Murphy High School - Mohian Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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We at Murphy have the privilege of having on our office force the State Chairman of the National Association of School Secretaries- She is Miss Effie Lou Brown, Mr. Clark’s secretary. While at Murphy she took a secretarial course and was art editor of the Mohian during her sen- ior year. Sketching figures is still one of her hobbies. The illustrations in “Two Freshmen Ex- plore The Library” were excellently done by Miss Brown. Also, our Murphy stickers were drawn by her. Starting out as clerk in the hack office, she was soon promoted to Mr. Clark’s office. Besides taking care of all Mr. Clark’s mail and his office, she has charge of promotions and failures, and arranges annual vocational conferences. Our daily bulletins and all special annuoncements are issued through Miss Brown’s office. Since Barton days, Mrs. Fell has been Murphy’s registrar, twenty-two years in all. At first she was the only clerk in the office, acting as secretary, making out schedules, and keeping the records. Now, with four people in the office, Mrs. Fell arranges schedules, checks and completes the senior’s graduating requirements, and assists with the banking. Outside of school Mrs. Fell’s hobbies are traveling and housekeeping. She has been to Chicago, Washington, D. C., through Florida, Texas, Tennessee, and by boat to New York. A football game is one of her favorite pasttimes. On many houseparties she has been chaperon and knowing and loving boys and girls as she does, one of her greatest satisfactions is to see their successes after they have left Mur- phy. The entire student body certainly returns this love and interest. 09

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£ T 1 Left to riKht: •Mr». Fell. Mi»» Brown, Mi»» Green, Mi»-» Taylor. “What do you want, sonny?” is a familiar phrase heard in the front of- fice- It is Miss Taylor, the youngest of Murphy’s present faculty, fulfilling her duties as clerk. With two student help- ers each period she answers the phone, makes appointments for Mr. Clark, and sells all tickets. Last year she was sent to Auburn by the Glee Club of which she was a member for four years. She is loved by all who know her and par- ticularly by the football team (so I’ve heard). Miss Taylor loves to help any boy or girl “Anytime I can; no matter how busy T am.” Miss Green, who graduated three years ago, is Murphy’s record clerk. She looks after all transfers and sends pu- pils’ records to the colleges they attend. Everyone agrees these duties are in the hands of a very capable person.

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Miss Annie Mary Sclater. Meeting of Murphy High School Faculty. An interesting subject for one to write about is Mur- phy High School's faculty. Every member of it deserves credit for the part he has played in promoting education. When thinking of those who have given so much of their time and thought to our school, we can give no better example than Miss Mae Eanes- During her fifty years of service, she has won for herself the title of “Our Leading Citizen.” Being under the influence of a person with such standards and ideals is valuable to any school. Two other well known members are Miss Anna Mary Sclater, who has the distinction of being the oldest teach- er at Murphy, from point of service, and Miss Edith Duffee, who should be congratulated on her fifty-one years of splendid work.