Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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REED COLLEGE ADUQUAL Florian Margaret Linklater has been identified chiefly with the classical department in her election of courses. Her major subject is Latin, and most of her work has been in Classical lit- erature. For her seminar thesis she has assisted in making an intensiv study of the work of Lucretius. Miss Linklater has been in demand for servis on varius party committees, including those for the womenis dances. She has also assisted in organizing May-pole dances for her clas and in the fall of 1914 she servd on the committee of women which disposed of the product of the holly grove for the XVomen's Bilding fund. For a time she belonged to the Drama Club, but most of her Work in organizations has been with those devoted to the study of practical problems. She has been a faithful member of the Classical Club, the Consumers, Leag, and the Bible Study Club, and has been secretary-tresa urer of the Current Events Club. 1 After graduation Miss Linklater wil teach Latin. e 1915 BW Lindsley West Ross enterd Reed in 1912 from Port- land Academy, having won the matriculation scolarship in the competitiv entrance examinations. He was granted advanst standing for extra entrance credits and so was enabled to grad- uate in 1915. His major is fysics, in which he has done in- dividual research on the pseudo- contact difference of potential. Mr. Ross has been activ in the musical life of the college, haV ing sung in the corus for three years, in the menls glee club in 1913-1914, and in the Antigone corus. He has also been a mem- ber of the Deutsche Verein, and the Classical Club, and took part in one of the Irish plays. He acted as a reporter for the Quest in 1914, and has been riting col- lege news for the Evening Tele- gram this year. He playd hard and consistently at basketball and has made his elas team every year. He has also been chosen as a member of both tug-of-war and sack-rush teams. The complete collection of fotografs which Mr. Ross has taken during his college course makes an interesting addition

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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.

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...-.---., Jul..2;:,.t.;.-:.p,-...:;:. . . I401 REED COLLEGE ANNUAL + 1915 to the history of the institution. Because of his interest in fotog- the employment of college women in the West. Miss Walton rafy he has had complete charge of the cuts in the Annual. rote her graduation thesis, :1 study of the economic evolution of b; Dorothy Edna Walton graduated from Lincoln High 50001 in June, 1911, and enterd Reed the folloing fall. Dur- ing the first part of her course, Miss Walton was activ in ath- letics, being on the womenls bas- ketball and track teams and a member of the Athletic Council during her sofomore year. She has also been prominent socially, having servd on several import- ant committees, including last year's Prom committee. Miss Walt01fs chief intellec- tual interest has been along the lines of sociology. In her sofo- more year, she made an investi- gation of Portland kindergar- tens. The folloing year, in coop- eration with Ada McCown, she woman, as a result of this interesting work. Delbert Ransom French, who enterd the senior clas in 1912, is majoring in economics. His in- terest in this and related sub- jects has not been strictly ac- ademic, but has led rather to individual work off the campus. He took an activ part in the general election of 1914, speak- ing at varius political meetings thruout the city on the mesures voted on at that time. Debating has occupied a prom- inent place in Mr. Frenchls college work, as wel. He was a member of the John Adams did some valuable work for the Debating Society, hlling the position of secretary in 1914, and Department of Psycology in testing the mentality of delinquent also debated on the senior team in the interclas debates of this women. During this year, she also made investigations of year. housing conditions in Portland and of the opportunities for As a willing pianist whenever music for dancing is re- ...;.:-. m.- ..de.,...,.,..'..1;- .:-r:.:.:.:.z'.:..-;:;:,u-...-..:.-.. .thi.