Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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REED COLLEGE ANNUAL-I-1915 Max Pearson Cashing Instructor in History 1913-1915 Dr. Cushing is a grad- uate of Bowdoin College and of Columbia Univer- sity in New York. He spent the year 1909 at the University of Lau- sanne, Switzerland, and from 1909 to 1911 he was instructor in music and English in Robert College, Constantinople. For the two succeeding years he did graduate work in history at C0- lumbia University, and in 1914 receivd his doctors degree from that scool. He came to Reed Col- lege in 1913 as instructor in history, and wil be assistant pro- fessor next year. Dr. Cushing has given varius lecture courses in the city and has sought to strengthen the general literary interests of the students. He is a member Of the faculty music committee and is particularly activ in all that pertains to the musical life of the college community. 1151 Bernard Capen Ewer Professor of Filosofy 1912-1915 Dr. Ewer holds the degrees of A. B. and A. M. from Brown Uni9 versity and the degree of Ph. D. from Harvard. He has held teaching positions at Brown Uni- versity, at Mount Har- mon Seminary, at: VVes- leyan University and at Northwestern Univer- sity. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and of filosohcal associations. T0 giv entering students a perspectiv of college life Dr. Ewer has workt out a new course in ethics which is now given to freshmen in several colleges thruout the cuntry and at Reed. He has been especially activ in the college community and it is regretted that he is to leave Reed to become professor of hlosofy at Brown next year.

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REED Norman Frank Coleman Professor of English Since 1912 Professor Coleman graduated from the Uni- versity of Toronto in 1900 with the degree of A. B., and in 1906 from Harvard University with the degree of A. M. Until 1912 he was the hed of the Department of English in Whitman College, and since then he has been professor of English in Reed College. The summer and autum of 1914 he spent traveling in Great Britain and in studying at Oxford University. Professor Coleman is particularly interested in religius life and student affairs at Reed College, and besides giving extension courses in English literature he has taken an activ part in moral education in Portland. .';';l:'-'.I -,e,erl'- .lu'd; .: . $4. -; n-a-;-,$ I 't Is..-;.;x:r - a v.2 .7'7' uM14uimgd: .- z :1 a ?;imxuzz-taA... 5.223.112,d;m :.;5;f;;$:f.:$::5:s;.- . v: -. nn-u. .y. W, wrp-or-r- -stnwr n.rfeiwivwfwmfmigif?S'U'rl'e'L-BW?9$1 7 1: .n'zrm inn x-rv-A-Lii v r - ' F - rzuv . ernvrn :- I vx.- .-- '. COLLEGE ANNUAL 451915 Karl Taylor Compton Instructor in Fysics 1918-1915 Dr. Compton holds the degrees of Ph. B. and S. M. from the Univer- sity of Wooster, and at the same university he was from 1906 to 1910 assistant in fysics and instructor in chemistry. From 1910 to 1912 he held felloships at Prince- ton University, and in the latter year he receivd the degree of Ph. D. in fysics, summa cum laude, being the hrst man to attain this honor at Princeton. For the year 1912 he was instructor in fysics at Princeton. Dr. Compton is a member of the American Fysical So- ciety, and has contributed important articles to scientific period- icals. He is now under appointment as assistant professor of fysics at Princeton University. 3 F -'-..r-:..5:1.::.'9-' -' . . . . . L - t.- ngumm;4gsxhu

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-717IJYI- :3.5,,..pg-9 ,- 4: -- '-';1r.n.-.,- ,F.' 33...: .. 'a-V-rl'v irtu-T'vtc rmvwmrw'tuuwm :nznfeiynmmwm'wamw A 1161 REED COLLEGE ANNUAL -:- 1915 Frank Loxley Griffin Professor of Mathematics Since 1911 Carolyn Edith Fosdick Instructor in French 1914-1915 Dr. Griffm holds the degrees of 5.13., SM. and PhD. from the Uni- versity of Chicago and for the years 1904-1906 he was fello in astron- omy there. He has servd on the staf 0f the Yerkes Observatory, and from 1906 to 1911 he was in- structor and assistant professor of mathe- matics in XNilliams Cole lege. Since 1911, he has been professor of mathe- matics in Reed College. Dr. Griffin is a fello of the American Asso- ciation for the Advance- . ment of Science, a member of the Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, 1 Miss Fosdick is a graduate of Radcliffe College. She has the American Mathematical Society, and the .CirC.010 Mate- . . 1 f - 0.. 1 . B t d . D 11 T mat1eo d1 Palermo. He has pubhsht severahsmentlhc artlcles taut 1n prlvate SCOO S '01 blr S 111 OS on an .1n a as, exas. and 15 now at work upon a text book in whlch college math- She came to the Reed faculty after the openmg 0f college IaSt ematics is treated in a more practical way than has here- fall. tofore been attempted. - -,. 4,7 . 5 5: - x ..: . ,- ....r-:L.r-;.s;q..r':;s.--a'-': - - ' 'luxfafuftf.s:5.kzss;aggfamummuw; 2;