Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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I821 REED CANOE CLUB N the fall of 1913 a group of ten women interested in water sports organized themsele into a canoe Club and contributed equally toward a fund for the 5! purchase of a canoe to be used on Crystal Springs $ Lake. Interest in this form of recreation increast .- baa stedily, and by this year so many women wer eager to join the club that it was thought necessary to buy a new canoe. Elizabeth Havely was the first president of the Canoe Club and Dorothy Elliott was tresurer. The offisers this year ar Inez Goltra and Elsie Clair. THE QUEST NE of the most important Reed College student ac- tivities is the publication of a weekly newspaper. The Quest is now in its third year, and is edited QJ by Ellis H. Jones, who has been connected with the staf since the first year of publication. The first issue appealed on January sixteenth, 1913, at the close of the first semester in the second year of the college. The staf of the first year included Everett A. Trousdale as editor, E. Evelyn Fatland, associate editor, David K. Brace, Edgar E. Piper, Frank Scott, and Lois VVil- COLLEGE ANNUAL e 1915 liams as assistant editors, and Milton Runyan as business man- ager. At this time the paper was issued every two weeks, and containd four five-colum pages in a seventeen-ineh form. Pub- lication continued thru the year with most of the original staf in offis. Ellis H. Jones became a member of the staf in May, when he was elected to an assistant editorship. Frank Scott occupied the editors chair from September sixteenth to November seventh, when his resignation was ac- FRANK SCOTT Second Editor EVERETT TROUSDALE First Editor .-.'. .' hear ..-...-.s..e.r. .7. . ......

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1 REED COLLEGE ADUWUAL COOPERATIV STORE N THE spring of 1912 President Foster decided I to start the cooperativ store for the purpose of sup- plying such things as paper and books to the stu- fg? dents more conveniently than was otherwise possi- S ble. He shoed his faith and interest in the new bag venture by himself advancing the capital necessary to make it a reality. It was decided that the profits for the first year or two should be used to bild up a stock sufficiently large and com- plete to put the store on a permanent footing. In consequence of this decision all merchandise has, up to the present time, been sold at regular retail prices. A plan is now in the hands of the Student Council to make the store truly 1icooperativfi The present stock is such that in future the profits can be returnd to the purchasers as divi- dends. Beginning with September, 1915, as many students as de- sire to do so may become stockholders in the store. Upon pay- ment of the price of his share the stockholder becomes entitled to receive dividends on the earnings of the store. A record wil be kept of the purchases made by each stockholder and dividends declared accordingly. In addition to a percentage of his own expenditure each stockholder wil receive a dividend upon the purchases of those students who own no stock in the A;4 m. LGuwX + 1915 l$l store. Each stockholder wil, upon leavingeollege, receive the original sum which he spent for his stock. Thus the mony invested in shares wil constitute a trust fund which wil serv to insure the credit of the store and keep it on a firm financial basis. It is hoped that this plan wil effect a considerable sav- ing to the stockholders. The government of the store wil be in the hands of a board of directors elected by and responsible to the stockhold- ers. This board wil hire the manager, audit his account, and determin the general policy of the store. LITERAT CLUB HE Literat Club has met every two weeks during 1 I the past semester in Dr. Cushing's apartments. Each member has red at every meeting a piece of $ his own riting for the criticism of the others, and, in connection with the verse and prose sketches submitted, the club has discust informally matters of style, tecnic, and literary effect. The club is without formal organization, and has no ofhsers.

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ihthLLAL REED COLLEGE ELLIS H. JONES Third and Sixth Editor WILLIAM BODDY Fourth Editor cepted by the Student Council. The spelling recommended by the first three lists of the Simplified Spelling Board was adopted in September, 1913. After the first of October the paper was scheduled to appear weekly insted of bi-weekly. The size of the pages was reduced to four colums in the third week and contim ued in this uniform style for the rest of the year. There was a lapse in the publication between October fifteenth and twenty- ninth, which was explaind in the succeeding paper by an an- 1 .. 1915 BN nouncenient that the editor had been on a vacation. Ellis H. Jones became editor by appointment on November seventh, and continued with the stat in this capacity for the rest of the semester. The Quest was organized under the present charter on December ninth, 1913, and the first editor elected in February according to the new provisions was William Boddy, who held ofhs until the folloing June. His associate was Arthur Caylor, who undertook a large part of the work and responsibility. Edgar Piper was elected editor for the folloing semester, and occupied the position until Janu- ary, 1915, when he was suc- ceeded by Ellis H. Jones, who thus came into offis for the sec- ond time. The fourth list of the Simplified Spelling Board was adopted at the beginning of the college year. The development of the Quest has been markt by frequent changes in composition, since its editors have taken a strong interest in its typografical make-up. The present general style of the Quest was adopted after con- EDGAR PIPER Fifth Editor c't'Hhiuwki'r . ' . r nua- 5,..V,M' .w...i .