Murphy High School - Mohian Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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GERTRUDE MYLDRED BECK “Jack” “Like the sweetheart of the sun, Who many a glowing kiss had won.” • JOHN CULVER BODDEN “A man’s a man for a’ that” WILLIAM BYRON BOONE “Boozie” “Under the greenwood tree Who loves to be with me ” Class Football '26-’27' Eta Bita Pie ’27 Boys’ Glee Club ’27 Four Arts Club ’27 • RUBY MAE BELL “Dumbcll” ‘In truth together ye do seem Like something fashioned in a dream.” Lunch Counter ’27 Fine Arts Club • MARY ELIZABETH BEUK ‘Little Joe” “And vital feelings of delight Shall rear her form to stately height.” Business Club ’27-’28 JOSEPH GLADSTONE BOWEN, JR. “Choppy” “Quips and cranks and wanton wiles, Nods and becks and wreathed smiles.” • LEONARD C. BROWN “Brom” “All this world’s noise appears to me A dull, ill-acted comedy.” Dramatic Club ’23-’24 • BESSIE VIRGINIA BLAKE “A glowing light, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay.” Mobile Hi Times Staff ’26-’27 Local Interest Club National Honor Society for Hi School Journalists Mohian Staff • MYRTLE AGNES BOLTON “Myrt” “So dainty and sweet, this lady fair, And always popular everywhere.” Business Club A. B. L. S. Traffic Monitor Local Interest Club • LUELLA POWELL BOWLING “Mutt” “A charm attends her everywhere, Care smiles to see her free from care.” i

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DOROTHY BLAIR ADAMS “Dot” “A woman the leader of the deed.” President Junior Class 1926-27 President Senior Class 1927-28 BERNARD EDWARD ADAIR “No matter at what time of day He’ll be at work, and not at play.” • KENNETH EDWARD AYER “Ken” “An ounce of pluck Is worth a ton of luck.” SUMNER ADAMS “Her care was never to offend, And every student was her friend.” Emergency room monitor • IDA LOUISE ANDREWS “Cooney” Her eyes as stars of twilight fair Like twilight’s, too, her dusky hair.” JAMES BACKES “Jazz” “A spirit of jov who works in jest, and jests in work.” Freshman Representative Locker Monitor 1926-27 Barton News Staff 1926-27 • HERBERT BAUMER “Hub” “A quiet student much inclined To study hard and fill his mind.” Local Interest Club • GRACE CLAIRE ATHEY “Ady” “Her reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength and skill.” Local Interest Club 1927-28 Section Chairman 1926-27 Traffic Monitor Dramatic Club ELIZABETH WILKINSON AUSTIN “Beth” “A perfect girl, nobly planned To warn, to comfort, and command.” Section Chairman 1924-25 Local Interest Club MARNA H. BAREFIELD Mama Baby' “On her cheek an autumn flush. Deeply ripened—lovely blush.” Mobile Hi Times Staff Girl Representative Freshman Cabinet Chairman of Motto Committee Traffic Committee

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 EVELYN A. BRADFORD “Eve” “A nature so modest and rare Veiling the strength that is there.” Mobile Hi Times Staff Local Interest Club Creative Writers Club • HOWARD J. BRUISTER “He was the mildest mannered man That ever scuttled a ship or cut a throat.” • GORDON BURNS “Ikie” “A sadder and a wiser man He rose the morrow- morn.” Class Football Cafeteria MARGUERITE LUCILLE BRANDAU “Margie “She was a phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight.” THELMA ELIZABETH BRITAIN “Thel” “With eyes star-bright And hair like night.” CARL FRANCIS BUSBEE “Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toil O’er books consumed the midnight oil?” Business Club ROBERT BERKELEY BUSH “Honey Boo h” “At whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads.” Football ’27 Lunch Counter ’26-’27-’28 EUNICE HAZEL BRUNSON “Gentle as a western breeze Passing over summer seas.” A. B. L. S. Member • MARY LUCILE BUSBY “Cile” “Like a blossom, passing fair Playing in the evening air.” Member of Glee Club • EDITH CAMPBELL “Etha” “A form more fair, a face more sweet Ne’er hath it been my lot to meet.”