Murphy High School - Mohian Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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i9-THE MOHIAN-33 t ) 'I 'I ( Bright. l‘h. B.; Cady. II. A.; Cole. B. A.: DIx. M. A.: Edward». M. L.. M A.: England. B. A. Forney. B. A.; Graham. M. I’.. B. A.: Hope, B. A.: Houston. B. S.; E Moore. M A ; R. Moore, M A Pullen. B. S.; Schall, B. A.: Warner. B. S.; Waters. B. S.; White. B. A.; Wilkie. 8. A. The English Department e Schools exist to develop and direct the lives of boys and girls so that they may become good citizens. The English course, aiming to contribute to this one general end, plans through language-composition and through reading-literature, to produce the following outcomes: mastery of language activities in life, development of right attitudes, and discrimnating reading habits. The Department, in efforts to improve teaching methods and pupil guidance, has published “Fundamentals in English” and “English Course of Study.” To the regular English courses have been added the following for gifted pupils: Creative Writing; Dramatics; and Journalism, all for upper classmen. Among the extra curricula activities of the English Department are the publications, Mohian and Mobile Hi Time ; and the clubs, Contemporary Poetry club, Dramatics, and International Honorary Journalistic Society. Various contests, for example, National Awards, U. D. C., Gorgas Memorial, stir the ambition of the youthful writers. The hope of the department, as a whole, is so to improve its methods that the pupils will not only have command of fundamental processes and a better grasp on and a happier view of life, but that they will also make greater contributions to worthy home membership and to civic usefulness. PAGE 21

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i9-THE MOHIAN-33 Boland, B. A.: Brown: Chancellor. B. S.: Fitzgerald: Foote, Ph. B. Franklin, B. S.: Gaaten: Hahn. B. A.; Hand. B. S. Pou, B. S.: Purifoy, B. A.; Sallee. B. A.: Shaw; Shepard. B. S. The Commercial Department The purposes of the Commercial Department are: To prepare students to hold salaried positions with ever-increasing benefit to themselves and to the business with which they are associated; to inspire them with ambition to succeed, either as man- agers or as entrepreneurs, to positions of business leadership; to impress upon them the vastness of the business field and the varied opportunities for achievement to be found therein; to create among them a realization that they may expect, as a rule, to succeed in direct proportion to the service they render society; to assist capable graduates to secure positions and to follow them through the years immediately succeeding graduation. Constant effort has been made during the past ten years to materialize the idealism embodied in this statement of aims and these efforts have been attended by a gratifying measure of success. Class teaching, club training, and employment assistance, supplemented by efforts to arouse the business community to a proper appreciation of the department, have resulted in giving Murphy’s business department a splendid reputation among the employers of its graduates. PAGE 20

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19-TH E MOHIAN-33 Ward. M. A.: Hotair; Gresham: Houser; Hubbard. B. S.; Moratrue» Nixon. H. S.; Kandlette. Ph. H.; Smith, B. S; Snyder. B. S.: Sowell. B. S.; Stookey. It. S., B. M. Industrial and Fine Arts Department Industrial Arts Education includes Woodworking, Metalworking, Machine Shop, Auto Mechanics, Printing, Mechanical Drawing, Machine Drawing, and Architectural Drawing. The purpose of these courses are: To give experiences and information which will contribute to the general education of the individual; to give an outlet for creative impulses and to add an interest and incentive for attending school; to develop an appreciation of work and workmanship from both the viewpoint of the worker and the consumer; to develop some degree of skill in using tools; to give incidental vocational guidance. For the most part, these aims are taught through the making of useful projects which may be taken home by the pupil. Vocational education in Murphy High School is represented by only one course, that of Auto Mechanics. The purpose of this course is to teach a trade to those boys who have definitely decided to abandon the regular high school subjects and to prepare them- selves to earn a living at a trade. The boys spend one-half their time in actual Auto- mobile work and one-half their time in work related to the subject. When the boys complete the two year course they are given a certificate enabling them to enter the trade as an advanced apprentice. Art education in Murphy High School has as its aims and general objectives the following: To engender a love of beauty; to de- velop good taste; to enrich life and train for leisure; to gratify the desire to create; to encourage talent. These aims are taught through actual experiences and observa- tions given in the following courses: Freehand Drawing, Advanced Freehand Draw- ing, Commercial Art, and Applied Art. PAGE 22