Murphy High School - Mohian Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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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

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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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Bulletin boards at Murphy serve as an aid and an inducement to learning. Mrs. Echols. Miss Gatlin, and Miss Smith are an alert and resourceful trio of librarians. With pictures and book jackets they publicize information about timely sub- jects that range in significance from Ground- hog Day to the United Nations General As- sembly. Latin students in room 169 find that Miss Gay's bulletin board provides a vital link between the so-called dead language and modern culture. Elizabeth Woodward of the VIRGIL class points to a bulletin board filled with pictures, cartoons, advertisements, and other clippings that were inspired by Latin language and civilization. Row 1: E. Lura Moore, English; Sue F. Morgan, Chorus; L. L. Morris, Woodworking; Doris S. Mor- rissette, Household Arts; Edith M. Murphy, Mathematics; Thelma Noel, English; Edna Olson, English. Row 2: Virginia d'Ornellas, Mathematics; Myrtle Peter, Music; Lillian Pistole, General Science; Sara Pledger, Clothing; Carol Purifoy, Bookkeeping; Willie Reynolds, Mathematics; Eloise Rolls, English. Page Twenty