Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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I441 Jean Carmeta VVolverton was one of the most enthusiastic freshmen who went thru the joys and discomforts 0f the first year on Jefferson Street. She was elected vice-president of the clas at the first clas election and servd as secretary the follo- ing year. During her junior year she was a member of the Student Council, and performd the strenuus duties of both sec- retary and tresurer 0f the stu- dent body. Miss VVOlverton is majoring in education, with the intention of becoming a teacher in the primary grades. She has alredy had some experience in this direction, having assisted in teaching the faculty childrenls i scool for two years. She has fM , also made a study of the outside use of the scool plant in Port- land, and, for her senior work, is taking up the problem of the exceptionally bright children in the city scools. She playd basketball on her Clas teams and danst in both of the Clas May-dances. In addition to her college work, Miss lNolverton has de- voted much attention to outside activities, especially in connec- REED COLLEGE ANNUAL 4- 1915 tion with religius work, and she is at present the junior city superintendent of the Christian Endevor Society. 13.; Edward Milton Runyan is one of the very few Reed graduates who intend to go into religius work. His major subject is sociology, and he considers it more from the prac- tical than from the theoretical side. The title of his bachelor's thesis is Wil Coopcrafziv Industry 5012! 0117' Industrial Problems? His interests at in religion, Hlos- ofy, social servis and coopera- tion. Cooperation is dominant. Mr. Runyan has a genuin int petus toward social betterment and emfasizes cooperation as a means to this end. He has be- longd to the Biology Club for several years and collaborated in the working up of a paper, Regu- lation and Vorticelli, publisht in the Biological Bulletin. 111 athletics Mr. Runyan has been prominent. He has playd football in all except his senior year and baseball and basketball during his entire course. He was captain of the senior

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REED COLLEGE APHWUAL s 1915 MN Helen Louise Walton has done her most intensiv work in the Departments of French and English. Her major subject is English and her seminar thesis is a study of the modern English short story. Miscellaneus courses which she has elected haV been chiefly in the natural and social sciences. In extra-Curricular activities Miss Walton has held sev- Thc claimd her eral responsible positions. Drama Club has greatest interest. Here she has done efficient executiv work as president, as business manager of the presentation of The Pig- eon, and as a member of im- portant committees. She was secretary of her Clas in its junior year and a member of the Prom committee. For the past year she has been president of the dormitory women. She has also done valuable work in the Cone sumer's Leag. . Miss 1Va1ton intends to teach for a time and later enter training for a Yung VVomen s Chris- tian Association secretaryship. ngLvn, a ..'. .z....:..w Claude Milton Newlin prepard for college at the high scool at Newberg, Oregon, and took his bachelors degree at Pacific College, at Newberg, in 1911. After this for a year he was instructor in English literature, German and Latin in the academic department of Coeur dhAlene College at Coeur diAlene, Idaho, and then came to Reed, where he spent one year com- pleting his work for the degree in 1914. At Reed Mr. Newlin was an assistant in the English depart- ment, in which he did his major work. His bacheloris thesis at Reed was The Drama of the Celtic Renaissance. His interests ar wide, but comparativ litera- ture and filosofy may be said to dominate. He intends to do graduate work in the former. His view point is intellectual; widely red and a leader in discussion. his intense interest in change and in new move- ments mark him as a tru radical. Since leaving Reed Mr. Newlin has been instructor in English literature, French and German at the Aberdeen High Scool, in Aberdeen, Washington. ....;.:.sg...:xx;-.- - . -'-'.'1--'.' '--. ..........

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REED COLLEGE ABUUJAL 3 1915 Ma basketball team, and on the all-star selection in 1914. Mr. Runyan was president of the Christian Association during his senior year and has been prominent in that body since its inception. He was the first business manager of the Quest. He has sung in the glee club and done work with the quartet. Mr. Runyan intends to do graduate work in some fase of religius activity. w Ellis Herman Jones has been closely identified with college jurnalism thrnout his course at Reed and has workt untiringly to maintain high quality in the college weekly. He was chosen editor of the Quest in the fall of 1913 and has servd upon the editorial board in varius capaci- ties ever since, being re-elected to the post of editor in 1915. He drew up the present Quest char- ter, which reorganized the staf and put it on a higher basis of efficiency. He also helpt to draw up the Annual charter and is a member of the Annual Board. His intellectual interests ar mainly scientific and the Departments of Mathematics, Soci- ology and Fysics hav claimd the most of his attention. In the field of sociology Mr. Jones has been particularly interested in advanst theories of social progress. His seminar problem in fysics has been an investigation of the contact difference of potential between metal surfaces. Mr. Jones has been prominently connected with athletics while at Reed, and in his capacity as president of the Athletic Council for the current year has done much toward the realiz- ation of the athletic ideals of the college. He has playd base- ball during his entire college course and is captain of the senior team. He is a member of the 1914 all-star baseball team. In the social life of the college Mr. Jones has also taken an activ part. He was president of his clas in his sofomore year and has held varius offises in the John Adams Debating Society. During the past semester he has been tresurer 0f the Comus Club. Mr. Jones executiv ability and efficiency hav made him a valuable member of the college community. 34 Samuel Stephenson Smith, tho he enterd as a freshman in 1912, wil graduate as a member of the Clas Of 1915, having managed to complete the required amount of work for a degree in three years. He has done his major work in Greek, but in addition to that has paid a good deal of attention to English, -pL-Zgugil,e.- - 7 .t.-.v.a..;v,-V-,:Q A . . . . . . . .01-. . . .