Murphy High School - Mohian Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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Miff Hattie Gunter Mr . Ann Mitchell Mrt. Nellie Ward form the students of the jobs available and of the quali- fications required to fill these positions. The courses of the Commercial Department are in- tended to prepare students for their future vocation and to teach them to become more efficient workers. The students become acquainted with business practices and arc taught how to keep budgets and balance accounts. Many Murphy students have become capable office workers after taking these courses. Miff Grace Shatv Mrt. R. W. Peck

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Accuracy and efficiency are the aims of Miss Carol Pun joy. head of our Com- mercial Department. She graduated from Mississippi State College for Women utth an A.R. degree. COMMERCIAL The Commercial Department is one of the largest at Murphy. In this department students arc prepared for clerical and secretarial work. The courses offered in this field arc: typing, stenography, bookkeeping, office ma- chines, business law and economic geography. As part of the year’s class activities trips arc made to downtown offices so that the students may become fa- miliar with the responsibilities which accompany their prospective jobs. Prominent business men and women arc invited to come and speak to the classes. They in- Mrs. Inez loingham Mr. . •'. Sharpe Mrs. Sue Sat age

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Miss Katherine Hope, head of the English Department, pro- motes a better understanding and appreciation of our native language. Huntingdon College awarded her an A.H. degree and Peabody College an M.A. degree. Miss Viran elk,s The English Department offers excellent courses in the fundamentals of English. For diversity in the courses World Literature and Creative Writing are taught. Ev- ery Murphy student is required to take four years of basic English. In these courses they learn to improve their grammar and literature. Creative Writing class is designed especially for those students who want to better their writing skill. In this course the students learn how to write poetry, short stories, essays and other types of literary work. The pu-