Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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H3 GRIPF'I MCSbe Kimmie 5500K 473 UST where the Jimmy book ever got its nom de plume is a question that Wit: J some Senior might write a thesis on. As far as we know there arent Let 3 any jimmy libraries, or jimmy book stores and all we can say about the '4 : . . z 85 thing is that its just like the old family album, only different. Anyhow, g? a: 39 while we were marauding around the sunset end of the dorm the other 5' : 1' L a . day we discovered one of these rare animals and took it into captivity. Not ?wmn . much to look at! just a little black scrap book With jAMES gilded across it i L W, ,. and 1920-21 down in one corner. But oh! What tragedies, what triumphs, what: romances, what wonders, its sober covers camouHage! On its title page is a picture of Dr. Scholz, Mrs. Scholz and the three little 2 ? prexies. For undoubtedly the coming of our new Prexy was a super-Climax for a M4 b r ., successful year. Who could forget that epochal noon when Doe. Knowlton ruined ;? f H a perfectly good potato salad lunch by telling us that Reed had a new president innifi; due in about five weeks? No one, we say, no one! And breathes there a man with ... L - my soul so dead as to lose the mutual open-heartedness and friendship with which we m: m? L. met our new president when he took his place at the head of the faculty table for : the first time? Not one, we affirm, not one! There was no blasting of bells and ringing of trumpets when he reached the campus. He just slipped in one morning . while everybody was sleeping and had his carpets half laid before anybody dis- 1'- U l ' covered him. And there was a lot of Reed history made in the reception with which m z: '1 .--. we welcomed him and his little family to our midst. Yes, undoubtedly President time t? .; - Scholz is not only the crowning event of a year gone by, but a herald of a new and m . , rejuvenated Reed. , t Lulmfuz Either Cupid had such a volume of Reed business last year that he haSn't mag; recovered yet or Reed has found its place on the Minervian boycott list. Anyway 3:er ,3 a the Jimmy book has a sad tale for the impregnable bachelor strongholds, for even 15! m : as we go to press, the engagement section of the little tell-tale volume is deplete 1W save for two small cards. ::Clifford Zollinger-Helen WattaDaydodger partyH Ru V one says. Nuff sed. But Heavens! ::W'ard FosteraaElizabeth PeataApril 267 ii We , Cupids aim must be true when he lands such small quarry. Step forth, you : laggatds! Tis three years yet till leap year, and theres a place waiting for your .. card in the Jimmy book. Wonder if Cupid doesn't think Reed is going to the 1375 n. proverbial bow-wows? mum L Oh, the cold irony of Fate! we must bestow honors for the first undergraduate h; w- : nuptials upon a fallen member of the spinster clan. :Tis cruel, but so sayeth the h m 3 :: Jimmy book. Mrs. Gertrude Hungate Hodgson broke the sad news to her mournful i 'aL V's sisters on her return from Christmas vacation. The old ship of emarriage shouuldnyt h; i' K 9 r 1de $0 rough SIHC6 some of our physics majors spread oil on the chOppy sea of gift wIr- i3 matrimony. Ed Kline demded to international about it by choosing Canada for X; ' i i n 3 I n a his hbetter 1, but the bands that unlted our 011 king and a former freshman sparkle W: L Wit romance that gives the Vreeland-Mayo announcement a significant place in ear. in. : 58 We l. .. a x Q?

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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

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.alS and tOOll' . 3 book with Jllllll What tragediesm: lmoullage! 1012, Mrs. Scholzilt if new Prexy Wasam :hal noon when m. ng us that Reedllly lone! Andbreathesit rtedness and friendlit ice at the headoltlil 3! There was n1 bit it us. Hejustsipptl: cgrpets half laidbclmi story made in thertll 1r midst. Yes, ear gone bl: butt : the James category. ,m limits , 7 ; Qgtia GRIPPInglg: Then, of course, therels the union of Helen Pierce, .20 and Ray Wilson, 20, a hard but encouraging blow to the bachelors club, and the Charles Spackman wedding. Sufhceth for Cupid. Behind the glaring array of trinkets and odds and ends and programs and such 9 ttttt ' like that are pinned, pasted, and tied on page after page of the Jimmie volume, 0 S theres a gripping tale. Tis the tale of a most successful year of parties, and debates and games and general good times. A little green star tells of the Soph reception when everybody got acquainted and re-acquainted in the game-pits and dance arena. Then theres a pink crepe flower that brings back the Daydodger party where we perambulated around in a corral of holly-hocks and ivy-strewn pickets. Say, don't you remember Halloween when the Canyonville nut asylum turned loose and raised everything but the Cider over in the Gym at the Frosh Harder Times Party? Then here's, 0h, horrors Of horrors, a scandal sheet that calls up fond tinklings of a rain-soaked torchlight parade to warm up Anna Mansion, and of an awful mixture of skeletons, niggers, and mad women that raged in the arts building. House H tried to slip one over on old Jupiter Pluvius by building snowdrifts around the fireplace, but we realized it was Christmas even if the music had a Hula-hula accent. Then theres a holly-bordered program of the Christmas Concert when Bettyls chorus earolled to our hearts content under the candles on the chapel stage. Hllm Captain Jinx of the Horse-Marines.H We didnlt mind being guinea pigs when it came to tripping the barn dance and munching popcorn balls at the Hick Party of' the Physical Ed majors. And we had to dig out the old dress suits when the House F. Owl silhouetted the assembly hall and invited us in. Next thereis . $- sgme tVi igs 0f fir suggest a dreamy waltz under the moonbeams of the cat-haunted l; G. l. forest. Nobody ever suspected what hidden powers Reed co-eds possess until we toddled under the rainbowed serpentine at the XVomanls formal. 'And last, but by all means most therels the junior Prom. Even the rollicking parisher from up Woodstock way had to admit the blooming nooks and apple blossom bowers l of the quaint Old court seemed like some of the bible miracles in this modern day and age. Athletics? Sure, jimmy Books arenlt just social calendar and marriage license bureaus. Thereis scorecards that tell a grewsome tale of how the Upperclassmen cinched the football laurels after the Frosh held them to a 9-6 battle on Campus day, But, judas, remember the sloppy game the Fresh played the Sophs for second place? Only the score reveals the grim tragedy of Armistice day when some Presbyterian clergymen from Albany came up and preached a solemn sermon W1th a text called '33 t0 20H Pacific! A happy pilgrimage after the goose-egg 1 to be sure, but it was a hard-fought game and we had a wonderful time. Champions, 192V written on a picture of the Senior basketball team is a Story in itself. Our basketball season was filled with the pep of hard-fought class struggles and bitter house battles. The juniors didn't have much trouble dragging 59