Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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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-

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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 COLLEGEeANNUAL 4' 1915 I511 Folloing his interest in jurnalism, Mr. Caylor since leaving college has been connected with the Evening Telegram of this city. ' W Before coming to Reed, Edna Lucile Acheson spent a year and a half at Mills College and at the University of Oregon. Altho somewhat late in arriving, she has enterd largely and efhciently into college activities. For the past year she has been secretary of the Student Council, and the previus year she was a member of the Athletic Coun- cil. Of college organizations she has workt most enthusiastically in the Current Events Club, serv- ing as president during her junior year. Miss Acheson is one of the star athletes among the senior women. In track work especial- ly she has been a reliable point winner for her clas. She was captain of the junior team last year. Basketball and baseball hav also claimd a large share of her attention. Miss Achesmfs major subject is education. which she has supplemented with considerable work in experimental psycology. She is especially interested in the education of small children, and for her seminar thesis she has made a study of conditions in Portland justifying the mak- ing of some provision for education of children under six years. This problem she has attackt 0n the Montessori basis, attempt- ing to work out from that system particular methods to fit the situation here. Last year as part of her work in education she assisted in the scool for children of the faculty, and after grad- uation she intends to teach in the elementary grades. m4 Everett Atherton Trousdale prepared for college at Seattle Seminary, stayd out of scool for a year, and came to Reed Col- lege in September, 1911. Mr. Trousdale was chiefiy interested in education during the year Dr. Sisson was here, but since the arrival of Dr. Compton he has made fysics his major subject. He has been doing work in spe- cial research problems since his second semester in the course, and during the past year has been making experiments to de- termin the nature of the ultimate magnetic particle.