Murphy High School - Mohian Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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Inf init e Variety Is The Singing ... is a soul-satisfying experience for the seven hundred members of Murphy’s glee clubs, which keep two full-time teachers busy. Many aspire to a place in the 94-member Special Chorus, which presents programs on special occasions, as- sists with background music for other programs, and stages an annual operetta. Typing . . . may Ik an art as well as a skill. Whether for personal or vocational use Murphy typists strive for speed, accuracy, and mastery of good form. Advanced students gain practical ex- perience in typing for various school needs. Alone, or combined with stenography or bookkeeping, typing is an investment that pays dividends from the start. Printing . . . affords the opportunity to master the fundamentals of a useful trade and at the same time to work at that trade by printing the Hi Times and all forms used by the School Hoard and in Mobile County schools (there are “collec- tors'’ of these forms at Murphy who can supply statistics on the number and the colors of these forms!) READING . . . the nice and subtle happiness of reading . . . this joy not dulled by age. this pedite and unpunishable vice, this selfish, serene, life- long intoxication.

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of 1954 • Mrs. Charles B. Vaughan, Economic Geography; Latin; Attendance Assistant; Wisconsin State Teachers’ College, University of Chicago, Spring Hill College, A. B. • Ardieth Vickery, Assistant Librarian; I roy State Teachers College, B. S., University of Alabama, M. A. • Vivienne Waller, Psychology, General Science; Psychology Club; University oi Alabama, B. S. • Nellie Ward, Core; Business Sponsor of Hi I imes; Alabama College, B. S. • Frances C. Webb, Physical Education; Cheerleader Sponsor, Freshman Sponsor, Swimmiing Club Sponsor; Stephens College, University of Alabama, B. S. • Louise S. Wedceworth, Home Economics; Chairman of Household Arts Depart- ment, Red Cross Committee; Alabama College, B. S. • Annie Lou White, French, Latin; Mohian Adviser, French Club; Mississippi State College for Women, B. A. • Roy R. Wilkie, Core, English; Sponsor of Quill and Scroll, Sponsor of Monitors’ Council; University of Alabama, B. A. • Mrs. Josephine Wilkins, Mathematics; Missis- sippi State College for Women, A. B., University of North Carolina, M. A. • Charles O. Willcox, Physical Education; Howard College, B. S. • Marie Elizabeth Williams, Gore; Guidance Counselor; Nazareth College, A. B., Indiana University, Fordham University, M. A. • W. N. Woodward, Machine Shop. First Row ... Mrs. Charles B. Vaughan. Ardieth Vickery, Vivienne Waller, Nellie Ward, Frances C. Webb, Louise S. Wcdgcworth. Second Row ... Annie Lou White, Roy R. Wilkie, Mr». Josephine Wilkins, Charles O. Willcox, Marie Elizabeth Williams, W. N. Wood- ward. • 21 •

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Key note Of Learning At Murphy Training on the job . . . appeals to practical- minded Murphians who find it expedient or ex- citing to enter the business world while still in high school . . . This salesman of photographic supplies and his boss” represent a relationship be- tween business man and student that is repeated many times over in Murphy’s extensive Diversified Occupations program. Experimenting ... the heart of scientific re- search . . . that absorbing preoccupation with test tubes and bunsen burners, with a gram of this and a cubic centimeter of that . . . Result? The thrill that comes from probing nature’s secrets and —after all, who knows?—perhaps a lifetime of use- fulness that had its inspiration in a high school chemistry lab. Listening . . . and “His Master’s Voice may be the colorful music from “Carmen,” the plain- tive notes of La Golondrina,” or the boisterous gaiety of “El Rancho Grande.” “Ole!” shout the enthusiastic Spanish students. Similar groups are fount! in many classrooms, where today the record player is a conspicuous part of standard equipment. Sewing . . . the final exciting stage in the mak- ing of a casual spring cotton, preceded by a care- ful study of how to select materials, how to choose a pattern, how to cut with accuracy and economy, how to baste and fit. New Home Economics courses allow more time for background study and less time for acquiring skills by working on projects. Discussing . . . interchange of ideas on topics that range from “Teen Age Problems to “Three Great Religions . . . development of tolerance for ideas that are not one’s own . . . progress in expressing one’s own ideas with exactness and force . . . first-hand experience in learning what makes Democracy’s wheels go ’round. • 2i •