Murphy High School - Mohian Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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Manipulating with deft fingers in Mur- phy's new beautifully-equipped, wood- paneled arts and crafts workshop are two Semmes Tech transferees. Tarleton Clark.e tools a butterfly design on a tan leather wallet, while Cecil Sullivan painstakingly plaits straws for a basket. Miss Irene Stapleton supervises the young craftsmen, whose products include serving trays, shelves, fruit baskets, and bookends. CO-OP VOCATIONAL INDUSTRIAL Jons H. Baker, Jr., Vocational Industrial Education Co- ordinator; D. O. Club; Birmingham-Southern. B. S., Uni- versity of Alabama. Mrs. Elizabeth H. Bailey, Diversified Occupations; D. O. Club; Georgia State College for Women, B. S. J. C. Brimm, Coordinator, Vocational Industrial Education; University of Illinois, B. S. Thomas H. Brown, Drafting; Houghton College, B. A., Bowling Green State University, B. S. Mrs. Ruby M. Pierce, Distributive Education; Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B. S., University of Alabama. H. G. Saunders, Radio and Television. VV. N. Woodward, Machine Shop. Mrs. E. C. Holmes, Tech. Thomas F. Dowling, Machine Shop; Alabama Trade School. Thomas L. McCann, Mathematics, General Science; United States Naval Academy, B. S., George Washington Univer- sity, IJ. B. Elizabeth Mayers, History, Civics, English; Columbia Uni- versity, A. B., University of Alabama, Spring Hill College. Irene Stapleton, Crafts; Junior Red Cross; Tulane Uni- versity, University of Alabama, Livingston State Teachers College, B. S. MO III AN 25 TECHNICAL

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CORI Gladys Baxter, Core, Biology; Student Council Sponsor; University of Alabama, II. S. Mrs. F. Lee Bridgewater, History, Core; Philosophy Com.; Illinois State Normal University, University of Chicago. COMMON LEARNINGS PROGRAM Against a background of class drawings which form part of their project on world affairs, two Core students, mindful of cur- rent events, examine their globe for the tiny oriental peninsula which is the scene of bloody conflict in the world today. The contested peninsula is Korea; the con- cerned students. Tommie Rhea William- son and Richard Armstrong. Mary M. Clarke, Core, World History; Troy State Teach- ers College, II. S. Mildred Ellisor, Core; Rcpresentatve Council Sponsor, Curriculum Com.; Huntingdon College, A. B. Elizabeth Green, English; Intcr-club Council; Spring Hill College, A. B., Alabama Polytechnic Institute, M. A. Ruth Lipscomb, Core, History; Nominations and Elections Sponsor; Mississippi Southern, B. S., University of Missis- sippi, M. A. Mrs. Jane Pinnell, English. Civics, Core; Visual Aid Com.; Mississippi Delta State Teachers College, B. S. Willie E. Reynolds, Core; Chairman of Sunshine Com.; Alabama College, A. B., Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Mrs. Thelma Schiefpelin, Core; Birmingham-Southern College. A. B. J. M. Sitteri.ee, Core; Ixxrkcr Office, Athletics; Spring Hill College, B. S. Odie Strickland, Core; Coach of Football, Basketball, Track; Sophomore Class Sponsor, “M Club, 33 Club, Chairman of Yard Com.; Spring Hill College, B. S., Seton Hall College. Thomas E. Towey, Civics, Core; Stagecraft, Curriculum Com., Core Club Sponsor, Tennis Coach; Troy State Teach- ers College, B. S., George Peabody College. M OH I AN 24

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Dorothy Allen and Agnes Eastburn agree that two heads are better than one in geometry class, especially when the two heads are trying to prove “Two triangles are similar if they are mutually equi- angularThe watchful third head be- longs to Miss Sibley Swanson, who offers assistance when the reasoning gets too complicated. Vella B. Moon, Mathematics; Huntingdon College, II. I., University oj Alabama, M. A., University of Chicago. Mrs. T. Ci. Billups, Mathematics; Sponsor of Gate Club; Western Maryland College, II. A., Johns Hop- kins University, University of Michigan. Virginia A. d'Ornellas, Mathematics; . Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, A.II. Editii Marechal Murphy, Mathematics; Bible Club; Sophie Newcomb, A. B. Wrigiit B. Slaughter, Mathematics; University of Alabama, B. S. Mary Sibley Swanson, Mathematics; Cafeteria Com.; Trcas. of M. E. A.; Alabama College, A. B.. Univer- sity of Alabama. Columbia University. T. R. Usry, Machine Shop, Algebra, Commercial Arithmetic; Uvingston Normal, University of Ala- bama, B. S. Mrs. Josephine Wilkins, Mathematics; Mississippi State College for Women, A.B., University of North Carolina, M. A. MATH. MOHIAX 26