Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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1321 REED In preparation for work as an educational administrator Mr. Hauck has majord in the Department of Education. His special interest in this department has culminated in a thesis on the servis of Reed College to Portland, particularly with re- spect to the college extension work, As president of the Deutsche Verein and assistant in the department for the year 1913-1914 he has made German an important part of his college course. In the summer and fall of 1914 Mr. Hauck was employd by the Committee of One Hun- dred for Oregon Dry, in an exec- utiv capacity. Mr. Hauck has prominent in athletics. his clas teams in football, basketball and track. also been He made w James Marvin Howes has been a prominent member of the college Christian Association and has shown an interest in the moral life of the institution. In student affairs, besides his connection with the Chris- tian Association, Mr. Howes is distinguisht for having been a COLLEGE ANNUAL 4- 1915 member of the first Student Council, of the Deutsche Verein and of the Biology Club. He was president of the John Adams De- bating Society in 1913, a member of the River day committee in 1912 and business manager of the Quest in 1913-1914. He playd football his fresh- man, sofomore and senior years and baseball in 1912. His par- ticipation in the musical activ- ities of the college has consisted of singing in the corus and the glee club, and in doing some work with the quartet. Mr. Howes' major subject is sociology and his bacheloris thesis is A Comparatiz' Study of Political Views of Roosevelt, Taft and VVz'Ison. He took part in unemployment investigations conducted in 1913-1914. In the biology department he has workt especially on industrial diseases. Mr. Howes interests lie mainly in social servis and in morals. He has been connected with boys clubs and Bible- study clubs in Portland and has done playground work. He interprets his courses practically and in all lines considers things in the light of their bearing on life. .e-m. ;r?;:-.r ., 7......7 7

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REED COLLEGE ANWUJAL 1915 1311 Bessie Catherine Owens has been a major student in the Department of Education. She is interested in her subject chiefly from the sociological standpoint, and supplementary courses which she has elected hav been in the Departments of Sociology and Psycology. Miss Owens had an article, Fighting Unemployment and Destitzttion in- Portland, publisht in the Sur- t'cy for April seventeenth, 1915. For her senior thesis she has workt on a study for mesuring ability in spelling fonetic and non-fonetic words, both studied and unstudied, based on a text given to the ninth grades of thirty-four Portland grammar scools. Miss Owensl extra-curricular activities hav been numerus. In her freshman and senior years she was secretary of her Clas, and as a junior she held the same 0th in the Current Events Club. She has also belongd to the Consumer's Leag and the Drama Club. Possessing a strong contralto voice, Miss Owens has taken part in college musical activities. She has sung with the corus, the Antigone corus and the college quartet. In 1913 she servd on the staf of the '? E Quest. 1n social activities, she has been activ in promoting hiking and skating parties. Miss Owens has taken a very activ part in athletic affairs. She was on the clas basketball team, and was captain in 1914. She is also a good tennis, hand- ball and baseball player. For the past year she has servd as viceepresident of the Athletic Council. After teaching for a few years, Miss Owens expects to do graduate work at Columbia University and later to enter admin- istrativ educational work. As president of the Student Council and student body dur- ing the last two of his three years at Reed, Arthur Andrew Hauck has been intimately connected with the development of student government here. Tact and cheerfulness hav helpt to make him the Choice of the students. Debating and public speaking hav receivd a considerable share of Mr. Haucks attention in his college career. In his freshman year at the University of California he was president of his clas debating club. At Reed he has been vice-president of the John Adams Debating Society and a member of the debate team which defeated the University of Washington at Portland. He has also seen servis in political and social cam- pains in the city, and as reader in Reed Extension Course XI, The Voter and the City of Portland.

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REED COLLEGE ANNUAL l 9 1 5 I331 Soon after she came to college Alma Voleta Bufton became prominent in student affairs. She was elected secretary of the first Student Council and servd diligently in that capacity until 1913. She was also on the com- mittee which Chose the college color. Miss Buftonls principal col- lege work has been done in German literature. She has taken Faust as the subject of hef major thesis and wil consider the sec- ond part of the drama particu- larly, with reference to Goethe,s classical tendencies. Thru her interest in German, Miss Bufton became a charter member of the Deutsche Verein, and has re- maind activ in that organiza- tion. She has also been a loyal participant in the meetings of the Current Events Club, and has servd at varins times as its president, sergeant-at-arms, and editor. Miss anton,s athletic interest centers in baseball and she has been captain of her clas team during the past year. Clara Louise Wuest had the distinction of being the first person to register as a student in Reed College. Miss Wuest has done her major work in the Department of Germanic Lan- guages. She has also shown special interest in the activity of the Department of Education. In this connection her work has resulted in two notable papers on local educational problems. Miss Wuestls part in the musical life of the college is note- worthy. During the past year she has been a college soloist for the Sunday vesper servises, and in 1913-1914 sang contralto in the college quire of four mem- bers. She has also taken part in numerus college musical events, and is a member of the corus. Her activities as a singer in the city include work as soloist for the Portland Oratorio Society and as a member of the quire of the Centenary M. E. Church. She is especially interested in lyrical interpretation. Miss Wuestls activity in athletic affairs has been chiefly in connection with the May-dances. She was leader of the sofomore May-pole dancers in 1913 and a member of the May-