Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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f Wt ll each new day; home Of the Biology Departments frog-egg hunting canoe, and 1! 1920 HE GRIFF'I ?l'fouse 71 Mystic lair of the Black Cat; and scene of many a midnight revel place where l all inhabitants are trained to arise noiselessly and promptly and salute the dawn of melting pot of the nationalities, a house where the Russian, Italian, German, French, Spanish, English and Profane languages are all talked equally well over the telephone; and lastly, home Of the world's dumbest scholar, HFeathersf whose sole and only linguistic accomplishment after weeks of patient and protracted teaching is Har-r-r-rkH Such are some of the indiviclualities of Reeds newest campus home. The inhabitants of the house themselves make the House unique; Ted Eliot, 1 ex-prexy, Dominic Salandra, Floyd XVOOdings, Clint Wilson, Forrest Foster, Harry McCoy, Phil Adams, Ed Piper, Hansen, and lastly, but most certainly not least, a HBecky Bechtold, college prof. unique, who can be prince of good fellows, as well as master of his classes, and drama producer extraordinaire, all combine to make the presence of House I usefully felt as the latest addition to the Reed Community.

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'Mouse 'M We lay no claim to greatness. Our modesty forbids. But the facts speak. House H has the campus laundrymah, a pair of faithful office boys, .a set .of disappearing flre-arms, a whistling fool, and, unique on Reeds great e1ghty-s1x, a man who has never looked at woman without keen sense of danger. Then there are three'dress-suits indigenous to the house, and another can be counted on when dad isnt using it. tAlthough dad is a little portlya And the boys have attended teas as never before. Its just wonderful. But seriously, the House H dance, preceding the Christmas holidays, continued the House tradition as to time, place and gala Spirit which marked the dance as the years triumph among informals. A house hike, mixed doubles, of course, and a jolly at-home were pleasant events on the House calendar. So 'much socially. Athletics made a general appeal, and although the pressure of major sports militated against the golf mania, H ranks suffered some of the symptoms ih the person of House Prex, jas. Hamilton, who was also famous as owner of curiously wrought roller skates. Over half the house participated in football and basketball, and H. led Fin all-star selections in both sports. The House was unique in the f possess10n er a bicycle with Ever-Flat Tires. 44

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a GRIPPI Elie Social 37cm HE series of social events for the year Opened with a reception and dance given by the Sophomores in the Assembly hall on the evening of Septem- ber 25, at which the new students were initiated into the joys of Reed social life. A reception given by Mrs. Knowlton for the Freshmen 0n the 1st Saturday night in October served the double purpose of giving them a ripping good time and getting them acquainted on an extra-classroom basis with the faculty. The following Friday brought Campus Day, with an Obliging sun and an in- dustrious, collarless gang of students and faculty striving to beautify the campus. Lunch in the Commons was a riotous meal with humorous speeches by faculty members in reply to uproarious demands. At 3 o'clock work stopped and the rest of the day up to 11 oiclock was given to entertainments, including a foot- ball game, a combined dinner and stunt show, an operatic farce, and a big dance ' in the assembly hall, all of which succeeded in fading the Freshman green con- . siderably. On the 16th of October, the Day-Dodgers entertained the community at a 1 delightful garden party in the Assembly ha11. , October 30th brought the Freshmen Halloween party in the gym, with the student body in the hardest-times array possible to a self-respecting community. Reed celebrated Armistice Day with a hard-fought football game with Albany and an informal dance afterwards. On Friday, November 19th, a house-warming for Anna Mann Cottage took place, followed by two drama club plays and various other entertainments for the purpose of raising funds to dress her up. The Saturday following, the student body and faculty departed en masse for Forest Grove to witness the Reed-Pacific football game. The first event of December was a debate between Reed and Corvallis, held in the Chapel on the 10th, and followed by a dance. The House H dance took place pm Saturday, the 11th, in the 1N1en1s social room, transformed for the occasion into an attractive log-cabin in a snow storm and Filled with soft Hawaiian music. December 16th brought a Christmas concert by the Chorus, the last affair before the holidays. The week-end following return to school was filled with Mrs. Knowlton's receptiori for the Sophomores on Friday night and a iihickH party given by the gym majors Saturday night, at which were enacted the delightfully different dances of Captain. jinksi, and 1113013 Goes the XVeaslef, The first event of the second semester was a reception in Anna Mann Cottage 0n the 10th Of February, On Saturday, the 11th, came the flrst formal dance of the year, Given by House F in a ff ' - Assemblythall, n e ectively colonial ball-room, made out of the 46