Murphy High School - Mohian Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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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

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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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19-TH E M O H I A N-33 i Duffee; Hcustis; Jones. B. A.: Manning. B. A.: Kichards. B. A. Rcthneb; B. S.: Shepard. B. A.: Spradlin. B. S.: Tail. B. A.; Venman. B. A. The Language Department The Latin department has three full time teachers: Misses Duffee, Heustis, and Tait, with Miss Richards assisting with two classes. The Latin work is intended to cooperate with English, by enlarging its vocabulary, by tracing the relationship be- tween Latin and English words, and by stressing technical English grammar; with History, by furnishing a background of Roman life, literature, and military achieve- ments; with the Art department by its architecture, sculptures, road and bridge building. But perhaps the greatest claim that Latin has for recognition in the modern curriculm is its cultural motive to add to the practical and commercial side of edu- cation and a subject which may lead to a purely intellectual pleasure or satisfaction— “Art for art’s sake.” Four years of Spanish are offered. The first two years are devoted to the study of Spanish and Spanish-American customs and to practice in understanding and expressing thought in the language. In the third and fourth years Spanish literature is studied. Interest in the language is maintained by the reading ol Spanish newspapers and magazines by correspondence with students in Spanish- speaking countries and by participation in the programs of “El Club Hispanoameri- cano.” Three years of instruction are offered here in French. In the first year grammar is stressed along with the reading of simple stories. In the second year grammar is continued but more emphasis is placed on the reading of a four act play and an historical novel. The third year offers principally reading of books and plays together with French conversation and composition based on the texts. PAGE 23