Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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813 N 1012.8 Senior $lass Characterized by athletic defeats, social fox passes and general inertia, the Class of 1921 entered upon its career as inauspiciously as Frosh classes generally do. To be specific, the Freshmen way back in 717 were defeated in basketball, couldrft play baseball, lost the womenis track meet, and when it won in soccer was cited for accident insurance. It lost the Oregon City relay race by several miles, and its resistance in the tug-of-war was remarkable for its brevity. T0 expatiate upon the frosh social boners, the Halloween party was accentuated by a keg of dynamic cider somewhat remote from the apple, the faculty was omitted when invitations were passed out, and this, its second party, was beautifully appointed and excellently executed and attended by no one. A promising beginning, Year Two, was cut short by a Flock of bacilli which quarantined a hundred women and several hundred SA. T. C. boys on the local eighty-six. Class distinctions ceased, and everyone drilled, knit, ate, ouijaed and turned their lights out at 10:00. Following the armistice, despite desperate efforts to restore pre-war conditions, the semester was the longest and most hectic in college history. There was a movie in which Consuelo starred, and a tug-Of-war which was the first sign of life from an athletic standpoint. The class pulled the frosh through the lake to the sur- prise of everyone, and closed its second year, with an exodus of frosh furniture on a rainy night. v The class helped the juniors win in football, snatched the basket- ball championship unassisted, and lost in chess only to underclassmen and others. ,. They wore caps and gowns to chapel, and passed out in a blaze of glory, leaving the college where they had found it, iiabout. three miles from the center of the city on the east side of the Willam- ette river, bordered on the west by Crystal Springs Lake and the municipal golf links and on the north by a ravine? i k s 9 ,0 f A a : w- s- 't-wd awww'o ham manta oysv. .9;

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1920 $9. 4 , WW t e e3: 1n receive 311 the attentie tonors the past year. J! etball, and baseball. h; oubles tournamenttherg it brought the facultyr': em. The basketball t a youthful opponents? 'k, Mr. Gray, and ML 3n coached dramatics. a majority of new inst gest faculty in herhistorg none that has failedtoj Coehn, Mr. G.W.C1art , Dr. G. C. BassetDrl rman, Dr. R. K. Strong lman, Miss J- Short, ah t, and all left goodPOS'ti leals. Reed has been

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55 mal fox passes and gay s career as inauSpicioiii 1c, the Freshmenwaii; ln't play baseballlisi: oecer was cited for acct: race by several miles; irkable for its brevity the Halloween party: somewhat remote from ations were passedout,z aPPOirlted and excellt 'as cut short by aloci :n and several hundredl, ss distinctions ceasef turned their lightsow jesperate effo rts t0 W bal yXZ... 1.920 EUGENE VINCENT This learned person is the president of the Senior Class-also a. prize cootie hunter, and aspirant for the title role in Aphrodite. When he isn't busy juggling six subjects or quoting philosophy from Perry of Harvard, he slices up the turf with a mashie and skips the holes that require drives across the lake. His forensic ability on the middle ground at the U. of W. landed him on the Student Council here; he says he's majoring in Economics. He is papa of the Senior Statements, that scandalous document; before he was understudy as a lady-killer. As a Puritan he is a victim of repression psychoses. ETHEL COOPER Wherever the debate rages at. its highest there you will fmd this representative of Reed College's forensic attainments. Nor are these the extent of her endowments. She is regarded about the campus as the authority on all matters pertain- ing to social deportment. Her queenly dignity has often held her companions in awe, yet it is said that she is really quite tolerant with the blunders of the world and readily puts her audience at ease. JACOB HOLZMAN Jake has demonstrated to the world that he is of more than ordinary intelligence by making the customary four years course in three. On the ball room floor he fascinates all by his Vernon Castle-like movements. He is, likewise, an adept at checkers, defeating all comers with great relish. XVhen not thus engaged you will fmd this prospective luminary intent on some prey in the lab. XVateh for him in UVVho's XVho.