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Modern Library Serves Murphy School Students The modern school library is not "just a place where the books are kept". It is an educational laboratory, * storehouse of materials and in formation where pupils and teach ?rs may work out problems. The library is a service center curri culum enrichment, for research and reference, for recreational reading and a depository for audio visual aids. The Murphy School Library, hav ing been a standard, accredited library since 1952, meets all these i equirements. The stacks contain 7,929 volumes <>f fiction and non-fiction material; ?f these, 3,979 are high schoo books and 3,950 are juvenile titles The average monthly circulation is ?3,588 volumes. The library receives three daily newspapers, and the C.V rokee Scout is a gift from the publisher Each month it receives 56 maga zines and periodicals. Since the lib rary is open one hour before school, at lunch, and after school in addi tion to the 5 daily class periods the entire student body has the op portunity for using these materials. The elementary grades, accom panied by their teachers, have a regular scheduled period to come to the library. The library sponsors the Elementary Reading Clubs and the Junior Tarheel Historians These clubs are designed to fill th the needs of the above-average reader and to develop a lasting l< ve for good literature. Library displays and bulletins L( ards <vhich are attractive and in formational serve as an impetus to research. Pictures, art studies, cut flowers and blooming plants add to (he boauty of the library. The library staff consists of 35 high school students who have elected library science as a regular high school subject. They are giv en instructions by the librarian on "Organization and Regulations ?1 the Library", "The Make-up and Care of Books," "Dewey Decimal Classification anc. Arrangement", MRS. EMILY DAVIDSON, right, Murphy School librarian, gives pointers to library science students, Maxlne Harris, In the school's modern, accredited library.1 "The Dictionary", "Encyclope dias", "Special Reference Books" "The Card Catalogue, Vertical File and Magazines", "Bibliograp hy Making", "Book Resources out side the School Library", and the making of Library records. All freshmen and fourth grad< pupils who come to the library as a class for the first time are given orientation lessons at the be ginning of the school year. The Audio-Visual Department of the library is new but growing rap idly. The following equipment is owned by the school: 5 projectors, 158 film strips, 175 recordings; and 9 screens, 7 daylight, 2 large 8 by 10 screens. Also 1 wire recorder, 1 tape re corder, 6 record players, 5 soun projectors, 1 opaque projector, 1 Speed graphic camera and com plete unit for developing and en larging pictures, 2 public address systems, and 1 Radio. College Day Be Held Next Fall On October 7, 1957, Juniors and seniors from Hayesville, Andrews, Hiwassee Dam, and Robbinsville will be invited to join the Murphy Seniors for College Day. Representatives from most North Carolina Colleges and some from adjoining states, as well as repre sentatives from schools of nursing and the Armed-Forces, will be pres ent to counsel with students regard ing their future plans. Parents are invited and encour aged to participate in these con ferences. SCIENCE EQUIPMENT, STUDIES MEET STATE'S REQUIREMENTS Murphy School is proud of the progress made by its Science De partment in the last few years. Progress in physical equipment and laboratory facilities was hamp ered by lack of space until the present high school building was completed in 1952. The building now occupied by the high school has a laboratory that will accom odate 30 students and two class rooms for science classes. The addition of equipment has been gradual, being added accord ing to the greatest need, and as available funds I permitted. The school now meets the State require ments in laboratory equipment for all science classes taught at the SChOOl. One of the most attractive fea tures of this laboratory is the pho tography dark room. In this room, the members of the Photography Club are able to make and process pictures. The club has made and developed a number of the pictures used in the school yearbook in re cent years. The new high school building, on Moral, Spiritual Values Stressed One of the most important things that teachers try to do is to in spire boys and girls to cultivate high moral and spiritual values. One way to teach these values, an example of which is love of God and fellow man is through a daily Bible devotional period. During this period a few Bible verses are read or Bible stories are told. The period is closed with prayer ask ing the Heavenly Father for guid ance, strength and courage to meet the demands of the day. When this devotional period is omitted, both teacher and pupils miss it. Some of the supplementary read ers and textbooks are including stories with moral and spiritual lessons. Some school children tire not encouraged by their parents to at tend Sunday School and church. If the teacher does not include these important spiritual values in the daily teaching program, many boys and girls will not have the chance for success and happiness which they both need and deserve. the Andrews Road will offer ex panded facilities and room. This building will have two science lab oratories, a large dark room, and a large supply room. One ol the laboratories will be used for chemistry and physics, the othei for biology and general science. In addition to these, the new camp us will have an oudoor laboratory for first hand study of plant ano animal life in the nearby forests and ponds. In keeping with the present day emphasis on science and scienti fic training, Murphy High school is expanding its science curricu lum. Courses are now offered to students in general science, biol ogy. physics, and chemistry. There are 11 science classes each day with enrollment of 250 students. Pre-School Clinics Help Acquaint Child With School What happens during the first six yoars of the child's life has a great bearing on what he is and does during his school life. For this reason it is essential tc a good school health program to have good maternal, infant and pre-school health protection and rare provided in the community. Pre-school clinics are planned rnd arranged for by the schools Cherokee County in cooperation with the private physicians and health Department staff. The par cnts of each child who will ente) school in the fall are invited to bring the child to the pre-school clinic. The purpose of the pre-school clinic is to orient the child to school. It is desirable to have the medical examination and neces sary immunizations given by the fymily physician in his office. However, those children who have not had their examination and immunizations are given these the day of the clinic. Immunizations required for i school entrance are; diptheria, whooping cough, and smallpox. The Salk vaccine for polio is not a required immunization as yet but is highly recommended. Eighth Graders To Tour N. C. Murphy eighth graders will sec North Carolina from the moun tains to the sea in May when they take their annual class trip. Accompanied by eighth grade teachers Mrs. Kate Shields, Mrs. W. V. Costello, and Alvin Russell, some 60 students will tour the state by chartered bus. They will visit Chapel Hill, Durham, Kal eigh, Wilmington and Charlotte, visiting places of current and his torical interest. Th? educational tour will take four days, with the group return ing by the southern route through Charlotte, Greenville, S. C. and Clayton, Ga. A SALUTE... to the ?OG?SS <& ^ MOVKS \? one realizes more than we the vital importance of the teachers of Cher okee County ... and the necessity for their eontinued progress. It is a pleasure to congratulate them on their 100th birthday. ??dor ***** MURPHY LAUNDRY & CLEANERS Dial VE 7-2611 Murphy BALLADS LIVEN ENGLISH STUDY CHAUCER and SHAKESPEARE don't seem as for eign to these high school boys when they enjoy a practical study of old English ballads. In fact, it seems to be downright entertaining. The boys shown here are Ren Thomas, Kenneth Teagne, Dewey Kel ley and Frank Thomas. ? ? ALLISON DUNCAN OIL CO. Your Distributor WAYNESVHXE MURPHY 1956 MURPHY HIGH BULLDOGS CONFERENCE CHAMPS The Bulldogs of Murphy High were Division ehampions in 1956. Co-champions of the Smoky Mountain Conference, and runner np in the District Four class AA play off. They are: right end, Hoyt Zimmerman; right tackle, Roger Baugh; right guard, Don Amos; l center, Joe Swain; left guard, Bo bby Morris; left tackle, Norris West; left end. Benny Pipes. In tl^e backficld. left to right, are Bobby CIJoll, Jim Hendrix, John Morris, and Bill "Red" Jones. HENN THEATRE ? ? V MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA
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