Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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» » . Never Too Busy flE ■f m . ' ((-♦v 4 ' a It is a common misconception among those unfamiliar with our school that we do nothing but study. The truth is that we (Jo work hard inside and outside the classroom, but we ' re never too busy to play. The English essay can wait, the math problems can be solved later, the chemistry lab can be written up tomorrow if there ' s something interesting to do. Whether it ' s an MSU football game, or the latest Rocky or Ramhn flick, or just a large pepperoni at Pi a Hut, we find that the river city has opportunities to offer to those who seek amusement. C ' okc in hand. Paul Anderson poses with the south end of a north-bound horse grinding sugar cane at the annual Mid-South (rafts Fair on the campus of the Pink Palace Museum Craftsmen from throughout the Mid-Soulh demonstrate and sell their handmade arts and crafts for three days in October Fulfilling a lifelong dream. Bo Allen and David Chancellor pose on either side of professional- wrestling referee Jerry Calhoun at a weekly Monday night card at the Mid-South Coliseum in late August. Enjoying a warm autumn evening, Mike Patterson and Kathy Johnson soak in the sounds, the smells, the tradition of Bcale Street Exhibiting their much hatlyhooed sub machine guns. Stcmtt Armstrong and (iavin Murrey unload stacatto bursts of lead on enemy bottles and cans on the Houston I vcc bridge

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L ick and Jane: a High-School Update Students begin their schooling with an introduction to two of primer literature ' s best-known characters: Dick and Jane. Dick is a boy. Dick is The Ideal Boy. Dick is the boy that all students emulate the rest of their lives. Jane is a girl. Any girl. More importantly Jane is the girl who always gets tangled up with Dick. Ten years ago, future MUS students could not have cared less about Jane. Jane was a girl. Jane had cooties. All girls had cooties. But a strange thing happened about the time that students entered the seventh grade. Jane lost her cooties and got other things to replace them. Like a personality. And intelligence. And other paraphenalia. As MUS students progressed, so did their relationship to Jane. Jane was no longer avoided. Indeed she was eagerly sought after: for recreation, for conversation, and for dates. Jane ' s attraction was addictive, compulsive, incomprehensible. Jane became the chief end of man, the raison d ' etre, Truth, nirvana. Unable to ! « : of anything more constructive to do with their Friday afternoon, Daye Elkin ushered her crew of cheerleaders to the Hull- Dobbs Field where they met with Joel Morrow and his merry band of yell-leaders for a yell- session. Quoth the Daye: Whenever I get bored, I call up the gals and say ' Let ' s do something school-spirited! ' After having arrived at the Summer-Twin Drive-In early to get a good parking space, Hal Bailey settles down with his unidentified date to enjoy the pre-matinee bargain features. Lights. Camera. Action! 28