Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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REED COLLEGE ANNUALi' 1915 l143l HOLIDAYS AMPUS DAY is one day of all the year when Reed C College acts a unit, if it never does at any other T3 time. It is a day when the whole community, face ulty and students, ar doing the same thing at the Kg same time and doing it because they want to. It is a day when there ar no differences of purpose or 1nterest. Good humor and zeal for work ar universal quali- ties. The immediate purpose of this day is the spring cleaning of the campus. The weeds in the lawn hav kept a large force busy every year, and from present appearance wil furnish work for many more years. The first Campus Day the old fences and a dilapidated chicken-house wer torn down and burnd, two detl trees wer cut down, and a number of logs and stumps wer de- stroyd. An old springhouse was also carried bodily some dis tance t0 the lake and was there enlarged and made into a boat- house; a landing was bilt; and the snags in the lake wer markt. A plank hoor for spectators was laid on both sides of the old tennis courts; brush, stumps, and logs hav been Cleard out of the ravine each year, paths cut along the lake, and about the campus, and the athletic field put in shape for spring work. The chief results of this years Campus Day hav been the cleaning-out of the swimming pool, the planting of fruit trees A t: l Lu ,7 ..v--.x.: .,. , , . v ..; T47h-e; ,, - . .t.'.;.rr;. .. and shrubs, and the cleaning of the ball diamond. The net result of each Campus Day has been to giv the campus an air of tonsorial felicity. The side issues of the day ar no les important. The bigr dinner at noon is attackt just as vigorusly as the weeds ar in the morning; and the entertainment in the evening furnishes an outlet for surplus enthusiasm accumulated during the day. An especially attractiv benefit vaudeville sho given by the dor- mitory women was the feature of entertainment this year. The practical value of Campus Day to the college is not a small item. Several hundred dollars ar saved yearly by work which would otherwise be done by hired laborers. The greatest benefit, however, is to be found neither in the improved condi- tion of the campus, nor in the mony saved, but in the feeling of group unity and the spirit of the occasion which make it possi- ble for diverse opinion and interest to be united in a com- 111011 cause. RIVER DAY Among the customs of the college which wer instituted by the first clas is the delightful one of taking time off towards the end of the spring semester and devoting it to an all-day

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REED COLLEGE ANNUAL + 1 9 1 5 l145l outing up the Columbia River. Stevenson, Washington, has been the objectiv of all these excursions so far. The trip up on the boat occupies the whole morning; lunch, which is servd as soon after landing as possible, takes up the early afternoon; and the rest of the time until the hour for returning is spent in games, boating, and hiking to the varius picturesque spots in the vicinity. For three years the student body has voted in favor of River Day, as it is cald, and it seems probable that it wil become as wel establisht an institution as Campus Day or examinations. It is not a time when the students alone put aside their regular tasks, but faculty and offis force as wel ar given an opportunity to forget the grind of everyday routine, and the whole college givs itself over to a day of rest and play in the open air. HIGH SCOOL DAY High Scool Day, May twentieth, 1914, was adopted by the Student Council and student body as a means of giving information about the college to prospectiv students. More than seventy-five senior students from Portland high scools wer entertaind. A part of the afternoon was spent in the inspection of grounds, bildings and equipment. Later a game between the dormitory and day-dodger ball nines gave an example of the Reed athletic system. During the afternoon and evening there was dancing in the Assembly Hall. Supper was servd on the bank of Crystal Springs Lake under Miss Elizabeth Reedis supervision. During the meal President Foster, Dr. Rowland, Mr. Wood and Arthur Hauck made speeches about the college. COLLEGE DAY In the absence of the activities commonly associated with commencement week, the college celebrated College Day at the close of the iirst three years of the history of the college. At the close of the first year the day was cald Campus Day, a name later used for another holiday. The principal events wer the institution of a drinking ceremony at the spring in the ravine, the laying of the cornerstone of the dormitory by the Student Council, and two addresses at the natural amfitheater by Dr. David Starr Jordan and President Foster. The first Reed song, nThe Song of the First-Bornf ritten by Dr. Charles T. Burnett, was publicly sung for the first time on this day. The festivities in 1913 wer a traCk-meet, a ball-game and a cros-cuntry run between the two classes; and, in the after- noon, an informal mas-ineeting of students and faculty was addrest at the amfitheater by Dr. Sisson, Dr. Rowland, Gladys Lowden, Arthur Hauck and Lowell Bradford. A telegram of encouragement from President Foster, then in California, was red. A semi-formal procession was then made, and the