Murphy High School - Mohian Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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Row One: Hand. S| rndlin. Moore. E.. Hope, Cox. Fulcher, Forehand. Ilur- Krove. Ilright. iiou ton. Row Two: Moon, Marion. Pis- lole. Rolling. Shaw. Staple- ton. Clay. Row 'ntreo: Houiur. Roland. Brown, Sits, Rows, Vaughan. J. C. Row One: Fulcher, Knudaen, Sharpe. Rubira. Dobbin . Du f fee. Hahn, Phillips. Hruniton. Douglas. W. T. Row Two: Sowell. Clark. Crad- dock. Sc later. Dean, Murray, Vaughan. Water . liewell. Purifoy, Fillana. 50 : 4—That is the ratio of our single female teachers to the number of single “gents”, however 8 : 27 is the ratio of married ladies to our married men. Twenty-eight of our faculty are well established in Mobile, because they own homes, while a fourth board. Just like us, the teachers read and have their favorite books and authors. This time it is the recently published novel Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell which called forth the most en- thusiastic praise. Others mentioned in the census are the Bible, the dictionary and one, perhaps not as well known to most of us, is The Story of San Michele. Along the athletic line, “my favorite sport” seems to be the ever popular game of football. From ping pong and bowling to walking and dancing our learned professors get their relief from mental activity. The hearts of our ladies seem to miss a beat when the name of George Arliss is mentioned. He is the choice of the greater part of them. Norma Shearer seems to cause the same amount of emotion in the part of “our lads”. Of lesser popularity but still well liked are Mae West, Jeanette McDonald, and Greta Garbo, as representatives of Hollywood’s “femmes”. Of the masculine population of the movie colony, Leslie Howard, Paul Muni, and Gary Cooper tip the scales. From the above summary it has developed that our faculty are just “folks”, like all the rest of us, even though they hold high degrees and are sup- posed to be miles above us mere students. [131

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Our Faculty Row One: Tait, Smith. M., d‘Ornellna, Ros cr. Clark. I... Vcnman. Forney. Lawler, Smith, A. I... Gatlin, Kern. Row Two: Ronacker. Peter». Ilaxtrr, Jone», Dougin». A.. Michael. Sonnier. Alexander. Thomas, Moore. R. Row Throe: Greer, Thomason. Hubbard, l iurendine. Dah- mer, White. Row One: Anderson, Murphy. Allman. Bridgewater, Reid. Unxicker. Withers, Stookey. Woolley. Urimm, Richards. Wilkie. Row Two: Reynolds. Hutchin- son. Chancellor. Hamil. Hud- Kens. Foote. Morrissette. Wagner. Kandlette. Perkins. Bolls ring. Three thousand students slowly stroll into their various class rooms to be taught, much to the disgust of many, how Napoleon fought . battle, or how to conjugate the verb “to be” in six tenses, or even how to make biscuits. Little do we students realize the many efforts that have been put forth by our faculty to acquire this knowledge, which they try to pass on to us. From Tulane in the South, to the University of Michigan in the North; from the University of California in the West to N. Y. U. of the East, hail our teachers. Alabama’s University seems to be “tops”, thirty-two having attended during regular terms, for summer school or for extension courses. Close on its heels was the University of Chicago which was also pushed for second place by Peabody College, of which eleven are alumni. Degrees and more degrees! Hours have been spent to obtain them. For example, seventeen have acquired a master’s degree in art and five a master’s degree in science. The most popular degree among the teachers is the Bachelor of Science. Other degrees held by many are E.E., B.A., and Ph. B. We students should be congratulated on the literary attainment of our faculty, eighteen out of the hundred having had articles published in magazines and newspapers. Even some are boast- ing the publication of books. Let it be known to us humble students that to win the hearts of our teachers, we must develop our personality and sense of humor, and beware of poor sportsmanship! Don’t be a “book worm”, but show interest and willingness to learn. Sum these up and we have the type of pupil best liked by our faculty, according to interviews. [121

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Our Work BUSINESS Q }ty Students in the Department of Business have the splendid privilege of becoming technically proficient in office, shop, jpd field service and culturally efficient in the art of making the most of life’s opportunities. Courses of study and methods of procedure have been selected and adapted to that end. The training in bookkeeping, typing, and shorthand classes is not designed merely to develop skillful performance, but to inculatc the virtues of accuracy, punctuality, de- pendability and ambition as well. Business prin- ciples, business law, and economic geography are offered to provide such knowledge in these fields as experience has found to be necessary. Mr. Oscar Boland is the efficient head of this depart- ment. ENGLISH f y In the English Department, twenty-two teachers struggle with the youths of Mobile in the hope that they will not only speak and write good Eng- lish, but that they will, also, learn how to appre- ciate literature suitable to their ages. Among the special tools used in an effort to produce these results are the blue Fundamental booklets, the up- to-date texts in composition, and recent collections of classics which present worth while matter in most attractive form. Special courses which pro- duce results in the English field are public speak- ing, journalism, and dramatics. If the pupils take advantage of the opportunities offered by the De- partment, they will receive ample English training for meeting life’s situations. SOCIAL SCIENCE An excellent Social Science Department is one feature that proclaims Murphy’s efficiency as an institution of learning. This department affords such varied phases of science that every student is certain to contact it at least once. Murphy’s students are adequately supplied with data of both the past and present, as the history courses range from Ancient and Medieval to Current World History with Modern European World, and Ameri- can History included for good measure. These subjects are supplemented by courses dealing with the American government of today, and the prob- lems which retard its progress. These courses include Civics, Economics, and Social Problems. Ably directed by Miss Sallie Withers, this depart- ment educates Murphy’s students for better citizen- ship. M 41