Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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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.

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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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REED COLLEGE ANNUAL + 1915 I411 quired, Mr. French is constantly in demand. Besides playing Miss Creech has been interested in varius kinds of activities the piano and the flute, he has been a member of the corus since 011 the campus. She was secretary of the Drama Club for two 1912, and he also sung with the menls glee club. years and did much to start that organization. She took part Mr. French was tresurer of the clas during 1913-1914. in the sofomore and junior May-dances and was a member of D6; the corus during 1912-1913 . She is also an energetic worker for the Consumerls Leag. On leaving college Miss Creech expects to do social settlement work. Margaret Doris Creech has been prominent among the women of the senior clas in bringing the college into closer tuch with the community. Her major subject being sociology, Miss Creech has done consider- able original work on municipal problems. Her ritings on this topic include a Survey of the Rec- reational Possibilities of Port- land and a thesis on the subject of public helth. She also as- sisted in collecting data for the college report on vaudeville and motion picture theaters and for an exhibit on the liquor problem at the Conference on the Conservation of Human Life. In connection with her work as . . . gardian Of the Camp-fire Girls at the Jewish Neighborhood often been requisitiond for serVis on committees for varius Eoufe, 5116 made a comprehensiv study of the Jews in South social affairs. She is a member of the Amanda Reed Assoc1a- ort an . tion. w Ruth Kathryn Shoudy has spent only this year at Reed, Washington State College hav- ing claimd the remainder of her college life. Her major subject is English, in which she has done unusually intensiv worke branching out somewhat into history and filosofy. For her seminar thesis she is making a study of George Meredithls attitude toward nature. Altho she has been here such a short time, her abilities hav .-.v.-1-.-.-v.-m ,-,- . . . , . . . . . .y.-. . . .