Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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H401 R E E D COLLEGE ANNUAL + 1915 another time when all, even seniors and faculty members, for- get their dignity. Stunts ar the main feature of the celebration, and it has been suggested that the name ttStunt night be sub- stituted for the Rally on the college calendar. Campus Day, River Day, and College Day, tho described elsewhere, deserv mention with other social gatherings, for at no time during the year do the students get together with more complete unity of purpose, either for working or playing, than they do on these much-talkt-of occasions. Prominent in the list of the years entertainments is the costume party on VVashingtonis birthday. This is probably the most picturesque and elaborately pland party of the semester. The costumes ar usually representativ of varius periods in American history and ar workt out with no little ingenuity and historical accuracy. Dancing, tableaux, and special music form parts of the program. Dancing has been the most popular form of amusement during the last two years. The students hav been trying out the experiment of student body dances on the subscription plan, to which the women can come unescorted and the men ttstagi, if they ar so inclined. This plan, which makes possible a much larger attendance, has workt very successfully. The Comus Club, an organization of the men of the college, has also held a series of dances. All the gatherings which hav been mentiond ar open to every student. There ar, naturally, other affairs which take in different parts of the student body. For instance, the women of the college hav occasional dances from which the men ar excluded, and the men, under the auspices of the Christian Association, hold ttbachelor celebrations, of varius kinds. The different houses of the dormitory entertain for each other both formally and informally in their social rooms, and the men and women ar given an opportunity to meet each other in an atmosphere of mutual good felloship. Dancing is by no means the only form of amusement. Ice and roller skating, cros-cuntry hikes, picnics, banquets, sym- posia, and other forms of social intercourse ar increasing in popularity. Dramatics, too, offers a great opportunity for the students to become better acquainted with each other. On the whole the plan of social life has workt successfully. Tho taking an original stand in this, as in many other things, the students have been able to develop, in spite of all tradi- tions to the contrary, a sane and wholesum atmosfere of com- radeship and mutual cooperation.

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