Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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. ' - REED COLLEGE APUWUAL s leader in college social life. As the first president of the Comns Club and Chairman of the first Junior Prom committee, he has been chiefiy responsible for some successful social affairs. W Linus Herman Bittner has done his major work in the biology department. This has been a preparation for future study which he wil make at medical scool with the intention of becoming a fysician. In connection with his biological work he has experimented extensivly upon the earth worm, making exhaustiv observations of that organism. As a result of this study, he has publisht, in col- laboration with Dr. Torrey and Glenn Johnson, an article en- titled The Earthworm and the Jleflzod of Trial. His gradua- tion thesis also deals with in- vestigations of the behavior of the earthworm, Mr. Bittner has carried on varins investigations in psycol- ogy, especially in connection with muscle reading. His work has been markt by carefulness and scientific accuracy of detail. He has had numerus outside activities, and holds an impor- 1915 I551 tant position on the cabinet of the Christian Endevor Society of the City. Besides this Mr. Bittner has been self-supporting thrnout his college career. ' w XVilliam Henry Boddy spent two and a half years at Reed as an undergraduate, and half a year doing graduate work in English and in education. During his last year and a half at the college he was assistant in the English department, and at the completion of his work was elected a member of the faculty but was compeld to resign on account of i1 helth. Mr. Boddys studies before coming to Reed consisted of preparatory work at Seattle Sein- inary, private studies in theology, and a year at Spokane College. At the present date Mr. Boddy has been for nine years an or- daind minister in the Methodist Church, and during his connec- tion with Reed was activ as pas- tor of the Central Free Methodist Church of Portland. Mr. Boddy did work at Reed in English, religion, filosofy, and education, English literature being his major subject and filosofy and religion his dom- inant interests. His bachelor's 3 i :-:..:..ss.x..:i'u;';- -K'.'w.t.-.t;',sr-.: i'v'- . ,t.'.'.'. :I.u.z;: , . -. ,szwaim. w; .,.i -4- no... I r: f-i 1 V Ii

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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

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I561 REED thesis was on Wordsworth and the French Revolution. Other papers of his ar The Social Teachings of the 1Wi110r Prophets, publisht in the Free Ilifefhodist, and Biblical Knoledge of High Stool and College Students, publisht in Religius Education for August, 1914. This latter study is based on examinations given in Portland, Seattle, Salem, Spokane, and Tacoma. In student affairs Mr. Boddy has been especially promi- nent as one of the framers of the Student Council Charter, and as the only person who ever has servd or, according to the pres- ent constitution, ever can serv as a member of that body during his entire course at the college. He was editor of the Quest during the second semester of 1913-1914. Mr. Boddy's wide range of experience has given him an independence of thought and of action which is the striking side of his nature. A wel-founded self-coniidence and a maturity of judgment caracterize his work. m Eunice Townsend graduated from Lincoln High Scool in 1911 and enterd Reed with the first clas that fall. Altho Miss Townsend has done her major work in the Department of Psycology, she has shown an equal interest in biology and is an COLLEGE ANNUAL .;. 1915 able representativ of both departments. At present, in collab- oration with others, she is at work on a problem of seeing whether there is a correlation between unemployment and men- tal deficiency. Miss Townsend was a member of the corus for two and a half years and has belongd t0 the Current Events Club and the Drama Club. Her dominant interest, however, is in athletics. During her sofomore year she was a member of the clas basket- ball and track teams. She is also a senior representativ on the Athletic Council, and has under her especial charge the record of all the womens athletic events. In whatever field her interests lie, she has proved a systematic, careful and persistent worker. After graduation, Miss Town- send wil teach and carry 011 graduate work in experimental psyeology.