Phillips High School - Mirror Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT WHICH DEVELOPED OUR PARTICULAR MR. HARRY HOLTAM - Birmingham Conservatory of Music; Bachelor of Musical Education; Subject - Band; Sponsor of Band activities. MRS. ELIZABETH TOWER - Oberlin College, Northwestern University, Birmingham -Southern College, University of Alabama; B Music Education, M Music Education degrees; Subject - Vocal Music; Sponsor of Assembly Committee. Choir, and Ensemble. MRS. ANNA ELLISON - Livingston State College; Subject - Physical Education MRS. JEANETTE DOWNS -Birmingham-Southern; B. A. degree; Subject - Physical Education; Sponsor of G. L. C. and Vcstalia. MR. ERNEST TUCKER - Car-son-Newman, Peabody; B.S. degree; Subject - Physical Education 28

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THE LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT WHICH GAVE US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER NATIONS The language department offered tliree foreign languages for the students with the desire to speak in another tongue. Miss Virginia Praytor, who also taught English, taugiit all the Latin classes. Students who took French or Spanish were instructed by Mrs. Leslie Ainsworth. MISS VIRGINIA PRAYTOR - Birmingham-Southern College, Vanderbilt University; Degrees - A. B. and M. A. ; Subjects - Latin, English; Sponsor of Junior Classical League and Promoters MRS. LESLIE AINSWORTH - Birmingham-Southern College, University of North Carolina; A. B. and M. A. degrees; Subjects - French and Spanish; Sponsor of Le Cercle Francais THE HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT WHICH ENCOURAGED DEVELOPMENT OF OUR DOMESTIC INTERESTS MRS. BARBARA POSNER Alabama College, University of Alabama; Degrees - B.S. and M. A.; Subjects - Home Economics and Social Studies; Sponsor of Student Council Girls interested in learning how to be better homemakers were aided by the advice of Mrs. Barbara Posner, who taught foods, and Mrs. Teresa Whitfield, who taught clothing and homemaking. MRS. TERESA WHITFIELD - Alabama College, University of Tennessee; Degree - B. S.; Subjects - Clothing and Homemaking; Sponsor of Mnemosynean Literary Society 27

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TALENTS, SKILLS, AND INTERESTS MISS GARNETT LEADER - Birmingham- Southern, Maryville, Columbia University and University of Alabama; B. A. and M. A. degrees; Subjects - Art, History; Sponsor of Chiaroscuro Art Club. MR. R. W. McPHERSON - Auburn University; B. S. degree; Subject - Industrial Arts. Among the elective subjects that a Phillipian could take were those which came under the fine arts department. For tliose interested in music, band, taught by Mr. Harry Holtam; orchestra, taught by Mr. Far is L. Conboy; and vocal, taught by Mrs. Elizabeth Tower, were offered. Art students found Miss Garnet Leader a much traveled and capable teacher. Miss Margaret Spain helped students develop their public speaking ability and their dramatic skills. MR. WILLIAM A. YARBROUGH - Univer sity of Alabama; B. S. degree; Subjects Mechanical Drawing, Woodshop; Sponsor of Yancey.