Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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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.-. . . .

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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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only woman in the clas to do her major work under Dr. Griffin. Besides assisting in the mathematics department, Miss Piggott has been making a study of mathematiCS courses in the hrst year of high scool with emfasis upon the substitu- tion of general instruction in the place of algebra. She is planning to teach her major subject. Miss Piggott is an enthusiastic basketball and tennis player and acted as captain of the upperclas basketball team in 1913. She also servd on the Athletic Coun- cil in 1913-1914, being besides an assistant in the Department of Fysical Education during that i ber of the Deutsche Verein, in which she holds 0st as editor. She is also a member of the Drama Club. REED COLLEGE ANNUAL + 1915 Katharine Piggott enterd the first clas with the contingent William Forrest Jenne prepard for college at Port- from Washington High Scool. She became interested in land Academy. During his course at Reed he has playd foot- mathematics during her first year and has done her principal ball and baseball for four years and basketball for one. He work in that department, having the distinction of being the made all-star teams in football and baseball, was captain of his clas baseball team, and twice cap- tain of the day-dodger baseball team. In student affairs Mr. Jenne has been a member of the Ath- letic Council for the current year, servd on the River Day and Junior Prom committees in 1914, and is chairman of the gradua- tion committee. Mr. Jenneys major subject is sociology and his bachelors thesis is on inventions, their rela- tion to culture, and their sig- nificance for society. He is also taking up the question of the year hereditary nature of inventiv ability. Altho Mr. Jennes inter- . . 1. . . o- . . r She has done consmlerable Ssts 1e. priiimpally 31911:, mecamcal lines, he takes. the xxord work 111 the German department and has been a faithful mem- inventions to mean ideas as W61 as mecamcal apphances. Mr. Jenne intends to enter upon a business career of some kind after leaving college.