Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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REED COLLEGE ADUQUAJ + 1915 lbw SELF-SUPPORT VERY worthy student is helpt who has shown a markt capacity for helping himself? From the beginning of its existence the college has had by far the greater part of its work done by students. Such work as the care of equipment, clerical work, dining-hall and laundry servis and bookstore man- agement is handled in this way. Twenty-hve cents per hour is paid for unskild labor and thirty-three and a third cents per hour for skild labor. During the year 1913-1914 seventy per cent of the men students receivd income from work done for the college. The administration has also been activ in securing varius suitable positions for students during vaca- tions and after graduation. Besides these opportunities for self-help there ar at present in the hands of the college authorities eight loan-funds for the assistance of worthy students establisht by Mrs. Alice Joyce Houston, Mr. R. A. Booth, Dr. Thomas Lamb Eliot, Mr. Rich- ard Montague, Mr. C. Henri Labbe, Mrsr Elsie Dolph, Mr. Julius Meier, and Mr. W. B. and Mrs. Clara A. Fecheimer. A These funds ar of varying sizes and portions of them ar lent, 0n the judgment of the administration, to students. Up to the present time twenty-eight students hav receivd aid in this way. Many of the funds yield an annual amount to the college, and ar consequently cumulativ, each loan being eventually re- paid to the college to be used again. RELIGIUS LIFE EED COLLEGE is underiominational. The wil R containing the endowment provides that the insti- $ tition nforever be and remain free from sectarian inhuence, regulation or control, permitting those who may seek its benefits to affiliate with such religius societies as their conscience may dictate? N0 sectarian considerations enter into the election of trustees or faculty, or the admission of students. There at daily religius servises at the college, the Chapel servis at eight-forty six mornings a week and the vesper servis at four olclock Sunday afternoons. Attendance at neither of these servises is compulsory for students, and the vesper servis is open to the public. The chapel servis consists of music, both instrumental and vocal, and an address Of five or ten minutes. The vesper servis is of the same general nature. Practically all the faculty, and a large number of people from outside the college community take part in conducting these servises. During the current year the college Christian Association has conducted Bible-study classes and arranged for talks to be given on religius subjects.

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REED COLLEGE ADUWUAL e 1915 IBM EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES REED COLLEGE STUDENTS AS SOCIAL WORKERS Reed College students hav alredy made their influence felt in the social work of the city. Last winter, when the Gipsy Smith Tabernacle was occupied by unemployd men, a group of Reed students assisted in getting data which ulti- mately went to prove that unemployment in Portland was not altogether the result of shiftlessness, but rather an inevitable consequence of our seasonal industries. As a result of the education from last yearis experience, the city officials them- selvs hav taken hold of the problem this year, attacking it not as if it wer a problem in crime, but rather as one which is incident to industrial development. Again, thru the De- partment of Psycology, several delinquents of the city hav been subjected to mental tests by our students. This is a small be- ginning; but it is one of great consequence for the future treatment of the city's delinquents. By encouraging the men- tal tests, and assisting in giving them, Reed men and women at contributing very definitly t0 the social work of the city so far as it affects delinquents. Furthermore, the Recreation League Camp was virtually a Reed College affair. Three Reed men wer camp councillors, and two Reed women cookt the meals. Over fifty city boys wer reaeht in this way, many of whom had never known the joys of an out-of-door life. When the gymnasium was thrown open to them one night during the Christmas holidays, they came in hordes, and wer eager to learn about the plans for next summer. Stil another contact with the community is made by the men and women who ar leading boys and girlsy clubs at the settlements over the city. This kind of work should increase As a further reminder of the social and civic effort of our men and women, mention should be made of the fact that we supplied the Committee of One Hundred with a secretary, who helpt make Oregon dry; and that when the fate of commission government hung in the balance, it was our men who jumpt into the pan tor rather onto the soapeboxy and deter- mind the vote for the commission. Finally, when the North End threatend repeaters at the November elections, the polls wer watcht by Reed students. Much more could be said concerning the civic activities of Reed men and women, but the foregoing is simply evidence of what may be expected of them in the future. Nevertheless, of the record thus far we at all justly proud, because not always have American colleges thus realized their responsibil-