Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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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.

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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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1541 Mr. johnson expects to continue his scientific work at Columbia University where he has recently been awarded a scolarship for sociological study. .34 Before she came to Reed in the fall of 1912, Stella Bushong Roper had spent two years at Willamette University. During her first year here she became interested in the study of English literature and Chose that department for her major work. At the same time she carried on, in connection with work in the ed- ucation department, an original investigation on the question of -the continuance of high-scool courses in college. As part of her work in social ethics she rote a paper on the Jews in Port land and assisted in gathering data for the exhibit on the liquor problem prepared by the clas for the Conference on the Conserva- tion of Human Life. She belongd t0 the Consumer's Leag and was a charter member of the Drama Club, of which she was elected librarian. Miss Roper left Reed the fol- loing year to take a business- college course and returnd this REED COLLEGE ANNUAL -:- 1915 September to complete her studies for her degree. Her seni- inar thesis is a discussion of the influence of Mrs. Browning upon Robert Browningis heroins. 96. Kenneth C. Tomlinson graduated from the high scool of Galesburg, Illinois, in 1910, and after spending a year learning the automobile business, enterd Reed with the first clas. His interests lie mainly in the sciences, particularly chemistry, in which he has done his major work. One of the best all-around athletes of the senior clas, Mr. Tomlinson has taken an activ and enthusiastic interest in varius branches of athletics. He was one of the captains in the flrst football games playd in the fall of 1911. Since then he has captaind several clas football teams and has been on two all- star football selections. He has also been activ in basketball, track and baseball, and been a member of his clas teams in these sports. He servd as tres- urer 0f the Athletic Council dur- ing his junior year. Mr. Tomlinson has been a