Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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Preparing to open the season against Briarcrest, the football team swelters in the summer heat. 24 STUDENT LIFE

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s tarting Up As summer dwindles to a close, so all summer activities come to an end — summer vacations for some, summer jobs for others. With the advent of another school year, students rearrange their schedules to allow for getting to homeroom before the 8: 1 5 bell. Two-a-day practices end for football, soccer, and cross-country athletes. Spare time is replaced by academic instruction. Out-of-class activities center on athletic events, but they also include Student Council dances, watermelon feasts, and discussions about who ' s dating-whom-and-why. Another school year has begun. At the annual back-to-school Honor Council Student Council cookout at Headmaster Thorn ' s home, John Dulin, Wesley Grace, Andy Wright, and Greg McGowan sit captivated by Mr. Norman Thompson ' s monologue on rules for a successful life. A Junior Class Student Council representative, Hal Bailey serves up watermelon at another always popular Student Council-sponsored feast during lunch period. BACK-TO-SCHOOL 23

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low Off the Dust, Crank Up the Gears: School ' s Here Working hard on grub day, which concluded the Civic Service Club ' s Ticket Week, Dylan Black and Josh Sullivan construct the Victory Dance stage while Mr. Mike Deaderick, Mr. Andy Saunders, and Greg McGowan oversee the project. Oh, no! did I leave my radio on all night? No, wait, it just-now turned on. What ' s up? No, don ' t tell me, it must be the first day of school. After the horrid realization of what back to school really means — early nights, early mornings, loads of homework, and even Wednesday Chapel — most students take notice of the many changes and improvements which have occurred over the summer. On returning to school, one student even noted, Gosh, something seems different. Upon observation, this statement proved to be accurate. Changes included a new roof, lounge floor, chapel steps, and even a resoiled football field; but also not to be overlooked, all the sidewalks received concrete comers. These changes remind us more than ever that back to school does not necessarily mean back to the way it was. During a well-prepared Orientation Day speech, Shelley Harrison instructs future yearbook editors never to disrupt the continuity of a picture with a caption. Tres Fife comments to John Home about the new chapel steps — one of many summer renovations. BACK-TO-SCHOOL 25