Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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Instant Replay: Back-to-School After three months of summer freedom and frolic, student nervous systems meet a sudden and severe shock when they collide with back-to-school week. But we quickly re-establish homeostasis by sharing the summer ' s adventures with classmates, by getting rowdy at the year ' s first pep rally, by cheering the football team to victory in the season opener, and by dancing the night away at the Victory Dance afterwards. And you probably think cheerleader practice is easy. Brad Flynn ' s shoulders get a shoe-massage from Avery Patton. A Student Council car wash offers Charles Jalenak an opportunity to wash Dr. Reginald Dalle, n ' est-ce pas? On y Dr. Dalle ' s car went home clean, however, as Charles resisted the urge. Adjusting his camera, .lohn Fulton prepares to videotape the opening football game for closed-circuit replay during the following week in the student lounge. Practice makes perfect and intra-squad scrimmages sharpen skills. Here the second-team offense runs opponent ' s plays against the first-team defense. 24 Student Life Some things never change: basketball physical development always begins on hot September afternoons. Coach Jerry Peters dean of Shelby County roundball mentors, calls the role to begin daily boot camp, as Hunter Ivy (22) and an unidentified player wish they were somewhere else. Get fired up! Avery Patton, Maggie Eikner, and Meg Byers (front row) and Ellen Gannaway, Tiffany Grizzard, and Michelle Anderton fire up the student body during the White Station contest.

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Why Memphis ' Why do tourists come to Memphis? Recently, an unidentified tourist, let ' s call him Mr. T., landed at Memphis International Airport looking for a good time in the city. Wanting nothing but the best, he stayed inone of Memphis ' best hotels, the Peabody. Newly renovated by Belz Enterprises, the establishment is billed as again and forever the South ' s grand hotel. At the hotel lobby near the duck fountain, one can supposedly see everybody who is anybody in the Delta. After looking at the ducks for a few minutes, Mr. T caught sight of two of the better restaurants in Memphis, Dux and Chez Philippe. After two hearty meals, he decided to go up to the second floor, where he listened to the band in the Continental Ballroom. On his first full day of sightseeing, Mr. T. visited the major drawing attraction to Memphis, Elvis Presley ' s Graceland, a mansion situated on 13.8 acres of land, containing everything from a racquetball house to a trophy room holding many costumes, awards, and all of Elvis ' gold, silver, and platinum albums. Getting up late the next morning, Mr. T. decided to revive himself by taking a walk over to the Mud Island Theme Park. After the brief tram ride over the water to the park, Mr. T. strolled alongside a scale model of the Mississippi from its source at Itasca State Park in Bemidji, Minnesota, to its mouth in New Orleans. After a quick lunch at the River Terrace Restaurant, Mr. T. toured the River Museum. Since he had heard about a fun theme park over in Midtown, Mr. T. went back to the mainland and took a cab over to Libertyland. Once there, he headed for the Park ' s biggest attraction, the Revolution, which is both a loop and a corkscrew. He also went on the log flume, the Zippin ' Pippin, the merry-go-round, and the many other rides. The Peabody, Mud Island, Graceland, Libertyland — four good reasons for anyone to visit Memphis. The entrance to the Presley mansion is the beginning of the Graceland adventure for the thousands of tourists who annually flock to Memphis. Hoping his fake I.D. will cover his baby face, Andrew Shainberg forces a smile as he enters Peabody ' s Dux Restaurant. A pilgrimage for thousands of music fans is Elvis ' s gravesite, Meditation Gardens, which is also the private graveyard for other Presley family members. Why Memphis? 23

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n a September chapel program, Mr. vron Fogelman — prominent lemphis businessman and father of ne former and two current MUS udents — talks about the possibility Fan NFL franchise in Memphis. asking in the sun by the crashed elicopter art-thing on campus, David oyd tries to finish his summer reading efore taking the test during the first ' eek of school.