Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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I581 REED COLLEGE ANNUAL 4- 1915 The Choice of subjects presents several interesting facts. One hundred and sixty-two semesters of work wer completed in the modern languages, while but forty semesters wer taken in the ancient languages. The combined totals of fysics, chem- istry and biology wer but slightly in excess of several special subjects, as education, mathematics, psycology and sociology, while English outdru the three sciences. Twenty-six of the thirtyethree took no college work in the decl languages, while every one took at least one semester of a modern language, tho five took les than two years work in them. Every one took two semesters of English, while all but three took more than one year. Ten took no college mathematics, three took no psy- cology, twelv no education, three no sociology, four no sciences, and nine no history. The matter of the most and least valuable, the hardest and easiest courses brought forth varied replies. Four and a half votes each wer given to sociology and education as the most valuable, four to English and biology, and two and a half to psycology. Six thought history the least valuable, Eve math- ematics, while two each said education, German and French. Nine voted mathematics the hardest subject, four voted for German, two and a half for psycology, and two each for chem- istry and hlosofy. English was considerd the easiest by nine, history by four and college life by three. Every one of the thirtyethree ansers exprest approval of the Reed electiv system,etho eight offercl suggestions for its nu .;. .....-.e. l . -, l,-.;:J;xv.:xt.l---e. L. W..- . tn... improvement. Two thought there was a danger of over-spe- Cialization, while two thought college life should not be compul- sory. One thought natural science should be made compul- sory, and another said the course should not be a prerequisit for fysics, chemistry and biology. The other two favord re- quired psycology and filosofy respectivly. Twenty-four considerd the working of the honor system satisfactory, while eight wer somewhat doutful. Several sug- gestions for improvement wer made. Some thought the stu- dents should take more personal responsibility, while some thought it was not emfasized on freshmen enuf by upperclas- men. One would not call it a system. The chapel servises wer considerd a success by twenty-two, while ten considerd them a partial or complete failure. Many suggestions for improving the servises and attendance wer re- ceivd. Several thought the subjects of talks might be made more interesting, some by having best speakers often and some by having all faculty members with the same regularity. To hav more outside speakers was suggested as a means of improve- ment. More and better music would please three or four of the students, while several thought more pressure should be brought to bear on the delinquent students. For favorit Chapel speakers, Professor Coleman was indorst by twenty-flve, eleven voted for Dr. Foster, ten for Professor Hammond, nine for Dr. Rowland, eight for Dr. Morgan, seven for Dr. Compton, and four each for Dr. Torrey and Dr. Grifhn. ere

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REED COLLEGE ANNUAL .;. 1915 I571 SENIOR STATISTICS NTERESTING results wer obtaind from a list of 1 questions given to the members of the senior clas. Out of the forty-eight members of the clas, thirty- Fg? three anserd these questions. The inquiries wer 3 given to obtain opinions of the graduating clas con- LVJQ cerning different college activities and also a few general facts concerning themselvs. Out of the thirty-three who anserd, twelv wer born in Oregon, six in XNashington, flve in Iowa, two each in Minne- sota and Kansas, while California, Colorado, Nebraska, Ohio, Massachusetts and Illinois each hav one representativ. Of the thirty-three, only one started to scool at four years of age, three wer five, thirteen wer six, fwe wer six and a half, five wer seven, three wer eight, two wer nine, while one did not start until he was twelv. Only thirteen of the number spent their allotted eight years in grammar scool, eight spent seven years, three spent six years, three spent five years, one spent four years, and two wer there but three years. Twenty-two took the usual four years for their high-scool work, four took four and a half years, while one completed the course in three and a half years and one in three years. Nine of the thirty- three attended private scools. We find one student spending ten years at these seools, one spending eight years, and one spend- ing six, while the others spent les than four years. Eight went thru their preparatory work without missing a year, four- teen mist a year or les, five wer out two years, one mist two and a half years, one mist three and a half years, two mist four years, and one mist five and a half years. Some of the reasons for coming to college ar enlighten- ing as wel as interesting. One came because she liked to study and never thought of not coming. Another came for no reason in particular. One came because of family tradition; another, at the wishes of parents. One came because she wanted to go a year or two more and considerd Reed an excellent Chance. A general idea that it was the best thing to do brought one stu- dent. One came to learn some facts, meet some students and kno some teachers. One came becausexshe wanted to become more efficient, appreciativ and useful. An evident feminist says she came because she thought every woman should hav an edu- cation. About half of the ansers said llfor more knoledge'v and about two-thirds of these wanted to apply this knoledge to some special work; ten hav not changed their views since coming, six changed somewhat, while seven hav changed entirely. The University of California would hav drawn the largest number of the senior clas, twelV stating that they would hav gon there if not to Reed; four would hav chosen the University of Wash- ington; two would hav preferd Stanford, while Harvard, Princeton, Mount Holyoke and Western College would each hav drawn one. Only two would hav Chosen other Oregon col- leges, the University of Oregon being the only one mentiond.

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REED COLLEGE ADUWUAL About three-fourths of those who exprest themselvs on the woman question wer in favor of absolute equality of the sexes, while only three entirely disapproved. thirty-three dance. Twenty-eight of the Two regard dancing as immoral, altho eight wer doutful on the moral side. Seventeen hav not changed their ideas on dancing since coming to college, and but one has become more firmly opposed to it. Twenty-five ar members of some church, Methodists, Presbyterians, Baptists, Christians, Episcopalians and Congregationalists being wel represented. + 1915 EN Eight joihd the church before they wer ten years old, while none joind after coming to college. he joind. One did not kno when The graduating clas has done a consistent amount of studying. During the first year, they spent an average of thirty-six hours a week on their regular college courses. This average was kept up during the sofomore and junior years, while during the past year, they hav averaged nearly forty hours a week, if their reports ar to be trusted. .zai r-IIIL' .g$I-G;