Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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Table 9f Contents PAGE PAGE Reed College: Its Beginnings . . I . . . 1 Dramatics . . . . . . . . 111 Reed College: Grounds and Bildings . . . 3 Music . . . . . . . . . 125 Story of First Four Years . . . . . 6 Debating . . . . . . . . 135 The Faculty . . . . . . . . 11 Social Life . . . . . . . . 139 Seniors . . . . . . . . . 27 Holidays . . . . . . . . 143 Senior Statistics . . . . . . . 57 Dormitory Life . . . . . . . 149 Underclasmen . . . . . . . . 61 SeIf-support . . . . . . . . 153 The Honor Spirit . . . . . . . 69 Religius Life . . . . . . . . 153 Student Government . . . . . . 71 Extramural Activities3 Organizations . . . . . . . . 73 Reed. College Students as Social XVorkers . . 155 Athletics . . . . . . . . 85 Emma Work . - - - - ' ' 159 Men's Athletics 97 F1511 Hatchery . . . . . . . 15x 5 1 5 3 ' ' 1 3 ' ' 5 Good Roads Day . . . . . . 158 Athletics for 1V0men . . . . . . 103 Student Research XVork . . . . . . 159 MayDances 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 ' 109 XVOIHCIVS Bilding . . . . . . . 167

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REED COLLEGE: ITS BEGINNINGS Reed College was made pOSSthe in 1904' by the wil of Reed died in 1904, and by her wil made provision for the insti- Amanda hYood Reed. It is the Erst institution to be establisht tution which bears her husband's name. under the endowment of The Reed Institute provided by Mrs. By Mrs. Reedis direction the control of the endowment is Reedis bequest. This endowment is the outcome of the desire in the hands of a self-perpetuating board of five trustees under of Mrs. Reed and her husband. Simeon G. Reed. Oregon pioneers of the Fifties. to he of servis t0 the Northwest and to the city of Port- land. Mr. Reed died in 1805. He bequeathd the bulk of his property to his wife with the sug- gestion that she devote a portion of the estate tn such benevolent objects as would the 0f perma- nent value and contribute to the beauty of the city and to the intelligence. prosperity and happiness of its inhuhitants. ' Mrs. the corporate name of The Reed Institute, and is to be invested for the nincrease and diffusion of practical knoledge among the citizens Of said City of Portland, and the promotion of lit- erature, science and arty With the exception of a limitation of the amount of the principal of this bequest which might be spent for bildings and equipment to a hundred fifty thousand dollars, and a provision for re- Iigius freedom and non- sectarian control, the wil