Murphy High School - Mohian Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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 For fifteen years Mr. K. J. Clark was principal of Murphy High School. We found him a wise and courageous leader, calm and steadfast in perilous times. We learned to respect him for his sane judge- ment, his integrity, his unswerving loyalty to his convictions; we learned to love him for his sincerity, his great kindliness, his unfailing sympathy and understanding. We regret that his position as assistant super- intendent of schools will remove him from Murphy, but we rejoice that his new work offers him even greater opportunities for friendships and for service. —Tribute by Miss E. Lura Moore. 19

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WELCOME TO SIDNEY CLARKE PHIL- LIPS, unanimously elected as the new prin- cipal of Murphy High School. Mr. Phillips was born December 21, 1894, in Cohoes, New York; attended public schools, Bing- hamton, N. Y.; completed high school work University Military School, Mobile; entered Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, 1915; in junior year, 1917, entered army; overseas May, 1918-May, 1919; was made member of Order of the Purple Heart; re- entered Auburn, September, 1919; was graduated B. S. 1920; post graduate M. S., 18 1937; Thesis: “Life and Writings of Au- gusta Evans Wilson”; Past Commander, Lamar Y. McLeod Post No. 3 American Legion; Past President, Mobile Lions Club; Past Member Personnel Board, Mobile, County. Previous to the appointment of Mr. Phillips as principal of Murphy High School, he was an inspirational member of the English department for five years of his seventeen years of teaching experience. In this true welcome is expressed the wish that his continued work at Murphy be “Bless’d with victory and peace.” Tribute by Miss M. Aline Bright

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v t ■ Jacuhij QVoifi £1± Miss Kffic Lou Brown. Registrar Mr. Claude Dahmer, Director of Orchestra Mr. B. T. Dobbins. Director of Athletics 20 Mrs. Anita Grimes. Kditoriul Director Hi Times Miss Hattie Gre 'ham. Dietitian Mrs. Louise Iiuntil. Director of Dramatics