Murphy High School - Mohian Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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Manner, Purpose, Degree. as Hanoi, I,aos, Viet Nam, and Dicn Bien Phu— or planning an imaginary trip around the world. Crafts . . . help Murphians to develop artistic ability and to build a finer appreciation of beautiful art objects. Students express themselves by cre- ating from their own imaginations. Their wallets, purses, belts, bookends, jewelry, bowls, and clay sculpture always attract crowds when on display in the main hall trophy cases. Field trips . . . give biology students “time to stand and stare” — here at a Liriodcndron tulipi- fera or tulip-tree in full bloom on Murphy’s South Street campus. The teacher points out the green- ish-yellow flowers marked with orange and ex- plains that the tree is really a member of the large Magnolia Family. SKETCHING ... in charcoal, water colors, penal, or chalk. . . . the tortoise and hare at the auditorium entrance or a cluster of brilliant lavender azaleas. Films . . . most modern — and most popular — way to learn. With nine out of ten teachers mak- ing use of films, trained student assistants show an average of forty films a month. Inside the Atom,” “Jane Eyre, Modern Baseball,” and “Tuberculosis were prime favorites with 1954 classes . . . Here a health class watches a film on good health habits. • 25 •

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. . . Variety In Ti m e, Place, Interviews . . . practice in plying a guest speaker or artist with pertinent questions and care- fully noting the answers . . . Pictured is Senator John Sparkman with a group of Core students. Other obliging visitors were Howard Butt, evan- gelist; Henry L. Scott, pianist; and Madame Rose Palmai, from the Mobile Opera Guild. Research . . . and the first all-important step is to prepare a bibliography. Equipped with pen or pencil and a stack of three-by-fives one camps in the library for hours searching for book titles in the card catalog and tracking down magazine references in the Reader’s Guide to Periodicals. Then — and only then — is one ready for the real work! Exercise . . . through calisthenics — originally the whole of a physical education program, still a major part—to keep body and mind equally alert. . . . Football and baseball players also know the value of stimulating sleepy muscles with such lim- bering-up exercises as jumping jack, deep-knee bend, wind mill, and rotation. Blackboards . . . Future' teachers soon learn from experience that the homely blackboard is a magic device. The quick manipulation of a piece of chalk can instantly clarify, emphasize, or enter- tain. A brief after-school survey discovers a Thought for the Day, statistics, an outline, a calcndar-for-thc-month in colors — and a Charles Addams cartoon. Maps . . . indispensable visual aids, whether one is following the Confederate Army from Hull Run to Richmond, to Shiloh, to Vicksburg, to Atlanta— or trying to find a place for such strange names

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that made cherished memories — to linger in our hearts and minds jorever . . . days beginning with freshman bewilderment and end- ing in senior dignity . . . gloomy days of darkest doubt and glorious days of brightest hope . . . un- forgettable high school days. DAYS THAT M • 26 •