—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Nov. 20, 1976 52 Cindy Murphy is hew instructor at Willow Street By JOANNE SPAHR WILLOW STREET, Pa. - She’s honest, open, and forthright, which is a combination her students seem to like - already she is called “Mom” by some of them. “She” is Cindy Murphy, the new floriculture instructor at Willow Street Vo-Tech. The position Miss Murphy has filled was really just created this year. Prior to * ~ **V» ’x*' s * ~ w *># r .. £js*v,. Cindy Murphy and one of her Penn Manor High School, look over morning pupils, Randy Snyder of this year’s poinsettia crop. Omaha Standard Combination Bodies and Hoists... • A s The Standard of the Industry Without question, the toughest all-hard wood livestock and gram combination body around (available in 40“ and 48" side heights) High grade wooos and hardware, combined with superior crafts manship assure you of a farm body that will outlast your truck Laminated edge gram fir flooring forms th&platform core, while riveted hardwood side stakes line each platform side Omaha Standard of fers solid or vented sides Vented sides come with vent slats which remove quickly to let livestock breathe easy on the long haul Standard features on the hardwood body include cross chains, anti-spread bars, double deck rails, metering gram gate and full-height slid ing livestock gate With features like these, it’s easy to see why Omaha Stan dard is the industry leader this, James Kerr was the only floriculture-horticulture instructor at Willow Street, and he taught both subjects with the help of a teacher’s aide. This year, however, the enrollment was so high that horticulture and floriculture were separated and a new, two-teacher program was created. Kerr now primarily teaches horticulture and Miss Murphy teaches floriculture. All told, Miss Murphy’s class is comprised of 37 young adults - 22 arrive for the morning session and 15 for the afternoon. The students come from many of the schools in the county including McCaskey, Solanco, Lampeter Strasburg, Penn Manor, and Pequea Valley. They are bussed to the Vo-Tech school where they get three hours of vocational training. they go togeth One of the many skills Miss Murphy Jody Moore of New Providence, Pa., teaches her students is how to make on proper technique and color sand pourings. Here, she instructs variations. Miss Murphy’s program is a two-year course with the first year students taught basically greenhouse propogation, or greenhouse care, and the second year students learning floral design. “I really try to recreate a shop atmosphere,” she says, “because that is where many of them will be working.” As a result, much of the lear ning takes place in an in formal teaching at mosphere. Miss Murphy’s basic set up Put on Omaha Standard Combination Livestock and Grain Body to work for you. Durability, dependability and ease of conversion make these truck bodies a solid investment. Steel body shown with optional 12" tip tops, which are available on 28", 40" and 52" steel sides in all lengths is to have a “theory” or lecture segment during part of the three hours, and a corresponding lab for the remainder of the session. Some of the various arts she teaches the students are sand pourings, dish gardens, fresh arrangements, and dried arrangements. A 1976 “Bicentennial grad”, as she puts it, from Penn State University where she majored in ag education and specialized in hor ticulture, Miss Murphy is only a few years removed MILLS CK EQUIPMENT :S ■ INSTALLATION - SERVICE 711 Reckord Rd. Faliston, Maryland 301-877-9889 iur OMAHA STANDARD Dealer from the age bracket of the students she teaches. But, unlike many beginning teachers who see this as a liability, Miss Murphy sees it as a point to her advantage. “I’m closer to their age so I can identify with their feelings and attitudes, she says with assurance. She can also identify with their desire to work with plants, because she has held many summer and vacation part | Continued on Page 53)
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