Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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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

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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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REED COLLEGE ANNUAL 1915 mg which the amount of current which may be used in connection with a wireless telegraf detector may be inereast. He has been assistant in the fysics department for the last two years, and during the current year has had charge of the freshman lab- oratory work. Mr. Kelly has taken an activ part in the dramatic presenta- tions of the college. He took prominent r61es in the Drama Clubs public presentation of Galsworthyis Pigeon, in the Deutsche Verein presentation of Schnitzeris Die Literatur, and in Shaw's Pygmaliozz, and Bar- rieis The T106171 Pomzd Look, both given privately by the Drama Club. Mr. Kelly prepared for c01- lege at the XVashington High Scool of Portland, and wil do graduate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Tecnology. W Glenn Raymond Johnson has taken a prominent part in varius noteworthy activities, both inside and outside of the col- Iege. His most important work has been in connection with the study of feeble-mindedness in the state of Oregon. Thru his researches on this question Mr. Johnson has become one of the best authorities on the sub- ject in the state. He has also been interested in the matter of unemployment, and was one of the principal investigators in the survey on that subject made last year by the college. Dur- ing his senior year he has been conducting mental tests upon unemployd men, with the idea of establishing a correlation be- tween mental deficiency and lack of employment. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Student Council, and was elected tresurer 0f the council when that offiswas created last fall. He has also been tresurer of the John Adams Debating Society, and president of the Biology Club. He has been a hard working football and base- ball player, and a member of his clas team in both sports every year that he has been in college. He made the all-star football team in 1913. Mr. Johnson has taken an interest in the social side of college life as wel, being a member of Campus and River Day committees, and 0f the Ches and Comus Clubs. I i i. i i J. I i I y t.