department George Elder envisions a dreamed-for climb in the theatrical world. In addition to directing school productions, Mr. Elder also teaches speech and Bible. During his Ecology class, Mr. Shurlds describes his success on a recent Canadian fishing trip. Mr. Shurlds ' other activities include guidance counseling and wearing coordinated clothing. As Mr. Saunders takes roll in his Lower School science class, he suddenly realizes he is getting his picture taken. Staring in amazement, Mr. Todd wonders how Eric Hunter can whip off such a masterpiece during organizational period. FACULTY 139 The office of Mr. Schmidt is always filled with students who are seeking aid or perhaps just shooting the bull. Here, Mr. Schmidt answers an inquiry about the philosophy of Rousseau. Chairman of the History Department Mr. Mike Deaderick laughs in disbelief after one of his students predicts SMU will defeat Arkansas. One week and ten dollars later, Mr. Deaderick couldn ' t-quite smile so wide. While casting a disapproving glare at library rowdies, Mrs. Hamilton mulls over the possibility of hiring a bouncer. During a lecture on the ethics of Hugh Hefner, Mr. Jackson pauses to explain to a bewildered student that Hefner ' s philosophy can be discussed in Biblical terms. 140 FACULTY At the CBHS pep rally, Mr. Hatchett teaches the MUS Fight Songio the student body. Mr. Hatchett, who coauthored the song, also teaches tenth grade English and several electives, all of which are perennially popular. Annual Adviser Mr. Ellis Haguewood takes a break from recording the grades of his English classes to explain to a weary annual editor that the photography staff has not robbed a gas station and left for Acapulco. After being duped into donning a pair of handcuffs, Mr. Thompson flashes his usual sarcastic grin and awaits the key; unfortunately, it had been destroyed five years earlier. Unable to free his hands, Mr. Thompson was forced to teach his English classes with them manacled together. FACULTY 141 Coach Keesee, a key assistant to Coach Peters in the P.E. Department, glares in disbelief as one of his students has informed him that his Yankees jacket doesn ' t make him look like Catfish Hunter at all. After zapping a hapless student with a week in the spaghetti room, Mr. Boelte enjoys a hearty laugh, knowing full well that he will never remember to turn in the student ' s name. Football isn ' t all that Coach Rudolph is concerned with; a ninth grade algebra class is another responsibility entrusted to him. Here, he ponders a student ' s query about quadratic equations. 142 FACULTY Deviating from his physics lecture, Mr. Etter explains how he nearly escaped death while trying to elude seniors during the Turkey Bowl. At casino night, Associate Headmaster D. E. Thorn collaborates with Clif Phillips on how they should stop a lucky student from breaking the bank. « «. ti  i A smil e breaks out on the face of Spanish teacher Vincent Mutzi as he discovers that he is able to have two intensive lab sessions this week instead of the usual one. Latin and Spanish teacher Miss Green manages to grasp the attention of her Latin class with a reading from Caesar ' s Gallic Wars. FACULTY 143 In the varsity training room, Coach Peters smiles as he watches one of his students collapse after completing the dreaded circuit. A new face at MUS, Mr. Tom Brown prepares to write a temperature conversion formula on the hoard. Along with his duties as Physics-Chemistry teacher, Mr. Brown coaches tennis and drives a pumpkin. Relaxing in his new office, Coach Watson greets a distressed student inquiring about his failing driver ' s education. | 144 FACULTY Lecturing to his government class, Mr. Broer explains to students the process of passing a bill. One of the mote active faculty members is Mr. McGhee, who not only teaches mathematics but also works with the ham radio station and the T.V. studio. Spanish and English teacher Mr. Pettigrew tries to hold his composure after being rudely awakened from his noon nap by a desperate faculty photographer. A new addition to the faculty was Mr. DeCell, who worked in the Mathematics Department. FACULTY 145 A glance into Miss Gattis ' eighth-grade English class usually finds her in the process of trying to convince her unbelieving students that the story of the Cyclops in Mythology isn ' t Edith Hamilton ' s autobiography. Seventh grade English teacher Mr. Fred Kuhl prepares yet another chapel announcement in the hopes of getting students to attend the next wrasslin match. With tight-lipped firmness, Mr. Springfield, Lower School Headmaster, prepares to sign a student ' s deficiency report. Chairman of the English Department Mr. James Russell, leans back and takes a break from his many duties. A man of varied interests, Mr. Russell instructs two English electives along with the popular Art and Music Appreciation courses. 146 FACULTY Surveying his uncontested domain, Mr. Ramsey looks in the computer room at a student trying to program the computer to self-destruct. Looking up from his lecture notes, Mr. Taylor, tennis coach and biology teacher, spots an indolent student sleeping on the floor. Having warned Bobby Neal twice, Mr. Williams, head of the Music Department, threatens to throw the book at him if he slips off key again. FACULTY 147 Making a test for her calculus students to ponder over, Mrs. Scrimger, head of the Math Department, assumes the position that many of her students take during a test: one of utter amazement and frustration. French teacher, Mrs. Robinson, stares in disbelief as one of her students remarks that he thinks he remembers her wearing that same outfit once before. Contemplating switching Tommy Christenbury tc left-half, Coach Joe Davis, football coach and geography teacher pretends to ponder over the climate in Siberia for the benefit of impressionable seventh graders. 140 FACULTY After a weary day of chemistry-teaching and handbook- peddling, Mr. Omundson spends some leisure time reading about new ways to torment students with complex formulas. Mr. O. spends after-school time coaching the swim team at Mason YMCA. Surrounded by a mass of Lower Schoolers, Coach Ferguson scouts future Upper School P.E. jocks during a basketball game in the lower school. Coach Ferguson was selected the outstanding coach-of-the-year in his YMCA league. To the amusement of student-of-the-day Ted Powell, Mrs. Folden scolds one of her typing students for playing Target Typing. Mrs. Folden divides her teaching time between MUS and Hutchison. No longer do the typing shuttle-buses run. FACULTY 149 The lower school office was run by secretary Mrs. Anne Taylor. THE UPPER SCHOOL OFFICE STAFF: Miss Mary Nell Easum and Mrs. Lynn Brugge. wmmm THE ASSISTANT LIBRARIANS: Mrs. Emily Haizlip, Mrs. Kay Allen, Mrs. THE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE: Mrs. Jean Hale and Mrs. Mary Huckaba. Mildred Mayer. 150 FACULTY Two of the school ' s best friends — Willie Taylor and Robert Watson. The school dietician, Mrs. Nell Lenti, is constantly on alert for those who can ' t control themselves during the midday meal. THE KITCHEN STAFF: Lucille Maxwell, Jerri Crutcher, Josie Cowans, Mattie McKinney, and Ersie King. THE MAINTENANCE STAFF: Eddie Churchill, Robert Davis, Rusty Kellum, and Frank Demming. FACULTY 151 Seniors Are Once Again School John Patrick Adams Civic Service Club 9. 10. 11, 12; Scuba Club 11, 12; RCA. 10, 11, 12; Pep Club 10. 11, 12; Grease Monkeys 11. 12; Election Convention 11; Basketball 9. Charles Brenham Allen Civic Service Club 9, 10. 11. 12; Pep Club 10. 11. 12; Ski Club 11. 12; Stage Crew 9. 10. 11; Yearbook Staff 9, 10; Section Editor 11, 12; Honor Council Represent- ative 9, 12; Election Convention 9. 10. 11: Help a Games 9; Dean ' s Scholar 9. 10. 11. 12; National Merit Semi-Finalist 12; National Honor Society 11; Cum Laude 11; Quill and Scroll 11; Soccer 9; Wrestling 9. 11. John Malcolm Aste, Jr. Pep Club 12; Scuba Club 9, 10. 11; Ski Club 11, 12; Pep Band 11, 12; Racquetball Club 12; Stage Crew 10. 11, 12; Actor in Inherit the Wind 11; Actor in No Time for Sergeants 12; Dean ' s List 9, 11; Football 9. Ronald Jay Banks Civic Service Club 9, 10, 11, 12; Pep Club 11, 12: F.C.A. 11. 12; Help at Games 9. 10, 11. 12; National Merit Letter of Commendation 12; Track 9, 10, 11, 12; Cross Country 11. Warren Watson Boone F.C.A. 9, 10. 11. 12; U Club 9; Scuba Club 12; Latin Club 9; Social Committee 12; NEDT Letter of Com- mendation !l; Football II). 11, 12; Wrestling 9, 10; Track 9. Rene Stephen Bourgoyne Civic Service Club 10, 11. 12; Pep Club 11. 12; Latin Club 9. 10; F.C.A. 12; Racquetball Club 12; Election Convention 9; Social Committee it; Dean ' s Scholar 9, 10. 11. 12: Cum Laude 11, 12; Mu Alpha Theta 11, 12; Basketball 9; Cross Country 9, 10, 11. 12: Track 9. 10, 11,12. HEADS The Class of ' 77 was probably the most diverse group of individuals to have graduated from MUS in recent years. As a result of their independence, the Seniors excelled in almost every facet of school life. Excellence was not the only trademark of the Seniors. Consistency played as large a role as superiority. The Seniors led the school in all major areas, and did so beyond the standards set by past classes. Furthermore, the graduating class has been considered by some to be the most intelligent class ever at MUS. Not only did the Seniors lead in the traditional areas — the publications, athletics and student government — but also in other areas such as academics, theater, integrity and overall school spirit. Sure, the Seniors did the same things past senior classes have done. They slumped at times academically; they acquired spiritual apathy on occasion; but for the most part they achieved, and achieved more than almost any other class ever to graduate from MUS. 152 SENIORS Raymond Wilson Brandon Lalin Club 9; Magic Club 9. 10.11.12; Pep Club 11. 12: Ski Club 11: M.U.S Political Caucus 12: Actor in Inherit The Wind, and Oliver 11: Stage Crew for The World of Carl Sandburg 11: No Time For Sergeants 12; Audio Engineer 12; Yearbook Staff 12: Darkroom Staff 12; MUSe Staff 12: Dean ' s List 9. 10. 11.12. Charles Whitney Brown, Jr. Civic Service Club 10. 11. 12. Pep Club 11. 12: Ski Club 11. 12; President of Racquelball Club 12. TV Crew 12; Stage Crew 10. 11. 12; Actor in Inherit the Wind 11; Actor in No Time for Sergeants 12; Year- book Staff 12; Newspaper Staff 12; NEDT Letter of Commendation 9; National Merit Letter of Commen- dation 12: Dean ' s List 9. 10. 11. 12: Dean ' s Scholar 11: Wrestling 11. William White Canale Civic Service Club 10. 12; Latin Club 9; Fishing Club 9. 10: Ham Radio Club 12: Tennis Club 10 fames Monroe Chambers IV F.C.A. 9. 10. 11. 12; Scuba Club 9. 10. 11. 12; Civic Service Club 11. 12: Football 9, 10. 11. 12: Basketball 9; Wrestling 11; Track 9. 10. 11. Marshall Ash ton Clark Civic Service Club 11. 12: Pep Club 11. 12; Newspa- per Staff 11: Associate Editor 12: Cheerleader 12; Dean ' s List 9, 10. 11. 12; Quill and Scroll 11; Mu Alpha Theta 12; Basketball 9; Golf 10. 11.12. Percy Caul field Clarke, III Civic Service Club 11. 12: Pep Club 9. 10. 11; Secre- tary 12; F.C.A. 10. 11. 12; Latin Club 9. 10: Election Convention 10; NEDT Letter of Commendation 9: National Merit Letter of Commendation 12; Football 9, 10. 11. 12; Wrestling 9. 10: Track 9. Inspired by the Buzzards performance against Christian Brothers, band member Flip Eikner sees the light. SENIORS 153 Mark Sorrels Co u nee Civic Service Club 10, 11; President 12; Pep Club 10. 11. 12: F.C.A. 9. 10, 11, 12; Newspaper Staff 11, 12; MUSe Staff 12; Student Council Parliamentarian 12; Dean ' s List 9. 10. 11; Basketball 10, 11, 12; Track 11. Glenn Allen Crosby, Jr. Civic Service Club 1(1. 11, 12; Pep Club 9. 10. 11. 12; F.C.A. 9. 10. 11; President 12; Cycling Club 9; News- paper Staff 10: Sports Editor 12; MUSe Staff 12; Nominating Committee 11: Dean ' s List 10; Football 9: Trai k ' I: Tennis 11. 12. Russell Jerry Deaton Civic Service Club 10. 11. 12: Pep Club 11. 12; Latin Club 9; Actor in Oliver 11; Actor in The World of Carl Sandberg 11: Yearbook Section Editor 11; Edi- tor-in-Chief 12; Newspaper Staff 12; Student Council 9; Election Convention 9. 11; Help at Games 9: Dean ' s Scholar 9. 10. 1 1. 12; National Merit Semi-Finalist 12: National Honor Society 11; Cum Laude 11; Quill and Scroll 11: Mu Alpha Theta 11; Football 9 Richard Curtis Dietrich Strategy Club 10: Dean ' s Scholar 10, 11. 12; Cum Laude 11; Mu Alpha Theta 12. John Robert Dunlap, Jr. Civic Service Club 12; Pep Club 9. 10. 11, 12; F.C.A. 11. 12; Ski Club 11: Annual Staff 11. 12. Phillip Bransford Eikner Pep Club 12; Pep Band 11; President 12: Actor in Deadwood Dick. Inherit the Wind. Oliver 11; Up the Down Staircase 12: No Time for Sergeants 12; Stage Crew 11. 12: Publicity 11. 12; Tickets 11. 12: Program for Inherit the Wind. Oliver 11; Program for Up the Down Staircase. No Time for Sergeants 12; T.V. Crew 12: Dean ' s List 11: National Merit Letter of Commendation 12. Honor System Leaders Display INTEGRITY 154 SKNIOKS Who uses the Honor System? Who cares about the Honor System? Maybe new students do not immediately fall in love with the idea of pledging their papers and reporting offenders, but those who have been here longer, especially the Seniors, have grown to respect the system and play a very important role in it, whether they know it or not. Everyone in the school watches the Seniors. Teachers watch Seniors to check their extracurricular activities, but younger students watch the Seniors because they respect them. Even though their influence may be subtle, the Seniors set examples for the younger students in almost all phases of school life, including the Honor System. In addition to influencing the underclassmen covertly, some seniors lead the Honor Council itself. Those seniors who are on the council have generally been there longer than the other members and provide the vital leadership for the council. To many students, the Seniors are the embodiment of the Honor System. Grinning and shrugging his shoulders in resignation, Ray Brandon finds out what he really did on the previous w James Gilbert Enright Newspaper Staff 12: National Merit Letter nf Com- mendal inn 12. Bayard Snowden Erb Fishing Club 9. 10: Cycle Club 10; Social Committee 9; Civic Service Club 10. Robert Mitchell Fockler Camera Club 11, 12; Stage Crew for Oliver!. The World of Carl Sandberg 11; No Time for Sergeants 12; Yearbook Staff 11. Darkroom Editor 12; Newspa- per Staff 12; Dean ' s List 11. 12; Dean ' s Scholar 10; National Merit Semi-Finalist 12; Cum Laude 11; Quill and Scroll 11; Mu Alpha Theta 11; President 12. Haines Crossan Fullerton Civil; Service Club 11. 12; Pep Club 12; Ski Club II Latin Club 9: Foosball Club 12: Newspaper Si. iff 9. 10. 11: Editor-in-Chief 12; MUSc Staff 11. 12: Year- book Staff 12: Election Convention 11: Social Com- mittee 11. 12; Dean ' s List 9; Dean ' s Scholar 10. 11 12: National Honor Society 11; Cum Laude 11; Quill and Scroll 11; Mu Alpha Theta 11: Football 9 Thomas Louis Gerber Civic Service Club 12: Backgammon Club 12: Strat- egy Club 9. 1(1. 1 1. 12: Chess Club 9, 111; President 1 1 12; Annual Si. iff 10; Mi Sc Staff 12: Tennis 9; Trai k 9: Soccer 111. John Monroe Gowdy HI Civic Service Club 11: F.C.A. 9, 10. 11. 12; Latin Club 9; Football 9. 10. 11.12: Wrestling 9. H); Sooeei 1 1 SENIORS 155 Randolph Wirt Graves Civic Service Club 9, 10; Racquelball Club 12; Drama Club 9; Stage Crew for Ten Little Indians, The Physi- cian in Spite of Himself. Bye Bye Birdie 9; Stage Crew for The Man Who Came to Dinner, Carousel, Deadwood Dick 10; Stage Manager for Glass Menag- erie 10; Stage Manager for Inherit the Wind, Oliver! 11; No Time for Sergeants 12; Chapel Committee 11, 12;T.V. Crew 11. 12. Stanley Cecil Graves Civic Service Club 9, 10. 11. 12; Pep Club 9. 10. 11. 12; F.C.A. 9, 10. 11. 12; Scuba Club 9. 10. 11. 12; Ham Radio Club 9, 10; Mechanics Club 10. 11. 12; MUSe Staff 11. 12; Election Convention 9, 10, 11, 12; Student Council 11; Commissioner of Student Welfare 12; Dean ' s Scholar 9, 10, 11, 12; Sewanee Award 11; Ran- dal] Perkins Memorial Scholarship 11; Basketball 9, 10, 11, 12; Track 9, 10. 11, 12. Edward Lewis Hardin Scuba Club 9. 10; Ski Club 11, 12; T.V. Crew 12; NEDT Letter of Commendation 9. •Ed w a rS Lewia Hen don Civic Service Club 11, 12; Pep Club 11, 12; F.C.A. 12; Magic Club 10, 11, 12; Tennis Club 10; Spotlight for Oliver! 11; Help at Games 10; Dean ' s List 9, 10, 11, 12; NEDT Letter of Commendation 9; National Merit Letter of Commendation 12; Track Manager 9, 11; Basketball Manager 10; Yearbook Business Manager 12. Steven John Hergenrader Pep Club 11, 12; Ski Club 11; Yearbook Staff 10, 11, 12; Newspaper Staff 12; MUSe Staff 12; Election Con- vention 9, 10; Cheerleader 11, 12; Soccer 10, 11, 12. fames Turley Howard Civic Service Club 12; F.C.A. 11, 12; Latin Club Presi- dent 9; Cycling Club 12: Honor Council 9, 10; Secre- tary 11; President 12; Election Convention 9, 1(1. 11; Dean ' s List 9; National Honor Society 11; Football 9, 10, 11,12. In order to meet a fast-approaching deadline, Russell Deaton frantically fills out a photographic work order. 156 SENIORS William Templet on Howard, 111 Civic Service Club ' J. 10. 11. Pep Club 9. 10, 11. 12. Cycling Club J; Latin Club 9. 10. Ski Club 11; Yi-.ir- book Staff 12: Social Committee 10: TV Crew 12. Dean ' s List 9: Track 11, 12. Reeves Hughes, HI Aclor in M.m Who Came lo Dinner, Rainmaker. Car- ousel 9: You Can ' t T.ikr ll With You, The Glass Menagerie, Annir Gel Your Gun. Bagful of Goodies 10: Deadwood Dick. Inherit the Wind. The World of Carl Sandberg. Oliver! IV. Newspaper Staff 11: Edito- rials Editor 12: Yearbook Staff 11: Section Editor 12: MUSc Staff 11. 12; Election Convention 11: Dean ' s List 9. 10, 11: Dean ' s Scholar 11: NEDT Letter of Com- mendation 9: National Merit Semi-Finalisl 12; Soccer 10. 12. William Andrew Humphries Civic Service Club 12; Pep Club 11. 12: F.C.A. 11. 12: Latin Club 9: Newspaper Staff 11. 12: Yearbook Staff 11. 12; Election Convention 11. Social Commillee 9: Tennis 9, 10,11, 12; Soccer 9. 10. 11. 12 Herbert McDade Hunt Civic Service Club 12; Pep Club 11. 12: EC. A. 11. 12; Tennis 12: Soccer 11. 12 (Transferred to MliS in Elev- enth Crade). Jeffery Michael Hunt Civic Service Club 11: F.C.A. 12: Latin Club Help at Games 11; Foot ha 12. 9. 10: Basketball 9. 111. 11. William Kent Ihrig Civic Service Club 10. 11. 12: Pep Club 12; F.C.A. 11. 12; Latin Club 9; Strategy Club 10; MUSr Staff 12; NEDT Letter of Commendation 9: Football 9. 11. 12. DIVERSITY The effect of each MUS Student Council can be measured by the amount of interest and participation contributed by its Seniors. Year after year, the attitude of the Senior Class determines the overall atmosphere of school life. Seniors directly influence the ability of a Council to be successful through their willingness to help and desire for creativity. The Class of 77 will be remembered as open-minded and free from tension. They were diversified and yet, they respected each other ' s differences; and, more often than not, they took pride in these differences. Of course, the inevitable cliques developed; but, in contrast to previous years, they threatened neither friendships nor communication between classmates. The 76-77 Seniors were an unusual class — a melting pot of geographic and elementary school backgrounds. Scholars, musicians, athletes, actors, writers, and artists — everybody did his thing and everybody else respected him for it. Encourages Student Council SENIORS 157 William Cullen Kehoe Civic Service Club 10, 11; Pep Club 9. 10, II. 12; F.C . 9, 10, 11, 12; Ham Radio Club 9, 10, 11; Mechanics Club 10, 11; Stage Crew 11; Social Com- mittee 10, 11, 12; Election Convention 9, 10; Wrestling 9, 10, 11; Track 9, 10, 12. John Preston Khnke, Jr. Civic Service Club 9, 10. 11, 12; Pep Club 11, 12; F.C.A. 12; Latin Club 9; Cycling Club 12; Racquetball Club 12; Yearbook Section Editor 12; Social Commit- tee 11; Election Convention 9. 10, 11, 12; Student Council Chaplain 12: Dean ' s List 9, 10, 11, 12; Dean ' s Scholar 9, 11. 12; NEDT Letter of Commendation 9; Basketball 9. Alan Stephen Kotler Pep Club 12; Latin Club 9. 10; President 11; Scuba Club 10; Stage Crew 10; Dean ' s List 9; NEDT Letter of Commendation 9; Football H, 10. 11, 12; Track 9, Christopher John Lambert Pep Club 11, 12; F.C.A. 11, 12; Help at Games 9; Ten- nis 9. 10: Soccer 9. 12. William Vinton Lawson, HI Civic Service Club 10, 11, 12; Pep Club 10, 11, 12; F.C.A. 11. 12; Newspaper Staff 11, 12; Yearbook Staff 11, 12; MUSe 11; Editor-in-Chief 12; Election Conven- tion 10; Cheerleader 12; Football 9; Basketball 9; Soc- cer 10. 11. 12; Track 9, 11. 12. John Hubbard Lunn Civic Service Club 10. 12; Pep Club 12; F.C.A. 10, 11, 12; Latin Club 9; Stage Crew 10; Wrestling 11. 12; Track 12. Publications Spur Seniors 9 CREATIVITY In considering the value of publications and the role they play at MUS, one must first imagine what MUS would be like without them. More people would have more free time and many people would make better grades. The plain fact is that before long everybody would be saying, Where are the publications? Publications are a very large part of the seniors ' contribution to MUS because they provide one of the major outlets for energy, creativity, and expression. What if there were no MUSe and no one were aware of the vast talent in creative writing that exists in the Senior Class? What if there were no annual and the seniors were prevented from capturing their six years at MUS? What if there were no newspaper and everyone could not analyze and reflect on current and recent events? Publications are also very important in that they help to shape the inherently good qualities of many seniors. Whether in writing, typing, photographing, or editing, working on a publication is demanding work and helps instill the valuable qualities of industriousness and responsibility in a great number of people. 158 SKNIORS After hitting the jackpot at the Student Council ' s casino following homecoming, Percy Clarke grins like a Cheshire Cat at the thought of spending his newly-acquired wealth. Laura Sanderson, Percy ' s lovely assistant, helps him attract female attention. Ralph Allen McCool, Jr. Civic Service Club 11; Pep Club 12: Racquetball Club 12; Newspaper Staff 11; News Page Editor 12; Stu- dent Council Commissioner of Activities 12; Mu Alpha Theta 11; Football 9. Louis Kenneth McCown, Jr. Civic Service Club 10, 11, 12; Pep Club 12; Latin Club 9, 10; Stage Crew 9, 10, 11, 12; MUSe Staff 11; Year- book Staff 12; National Merit Letter of Commenda- tion 12. Forrest Hal McCurdy Civic Service Club 9, 10, 11, 12; Pep Club 9. 10, 11, 12 Latin Club 9; Racquetball Club 12; Camera Club 12 Stage Crew 9. 10; Actor in No Time for Sergeants 12 Yearbook Staff 10. 11. 12; Ad Campaign Manager 12 Newspaper Staff 12; MUSe Staff 12; Election Con vention 10. 11; Social Committee 10. 11. 12; Dean ' List 9; Quill and Scroll 11; Soccer 11: Track 10. 11. James Scott McDearman Civic Service Club 9, 10. 11. 12; Pep Club 9, 10. 11. 12; Latin Club 9; Tennis Club 10; Racquetball Club 12: Actor in Oliver! 11; Program for The World of Carl Sandberg 11; Yearbook Staff 10, 11; Section Editor 12; Newspaper Staff 12; Social Committee 10: Elec- tion Convention 11; Student Council Commissioner of Athletics 12; Dean ' s List 9. 11. 12: NEDT Letter of Commendation 9; National Merit Letter of Commen- dation 12; Quill and Scroll 11; Basketball 9. Jack McDonald, III Civic Service Club 11. 12; F.C.A. 12; Football 9. 10. 11. 12; Wrestling 9. 10. 11, 12. Stephen Craig Malone Civic Service Club 11; Pep Club 9: F.C.A. 9. 10; Ski Club 11; Wrestling 9: Soccer 9; Track 10. 11. 12; Cross Country 10. 11.12. SENIORS 159 Senior Actors Spread MUST A ' D ' s FAME As the drama department at MUS continued to grow, it remained dependent upon the Senior members for its driving force. As usual, the lead roles in both major plays of the ' 76-77 school year — No Time for Sergeants and Man of La Mancha — were captured by members of the Senior Class. Further, Seniors held many of the supporting roles. The veteran performers not only turned in fine performances, but also helped to lead other members of the casts of both major productions. Seniors also played key roles in publicity and programs, in addition to all phases of back-stage activity, including lights and stage crew. One innovative Senior even devised a sound system to more graphically present the sound effects in MUSTA ' D ' s first production of the ' 76- ' 77 school year, No Time for Sergeants. Spurred by Senior involvement, the MUS Theater Arts Department enjoyed another successful year. For the first time in MUSTA ' D ' s history, a non-musical, No Time for Sergeants, played to a full house. Provided with encouragement from crowds and student participation, the Drama Department expects continued success. Oscar Tom Marshall Chess Club President 11; Strategy Club President 12; Tennis Team 11, 12; (Transferred to M.U.S. in the 11th Grade). fames Graham Matherne Civic Service Club 11, 12; F.C.A. 9; Pep Club 9, 10, 11; French Club 10. 11; Television Club 10, 11, 12; T.V. News Show 11, 12; T.V. Production 10, 11, 12; Year- book Section Editor 12; MUSe Staff 11, 12; Newspa- per Staff 12; Cum Laude 11; Mu Alpha Theta 11; Dean ' s Scholar 9, 10, 11; Dean ' s List 9, 10. 11, 12. John Mark Merrill Latin Club 9; MUSARC 9, 10; Chess Club 10; Strategy Club 10; Tennis Club 10; Pep Club 11, 12; Camera Club 11; Yearbook Staff 12; Newspaper Staff 12; Worked in T.V. Studio 10, 11. 12; NEDT Letter of Commendation; National Merit Semi-Finalist 12. David Dwight Miller F.C.A. 12; Football 10, 11, 12; Basketball 9, 10. Starke Taylor Cline Miller F.C.A. 9, 10, 11, 12; U Club 10; Scuba Club 12; Social Committee 9; Wrestling 9; Track 9; Football 9, 10, 11, 12. William Edward Miller Civic Service Club 10. 11. 12; Latin Club 9; F.C.A. 11, 12; Pep Club 11. 12; Newspaper Staff 12; Dean ' s Scholar 9, 10, 11. 12; Cum Laude 11, 12; Mu Alpha Theta 11, 12. 160 SENIORS James Bruce Moore Civic Service Club 10, 11, 12; F.C.A. 11. 12; Pep Club 9, 10, 11, 12; MUSe Staff 12; Honor Council 10, 11; Vice-President 12; Senior Class President; Election Convention 9, 10, 11; NEDT Letter of Commendation 9; Football 9, 11,12. Walter Trinner Moore Civic Service Club 11, 12; Pep Club 12; Latin Club 9; Yearbook Staff 12; Darkroom Staff 12; NEDT Letter of Commendation 9; Football 9; Wrestling 9. 10. 11. 12. John Fargason Murrah Civic Service Club 11; Pep Club 10, 11: Dean ' s List 9, 11; NEDT Letter of Commendation 9; Soccer 10; Track 9, 11. Dan Hillman Murre ll Civic Service Club 10, 11; Ski Club 11; President 12 Raquetball Club 12; Latin Club 9; Cycling Club 10 Pep Club 11, 12; MUS ' keteers 11, 12; Swing Choir 11 Stage Crew 9; Actor in No Time for Sergeants, Year book Staff 12; Help at Games 9, 10, 11, 12; Dean ' s Lisl 9. Robert Edward Neal Jr. Civic Service Club 9, 10, 11, 12; Pep Club 9. 10, 11, 12; F.C.A. 12; Camera Club 12; Tennis Club 10; Latin Club 10; Actor in No Time for Sergeants: Yearbook Staff 12; Newspaper Staff 12; Basketball 9, 10; Track 9. Charles Paxton Oates Civic Service Club 9, 10, 11, 12; Pep Club 11, 12; Fish- ing Club 9. 10, 11. As MUS ' s first snow showers his car and safari outfit, Whitney Brown exult in the white stuff. SENIORS 161 Edward Orgill O ' Brien Civic Service Club 12; Pep Club 12; Fishing Club 9, 10; Help in Library 11. Mack Brothers Oliver Pep Club 12; Ham Radio Club President 11, 12; Scuba Club9, 10, 11. 12; Strategy Club9, 10, 11; President 12; Chess Club 9, 10, 11, 12; Ski Club 12; Yearbook Staff 10: Dean ' s List 9; NEDT Letter of Commendation 9; Football 9; Wrestling 10; Track 11. 12. En c Wayn e Om undson Chess Club 9, 10; Strategy Club 11, 12; Help at Games 9, 10, 11,12. John Booth Outlan Strategy Club 9. 10. 12; Scuba Club 9. 10, 11, 12; Ski Club 11, 12; Camera Club 11; Yearbook Photography Staff 1(1. 11, 12; NEDT Letter of Commendation 9; National Merit Semi-Finalist 12; Football 9; Track 9. Gen e Ruffn er Page Civic Service Club 11; Pep Club 10, 11, 12; F.C.A. 11. 12; Ski Club 11,12; Yearbook Staff 11. 12; MUSe Staff 12; Help with Intramural Soccer 11; Football 9; Soc- cer 10. 12. Clayton Ingram Peeples Civic Service Club 10. 11. 12: Pep Club 10, 11, 12; F.C.A. 10. 11, 12; Cycling Club 9; Stage Crew 11; Actor in No Time for Sergeants 12; Magazine Drive Chairman 12; Cheerleader 11, 12; Help at Games 11, 12; Football 9; Soccer 10, 12; Wrestling 11. ATHLETES As athletics continued to affect practically every student in school in the ' 76- ' 77 school year, the Seniors played major roles in almost every phase of the MUS sports program. They led the football, basketball, cross-country, and soccer teams to their usual fine seasons. Further, although they received a great deal of criticism early in the year, the Seniors did make a major contribution to spirit in almost every sport. The football team relied strongly on its Seniors to anchor the offensive and defensive lines, in addition to some of the defensive backfield. The cross-country team, with four of its top six runners Seniors, finished third in the state, higher than any past MUS team. Seniors also led the soccer team to a superior season. The golf team, sporting Seniors as its top performers, was expected to finish high in the state. At the beginning of the year, many students accused Seniors of apathy toward athletics, especially football. As the crowds picked up near the end of the season, however, the Seniors asserted themselves as leaders of school spirit, a movement which gained impetus throughout the basketball season. In Senior Class Unify Teams 162 SENIORS With another work week having drawn to an end, John Murrah envisions weekend delights as he exits the east corridor; TGIF! Clifton Bondurant Phillips Civic Service Club 9, 10, 11, 12; Pep Club 9. 10, 11, 12; Social Committee 9, 10; Student Council Treasurer 11; President 12; Delegate to Convention 9, 10, 11; Newspaper Staff 10, 11, 12; Dean ' s List 10. 11; Foot- ball 9; Soccer 10, 11, 12. Charles Mark Porter Latin Club 10; Track 9, 10, 11, 12; Cross Country 9. 10. 11,12- Carey Earl Potter Civic Service Club 12; Pep Club 12; Latin Club 9; Scuba Club 9, 10, 11; Chess Club 11; Ski Club 11; Fishing Club 9; Dean ' s List 10, 11; Basketball 9; Track 9. Edward Cleveland Powell Civic Service Club 12; F.C.A. 12; Cycling Club 9: Yearbook Staff 11; Section Editor 12; Social Commit- tee 12; T.V. Crew 12; Cross Country 11, 12; Track 10. 11.12. James Connell Rainer, IV Fishing Club 9. 10; Backgammon Club 12; Cheer- leader 12; Soccer 10. 12. Henry Barham Rogers Civic Service Club 11, 12; Pep Club 10, 11. 12; F.C.A. 9, 10, 11, 12; Cycling Club 9; Newspaper Staff 11, 12; MUSe Staff 12; Social Committee 12; Dean ' s List 9. 10; Basketball 9. 11. 12; Track 11. SENIORS 163 Seniors Spurred By Academic PRESSURE Seniors worked diligently at the first of the year in anticipation of a four-month vacation after Christmas. Some Seniors chose a light schedule to rest from six semesters of rigorous study; others struggled through a hard schedule to stay academically fit for their freshman year in college. Seniors continued to face nagging standardized tests which confronted them at the usual inappropriate times. The ACT, for instance, was administered on the morning after the Seniors ' final football homecoming. However, the Class of ' 77 registered scores that were higher on the average than the scores of previous senior classes. In 1977 the Seniors set a standard for balancing academic pursuits with athletics and social activities. Seniors accepted early to college opened their books less frequently in order to explore their potentials in other areas of life. They knew that studying is important; but they found that there are many other pursuits as important as academics. For most Seniors, academics took a place in the middle of their interests for the year. Jacob Courtnay Rudolph, HI F.C.A. 9. 10. 11. 12; Latin Club 9; U Club 10; Election Convention 9. 11; Dean ' s Scholar 9. 10, 11, 12; Cum Laude 11; Mu Alpha Theta 11; Football 9, 10, 11, 12; Basketball 9, 10. 11. 12; Golf 9. 10, 11, 12. William Thompson Satterfield Civic Service Club 9. 10, 11; Pep Club 9, 10, 11; Latin Club 9; Fishing Club 9, 10. Joseph Henry Schaeffer Civic Service Club 9, 10. 11, 12; Pep Club 9, 10, 11, 12; F.C.A. 10; Latin Club 9; Intramural Basketball 12; Track 9, 10, 11, 12. Timothy David Sharpe Photography Club 11; President 12; Latin Club 9; Stage Crew (For all plays) 9, 10, 11, 12; Newspaper Staff 11, 12; Yearbook Staff 11; Section Editor 12; Photographer for Yearbook and Newspaper 12; Help at Games 9. 10; Dean ' s List 9, 10. 11. 12; National Merit Letter of Commendation 12; National Honor Society 11; Quill and Scroll 11; Mu Alpha Theta 12. Robert Luther Shemwell, III Pep Club 9. 10, 11, 12; F.C.A. 9, 10, 11, 12; Election Convention 10. 11; Football 9, 10, 11, 12; Basketball 9; Track 9. 10, 12. Hugh Fraser Sinclair, Jr. Latin Club 9, 10; Drama Club 9; Actor in The Man Who Came to Dinner. Rainmaker 9; Carousel You Can ' I Take It With You, Annie Gel Your Gun 10; Deadwood Dick, Inherit the Wind, Oliver! It, Up the Down Staircase 12; Stage Crew 9, 10, 11, 12; Newspa- per Staff 11, 12; Yearbook Staff 11, 12; MUSe 12. 164 SENIORS William Hamilton Smythe, IV Civic Service Club 11. 12; Pep Cluh 11. 12. Strategy Club 10. 11. Frank Albert Stackpole, Jr. Racquelball Club 12; Yearbook Staff 12 (Transferred lo MUS in Elevenlh Grade). John Heriot Stevens Civic Service Club 12; Pep Club 12; F.C.A 12; Slr.ii- egy Club 11. 12; Actor in Nu Time tor Sergeants 12; Newspaper Staff 12; T.V. Crew 12: Track 9. It). 11. 12; Cross Country 11. Charles Edwin Stuart, Jr. Chess Club 10: Assistant Lighting Director 10. 11. 12: Ticket Sales 10. 11, 12; Actor in Annie Gel Your Gun. Oliver! 11; No Time for Serf-earns VI. Edgar Harris Tenent, III Civic Service Cluh 9. 10. 12: Latin Club 12: Newspa- per Staff 12; Yearbook Staff 10; Social Committee 10: Football Manager 11. 12. Robert Eugene Tribble, Jr. Civic Service Club 9. 10. 11. 12; Pep Club 9. 10. 11.12; Latin Club 9; MUSe Staff 11: Basketball Manager 9; Football Manager 11, 12. THE NATIONAL MERIT SEMI-FINALISTS: (front row) Tri Watkins, Russell Deaton, Charlie Allen, Bob Fockler; (middle row) Chip Hughes, Booth Outlan, Peter Vermilye; (back row) Mark Merrill, John Wrenn, Rich Dietrich. SENIORS 165 . Neil Utkov Pep Club 11; Prosidonl 12; Chess Club II; Coram [ l School Spiril 12: Soccci 1 1. 12 Peter Rowland Vermilye Latin Club 9; Cinema Club 11; Stage Crew 9; Ticket 9. 10. 12; Lighting Diroctoi 9. 10. 1 1, 12; Actor in Oh wr. ' ll; National Honoi So Henry Grady Watkins, 111 Civic Service Club 11, 12; F.C.A. 11. 12: MUSe Stuff 11; Annual Slaff 12; Election Convention 10. 11. 12: Student Council 10. 11. 12; Dean ' s List 9: NEDT Letter of Commendation 9: National Merit Semi-Finalist 12; Football 9, 10. 11.12. Bret Henry Weaver Pep Club 12; F.C.A. 11. 12; Racquetball Club 12; Fish ing Club 9. 10; Chess Club 11; Yearbook Slaff 12 Dean ' s List 9. 10. 11. 12: Mu Alpha Theta 11; Golf 9 10, 11, 12 Dale Everage Wells Civic Service Club 9, 10.11; Pep Club 9. 10, 11; Scuba Club 12; Mechanics Club 12; Pep Band 12; Orchestra for Oliver! 11: Newspaper Stall 9. 10, 11; Features Editor 12; Yearbook Staff 11: Darkroom Staff 12. MUSe Slaff 11. 12; Election Convention 9. 10, 11; Stu- dent Council 9, 10: Vice-President 12; Football 9; Soc- cer 9. 10. 11. 12. William Stuart Westland Pep Club 10, 11, 12; Ham Radio Club 11; F.C.A. 10. 11. 12; Ski Club 11. 12; Help at Games 12; Cross Country 10. 11; Track 9. 10. 11. 12. 166 SENIORS Senior Class Image Lingers From PAST There once was a group of boys who were thrown together in a carpeted school in East Memphis. Naturally, they began to like each other, for although they had all come from different places, they were now in the same place and needed friends. The Hull Lower School was a unique place in which to be thrown. The boys found they had to wear nice clothes to school, keep their hair trimmed neatly, and keep their feet off the chairs. There was a lot of homework to be done, but the most surprising thing was that the teachers allowed the students to grade their own papers. The honor system had been dropped, perhaps too hastily, in their laps. The two-hundred yard dash to the lunch room came and went and, before they knew it, the students found themselves in a new world with big people. Different social groups were now taking form, each with its own leaders and particular fads. Being in the Upper School was fun; there was more free time, more people to know, and less disciplinary action. Also, getting to know the Seniors was fun, because they seemed to know how to be happy. The novices found clubs to join, front-row seats in chapel, and a myriad of opportunities for hedonistic endeavors during school and on the weekend. School life had become very romantic, simply because there were so many new things to do. The next year was different. Much more work was assigned, and the social order had been established. The cancerous term papers ate away at the students ' free time. School life became an endless struggle to keep up. The next year, the group ' s fifth, began with a line of ninety people waiting to sign up for classes. They now knew what a diploma was and what was required to obtain one, so they acted accordingly, hoping not to get their seventh choice for their English elective. These were the same boys who had been thrown into that carpeted school down the street, so long ago. By this time, the students actually knew each other, for together they had gone through a most impressionable time. In fact, their experiences together made up a large part of their identities, and so they were brothers. They had spent a lot of time together, though the time went quickly for some, and before they knew what it meant, they were seniors. John Kellogg Wilbourn F.C.A. 11, 12; Backgammon Club 12; Election Con- vention 9. 10; Social Committee 10, 12; Football 9, 10. Charles Eldon Wilkinson, Jr. Civic Service Club 11. 12; Pep Club 12; Latin Club 9; Cycling Club 11. 12; Mechanics Club 11; Stage Crew 9; Help at Games 12; Football 9. John Jefferies Wrenn Pep Club 11. 12; Strategy Club 9. 10. 11. 12: Photogra- phy Club 9; Chess Club 10; Ski Club 11. 12; Yearbook Darkroom Staff 9. 10; Dean ' s List 9. 10; National Merit Semi-Finalist 12: Track 11. 12: Cross Country 11,12. Leonard Davidson Wright, III Civic Service Club 11. 12; Pep Club 11. 12: F.C.A. 12: Ski Club 11. 12; Wrestling 11. 12. SENIORS 167 As Dan Higley and Carl Morrow stand Sentry, Skip Jones attempts to persuade Kenny Bryant to buy a flea collar, but Kenny has No Time for Sergeants. Mason Acree Brad Adams Philip Adams Newton Allen John Atwood 1 - ■ w . ___ ttr Jfl PigMinfliill 1 vMiiimmiiiill 1 pniiiiiimiinl y HiniiiHiniil i 8 •I ' ' r Philip Barron Jim Barton Clay Beach Marc Belz Bob Boals Will Bonner Daniel Brown Kenny Bryant Tiger Buford Andy Caldwell 4rfc Lfc Albo Carruthers Tommy Christenbury Chris Clark Andy Cowan Stewart Cox AilAMii 168 UNDERCLASSMEN juniors ■. w hMtJk LM Cris Creson Bill Dunavant Mark Dvorozniak Buddy Eason Bill Edmonson John Erb Cecil Godman David Gould Chip Grayson Scott Hale A a iifcAi Ait ♦ Henry Hancock Dan Higley Frank Hitchings Michael Holt David Howard - j f ' . ' f v 1 .- , t David Howe Forrest Howse Eric Hunter John Jemison Skip Jones A Greg Lanford Lon Lazar Jack Leachman Walt Little Bill Long I Al Earl McClanahan Conrad McCrary Steven Manly Emmett Marston JUNIORS 169 Aaron Miller Jim Mitchell Joe Morrison Carl Morrow Howard Nease John Norfleet Jess Ossorio Vance Overbey Leading the cheers at the Germantown game, Andy Cowan demonstrates the spirit that has pervaded the once apathetic Junior Class. At the Millington game, Chris Creson prepares to show his disapproval of a call by expectorating at the officials. Bobby Pidgeon Rob Preston Stephen Pridgen Skipper Pridgen Albert Ray Rollin Riggs Carter Rise David Robinson Bob Robinson Keith Runyan V A 13 t ' V r 1 170 UNDERCLASSMEN Chris Schmeisser Sam Sheddan Patrick Snipes George Sousoulas Bruce Stein John Stewart Buddy Stimson David Stinson Scott Tatum Steve Thomas Rob Threlkeld John Townes Bill Townsend Jeff Ulmer Ben Vasa David Walker Jay Watkins Charles Webb Stuart Wilson Amazed at the Pass on his Art Sketchbook, Emmet Marston shows fellow students his series of abstract doodles. JUNIORS 171 As the term paper deadline approaches, Arthur Fulmer tries to distract Bently Long and Mark Wiley from their studies. Jay Allen Drew Banks Jim Beard Kent Boler Breck Bolton David Caldwell Henry Caldwell Keith Canfield Steven Corlew Kendall Crawford Mark Crosby Dan Daniel  1kh b t i f w II lifc Paul Deaton Duane Delk Tucker Dewey David Dunlap 172 UNnKRCI.ASSMKN i k k k x k4 ill ■• -- Bobby Eason Paul Edwards Ken Flowers Arthur Fulmer Bill Gano t 4c M ' « Clayton George Robert Gordon Bill Gross Tim Guyton Chip Hanover Sam Hollis Stan Hughes John Jennings Jim Johnson Andy Kaplan f) ft i l i Billy Knight Collie Krausnick Bruce Landau Allen Landers Chip Lansden Marty Lifer Bentley Long Cam McCaa Keith McCown Stuart McGehee After a strenuous school day, Buck Neely relaxes on a couch in the foyer. SOPHOMORES 173 Lee Nichols is astonished as someone actually requests a pom-pon. Tony Masi eyes Mrs. Hamilton warily as she banishes some talkative seniors from the library. Ted McLaughlin Phillip McNeill Treat MacDonald Bill Mace Tony Masi Hank Massey Blake Matthews Keith May Greg Meyer Emory Miles Tim Monaghan Rob Moore RobbNash Buck Neely Lee Nichols Bill Noah Chip Parrot Hal Patton 174 UNDKRCLASSMKN 1 l ifc David Peeples Greg Pehlman Jeff Peters Joey Pierce Lee Powell Howard Rhodes Hilton Roberts Steve Satterfield Scott Schaefer Hugh Scott Hunter Seabrook Stephan Sharp Matt Smith Bo Smith Robert Sparks Dennis Steinmetz Jack Stokes Gordon Summerfield David Taylor Mike Trapp Dean Underwood Tommy Van Brocklin Rush Waller John Walt Bob Watson Mark Wiley Barron Williams Mark Witte Chip Wood Lewis Wrenn SOPHOMORES 175 Trapped in the senior hall, David Shy flashes a James Dean-like smile to show his contempt for a senior that has just showered him with Coke. Mark Adams Stuart Adams Cannon Allen Jimmy Allen Robert Ashley Tom Barzizza Russ Billings Mark Bilsky Robbie Bradley Chip Broadfoot Hope Brooks Mike A. Brown Mike M. Brown Charlie Burrow David Caffey £ : K t MAi ... 1 176 UNDERCLASSMEN frosh Mitchell Cohen Curtis Cowan Chip Crawford Barry Creson Newman Cross Brian Cunningham Khy Daniel George Douglas Hugie Foote Buddy Friese Warwick Garner Jon Garrett Lee Gerald Jay Good Bruce Gordon Greg Graflund Sammv Graham Jeff Gray Tim Greer Dennis Hale Steve Hays Roger Hiatt Jim Higgason Louis Jehl Kim Jenkins Eric Johnson Steve Johnson Bryan Jones Frank Jones Keith Killebrew FRESHMEN 177 Sidney Kriger Scott Lance Davant Latham Andy Lee David Leonard Jay Lindy Leslie McBride Douglas McCown David McDonald Jimmy McKinnon Andy Marker Don Miller Craig Moody Rob Morrow John Ogle Sam Pagoni Greg Parker Mel Payne David Pepple David Percer Mark Powell Alan Pritchard Dick Pryzma Rob Richardson Brent Robertson Dan Robertson Allen Ruffin Jon Scharff Richard Scharff David Shy 4 1 U « 1 l ll m frosh 178 UNDERCLASSMEN A ft AMsl Hampton Sides David Simpson Tod Singer George Skouteris Robin Smithwick Larry Spencer Scott Stevens Mark Stratton Paul Thornton Jeff Tooms David Vick Paul Wadsworth John B. Walker John W. Walker Jamie Ward Robert Wegbreit Don White George Woodbury Ray Wooten David Zadick Like a field of ripe wheat, the freshmen wave their arms and wiggle their fingers in response to the buzzard call. FRESHMEN 179 In one game of the eighth grade ' s extremely successful season, Brian McCrary struggles for extra yardage as the Owl blockers attempt to clear his way. Paulo Aur Lynn Ballinger Chip Bennett David Bernard Sam Blackwell Chuck Bolton Win Bonner Brown Stuart Brooks Temple Brown Lucius Caywood William Chandler Keith Christenbury 1110 IINDKKCI.ASSMKN Chip Clay Tommy Cloar Jim Crews Lee Dillon Berk Donaldson Jon Dreifus Glenn Durham John Edmonson Hal Fogelman William France U I Joe Francis Mark Frazier Philip Freeburg Ned French Jeff Fuller p w mm Jml KW. Chris Fulton Scott Gamblin Sanford Gore Taylor Grayson Niles Grosvenor . isMKfc4 i Greg Harris Jeff Harris Bill Harwell Andy Hays Adam Hohenbert §8r ft f i mm i Mr i I w li£PP i Thomas Holmes Mike Howlett Allen Hughes Ross Hunter Rob Hussey EIGHT 181 John Jones Hugh Kaplan Jef Kaplin Jim Kehoe Jack Kelley Robert Lazar Harris Levell Bill Lewis Peter Lindy Wes McCann I x d ' jbAA Randy McCloy Brian McCrary Norris McGehee Chris Masi Tommy Meriwether Andy Meyer Trip Monger Eddie Murphey Walt Murphy Cole Nichols t ( c I kA I Billy Orgel John Patterson Judd Peter Mike Pierce John Ramey i i Clayton Rogers Jonathan Rosenberg David Rudolph Mark Sasse Mark Schaefer ft PS -i 1K2 UNIJERCI.ASSMKN Lower School Student Council President, Bud Thrasher, was a confident and capable leader of the HLS ' s activity and its student body. During the Friday afternoon study hall, eighth graders Mark Frazier, Jeff Harris, and Mark Pierce study quietly for a change. Paul Shaefer Elkan Scheidt John Sharp Philip Shipkey Robert Shy Edward Smithwick Andy Starr Marlon Starr Mark Storen Peter Strong David Taylor Richard Taylor Greg Thompson Bud Thrasher Kyle Touchstone Boyd Wade Jeff Wasson Jaden Wells Bill Wilson John Zuckerman EIGHT 183 Brooks Anderson John Anderson Steve Barrow Chris Beacham Clay Bethell Tif Bingham Chuckie Blatteis Mike Boals Brad Bolton Andrew Boshwit Dan Boyd Donald Brady Gary Bridgman Thronton Brooksbank 1111 tSUITOW Doug Carpenter George Cates Tom Chambers Joe Connors Chip Cook David Crighton Scott Crosby Robert Davis Tim Deaton Woody Degan seven i 1 .fclto David Douglas John Dunavant Cole Early Scott Farrar Lee Filderman ft l L 1H4 UNDKKCI.ASSMEN John T. Fisher Jason Fleming David Galloway Stephen Galloway it! Gibby Gibson Bill Gresser Mark Grochau Don Gronauer k A s AlA ifc Bubby Halliday Timmy Hayes Tom Higley Lee Hollis tiAfLtbtiM Jim House Jon Howard David Jacobson Kevin Knott While Mr. Elder is out of the room, his Bible class goes ape. SEVEN 185 Bill Lansden Steve Lawrence Joe Lazarov Louis Lettes Jeff Levinson v T VF P John McClain John McClure John McGee Andrew McGehee David McGowan Todd McLemore Glenn McPherson Larry Mallery Bob E. Mallory Jeff Mann Mike Marsh Scott Medlin Jay Mednikow Hunter Mitchell David Montague 4 iftM iii % s Seventh graders Scott Medlin and David 1 Montague grapple with the six hundred H dollar man while transporting him to the Lower School science lab. lHli UNDKRCI.ASSMKN Steve Mook Preston Morris Rick Nash Barton Newton Tom Owen gikttkik Greg Payonzeck Scott Rawls David Richardson Paco Rodgers Vance Roe Richard Rogers David Rosenthal Robin Sandifer Jake Saunders Daniel Schneider Sam Scull Scott Steinmetz Dusty Street Marty Teague Barton Thrasher Steve Threlkeld Jim Toussaint Russell Wadsworth Rob Walters Ben Ward seven Mark Weaver Jim Wilder Brad Wilkinson Nicky Winegardner Rob Woodbury SEVEN 187 Ml J0 000 ■00 m Z ' ' mm l Give ' em an Inch and They ' ll Make a Mall The movement of Memphians to the East contributed greatly to the decay of the downtown area. As shoppers carried their business eastward, proprietors were forced to follow suit. This economic vacuum threatened the destruction of the business community. In an effort to revitalize Downtown, an attempt has been made to bring shoppers to the inner city. The implementation of this plan has included the construction of the Mid-America Mall, the routing of a free shoppers ' bus, and a proposed Beale Street mall. The Mid-America Mall is one of the first tangible products of the rejuvenation of the riverfront area. Its peaceful atmosphere and lack of traffic has created new interest in the old business district. However, the great distance from East Memphis to the riverfront has made it difficult for buyers to frequent downtown shops. Thus, the suburbanites have remained in their East Memphis enclaves such as Raleigh Springs Mall, Eastgate, and Laurelwood shopping centers. The Mid-America Mall, when opened, had great promise. However, shoddy workmanship, inadequate access, and general downtown decadence has contributed to the limited success of the mall. Other attempts to revitalize the city have encountered similar difficulties. Another mall, on Beale Street, aimed at reviving this historical area, floundered because of inadequate funds and red tape. Its construction still remains doubtful. The Free Shoppers ' Bus, initiated by the Memphis Area Transit Authority to encourage consumers to shop downtown, has been larely unsuccessful. The luxury of the personal automobile will not yield to the economy of mass transit. Thus the constant flow of shoppers to suburbia has remained largely undeterred as Downtown continues to decay. Once the pride of Memphis, Beale St. is now cluttered with boarded-up shops and loan offic . A new mall will rejumnate this area — maybe. 190 MEMPHIS Although plagued by poor workmanship, the Mid-America Mall is an added attraction to the newly refurbished downtown area. Unsightly construction detracts from the atmosphere of the new Mid-America Mall. This notice is yet another reminder of the mass exodus of businesses from downtown to the East. DOWNTOWN 191 Involvement Gives Students Experience For students at MUS many opportunities are available to better themselves and their community. Many students have capitalized on these chances and have become involved. However, personal initiative is essential to the continuation of community interaction. Because of the personal nature of involvement and because of the diversity of the school, the students participate in a wide range of activities. Individual endeavors such as after school jobs and group activities such as those initiated by the Civic Service Club are common ways in which MUSers serve their city. This participation can give a student a feeling of being in the real world, a feeling which can be very gratifying. The experience that a student gains can also be useful in later life. The only community organization directly associated with the school is the Civic Service Club. President Mark Counce and other members have done much to help those less fortunate than they. The club has sponsored such charitable activities as the Hemophilia drive and canned goods collections for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. They have also done much work with the Memphis Boys ' Club. Similar to the Civic Service Club is a church- sponsored organization, T.O.R.C.H. (Teenage Outreach Through Christian Help), with which several MUS students have been affiliated. Based at Idlewild Presbyterian Church, T.O.R.C.H. meets once each month and visits hospitals and nursing homes and supports various other altruistic activities. The list of other organizations in which MUS students are involved is long. But these organizations would not thrive if not for the personal initiative of MUS youth. 192 MEMPHIS At Wendy ' s on Poplar, a favorite MUS hangout, Hugh Sinclair cooks up hundreds of mouthwatering hamburgers every night. Setting up campaign posters for his mother, Vint Lawson takes an interest in Memphis politics. Gaining valuable experience in sports journalism by working at the Commercial Appeal, Ted Powell and John Stevens play with the new headsets they got for Christmas. INVOLVEMENT 193 MUS-KITO Bites Again From a 1906 MUS annual, these cheers were used by spirited students to prove to their opponents that they were not yell-ow. Established in 1893, the old Werts and Rhea school was first housed in the Bethel Building on Adams and North Lauderdale. Relics from the past such as this are merely fragments of the fine tradition of Memphis University School. Yells Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! M. U. S. Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Ray! What ' s the matter with Werts and Rhea ? Nothin ' at all ! Nothin ' at all ! Don ' t do a thing but play baseball ! Who ? Who ? Who are we ? , Giv ' ' em the ax ! ax ! a M. U.S. Don ' t you see? Giv ' ' em the ax! ax! i Whickalacka ! Whackalacka! Where? Wa ! Who ! Wa ! Right ' n the neck ! Memphis! Memphis! Right n the neck! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! With a Vevo! Vivo! Vumoo! With a Vevo ! With a Vivo ! Johnny get a rat trap Bigger than a cat trap! Johnny get a rat trap Bigger than a cat trap! Cannibal ! Cannibal ! Sis! JBum! Bah! M! U! S! P l Raht Rah! ff jlW W 194 MEMPHIS After several changes in location, the Werts and Rhea school finally got its own campus on Manassas and Monroe in 1899. The school attempted to provide Christian leadership for young men and to prepare them for further education at institutions such as Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and the University of Virginia. Under the leadership of the founders of MUS, E. S. Werts and J. W. S. Rhea, the school attained the reputation of fine academics, good sportsmanship, and concerned citizenship. The great, great grandpappy of the Lecture Room is silent just after the old school closed in the late 1920 ' s. 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Fusing tdeiial j4dimtiiw j jtf f 0c ' aioMicn 2799 tfcmM Mead Tjtetmantcwn , Pfannewee 38438 Acne 90 754- 060 230 ADS SCHILLING MOTORS 987 Union Avenue 725-1550 Lincoln — Mercury — Capri ADS 231 M Ba COMPLIMENTS OF Conwood Corporation 232 ADS It is Chip Barwick Chevrolet which is responsible for MUS ' having a Driver Education car each year. Many students profit from this program; Mr. Watson and the MUS administration stand appreciative to Chip Barwick Chevrolet for this service. Chip Barwick Chevrolet a Memphis ' First Automobile Dealer 740 Union Avenue 527-2261 2614 Lamar Ave. 743-6480 ADS 233 1977 Booster Club (List Complete As Of January 23, 1977) Mrs. Betty Ann Acree Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Adams Mr. and Mrs. William J. Adams Mr. and Mrs. Grady Whitman Agee Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Atkinson Dr. and Mrs. John Wesley Atwood Dr. and Mrs. Rhomes J. A. Aur Dr. and Mrs. John M. Barron Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Barrow Mr. and Mrs. John C. Barton Mr. and Mrs. James M. Beck Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Bell, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. John P. Bethell Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Bingham Dr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Blackwell Dr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Boals, III Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Boler Mr. and Mrs. James Nelson Bolton Mr. and Mrs. John E. Bolton Mr. and Mrs. Carl Davis Bonner Mr. and Mrs. Odie Alex Bonner Mr. and Mrs. Dan H. Boone Dr. and Mrs. J. Roy Bourgoyne Dr. and Mrs. Allen Street Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Denby Brandon Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Broadfoot, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Brown Brooks Mr. C. Whitney Brown Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Bryant Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Burleigh Mr. and Mrs. James I. Burrow, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Shed H. Caffey Mr. and Mrs. Charles Y. Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. Ben B. Carrick Mr. and Mrs. James M. Chambers Mr. and Mrs. William N. Christenbury Mr. and Mrs. Horace W. Clark, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Connors Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Lilliam Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs Dr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs Dr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs Dr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs Galloway Mr. and Mrs Kenneth F. Clark, George G. Clarke John Matthew Edward W. Cook William E. Counce William C. Cowan James S. Cox W. Frank Crawford David S. Crighton, W. Jerry Deaton W. F. Dietrich John C. Dillon, Jr. . George R. Douglas , Donald Drinkard Dobson Dunavant , W. B. Dunavant, Jr. . Larry V. Durham . George Dvorozniak Allen S. Edmonson . Elwood L. Edwards . GuyT. Erb . Jack L. Erb Irving P. Filderman John T. Fisher Irvin D. Fleming Avron B. Fogelman Nelson Freeburg . Taylor N. French William T. Fuller . Norman R. C. William Gano Dr. and Mrs. H. 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Touchstone Mr. and Mrs. John Townsend, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. George Treadwell, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Dean R. Underwood Dr. and Mrs. Edmund Utkov Mr. and Mrs. Finley G. Van Brocklin Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Vasa Dr. and Mrs. Henry W. Wadsworth, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jules H. Walker Mr. and Mrs. John R. Walker, III Mr. and Mrs. Ben R. Waller, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Walt Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Walters Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Wasson Mr. and Mrs. Norman Wegbreit Mr. and Mrs. Alexander W. Wellford Mr. and Mrs. James H. Wells Mr. and Mrs. R. Thomas Wells Dr. and Mrs. George Allen Westland Mrs. Jean M. White Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilbourn, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. W. Wiggins Wilder Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Wilkinson Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert B. Wilson, III Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Winegardner Mrs. Marion S. Wood Dr. and Mrs. George R. Woodbury Dr. and Mrs. Earle L. Wrenn Dr. and Mrs. Leonard D. Wright, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Zadick Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Zuckerman ADS 234 Iff I ADS 235 CONGRATULATIONS 1977 GRADUATES! DENBY BRANDON ORGANIZATIONS 1188 Minna Place Memphis, Tennessee Phone 725-6600 236 ADS 1976 Faculty And Administration (Year of Appointment Listed in Parentheses) ross McCain lynn (1954) A.B. (Presbyterian College) M.A. (University of North Carolina) LL.D (Duke University D. EUGENE THORN (1955) B.S. (Memphis State University) MA. (Memphis State University) University of Tennessee LEIGH W. MacQUEEN (1961) B A. (Southwestern at Memphis) Vanderbilt University MA. (Memphis State University) American History JOHN MURRY SPRINGFIELD (1958) BA. (Southwestern at Memphis) M.F.A. (Princeton University) Mathematics LESLIE C. DANIEL (1967) Southwestern at Memphis B.B A. (University of Mississippi University of North Carolina M.Ed. (Memphis State University) A. ROBERT BOELTE, JR. (1969) BA. (Tulane University) Certificate of Studies, University College, Oxford, England M.Ed. (Memphis State University) History, English RICHARD C. BROER (1973) BA. (Brown University) M.A. (Stanford University) Government, History THOMAS LEE BROWN (1965) B.S. (Harding College) M.Ed. (Wichita State University Physics-Chemistry JOSEPH C. DAVIS (1974) B.S.Ed. (Memphis State University 7th Geography, Varsity Football Physical Education MICHAEL R. DEADERICK (1970) BA. (Southwestern at Memphis) M.A. (University of Arkansas) Ph.D (ABD) Louisiana State University Chairman, Department of History BRISTER DeCELL BA. (Southwestern at Memphis) Mathematics GEORGE B. ELDER (1969) BA. (Southwestern at Memphis) Speech, Bible, Theatre ROBERT GLENN ETTER (1975) B.S. (University of Georgia) Ph.D. (Rice University) Mathematics RICHARD H. FERGUSON (1974) BA. (Southern Methodist University) M.A. (North Texas State University) Director Physical Education — Lower School MRS. GENEVA FOLDEN (1975) B.S. (Morris Harvey College) M.Ed. (Memphis State University) Business Education MISS MARTHA GATTIS (1972) BA. (Memphis State University) M.A. (Memphis State University) English MISS MARILYN SUE GREEN (1973) BA. (Vanderbilt University) M.A.T. (Vanderbilt University) Latin, Spanish ELLIS L. HAGUEWOOD (1969) BA. (Harding College) M.A. (Memphis State University) English MRS. FRED HADLEY HAMILTON, JR. (1970) B.S.E. (Memphis State University) M.Ed. (Memphis State University) Librarian WILLIAM R. HATCHETT (1957) BA. (Southwestern at Memphis) Certificate of Studies, Cambridge University, England M.A. (Columbia University) English MRS. BETTY JO HIGGS (1963) BA. (Southwestern at Memphis) M.A. (Bryn Mawr) Vocabulary, Latin DAVID BRUCE JACKSON (1974) HEADMASTER ASSOCIATE HEADMASTER ACADEMIC DEAN PRINCIPAL, LOWER SCHOOL BUSINESS MANAGER B.A. (Harding College) M.A. (Harding Graduate School of Religion) Bible JOHN HOBSON KEESEE (1974) B.A. (Southwestern at Memphis) Physical Education, Varsity Track FRED C. KUHL (1974) BA. (Southwestern at Memphis) Memphis State University English, Varsity Football and Track GEORGE R. McGHEE, JR. (1970) B.S. (Middle Tennessee State University) M.R.E. (Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) Mathematics MORRIS VINCENT MUTZI (1970) B.A. (University of Mississippi) Instituto de Monterrey M.A. (University of Mississippi Spanish JERROLD W. OMUNDSON (1972) B.S., M.S.T. (Memphis State University) Physics-Chemistry, Chemistry, Advanced Placement Chemistry Chairman, Department of Science HAROLD JERRY PETERS (1960) B.A. (Southwestern at Memphis) M.A. (Memphis State University) Physical Education, Head Basketball Coach, Head Track Coach, Head Cross Country Coach CHARLES R. PETTIGREW (1973) B.A. (Union University) M.C.S. (Rollins College) M.Ed. (Rollins College) English, Spanish MARK PRESTON RAMSEY (1975) B.S. (Vanderbilt University) Mathematics MRS. BETTY M. ROBINSON (1968) B.S. (Memphis State University) M.A. (Memphis State University) Chairman, Department of Foreign Languages French JACOB C. RUDOLPH (1959) B.S. (Georgia Institute of Technology) Oglethorpe University Memphis State University Mathematics, Director of Athletics Head Football Coach JAMES D. RUSSELL (1965) B.A. (Tulane University) M.A.T. (Vanderbilt University) Chairman, Department of English ANDREW F. SAUNDERS, III (1972) B.A. (Harding College) M.A. (Memphis State University) Science; Chairman, Department of Fine Arts R. CRAIG SCHMIDT (1974) B.A. (New College) M.A.T. (Duke University) European History Head Soccer Coach EVELYN CRAFT SCRIMGER (1975) B.A. (Memphis State University) M.A. (Memphis State University) M.S. (Michigan State University) Chairman, Department of Mathematics CHARLES LAWRENCE SHURLDS (1967) B.S. (Memphis State University) M.Ed. (Memphis State University) Director of Guidance WILLIAM SPARR TAYLOR (1971) B.S. (Southwestern) Biology NORMAN S. THOMPSON (1972) B.A. (University of Mississippi) M.A. (Memphis State University) English ROBERT CARROLL TODD (1976) B.F.A. (Memphis Academy of Arts) Art JOEL S. WATSON (1972) B.S. (Lambuth College) M.Ed. (Memphis State University) Mathematics, Basketball, Driver Education ANTHONY DANIEL WILLIAMS (1975) B.A. (Millsaps College) M.M. (Memphis State University) Chairman Department of Music FACULTY CREDITS 237 Index Acree, Mason — 108 Adams. Brad — 15, 19, 35, 76, 107, 168, 239 Adams, John — 107, 152 Adams, Mark — 176 Adams, Philip — 18, 19, 107, 119, 168, 239 Adams, Stuart — 41, 76, 77, 107, 176 ADMINISTRATION — 138-139 ADVERTISEMENTS — 196-236 Agee, Mike — 180 Allen, Cannon — 41, 106, 176 Allen, Charlie — 120, 132, 133, 152, 155, 240, 241 Allen, Jay — 172 Allen, Jimmy — 41, 107, 176 Allen, Newton — 79, 80, 107, 168 Amminger, Peter — 180 Anderson, Brooks — 184 Anderson, John — 184 Angelakis, Ted — 43, 75, 180 Ashley, Robert — 41, 176 Aste, Malcolm — 59, 79, 80, 106, 110, 134, 152 Atkinson, Mark — 180 Atkinson, Miriam — 112, 113 Atwood, John — 12, 101, 132, 168, 224 Aur, Paulo — 82, 83, 180 B 123 BACKGAMMON CLUB ■ Bacon, Doug — 176 Ballinger, Lynn — 43, 180 Banks, Drew — 172 Banks, Ronnie — 107, 152 Barron, Philip — 76, 77, 168 Barrow, Steve — 184 Barton, Jim — 168 Barzizza, Tom — 106, 132, 176 BASKETBALL — 64-75 Beach, Clay — 168 Beacham, Chris — 184 Beard, Jim — 172 Bell, Margot — 112, 113 Belz, Marc— 122, 123, 168 Bennett, Chip — 180 Bernard, David — 180 Bethell, Clay — 184 Billings, Russ — 106, 107, 176 Bilsky, Mark — 73, 106, 176 Bingham, Grace — 41 Bingham, Tif — 184 Black, Kathy — 74 Blackwell, Sam — 43, 180 Blatteis, Chuckie — 184 Boals, Bob — 12, 13,168 Boals, Mike — 184 Boelte, Mr. A. Robert — 142 Boler, Kent — 76, 172 Bolton, Brad — 184 Bolton, Breck — 17, 69, 107, 172 Bolton, Chuck — 43, 180 Bonner, Will — 168 Bonner, Win — 180 Boone, Warren — 35, 39, 107, 152, 222 Boshwit, Andrew — 184 Bourgoyne, Ren — 15, 45, 107, 110, 123, 152, 239, 240 BOX AND COX — 96-97 Boyd, Dan — 184 Bradley, Robbie — 41, 176 Brady, Donald — 184 Brandon, Ray — 47, 104, 105, 123, 132, 153, 155 Bridgman, Gary — 184 Broadfoot, Chip — 79, 83, 176 Broer, Mr. Richard C. — 145 Brooks, Brown S. — 43, 180 Brooks, Hope — 45, 176. Brooksbank, Thornton — 184 Brown, Daniel — 12, 64, 69, 168 Brown, Mike A. — 105. 106, 176 Brown, Mike M. — 106. 107, 176 Brown, Temple — 106, 110, 180 Brown, Mr. Tom — 46, 144 Brown, Whitney — 55, 132, 153, 161, 238, 240 Brugge, Mrs. Lynn — 150 Bryant, Kenny — 168 Buford, Tiger — 18, 19, 168 Burr, Carolyn — 41 Burrow, Charlie — 41, 106, 176 Burrow, Jim — 184 Caffey, David — 176 Caldwell, Andy — 107, 168 Caldwell, David — 39, 107, 172 Caldwell, Henry — 17, 45, 172 CAMERA CLUB — 123 Canale, Billy — 153 Canfield, Keith — 123, 172 Carpenter, Doug — 184 Carruthers, Albo — 78, 79, 107, 168 Cates, George — 184 Caywood, Lucius — 180 CCTV — 104-105 Chambers, Chuck — 6, 9, 15, 35, 107, 153, 222 Chambers, Tom — 184 Chandler, William — 180 CHEERLEADERS — 112-113 Chrighton, David — 184 Christenbury, Keith — 43, 75, 180 Christenbury, Tommy — 9, 15, 16, 17, 35, 36, 39, 64, 66, 69, 107, 110, 168 Churchill, Eddie — 151 CIVIC SERVICE CLUB — 246 Clark, Chris — 17, 70, 71, 107, 115, 168 Clark, Marshall — 12, 90, 131, 153, 239 Clarke, Percy — 39, 86, 107, 123, 153, 159, 222 Clay, Chip — 181 Cloar, Tommy — 181 Cohen, Mitchell — 177 Collins, Scott — 184 Connors, Joe — 184 Cook, Chip — 184 Corlew, Steven — 106, 115, 172 Counce, Mark — 65, 69, 107, 119, 122, 126, 154 Cowan, Andy — 70, 92, 107, 121, 168, 170 Cowan, Curtis — 177 Cowan, Josie — 151 Cox, Stewart — 17, 70, 168 Crawford, Chip — 40, 41, 177 Crawford, Kendall — 172 Creson, Barry — 177 Creson, Cris — 135, 169, 170 Crews, Jim — 181 Crosby, Glenn — 8, 19, 30, 48, 79, 81, 92, 108, 131, 154 Crosby, Mark — 17, 45, 107, 172 Crosby, Scott — 52, 184 CROSS-COUNTRY — 44-45 Cross, Newman — 72, 73, 177 Crutcher, Jerri — 151 CUMLAUDE — 238 Cunningham, Brian — 106, 132, 177 D Daniel, Khy — 177 Daniel, Mr. Leslie C. — 138 Daniels, Dan — 107, 119, 123, 172 Davis, Robert — 151, 184 Davis, Joseph C. — 148 Deaderick, Mr. Michael R. — 46, 116, 130, 140 Deaton, Paul — 39, 121, 172 Deaton, Russell — 22, 131, 133, 154, 156, 165, 235, 240 Deaton, Tim — 181 DeCell, Mr. Brister — 75, 145 Degan, Woody — 111, 184 Delk, Duane — 27, 172 Demming, Jack — 151 Dewey, Tucker — 123, 172 Dietrich, Rich — 154, 165 Dillon, Lee — 43, 181 Dimou, Joan — 52 Donaldson, Berk — 181 Douglas, David — 121, 184 Douglas, George — 105, 177 Dreifus, Jon — 76, 106, 181 Dunavant, Bill — 15, 17, 48, 107, 169 Dunavant, David — 15 Dunavant, Jon — 184 Dunlap, David — 17, 70, 107, 172 Dunlap, Jay — 46, 107, 132, 154 Durham, Glenn — 43, 181 Dvorzniak, Mark — 19, 169 Early, Cole — 184 Early, Martha — 74 Earp, Martha — 74 Eason, Bobby — 173 Eason, Buddy — 169 Easum, Miss Mary Nell — 150 Edmonson, Bill — 69, 169 Edmonson, John — 43, 181 Edwards, Mr. — 16 Edwards, Paul — 17, 121, 173 Ehemann, Lorna — 22 EIGHTH GRADE — 180-183 Eikner, Flip — 58, 59, 96, 97, 106, 109, 110, 131, 132, 153, 154, 238, 239, 240 Elder, Mr. George B. — 97, 108, 139 ENGLISH — 108-109 Enright, Jim — 131, 155, 241 Enright, Mike — 49 Erb, Bayard — 155 Erb, John — 17, 107, 169 Etter, Dr. Bob — 100, 143 FACULTY — 138-151 NEW CUM LAUDE INDUCTEES: Greg Lanford, Howard Nease, Flip Eikner, Skip Jones, Whitney Brown, Preston Klinke, Walt Little. 238 INDEX THE 1977 NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTEES: (back row) Preston Klinke, Bob Fockler, Graham Matherne, Barry Rogers, Stan Graves, Ray Brandon, Mark Counce; (front row) Philip Adams, Charles Webb, Skip Jones, Scott McDearman, Courtnay Rudolph, Brad Adams, Marshall Clark, Allen McCool, Mark Merrill, Rene Bourgoyne, Bret Weaver, Flip Eikner; (not pictured) John Townes, Patrick Snipes. FALL — 32-61 Farrar, Scott — 184 FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ■ 107 Ferguson, Mr. Richard H. — 43, 124, 149 Filderman, Lee — 184 FINE ARTS — 110-111 Fisher, John T. — 185 Fisher, Kyle — 14, 15, 16 Fleming, Jason — 121, 185 Flowers, Ken — 17, 173 Fockler, Bob — 132, 155, 165, 239, 240, 241 Fogelman, Hal — 181 Folden, Mrs. Geneva — 149 FOOSBALL CLUB — 107 FOOTBALL — 34-43 Foote, Hugie — 41, 106, 177 Foreman, Ron — 57 France, William — 43, 76, 181 Francis, Joe — 43, 181 Frazier, Mark — 43, 181, 183 Freeburg, Philip — 181 French, Ned — 181 FRESHMEN — 176-179 Friese, Buddy — 73, 177 Fuller, Jeff — 43, 181 Fullerton, Haines — 109, 130, 131, 155 Fulmer, Arthur — 172, 173 Fulton, Chris — 43, 181 Galloway, David — 185 Galloway, Stephen — 185 Gamblin, Scott — 181 Gano, Bill — 173 Garner, Chris — 19 Garner, Warwick — 83, 177 Garrett, Jon — 83, 132, 177 Gattis, Miss Martha — 146 George, Clayton — 45, 173 Gerald, Lee — 177 Gerber, Tommy — 123, 155 Gibson, Gibby — 102, 185 Godman, Cecil — 39, 107, 169 GOLF — 12-15 Good, Jay — 177 Gordon, Bruce — 83, 123, 177 Gordon, Robert — 83, 122, 123, 173 Gore. Sanford — 43, 181 Gould, David — 123, 169 Gowdy, John — 39, 155 Graflund, Greg — 30, 83, 106, 177 Graham, Sammy — 177 Graves, Randy — 156 Graves, Stan — 15, 67, 69, 104, 105, 107, 118, 119, 156, 239, 241 Gray, Jeff — 73, 177 Grayson, Chip — 39, 107, 121, 169 Grayson, Jay — 181 Green, Miss Marilyn S. — 143 Greer, Tim — 46, 177 Gresser, Bill — 185 Grochau, Mark — 185 Gronauer, Don — 185 Gross, Bill — 173 Grosvenor, Niles — 181 Guyton, Tim — 17, 70, 173 H Haguewood, Mr. Ellis L. — 133, 141 Hale, Mrs. Jean — 151 Hale, Dennis — 177 Hale, Scott — 169 Halliday, Bubba — 88, 185 Hamilton, Mrs. F. H. — 140 Hammons, John — 15 Hancock, Henry — 19, 110, 169 Hanover, Chip — 76, 173 Hardin, Eddy — 104, 105, 156 Harris, Greg — 181 Harris, Jeff— 181, 183 Harwell, Bill — 43, 181 Hatchett, Mr. William R. — 109, 141 Hatchett, Susan — 22 Hayes, Timmy — 185 Hays, Andy — 181 Hays, Steve — 122, 177 Hemphill, Claude — 185 Hendon, Barry — 56, 107, 123, 156, 240 Hergenrader, Steve — 79, 92, 107, 156, 158 Hiatt, Roger — 106, 177 Higgason, Jim — 41, 177 Higgs, Mrs. Charles F. — 147 Higley, Dan — 47, 168, 169 Higley, Tom — 111,185 Hill, Kerrye — 74 Hitchings, Frank — 122, 169 Hohenberg, Adam — 88, 181 Hollingsworth, Meg — 74 Hollis, Lee — 185 Hollis, Sam — 173 Holmes, Thomas — 181 Holt, Michael — 15, 69, 70, 119, 169 HONOR COUNCIL — 120-121 HOT DOG — 118 House, Jim — 185 Howard, David — 55, 107, 169 Howard, Jon — 185 Howard, Turley — 7, 36, 37, 39, 76, 120, 121, 156, 222, 241 Howard, William — 15, 61, 104, 105, 107, 157, 162 Howe, David — 78, 79, 107, 169 Howlett.Mike — 181 Howse, Forrest — 19, 70, 71, 169 Hughes, Allen — 181 Hughes, Chip — 22, 131, 132, 157, 165 Hughes, Stan — 17, 173 Humphries, Andy — 19, 79, 107, 131, 132, 157, 162 Hunt, Dade — 79, 92, 107, 157, 244 Hunt, Jeff — 64, 67, 68, 69, 157 Hunt, Mr. William — 54 Hunter, Eric — 39, 139, 169 Hunter, Ross — 181 Hunter, Sarah — 31, 92, 112, 113 Hussey, Rob — 181 Ihrig, Kent — 39, 107, 157, 222 ISH KABIBBLE MEMORIAL PEP BAND — 106 Jackson, Mr. David B. — 126, 127, 140 Jacobson, David — 185 Jauchler, Bill — 15 Jehl, Cary — 31, 48, 112, 113 Jehl, Louis — 41,73, 177 Jemison, John — 169 Jenkins, Kim — 79, 83, 177 Jennings, John — 123, 321, 173 Johnson, Eric — 45, 177 Johnson, Jim — 105, 106, 107, 173 Johnson, Steve — 41, 177 Jones, Bryan — 79, 82, 83, 177 Jones, Frank — 123, 177 Jones, John — 182 Jones, Skip — 58, 97, 132, 168, 169, 238, 239 JUNIORS — 168-171 K Kaplan, Andy — 43, 79, 83, 122, 173 Kaplan, Hugh — 182 Kaplan, Jef — 76, 121, 123, 182 Kehoe, Cullen — 158 Kehoe, Jim — 182 Kelley, Jack — 43, 182 Kellum, Rusty — 151 Keesee, Mr. John H. — 125, 142 Killebrew, Keith — 177 King, Essie — 151 King, Ursie — 150 Kirkpatrick, Ronnie — 15 Klinke, Preston — 132, 154, 158, 238, 239, 240, 241 Knight, Billy — 123, 132, 173 Knott, Kevin — 185 Kotler, Steve — 39, 158 Krausnick, Collie — 19, 173 Kriger, Sidney — 41, 119, 123, 178 Kuhl, Mr. Fred C. — 76, 146 Lambert, Chris — 76, 107, 158 Lance, Scott — 41,178 Landau, Bruce — 105, 173 Landers, Allen — 45, 106, 107, 114, 123, 173 Lanford, Greg — 169, 238 LANGUAGES — 114-115 Lansden, Bill — 186 Lansden, Chip — 17. 106, 173 Latham, Davant — 41, 121, 178 LATIN CLUB — 106 Lawrence, Steve — 186 Lawson, Vint — 53, 107, 109, 131, 158 Lazar, Lon — 110, 122, 123, 169 Lazar, Robert — 182 Lazarov, Joe — 186 Leachman, Jack — 169 Lee, Andy — 178 Lenti, Mrs. Nell — 151 Lenz, Mrs. Ruth B. — 150 Leonard, David — 123, 178 Lettes, Louis — 186 Levell, Harris — 186 Levinson, Jeff — 186 Lewis, Bill — 19, 182 Lewis, Furry — 21 Lifer, Marty — 17, 39, 76, 107, 132, 173 Lindy, Jay — 123, 178 Lindy, Peter — 43, 76, 182 Little, Walt — 169, 238 Long, Bentley — 105, 106, 172, 173 Long, Bill — 76, 135, 169 Lunn, Johnny — 76, 158 Lynn, Col. Ross M. — 5, 20. 21, 138 INDEX 239 Mutzi, Mr. M. Vincent — 115, 143 N Nash, Rick — 111, 187 Nash, Robb — 106, 110, 174 NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY — 239 Neal, Bobby — 107, 161 Nease, Howard — 123, 132, 170, 238 Neely, Buck — 173, 174 NEWSPAPER — 130-131 Newton, Barton — 187 Nichols, Cole — 182 Nichols, Lee — 12, 174 Nichols, Missy — 31, 92, 112 Noah, Bill — 174 Norfleet, Jay — 27 Norfleet, John — 17, 39, 89, 107, 170 NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS — 58-59 O Oates, Charlie — 161 O ' Brien, Ted — 107, 162 Ogle, John — 41,73, 178 Oliver, Mack — 15, 134, 157, 162 Omundson, Eric — 157, 162 Omundson, Mr. Jerrold W. — 101, 149 O ' Neill, Leonard — 22 Orgel, Billy — 182 Ossorio, Jess — 55, 170 Outlan, Booth — 162, 165 Overby, Vance — 89, 107, 131, 170 Owen, Tom — 187 MU ALPHA THETA: (back row) Tim Sharpe, Allen McCool, Whitney Brown; (front row) Flip Eikner, Frank Stackpole, Bill Miller, Barry Rogers, Charlie Allen, Rene Bourgoyne, Preston Klinke, Barry Hendon, Graham Matherne, Courtnay Rudolph, Russell Deaton, Bob Fockler. M MacDonald, Treat — 174 MacQueen, Mr. Leigh W. — 104, 138 Mace, Bill — 12, 174, 224 Mallery, Larry — 186 Malone, Steve —45, 159 Mallory, Bob E. — 186 Man, Masked — 107 Manly, Steve — 107, 169 Mann, Boo — 41 Mann, Jeff— 186 Mann, Weezie — 92, 112, 113 Mansberg, Sally — 58 Markell, Jodie — 22 Marker, Andy — 106, 178 Marsh, Mike — 186 Marshall, Bobby — 29, 169 Marshall, Tom — 19, 47, 134, 160 Marston, Emmett — 169, 171 Masi, Chris — 76, 182 Masi, Tony — 76, 105, 174 Massey, Hank — 174 MATHEMATICS — 102-103 Matherne, Graham — 94, 103, 109, 131, 160, 239, 240 Mathieu, Bill — 14, 15 Matthews, Blake — 174 Maxwell, Lucille — 150, 151 May, Keith — 17, 39, 174 Mayer, Mrs. Mildred — 151 McBride, Leslie — 106, 178 McCaa.Cam — 107, 173 McCann, Wes — 83, 182 McClain, John — 186 McClanahan, Earl — 79, 169 McCloy, Randy — 43, 182 McClure, John — 186 McCool, Allen — 49, 92, 106, 110, 119, 131, 159, 166, 239, 240 McCown, Douglas — 178 McCown, Keith — 173 McCown, Ken — 104, 132, 159 McCrary, Brian — 42, 43, 180, 182 McCrary, Conrad — 15, 17, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 107, 169 McCurdy, Forrest — 28, 131, 132, 133, 159 McDearman, Scott — 48, 119, 131, 132, 159, 239 McDonald, David — 178 McDonald, Jack — 39, 76, 77, 107, 159, 160, 222 McGee, John — 186 McGehee, Norris — 83, 182 McGehee, Stuart — 173 McGehee, Andrew — 186 McGhee, Mr. Goerge R. — 145 McGowan, David — 88, 186 McKinney, Mattie — 151 McKinnon, Jimmy — 106, 110, 178 McLaughlin, Ted — 17, 174 McLemore, Todd — 186 McNeill, Phillip — 17, 45, 174 McPherson, Glenn — 186 Medlin, Scott — 186 Mednikow, Jay — 126, 186 MEMPHIS — 188-195 Meriwether, Tommy — 75, 182 Merrill, Mark — 104, 105, 110, 132, 160, 165, 239 Meyer, Andy — 43, 76, 121, 182 Meyer, Greg — 17, 39, 123, 134, 174 Miles, Emory — 39, 174 Milford, Dick— 18, 19 Miller, Aaron — 170 Miller, Bill — 19, 45, 107, 160, 240 Miller, Don — 106, 107, 178 Miller, Dwight — 39, 107, 160, 222 Miller, Starke — 35, 39, 91, 107, 160, 222 Miller, Tiff— 14, 15, 16 Mitchell, Hunter — 186 Mitchell, Jim — 17, 79, 170 Monaghan, Tim — 79, 174 Monger, Trip — 182 Montague, David — 186 Moody, Craig — 178 Mook, Steve — 187 Moore, Bruce — 39, 92, 107, 120, 121, 161 Moore, Rob — 105, 174 Moore, Trinner — 132, 161 Morris, Preston — 187 Morrison, Joe — 15, 17, 29, 92, 107, 118, 119, 170 Morrow, Carl — 59, 106, 132, 168, 170 Morrow, Rob — 178 MU ALPHA THETA — 240 Muir, John — 26 Murphey, Eddie — 43, 75, 182 Murphy, Walt — 182 Murrah, John — 15, 110, 111, 163 Murrell, Mr. Dan S. — 57 Murrell, Dan — 29, 110, 117, 161 MUSTA ' D — 58-59, 96-97 Page, Ruffner — 48, 79, 92, 107, 109, 158, 162 Parker, Greg — 41, 73, 106, 178 Parrott, Chip — 17, 70, 174 Patteson, Douglas — 31, 92, 112 Patterson, John — 182 Patton.Hal — 174 Payne, Mel — 79, 83, 102, 178 Payonzeck, Greg — 187 Peeples, Clayton — 119, 162 Peeples, David — 19, 39, 119, 175 Pehlman, Greg — 175 PEOPLE — 136-187 PEP CLUB — 123 Pepple, David — 106, 178 Percer, David — 40, 41, 178 Perkins, Stacy — 41 Perkins, Tracy — 41 Peters, Jeff — 15, 17, 45, 70, 175 Peters, Mr. Jerry — 54, 65, 125, 144 Peters, Judd — 74, 75, 182 Pettigrew, Mr. Charles R. — 120, 145, 245 Phillips, Clif — 20, 78, 79, 86, 92, 119, 143, 163, 241 Pidgeon, Bobby — 170 Pidgeon, Julia — 92 Pierce, Joey — 123, 175 Pierce, Mike — 76, 182, 183 Pitts, John — 14, 15 Pogoni, Sam — 41, 178 Porter, Mark — 14, 15, 44, 45, 163 Potter, Carey — 163 Powell, Lee — 8, 175 Powell, Mark — 106, 178 Powell, Ted — 15, 44, 45, 104, 105, 132, 149, 163 Preston, Rob — 12, 115, 170 Pridgen, Skipper — 39, 91, 107, 170 Pridgen, Stephen — 170 Pritchard, Alan — 178 Pryzma, Dick — 106, 178 PURSUITS — 98, 135 R Rainer, Jim — 92, 107, 158, 163 Raines, Ellen — 92 Ramey, John — 182 Ramsey, Mr. Mark — 102, 147 Rawls, Scott — 111,187 Ray, Albert — 15, 17, 70, 170 Reed, David— 46 RELIGION — 126-127 Rennie, Beth — 49 Rhodes, Howard — 76, 175 Richardson, David — 187 Richardson, Rob — 178 Riggins, Trent — 15 240 INDEX Riggs, Rollin — 79, 109, 132, 170 Rise, Carter — 39, 170 Roberts, Hilton — 106, 175 Robertson, Brent — 73, 106, 178 Robertson, Dan — 106, 178 Robinson, Bob — 107, 170 Robinson, David — 55, 132, 170 Robinson, Mrs. Frank — 115, 148 Rodgers, Paco — 187 Roe, Vance — 187 Rogers, Barry — 30, 67, 68, 69, 131, 163, 239, 240 Rogers, Clayton — 43, 69, 182 Rogers, Richard — 187 Rosenburg, Jonathan — 106, 182 Rosenthal, David — 187 Ruch, Bob — 19, 21 Rudolph, Courtnay — 7, 12, 13, 34, 35, 36, 39, 43, 65, 66, 69, 93, 108, 164, 239, 240, 241 Rudolph, David — 42, 43, 75, 182 Rudolph, Mr. Jacob C. — 9, 28, 34, 142 Ruffin, Allen — 178 Ruleman, Elisabeth — 41 Runyan, Keith — 76, 107, 170 Russell, Mr. James — 146 y ' l St. John, Johnny — 187 andifer, Robin — 187 Sasse, Mark — 43, 76, 182 Satterfield, Bill — 164 Satterfield, Stephanie — 41 Satterfield, Steve — 8, 175 Saunders, Mr. Andrew F. — 41, 139 Saunders, Jake — 187 Saunders, Lucia — 41 Schaefer, Mark — 43, 182 Schaefer, Paul — 43, 183, 210 Schaefer, Scott — 39, 107, 116, 134, 175, 210 Schaeffer, Joey — 14, 15, 164 Scharff.Jon — 41, 73, 178 Scharff, Richard — 41, 178 Scheidt, Elkan — 183 Schmeisser, Chris — 15, 17, 39, 171 Schmidt, Mr. R. Craig — 7, 116, 140 Schneider, Daniel — 187 SCIENCE — 100-101 Scott, Hugh — 87, 175 Scrimger, Mrs. Evelyn — 102, 148 Scull, Sam — 187 Seabrook, Hunter — 17, 45, 107, 175 SENIORS — 154-167 SEVENTH GRADE — 184-187 Sharp, John — 43, 75, 183 Sharp, Stephen — 106, 107, 131, 132, 175 Sharpe, Tim — 123, 131, 132, 164, 240, 247 Sheddan, Sam — 122, 123, 171 Shemwell, Robert — 39, 107, 164, 222 Shipkey, Philip — 183 Shurlds, Mr. Charles L. — 139 Shy, David — 82, 83, 176, 178 Shy, Robert — 43, 183 Sides, Hampton — 83, 106, 121, 179 Simpson, David — 73, 106, 179 Sinclair, Hugh — 58, 59, 96, 97, 164 Singer, Tod — 106, 123, 179 Skouteris, George — 40, 41, 70, 72, 73, 179 Smith, Bo — 70, 175 Smith, Matt — 105, 175 Smithwick, Edward — 83, 183 Smithwick, Robin — 83, 179 Smythe, Ham — 165 Snipes, Patrick — 79, 171, 244 SOCCER — 78-83 SOCIAL STUDIES — 116-117 SOPHOMORES — 172-175 Sousoulas, George — 123, 171 Sparks, Robert — 76, 175 Spencer, Larry — 41, 179 SPRING AND SUMMER — 10-31 Springfield, Mr. John Murry — 146 Stackpole, Frank — 165, 240 Stacks, Mr. Clyde W. — 19 Starr, Andy — 183 Starr, Marlon — 183 Stein, Bruce — 12, 171 Steinmetz, Dennis — 22, 105, 175 Steinmetz, Scott — 187 Stevens, John — 15, 56, 104, 105, 106, 131, 165 Stevens, Scott — 179 Stewart, John — 17, 45, 65, 69, 107, 171 Stimson, Buddy — 12, 13, 171 Stinson, David — 56, 122, 171 Stokes, Jack — 19, 39, 76, 107, 175 Storen, Mark — 183 Stout, Cathy — 92, 112 Stratton, Mark — 83, 179 Strock, Peggy — 48 Strong, Peter — 183 Stuart, Charlie — 165 STUDENT COUNCIL — 118-119 Summerfield, Gordon — 17, 175 Tatum, Scott — 107, 171 Taylor, David E. — 106, 175 Taylor, David F. — 183 Taylor, Richard — 43, 183 Taylor, Mrs. Tom — 150 Taylor, Willie — 151 Taylor, Mr. William S. — 147 Teague, Marty — 187 Tenent, Edgar — 165 TENNIS — 18-19 Terber, Kyle — 74 Thomas, Carol — 41 Thomas, Steve — 39, 107, 171 Thomason, Palmer — 49 Thompson, Greg — 183 Thompson, Mr. Norman — 141 Thorn, Mr. D. Eugene — 25, 143 Thornton, Paul — 41, 179 Thrasher, Barton — 187 Thrasher, Bud — 43, 75, 183 Threlkeld, Rob — 171 Threkeld, Steve — 187 Todd, Mr. Carroll — 139 Tooms, Jeffrey — 179 Touchstone, Kyle — 183 Toussaint, Jim — 187 Townes, John — 78, 79, 80, 123, 132, 171 Townsend, Bill — 171, 235 TRACK — 14-17 Trapp, Mike — 175 Tribble, Bobby — 165 U Ulmer, Jeff— 171 Underwood, Dean — 45, 107, 175 Utkov, Neil — 79, 92, 107, 119, 130, 166, 241 V Van Brocklin, Tommy — 17, 45, 175 Varner, Sam — 19 Vasa, Ben — 171 Vermilye, Mrs. H. R. — 110 Vermilye, Peter— 165, 166 Vick, David — 72, 73, 83, 179 W Wade, Boyd — 183 Wadsworth, Paul — 41, 179 Wadsworth, Russell — 187 Walker, David — 17, 68, 69, 107, 171 Walker, John B. — 179 Walker, John W. — 179 Waller, Rush — 39, 107, 175 Walt, John — 39, 107, 175, 245 Walters, Rob — 187 Ward, Ben — 187 Ward, Jamie — 105, 179 Wasson, Jeff — 43, 183 Watkins, Jay — 171 Watkins, Tri — 39, 52, 86, 107, 118, 119, 132, 165, 166, 222 Watson, Bob — 83, 175 Watson, Mr. Joel S. — 144 Watson, Robert — 6, 93, 151 Weaver, Bret — 12, 166, 239 Weaver, Mark — 187 Webb, Charles — 27, 58, 97, 102, 106, 171, 239 Wegbreit, Robert — 106, 179 Weiner, Craig — 17 Wells, Dale — 53, 79, 81, 106, 109, 119, 131, 166, 245 Wells, Jaden — 75, 185 Wepfer, Janet — 49, 112, 113 Westland, Stuart — 15, 53, 107, 166 White, Don — 105, 179 Wilbourn, John — 29, 79, 123, 167 Wilder, Jim — 187 Wiley, Mark — 106, 132, 172, 175 Wilkenson, Brad — 187 Wilkinson, Chuck — 162, 167 Williams, Mr. Anthony — 147 Williams, Barron — 83, 175 Williford, Patrice — 112, 113, 247 Wilson, Bill — 43, 183 Wilson, Carry — 74 Wilson, Gib — 15 Wilson, Grace — 41 Wilson, Stuart — 123, 132, 171 Winegardner, Nicky — 187 Winkleman, Willie — 12 WINTER — 62-97 Witte, Mark — 17, 175 Wood, Chip — 39, 107, 175 Woodbury, George — 106, 179 Woodbury, Rob — 187 Wooten, Ray — 83, 179 Wrenn, John — 15, 45, 123, 165, 167 Wrenn, Louis — 175 WRESTLING — 76-77 Wright, Dave — 76, 107, 126, 167 YEARBOOK — 132-133 1977 WHO ' S WHO: (back row) Jim Enright, Most Talented; Turley Howard, Friendliest; Stan Graves, Best AU-Around; Clif Phillips, Most Popular; Bob Fockler, Most Intelligent; (front row) Neil Utkov, Most School-Spirited; Charlie Allen, Most Likely to Succeed; Courtnay Rudolph, Most Athletic; Preston Klinke, Best Dressed; (not pictured) Forrest McCurdy, Wittiest. Zadick, David — 41,179 Zadick, Tommy — 106, 171 Zuckerman, John — 183 INDEX 241 THANKS To put out a good yearbook, editors and staff need money. Forrest McCurdy handled this year ' s ad campaign. His sales pitches not only sold ads but also enlivened boring chapels. David Stinson was the top salesman this year with over $300. The OWL ' s books were kept by Barry Hendon, our business manager. Once again the Sports section was the most difficult to compile. Sports editor Tim Sharpe was forced to take almost all of his section ' s pictures in addition to his other duties. He did an excellent job. Helping Tim were David Taylor, Scott McDearman, John Atwood, John Townes, Tri Watkins, Bill Dunavant, Ruffner Page, Andy Humphries, Courtnay Rudolph, Coach Rick Ferguson, Marty Lifer, and Bret Weaver. The graphics in sports are FORMAT 5364 60 pt. Student Life for the second year in a row was without copy. The experienced Charlie Allen turned out a witty and interesting section with the help of Courtnay Rudolph, Bobby Marshall, Bret Weaver, Frank Stackpole, Percy Clarke, and Forrest McCurdy. Captions in Student Life are 9pt. Melior solid. First-year-editors Flip Eikner and Graham Matherne (Academics) and Preston Klinke (Organizations) quickly learned their trade and turned in excellent spreads every deadline. 48pt. Cooper Black headlines were used in Academics. Preston, with the help of ace staffer Whitney Brown, used a 3-pica marginal bar with 18 pt. Vogue Bold type reversed out in it. Faculty editors Chip Hughes and Ted Powell had trouble at the first of the year but came through in the end. Scott McDearman handled the Senior section. His hard work made it one of the first sections finished. Junior Howard Nease finished Underclassmen on the first deadline. He also did the Index. Juniors John Atwood and John Townes gained valuable experience and turned out a creative Memphis section. The ad section was done by Carl Morrow, who never had to be told twice what to do. Photography editor Billy Knight did an admirable job for a sophomore. Darkroom editors Bob Fockler and Ray Brandon bore the bulk of the printing work this year and most of the editors ' wrath. They did a fine job. Assisting the Photography staff were Mr. Craig Schmidt and Mr. Tom Brown. Mrs. Mildred Mayer and Mrs. Jean Hale helped the OWL with photographs and a telephone. This year ' s cover might never have been if not for the advice of Mr. Saunders and Mr. Todd. Our company representative, Mr. Nick Drake, also was a great help. This was Mr. Ellis Haguewood ' s fifth year as Yearbook advisor. He was indispensable to the production of this year ' s book. I would like to add my personal thanks to Mr. Haguewood for his understanding and personal interest in helping me through the year. The ' 770WL 242 THANKS advisor: Mr. Ellis Haguewood editor-in-chief: Russell Deaton sports: Tim Sharp e David Taylor, Tri Watkins, Andy Humphries, Ruffner Page Marty Lifer, Courtnay Rudolph, Bret Weaver, Bill Dunavant student life: Charlie Allen Courtnay Rudolph, Bobby Marshall, Bret Weaver, Frank Stackpole, Forrest McCurdy academics: Flip Eikner, Graham Matherne organizations: Preston Klinke Whitney Brown. Jay Dunlap, Ken McCown, John Stevens, Stuart Westland faculty: Chip Hughes, Ted Powell seniors: Scott McDearman Bill Miller, Turley Howard, Haines Fullerton, Clif Phillips, Ray Brandon, Tri Watkins, Trin Moore, William Howard underclassmen: Howard Nease Skip Jones, Stuart Wilson, Dan Higley Memphis. John Atwood, John Townes Rollin Riggs advertisements: Carl Morrow index: Howard Nease Clay Beach, Stuart Wilson, Mark Wiley photography advisor: Mr. Craig Schmidt, Mr. Tom Brown darkroom editors: Boh Fockler, Ray Brandon PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR: BUly Knigll t business manager: Barry Hendon ad sales manager: Forrest McCurdy THANKS 243 MUS: a legacy The school goes on and on. It is hard to answer the questions posed at the beginning of this yearbook: What is MUS? Who is MUS? The yearbook has tried to answer these questions and to tell exactly what has occurred this year. Something that has been made apparent is the perseverance of the school. MUS is its own world. To Colonel Lynn it is an entire life. To the students it is a brief six years. Faculty members and pupils come and then go off into their own lives — the school remains. Sometimes it seems as if the school will last forever — that no matter what happens, the institution will come through it. Perhaps its character will be changed, but it will exist. The purpose for which it was created, to provide a fine education and good moral environment, will be achieved. It is certain that sometime in the future the school will cease to exist. It could be in five years, fifty, one hundred, or one thousand. The physical plant will be covered with grasses or asphalt and the name forgotten. But the true spirit and achievement of MUS will not die. They will live in the people who have been intimately involved with the school. Their personalities will carry the mark of MUS in their dedication and sense of honor. All the people who love the school can feel proud that they have had a part in the accomplishment. In this way, MUS will last forever. MUS goes on and on. Because of bad weather in middle Tennessee, many of the soccer team ' s opponents could not make it to Memphis for the games. After Nashville McGavock failed to show up, the Owl kickers had an inter-squad scrimmage in which Dade Hunt scored on a penalty kick. In the hall outside the teachers ' offices, Patrick Snipes finds a few moments of solace to review his French. Moments later, the bell rang and he was engulfed by a tide of noisy students heading for class. 244 CLOSING At the Basketball Homecoming Dance, Student Council Veep, Dale Wells, warns John Walt with the words, Hey man, you move your hand one more inch towards that money and you ' ll get a Bic Banana stuck in it. What do you care, it ' s only a materialistic symbol of nothing. A humorous moment in chapel allows Mr. Pettigrew to break his usually stoical expression and form a new facial position called laughing. The only other time he was seen with such a big smile on his face was when he got a super stereo deal from his look-a-like Kirby Leathers, at Scott Sound Center. CLOSING 245 On a Saturday afternoon in November, the Civic Service Club and some boys from the Memphis Boy ' s Club cut down a Christmas tree and decorated it in the foyer. A good time was had by all. Caught in a Wolfeian moment of time, spectators and players display mixed emotions over a loss to Baylor. After the game these people scattered into their own worlds, living rooms, loves, deaths, tuberculars, succulent meals, initial sex encounters, novels, and fame. O Lost! : 246 CLOSING MUS: a moment The spirit of MUS will last for a long time, but the people are finite. They are enclosed at 6191 Park for a moment of their lives, an instant. The impression that they make is like a flash photograph. The shutter opens, the flash explodes, and the people are trapped in its light. All their defects, emotions, and strengths are frozen in the photograph. The light reflecting off them makes a permanent mark on the film as the people make a mark on MUS. Then, after the flash, the people disperse and travel their own ways. But they will always remember the photograph and can look at it and reminisce. This is what the yearbook is. After their instants at MUS, the people leave and travel to their own fates. When many years have passed and the memories of MUS have dimmed, they can pick up the OWL and recapture the moment in time that was 1977. Displaying perfect form in her Go, Buzzards, Go cheer, Patrice Williford arouses the student body, in addition to doing sundry roll calls and yells. The frustration and disillusionment of being Yearbook sports editor finally catches up with Tim Sharpe when he realizes that he has 18 more pages to complete. Tim is also thinking of what Coach Peters will say when he tells him that he has lost the track results. CLOSING 247 A Few Closing Words From The Editor 24H EDITOR ' S NOTE What a year. Sometimes it seemed that this book would never come off. But it did, and here it is. I have gained many things this year. One of those things is the friendship of the section editors and staffers. Working for twelve hours straight in a small, closed room automatically makes people closer. They ' re a great group. I hope the OWL is enjoyable to all who read it. A little bit of pleasure for our readers was our primary goal. It has been a good experience, but thank God, it ' s over! Russell Deaton Editor, 1977 OWL 1  ■■ « ■ ' ' ■ ■