Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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REED COLLEGE ADUVUAJ Miss FatlancPs major subject is biology, and her seminar thesis concerns the effects of Chemical environment upon de- velopment. Upon her gradua- tion she expects to teach and hopes later to enter Johns Hop- kins for graduate work to spe- cialize in the study of Children's diseases. 53.? David Kingsley Brace had the honor of being the president of the hrst Student Council Of Reed College. He held this ofhs until 1913, and much of the pre- 9 liminary work of organizing student government was accom- b . ., . , ,. H .-,.- plisht thru his efforts during that time. As president of the Athletic Council, 1913-1914, and as assistant in the Department of Fysical Education, 1914-1915, Mr. Brace has exerted a strong inhuence in favor of the pres- ent athletic policy of the college. He has playd 011 and cap- taind several football teams, also making all-star teams the past two years. He was on the Clas basketball and track teams during his sofomore, junior and senior years, and was track captain from 1912 to 1914. 3 1915 MW Mr. Brace, whose major is sociology, is especially inter- ested in athletics, and the prob- lem of recreation as a whole, from the sociological standpoint. He acted as fysical director of the Peninsular Park gymnas- ium in 1914 and gaind much practical experience in the con- ducting of public playgrounds from his work there. He was assistant editor of the Quest in 1912-1913, a charter member of the John Adams De- bating Society, and a member of the winning interclas debating team of 1913-1914. Grace Pinkerton Hays has been principally interested in the classics and in biology. In connection with the former she was activ in the organization of the Classical Club, and was its president for the year 1913-1914. When the Antigone 0f Sophocles was produced last year by the Greek department, .4.,.;' -- e,-A- 1', .'.:.t.t.4;'.t '.,-. -- - . . . . . . .t..;. .' .7 ' ,- sf. .A,u...n.wi.:.'.

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REED For one of her special papers Miss Metcalf made a survey of the extent of fysical education in the Portland scools and for her graduation thesis she is making a study of the posture of the women of the college. Her major work has been done in the Department of Fysical Education with the intention of preparing herself as a gymnasium director. m Ada Chenoweth McCown did her major work in psycology, but has also had strong literary, tilosofic and artistic interests. In the field of experimental psycol- ogy she has done important and interesting work. In the spring of 1914 she helpt to conduct a series of tests on delinquent girls to ascertain if their condition might be accounted for by pecu- liar mental defects. Later she did experimental work on the psycology of suggestion, while during the last semester she has made tests on the mental capacity gumm- t st t. i. of unemployed men. Her seminar thesis is on the psycology of suggestion. COLLEGE ANNUAL + 1915 In student activities, Miss McCown helpt draw up the Stu- dent Council constitution and was a member of the first coun- cil. In her junior year she was president of the dormitory women. During the past year she servd on the graduation committee. Of college organizations, the Drama Club has claimd Miss McCown's greatest interest. She was one of its organizers and managed the production of the Lady Gregory plays. She has also been activ in the Deutsche Verein and the Current Events Club. After a few years Of teaching, Miss McCown is planning to do graduate work in psycology at Radcliffe College. w Vida Ludamilla Fatland started in as a freshman in the temporary quarters of the college on Jefferson street. During her first year she servd on the committee which chose the Reed College color. The folloing year she was chosen house presi- dent of the women's dormitory, and in 1913-1914 she was Vice- president of her clas. Miss Fatland has been energetic in athletics, making the clas basketball team in her junior year and the senior girlsi baseball team. She is also track captain for the seniors, and danst in last yearls May-dance. She is a member of the Cur- rent Events Club and the Biology Club. .4

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1501 REED Miss Hays was chosen to play the exacting title role. Her interpretation was markt by feeling, dignity and depth. In her sofomore year she became interested in biology, and the folloing summer was one of the Reed College party at the station for biological experiment at Friday Harbor, Washington. During her last two years she has been assistant in the Department of Biology, and has displayd not only a markt capacity for careful detail work but originality in teach- ing as wel. Incident to her reg- ular work in the department she collaborated in preparing a paper on The R616 of Random jilovements in the Orientation of Porcellio Scaber to Light, publisht in the Jumal of Animal Behavior for January-February, 1914. In the sociology depart- ment she prepared a paper, Race Mixture, in which she considerd critically the social and biologic factors of the intermarriage of different human types. In student affairs Miss Hays has playd a prominent part She has been a member of the Student Council during her senior year. Her executiv ability and careful attention to de- .::A-.,. .z.v,,,..a.:x.:.t. . .,V-.;. tu-ydaizi-:x,;;;-;.'.z...a. :':'.Z . ' ' t' ' .e-r:;:.:x:r.;.rV;;:..-u....-..:.-; L1:t:'.v- ..--:..-M;.... 1, - . . COLLEGE ANNUAL + 1915 tail hav stood her in good sted as chairman of varius impor- tant committees. W Arthur Raymond Caylor spent three years at Reed, and finisht his work for the degree in June, 1914. Previus to his studies here he was for one semester at the Fine Arts Scool of the University of Kansas. Mr. Caylor majord in the Department of English, paying considerable attention to the development of jurnalism, on which subject he rote his major thesis. He was connected with the Quest during part of his col- lege career, and was news editor during his last semester. Dur- ing his last two years he was also student reporter for the Oregon fumal. As chairman of his clas dance committee the second year and as a member of the first Prom committee, Mr. Caylor had a share in college social affairs. He playd the role of Bonaparte in Shaw's Man of Destiny, pre- sented by the Drama Club in February, 1914. h-