Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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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

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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

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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