Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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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.

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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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W9 REED COLLEGE APUVUAI a 1915 Mr. Trousdale has been activ in the jurnalistic life of the college. He was elected the first editor of the Quest in the fall of 1912, and held the position til the end of the year. He was assistant editor in 1913 under the Quest Charter, and has been a contributing editor since that time. He has also been the col- lege Oregonian correspondent since 1913. In athletics Mr. Trousdale has gone in for baseball, foot- ball and track, making his Clas baseball team in 1913, 1914 and 1915, the all-star team in 1914, and clas track team in 1914. Mr. Trousdale has been a member of the corus since its organization. He was a Charter member of the Deutsche Verein and of the John Adams Debating Society. 9a. Annie Jordan Harrison has for some time been Closely connected with the Department of Psycology. As one of the assistants in psycology she has helpt in making the mental tests on the student body which wer conducted for the last three years by Dr. Rowland. One of her problems has been the mat- ter of mental differences between the sexes. She has also done mental testing in some of the scools. In connection with a neighborhood survey of Albina she is collecting data on the industrial conditions in that district. The research work for her thesis has been in connection with the problem of mind and body. Miss Harrison has been prominent in both the musical ' and social life of the college. She has playd the piano for chapel servises, and since the hrst year has sung in the corus. In 1912-1913 she was elected Vice-president of the clas and last year she servd on the Stu- dent Council. She was also a member of the Junior Prom committee. During her junior year Miss Harrison assisted in the gyme nasium department. She helpt to work out the 1913 and 1914 May-dances and participated in both of them. Joyce Raymond Kelly is interested in engineering, par- ticularly in the electrical branch of it, and has had charge of all the electrical apparatus and work of the college. In connection with his major work in physics, Mr. Kelly has conducted experiments with thermionic detectors. The purpose of the experiments has been to perfect a method by