Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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lumbia. He managed the inter-eollegiate debates with the University of Washington last winter, and was a member of the afhrmativ team. He has also taken an enthusiastic interest in ches, hav- ing founded the Ches Club, and servd as secretary and president. Mr. Bradford is completing the usual course in three years. In the field of sociology, social servis particularly attracts him; and he is strongly interested in the relation of religion and mor- als to sociology. His seminar thesis is a study of the relation of the family and the state. Courses in English literature hav also formd a large part of his elections, and he has been tutor in English for the past year. After graduation Mr. Bradford expects to teach and to do graduate work in sociology at C0- Elsa Francesca Gill has been an efficient member of the col- lege community with varied interests in student activity, in- REED COLLEGE ANNUAL -1- 1915 eluding dramatics, social servis, student government, athletics and student journalism. In her senior year she has been hon- ord with the offis of vice-president of the Student Council. Miss Gill was leader of her clas May-dance in 1914, and helpt design the Maypole dance given by the clas the year be- fore. She was elected associate editor of the Quest for the first semester Of 1913-1914, was the first associate editor under the Quest charter, and has been a contributing editor since that time. She has also been a mem- ber of this yearis Annual staf. The corus, the Drama Club and the French Club ar organiza- tions in which she has member- ship. Miss Gillis interest in social servis centers around the recre- ation problem; she is working with Margaret Creeeh on a rece reational survey of Portland; and is connected with the recently organized committee on municipal dances and dance-hall reg- ulation. In athletics Miss Gill has playd basketball, and has been a member of her clas track team. Ir

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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.

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REED COLLEGE ADUWUAL The academic activity of Miss Gill has centerd in the work of the English department. Her major thesis, A Study of Dem- ocratic and Socz'ah'stic Tendencies in, Modern Poetry, indicates her interests in contemporary literature. w An industrius and systematic worker in whatever he 11n- dertakes, Alvin Kiplinger Bradford has been a valuable mem- ber of the senior clas. His broad and effectiv interest in the welfare of his fello men has been reHected in his college career. For two years after high scool Mr. Bradford was in contact with the business world. His college work has, however, turnd his attention to the educational field, particularly in its broad so- cial aspects. In scolarship Mr. Bradford has been conscientious and sys- tematic. His major subject is sociology; his thesis, The Atti- tude of the Church to Social IVork. Mr. Bradford has enterd wide- ly into student life. He was the hrst president of his Clas, + 1915 BR 21 very activ member of the John Adams Debating Society, president of the corus for this year, and hed 0f the Bible- study committee of the Christian Association. He also servd as secretary of the Athletic Council in his senior year. He plays basketball, football and tennis, making his clas team in the first two sports, and is an assistant in the Department of Fysical Education. Mr. Bradfordis activities outside of the college ar note- worthy. He has been fysical director of the Portland Indus- trial Home for the last two years, and for two summers has held a position as a city playground director. As prayer-meet- ing chairman of the Christian Endevor Union of Portland for the present year he is prominent in the religius life of the city. w Irma Caroline Lonegren came to Reed in her sofomore year from the University of Washington. She has been interested in many of the extra-curricular activities of the college, among which dramatics has been prom- inent. Miss Lonegren was a member of the cast of the first play given by the Drama Club, The Pipesz Pay, and also of the cast of Lady Gregorys Spreding the News. She is a member of the Consumers Leag and Current Events Club. Miss Lonegrens Chief interest in college has been along the lines of. the social sciences. Her major is sociology and she