Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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1.920 A. R. A. No year since the war has seen the Amanda Reed Association as active as it has been during the year 1920-21. Every department has hroadened the scope of its works, and successfully carried on its campaigns. So dlverse and numerous have been the pursuits and endeavors that the chief executlve, Edith Turner: has nearly turned gray trying to keep track of the work being done by herlsubordlnates. The vice-president, Gertrude Opp, also chairman of the social committee, declares after her experience managing parties, that iilt isn t as s1mple to give a party as It looks? but simple or not her management was surpassingly successful. Some of the largest projects credited to the A. R. A. this year have been launched by Orpha Phelps as chairman of the social service department. Of these the distribution of Christmas baskets and the party for Industrial Girls were most notable. Carol Cummings most efficiently conducted the Bible-study group with the help of Mrs. Runyan, an alumna of Reed College. Elizabeth McKinley, chairman of the civic department, evolved a new plan for the administration of her responsibility: the HFireside Discussion Meetings, which will become a lasting institution. A hiking club was formed with Margaret Thomas as chairman. When the roll is called up yonder, Saint Paul will have a special air-express and a clear track reserved to transplant the Reed College Co-operative Store counter and cash-register into the iiHappy Abode. For the worldly existence of that institution is nothing but one kind Samaritanian deed after another. If it isn't supplying a new hair net for some luckless co-ed whose thoughtless dance partner has wrecked her last one its providing a square meal, to one of those hapless individuals whose alarm clock always beats him to breakfast Incidently, the Co-op. endures so much of Pluto brimstone on earth that the celestial Gate- Keeper will rush it to heavenly reiel ut of pure humanitarian principles. Under the astute generalship of Hobart Benson, the Co-op. has completed the eighth year of its existence with coffers overflowing and pennants flying. The iilnfant Industry, of 1913, which has progressed steadily thru two student genera- tions, reached the height of modernity during the past year with a live-Wirevad- vertising campaign and a stock of everything from tweezers to shoestrings, nOt to mention a 1930 model cash-register and a mountain of candy bars endowed with mystlc powers for inveigling stray nickels. 56 33:33.17 1 a 3,3113. l: m 31..er V691 ff :mnvw

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ent, was held thisya. :erts were presentedt; ;tmas concert, an em most attractiveafiaist idle-lighted chapel, it- eaves an indelibleii: special soloists wereg: trial Melodies which E :ciative audience. 0i; ted Rose and Old 3135. k-songs arranged bit , 975: w a:?.?' informal lectures on music appreciation given in the Anna Mann Cottage have provided enjoyable yet profitable evenings. The Portland Symphony Concerts as well as those of Visiting artists have been unusually well attended this year by college students. STUDENT ARTISTS Elizabeth Gore, chorus director, with her enthusiastic leadership, has put new life into the chorus work this year. She is a pianist of ability and her contributions to chapel services are always much appreciated, whether piano solos, or in piano and organ duets with Miss Murton. M. Lucile Murton has been organist and chorus accompanist for the past three years. Her carefully selected chapel programs, played with breadth of expression and well-chosen registration, are most worth while. The piano work of Earle G. Blew has been a great addition to musical activities of the college during the last year. Mr. Blew delights his hearers with his delicate touch and artistic interpretations. 55

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sciation 3W. ,madened the r. VQrse and n1 Edith Tume: . by her sum 3 i 00mm M 3 pie to give 34; ngly summ . A. this year lice department a Industrial Girls a d the Biblem? ge. Elizabeth .; r the administratiw nmwmmt Thomas as M 4P3. Rier Q . gTHE. GRIPPI 1920 v THE BIOLOGY CLUB Scientiflcally speaking, if you are a twin you are a tumor. Dr. Torrey, in his talk on cancers and tumors before the Biology Club, proved this dramatic state- ment by definitions. The early part Of the year the Club discussed the physiology of the blood as a tissue. The spleen as a ngaveyard in an incubator of red corpuscles caused a hot discussion. Students presented papers as foundations for informal considera- tions of such topics. Since vacation have been presented the latest developments in such problems as cancers and protein poisoning in talks by Dr. H. B. Torrey, and George Burget of U. of 0. Medical School, and Dr. E. T. Tucker of Portland and Mr. Grant of Oregon Hygiene Society and Mr. Riddle of Reed. Very welcome have been our new members, Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Griffin. The Club has enjoyed their home as its meeting place thruout the year. Dr. Griffin addressed the club and a number of Visitors upon his research work in the Philip- pines for the Carnegie Institute. These meetings were guided the flrst part of the year by Theodore Eliot, President, and Arthur McLean, Secretary. When the president was given op- portunity to work in the University of Kansas, Clinton Wilson was elected to succeed him. CHESS CLUB Chess is one of the most popular indoor sports on the campus. Those indulging in that line of activity are organized into the Reed College Chess Club, an exclusive society in that it excludes from membership all who have not been able to prove Wu themselves sufficiently skillful to defeat a member of the Club in a scheduled game. 0rd Among the many Opportunities offered by the Chess Club are that of competing in a grand tournament once a term and that Of bearing a title, the officers being 65 anWn as King, Queen, and Bishop, winners of the First and second places in the IlOumament as King's Castle, and Queens Castle, respectively, ex-Castles as Knights, and members in general as Pawns. Aspirants to membership should 5 f apply to the executive committee as soon as possible for a try-out game, so as to ants ; get an early date on the calendar and avoid the rush. For the education of those interested but unlearned in the art Of chess, there is a reserve shelf in the library devoted to literature on the subject. Although a knowledge of chess 1s not re- qUiFed for graduation, students will flnd it a very prohtable and delightful outlet for excess energy. It does not count for gym credit. 57