Murphy High School - Mohian Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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ENGLISH The dramatic approach to English litera- ture it here repretented by one of Mr. Roy Wd ie’s tenior classes. Gene Carroll's group gives a glimpse of eighteenth-cen- tury writers assembled at Will’s Coffee- house in London. In such self-directed, self-appraised groups students learn to combine originality and research. After studying the CANTERBURY TALES, students of Miss Anne Savage brought the famous Pilgrims to life by dressing dolls in fourteenth-century costumes. Chaucer's vivid descriptions and the students' care- ful workmanship made it easy for Carolyn Turner to recognise such characters as the demure Prioress and the anything-but- demure Wyf of Bath. MOH I AN 20

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Part of the reward of studying a foreign language is learning to sing the songs of another country. Gathered around the piano are advanced Spanish students re- hearsing Spanish Christmas carols in prep- aration for an AjiJJ.W. Christmas pro- gram at the Woman’s Club, fa nice Ann Claris, pianist, leads the group in Venid, Pastores { Come. Shepherds ) and Las Posadas { The Pilgrims ). LIBRARY-LANGUAGE-SPEECH Martha Courtney Gatlin, Librarian; University of Ala- bama, A. B. Ltlla Simmons, Assistant Librarian; Huntingdon College. Ardilth Vickrey, Assistant Librarian; Troy State Teach- ers College, B. S„ University of Alabama. Jlssie Mary C»ay, Latin; Washington University, A. B., Columbia University, M. A. Mrs. W. W. Fulcher, Spanish; Baylor College, .1 . A. Bertha Spradlin, Spanish; El Club Hispanoamcricano; Longtvood College, B. S., Columbia University, Middlebury Spanish School. Annie Lou White, English. French; Mohian Adviser, Ijc Ccrclc Francais; Mississippi State College for Women, B. A. Lois Jean Fitzsimmons, Speech, Dramatics; Four Arts Club Players, Chairman of Assembly Programs; Western Ken- tucky State Teachers College, B. A., University of Ala- bama, M. A. Betty Towey, Speech; Ushers’ Club, Junior Class Sponsor; Huntingdon College, A. B„ University of Alabama. 19 MOHIAN

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latest innovation is Business English, a special course for seniors. Using as text the neu addition of burner's Effective Buvincu English, students first learn cor- rect sentence structure, then practice para- graph writing, and finally proceed to the writing of business letters. Under Mrs. Hutchens' tutelage, this group has found the course practical and helpful. Annie Ruth Moore, English, Speech; Speech Work- shop; Athens College, B. S., Peabody College, M. A. Florence S. Balderson, English; University of Ala- bama, B. S. Winnie J. Davis, English; Sponsor of Tower Library, Guidance Com.; Huntingdon College. Ruth K. Groom, English; Co-sponsor of Senior Class, Cafeteria Com., Secretary of English Department; Uni- versity of Alabama, A. B., M. A. Evelyn Hinz, English; Howard College, A. B., Hunt- ingdon College, Alabama College. Katharine Hope, English; Library Com.; Huntingdon College, A. B., Peabody College, M. A. E. P. Houston, English; Cafeteria Com.; Peabody Col- lege, B. S. Mrs. Nora B. Hutchens, English; Huntingdon College, A. B. Mrs. Virginia McAllister, English; Visual Education Com.; University of Chicago, Ph. B., University of Cin- cinnati, B. E., Radcliffe College, A■ . A. E. Lura Moore, English; University of Missouri, B. S„ M. A. Edna Olson, English; University of Alabama, Tulane University, University of Minnesota, A. B. Anne Savace, English; Washington University, B. A. Corinnb A. Turnace, English; Our l ady of the Lake, B. A., Louisiana State University, University of Texas. Roy R. Wilkie, English; Hall Monitors Council; Uni- versity of Alabama, A. B.