Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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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

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