Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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1341 REED dance committee in 1914. Miss VVuest is a member of the Drama Club, and 0f the Deutsche Verein. She has held the ofhs of sergeant-at-arms in the Clas of 1915 for three years. Miss VVuest plans to teach after graduation. She is also preparing to continue her training and activity as a singer. m Lizzie Margaret Ross has been one of the first of the stu- dents of Reed College to go out from the institution to the prac- tical business of life. Having en- terd from the University of Ore- gon with advanst standing, she was able to gain the required amount of credits for gradua- tion by the summer of 1914. She left Portland the folloing winter to take up the work of teaching history in the high scool at Brownsville, Oregon, where she is also assisting in other depart- ments. She wil return in June to be given her degree. Miss Ross has done her major work in history, correlating it with education in an investiga- tion upon the teaching of history in secondary scools. She . :2;-.;f-' COLLEGE ANNUAL .I- 1915 also studied the methods of instruction in mathematics in the loer grades and taut arithmetic in the scool conducted for the children of the faculty. As a leader in the musical life of the college, Howard Dunham Barlow has been particularly conspicuus. Upon his arrival at Reed he was put in charge of the corms, with which he has done remarkably success- ful work. developing it from a group of untrained singers, to one of the best drild organiza- tions of its kind in the city. He has directed numerus college concerts, besides doing some solo work himself, and in addi- tion, he has had charge of one of the Portland church quires. His recent appointment to a graduate scolarship at Columbia is a signal recognition of his ability in music. Mr. Barlow has been a prom- inent figure in college dramatics. He took leading parts in The Traveling Alan by Lady Gregory, and in Galsworthyls Pigeon. He also playd the Pool in the

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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-

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REED COLLEGE ADHQUAl German drama, Beth and the F001, produced by the German department. His major work was done in the Department of English, with special attention to the drama. His thesis for graduation is on the American social drama. LA Agnes Isabel Winchell has ritten several rather noteworthy papers in connection with her work in the Department of Biol- ogy. One of these is The Rela- tion Between the Form and Function of an Organ, and ana other, The Origin of the Blood Vascular System. Miss Winchell has paid considerable attention to scientific subjects and has been especially interested in the fysio- logical and hygienic aspects of biology in connection with girls. She does not plan to continue her research work in biology after graduation, however, but wil dee vote her attention to the study of music. Miss Wlinchell has taken an activ interest in civic affairs and was president of the Current Events Club for two years. , .Lvn, t 1915 B$ She is now an efficient worker in that department of the Amanda Reed Association. She is also a member of the Biol- ogy Club. In athletics her principal activity has been in basketball. She playd on the senior team this year and was also a member of the track team. She is one of the most enthusiastic cros- euntry walkers in the clas, and was a charter member of the Hikersl Club. a: Lowell Clarence Bradford is one of the Reed students who hav alredy applied their college lore to practical affairs. Altho his major subject is sociology he has always been interested in political science, and has workt in two political campains in Portland. Last fall he spoke on the twenty-nine mesures sub- mitted to the voters, and the previus year he was activ in the campain for commission government. He has also workt in the Oregon Civic Leag. In college, honors wer early offerd Mr. Bradford, and he was elected president of his clas in its freshman year. For the past year he has been an advisory member of the Student Coun- cil. He has sung with the corus for the last two years. He is also a member of the Christian Association. As for particular student activities, debating has claimd most of Mr. Bradfordls attention. He was manager of the inter-clas debates for 1914, and was a member of his clas team.