Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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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

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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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D81 REED COLLEGE ANNUAL-i-1915 has done some interesting work in this held. In connection with her work in psycology she made investigations of the men- tality of delinquent Children in the public seools 0f the City. Miss Lonegren has had a suc- cessful story-hour for yung chil- dren at the Jewish Neighbor- hood House during the past win- ter. Thru this outside activity, as wel as thru her survey of the foren-born residents of Albina, she has come into close tuch with the immigrant question. The subject which Miss Lone- gren has investigated and workt up for her graduation thesis is The Assimilation of Inunigrant Children in the Public 56001. Gladys Lillian Lowden wil hav the distinction of being the first person to receive the degree of Master of Arts from Reed College. She did her freshman and sofomore work at Mount Holyoke College and Whitman College respectivly, and enterd Reed in 1912 as a junior. In June, 1914, she finisht her work for the bachelor's degree and for the past year she has been doing graduate work in psycology. For three years the psycology department has given mental tests to students of the college to determin whether such tests might form part Of these Miss Lowden in the capacity of assistant in the psycology laboratory, has had entire Charge, and she has com- piled the results for her masters thesis. Altho entering so late in her college course, Miss Lowden has fild an important place in Reed community life. In her junior year she was vice-president of the Student Council, and thus hed of the womeifs organization. She has held the offis of vice- president in the Current Events Club, and has workt in the C011- sumers, Leag. the Drama Club, the Psycology Club and the Amanda Reed Association. of the college entrance examinations. M Ultimately Miss Lowden hopes to enter the stil untried field of making experimental tests in connection with court trials, and in homes for delinquents.