Murphy High School - Mohian Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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OCATIONAL education at Murphy comprises a Technical Training program with 42 students and a Diversified Occupations program with 107. In addition to the regular academic high school subjects required for graduation, the Tech Trade students take four periods of machine shop, radio, or drafting; and the D. O. students train down town in industry. Diversified Occupations students work for a minimum period of three hours a day, five days a week, in retail and wholesale selling, office training, and trades ... In the office of Dr. George I. Doody, dentist, Edwina Cooper makes an X-ray picture of a patient ... At Mobile Steel Company, Inc., Arnett McCoy and Marvin Steiner prove apt pupils and workmen. Row 1: Jessie Mary Gay, Latin; Betty Gensert, Speech; Elizabeth Green, English; Ruth K. Groom, English; W. S. Hand, Mathematics; Sue Hayles, Commercial Geography; Evelyn Hinz, English. Row 2: Helen Shelby Holbrook, English; R. D. Houser, Printing; E. P. Houston, English; E. D. Hudgens, History; Mrs. N. B. Hutchens, English; Vivian Jelks, Clothing; Edward G. Jenkins, Physical Education. Page Eighteen

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Row 1: Lee Donalson, General Science; Ruth Douglas, Mathematics; W. T. Douglas, Mathematics; Mrs. James M. Echols, Assistant Librarian; R. F. Edward 3, General Science; Mildred Ellisor, Mathematics; Myrtle Enderle. Mechanical Drawing. Row 2: Lois Jean Fitzsimmons, Speech; Marie Foote, World History; Ruth Forehand, History; Mrs. W. W. Fulcher, Spanish; W. W. Fulcher, Biology; Velma Garratt, Spanish; Martha C. Gatlin, Librarian. School bookkeepers under the direction of Mr. Boland have the responsibility of handling all school funds, Four outstanding students are selected each year and for their work receive credit in second- year bookkeeping. Stella Strimenos and Sybil Clark look happy and at home among the ledgers, adding machines, and filing cases of room 211. A Iathematics is fun when the teacher is witty Mr. Vaughan, chair- man of the department. If the students in the picture seem somewhat mature for teen-agers, the explanation is that the class is composed of parents, who were following their offsprings' schedules on Open Night. Page Seventeen

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Row 1: Clyde Kennedy. Art; Maggie Lea C. Kerr, Mathematics; L. L. Kerzic, Biology; Inez Perry Langham, Typewriting; Matt J. Lawler, General Science; Ruth Liscomb, Civics; Ruth lane Lusk, Physical Education. Row 2; Virginia McAllister, English; Doris Mallette, Related Subjects; M. C. Mancill, Physics; Mrs. C. Howard Matheny. Mathematics; Josephine M. Michael, Social Science; Vella B. Moon, Mathematics; Annie Ruth Moore, English, Speech. Industrial arts courses in woodworking, machine shop, me- chanical drawing, printing, and household me- chanics enable a student to prepare for a trade, to acquire helpful information for everyday living, or to develop a useful hobby. Paul Hedgepeth in the upper picture is absorbed in rounding off the base in the design of his whatnot shelf . . . Seifert Hamilton, hav- ing turned his metal tool to specific size, now concentrates on finishing the surfaces with a file. Later with emory cloth he will give the tool a smoother finish. Page Nineteen