Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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I461 REED French and German literature. His seminar thesis is a study of Classic comedy. Mr. Smith is president of the Classical Club and is like- wise a moving spirit in the Fiench Club and the Deutsche Verein. He has been especially activ in connection with college dramatics, and has been a mem- ber of the Drama Club for two years. He playd minor rbles in Antigone and in one of the Irish plays last year, and also appeard in the production of The Pigeon. This year he took part in the plays given by the French and German departments as wel. His athletic interests hav been chiefiy in the direction of tennis, Mr. Smith being one of the most enthusiastic devotees of that sport in the college. His chief claim to fame, however, is that he is the yungest member of the clas. Nell Brown enterd Reed in September, 1912, after a year at the University of Puget Sound. Soon after her arrival here COLLEGE ANNUAL -:. 1915 she became identified with college athletics, becoming a mem- ber of the sofomore basketball and track teams. Her artistic eye and her willingness to work wer responsible for placing her on most of the decorating committees for that year as wel. Miss Brown did not come back in September, 1913, but spent the two folloing semesters at VVhitworth College in Ta- coma. after which she returnd to x Reed to complete her course. Her interest in athletics con- tinued and she was made captain of the senior basketball team, and elected to the Athletic Coun- cil. When plans wer hrst formu- lated for a womeifs social and re- ligius organization, Miss Brown was put on the committee for drawing up a constitution. After the organization had taken form as the Amanda Reed Association, she was elected to the position of president folloing the resig- nation of Dorothy Coffin. Miss Brown has done her major work in the Department of English. Her seminar thesis is on realism in the ritings of John Galsworthy.

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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-. . . .

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REED COLLEGE ANNUAL -:- 1915 Newton Francis McCoy has done the major amount of his college work in the Department of Mathematics. He has acted as assistant to Dr. Griffin for some time, and is at present working upon the problem of elementary and secondary scool mathematics in its relation to mathematical courses in college. Mr. McCoy is a member of the present Student Council and also holds the position of an- ditor for the student body. He has held other important thses, having been elected president of his Clas in 1913 and chairman of the present men's social-room committee. He has been activ in debating, and served both as president and as secretary of the John Adams Debating Society. He also made the sofomore football team and the upperclas team in 1914, besides playing in dormitory-day-dodger games. Mr. McCoy has been prominent in the social activities of the college. He has been president of the Comus Club during the past year, and did efficient work on the first Junior Prom committee. He has also been a member of the Deutsche Verein. n; Thruout her four years at Reed, Edna Metcalf has paid particular attention to the varius fases of fysical education. She has been prominent in all forms of womenis athletics, and is a member of all her clas teams, as wel as the all-star basketball team. Her interest in this direc- tion led to her having been twice elected to the Athletic Council, which body she also servd as vice-president. In the summer of 1914, Miss Metcalf had charge of one of the city playgrounds, and was considerd by the superintendent to hav been one of the most suc- cessful directors. Besides this she has had gymnasium Classes for children on Saturday morn- ings. This year, upon the recom- mendation of the playground superintendent, she was given a story hour at the Woodstock Branch Library. Her success with children in these group activities has been remarkable. I471 75721;.1y .s vi .1 ., . 1:. vjv-......i;.