Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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-...itMiy« :, • ' i.-. ' ' Aw Among the fine facilities available to MUS students are (pictured clockwise from left) the Humphreys Administrative Wing, the Hull Lower School, the new McCaughan Science Center, the Hyde Chapel, and the Hyde Learning Center. PLANT GROWTH 9

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MUS PLANT GROWTH MUS ' ambitions have been the driving force behind the constant improvement of the facilities at school. The school ' s growth has been gradual yet constant. Originally an area of undeveloped land on the outskirts of Memphis was purchased by the school ' s founders. The original administration building was the only structure on campus, and this building was only a fraction of the size of the present building. Oddly, the shape of the first building on campus was a U , the school symbol. As the school developed, the administration building was enlarged in order to house more classrooms. As the years passed, MUS ' athletic interests increased, and a gymnasium was constructed. The student body of MUS began to grow more rapidly, and a facility had to be built which was capable of holding the entire student body; therefore, in 1962 the Hyde Chapel was constructed. Previous to the building of the chapel, all programs for the student body were held in the dining hall. As the growth of the student body continued to accelerate, a separate Lower School building was added in 1972. Intellectual curiosity has always been a primary attribute of the MUS student body, and the library, which occupied the current lecture room, had to be augmented in order to satisfy the students ' need to learn. The Hyde Learning Center was built in 1 972 to give MUS one of the finest library facilities in the area. A Fine Arts wing, built in 1976, gave impetus to artistic interests. The athletic facilities have undergone great changes over the years. The tennis courts originally stood where the library was built. The library ' s construction necessitated the moving of the tennis facilities to their present location in 1972. That same year a Lower School gym was added. MUS once had a skeet-shooting range, but when the campus was annexed into the city, firearms were no longer permitted on campus. Golfing enthusiasts at MUS once had their own three-hole cou rse on campus. The latest addition to the MUS campus is the McCaughan Science Center. This building follows in the MUS tradition of providing the finest facilities available in order to increase the benefits of an MUS education. 8 OPENING

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MUS: PAST AND PRESENT Cheering wildly, David Jackson and Coach Schmidt display their Buzzard spirit during a pregame pep rally. Apart from clothing styles, MUS pep rallies have remained fairly consistent. Feigning nirvana, Doug McGowan and Sam Pogoni spy their quarry, Hutchison students. Now Big Men on Campus drive sleek sports cars rather than don letter jackets to elicit the interests of young women, but the quest of MUS students for female companionship seems constant. 10 OPENING