Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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y JUht' Perhaps if c 11 g -eds could sleep afgecengemt others they would have m: adopted in architectureh 0th the Arts huildingand- he old medieval usage om 'gter-bagging. It must be; ting effects of the local trad? permanent as those somezl: n by defenders of old. he two gables over the roof to the activities of studentt ver State. Undoubtedlyw he added by future collegcch- nblems of two houses,hlavt t the nocturnal side of lite. i tries are the g s, and, thoug in English manor of discovery m h modihed f0? helr f h ' ' ' n0 . a combinatw have bee roups 0ft 1hr: houses. - - m that am bulldlngy, 0a d swath Page Nineteen

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The sun-dial over the windows is a feature of especial interest, although it works most accurately, unfortunately, in the'summer time when no one is on the campus. The irregular rul1ngs cal- culated by Dr. F. L. GriH-in are so adjusted as to minimize the errors which necessarily affect any dial. The four days of the year when the dial is strictly correct are Aprilaoth, June 9th, September 3rd, and December 22nd. Perhaps if college Classes were begun by the sun-dial, Co-eds could sleep fifteen minutes longer on some daySethough on others they would have to arise fifteen minutes earlier! The parapet, or battlement, adopted in architecture today simply as ornament Hound on both the Arts building and the Dormitoryi has come back into the old medieval usage over the Sally Port, in the practice of water-bagging. It must be con- ceded, however, that the distressing eHects of the local tradition have never, thus far, been so permanent as those sometimes suffered from the missiles thrown by defenders of old. The Beaver finials capping the two gables over the roof were chosen, not as cynical reference to the activities of students, but as symbols of Oregon, the Beaver State. Undoubtedly, other grotesques oflocal tradition will be added by future college Classes. Thus far, the owl and moon, emblems of two houses, have ap- peared. Curiously, both refer to the nocturnal side of life. The crowning feature of the dormitories are the groups of Chimneys. They are truly domestic features, and, though modified for this locality, are much elaborated as in English manor houses. Only through many journeys of discovery may one grow to appreciate fully these magnificent buildings, with their little details of out-of-the-way interest and their broad sweeps of perfect line and color. Though a combination of many different perlods . of architecture, their various features have been so harmoniously blended as to have become a new and beautiful creation. h-BEATRICE OLSON, T24. Sketches by OTTO GEORGE, ,25. Page Eigh teen

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