Murphy High School - Mohian Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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I UTURE scientists, represented by Bert Mitchell and Pat Macon, learn in chemistry laboratory that Genius IS an infinite capacity for taking pains. ... A group of biology students listen with interest to Miss Craddock's explanation of the structure of the human skull. Visual education, which plays an increas- ingly important part in all courses offered at Murphy, is also under the supervision of the science department. Mr. Kerzic has acquired a library of eighty films and rents an average of fifteen per month. Equipment used by the Visual Education Club, which services all departments, consists of three film projectors, two slide projectors, three movable screens, and four dark rooms. Row 1: W. L. Stanford, Physical Education; Mary Stapleton, Latin; Roberta Steele, Consumer Science; Lewis L. Stookey, Director of Music Education; Mary Sumrall, General Science; Mary Sibley Swanson, Mathematics; Octavia Taylor, Physical Education. Row 2; Blanche Thul, Library; Corinne A. Turnage, English, Journalism; T. R. Usry, Industrial Arts; Mrs. C. B. Vaughan. Commercial Geography; I. C. Vaughan, Mathematics; Ray E. Venman, French, Spanish; Helen N. Waldrip, Spanish, English. Page Tiventy-tuo

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Row 1: Catherine Ross, Family Life, Household Management; H. G. Saunders, Radio; Anne Savage, En- glish; Sue Savage. Stenography, Typing; Billie Shaw, Stenography; Grace Shaw, Typing; Martha T. Sinclair, Physical Education. Row 2: J. M. Sitterle, Woodworking; Rubye K. Slade, English; W. B. Slaughter, Mathematics; Jeannette Smith, Assistant Librarian; Thelma Smith, Mathematics, Speech; Willie Grace Smith, Household Arts; Bertha Spradlin, Spanish. R . UMPELSTILTSKIN had nothing on this busy Clothing 3 class, making dresses, pajamas, and play suits. Alyce Kelly and Gloria Davis are arranging materials for cutting, while the girls at the machines sew industriously. These students, who had as their first project a simple pin- cushion, will in Clothing 8 make tediously intricate baby clothes. I'AMILY Life is a timely study of the problems and obligations of modem family living. The classes meet, ap- propriately, in the model apartment. For each topic studied Mrs. Ross, the teacher, invites a guest speaker. Mrs. Marian Cunningham of the American Red Cross discussed and demonstrated home nursing. Page Twenty-one

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] l tV Row 1: Vivienne Waller, English; Martha L. Waters, English; Esther Watkins, Civics; Bama Watson, Physical Education; Inez J. Watt, Mathematics; Louise S. Wedgeworth, Clothing, Home Planning; Win- nie Whatley, Commercial Co-ordinator. Row 2: Annie Lou White, English; Roy R. Wilkie, English; Charles O. Willcox, Physical Education; Catherine Williams, English, Civics; Lydia Williams, English; Vernice Williamson, General Science; Mary Ida Woolley, Chemistry. I ENOIR'S winsome Margot Brevard, which entrances Dorothy Boswell and Edna Long, is one of twenty new pictures given to English classrooms by the English department. Representing the wide range of artists and subjects are Abbey's King Lear, Homer's Portage, Van Gogh's Sunflowers, and Vermeer's Lady at the Casement. CyHECKING out books from their classroom library in room 222 are William Percy, Dot Huller, and Shirley Jones. Their English teacher, Miss Anne Savage, spon- sors this well-stocked library of two hundred volumes. Four other collections are Mrs. Howard's Library 224, Miss Davis's Tower Li- brary, Miss E. L. Moore's Bookshelf, and Miss White's White Falcon Book Club. Page Twenty-three