REED COLLEGE 1939 Rmm CoLLEGB BULLBTIN VoL 18, No. I JANUARY, 1939 : I REED COLLEGE PORTLAND, OREGON 1 939 REED COLLEGE BULLETIN Entered at the Postoffice at Portland, Oregon, as second class matter under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1879. Published January, April, June, November. PUDLISHED DY REED COLLEGE x939 pr~~~Y:f;~1~~·~····~=¢~~rCg I '13-~ TABLE OF CONTENTS WHAT REED COLLEGE OFFERS Page 5 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM 8 Instruction 8 Curriculum . 11 Library . 17 Laboratories 18 Extra-Curricular Opportunities 19 Music, fine arts, drama, lectures. THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY 22 Community Government . 23 Physical Recreation and Health 24 ADMISSION AND COSTS 26 Admission Requirements and Pl'Ocedure 27 Scholarships, Loan Funds and Self-help 30 Tuition and Fees . 31 VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES 35 Law, medicine, engineering, business, journalism, government service, social service, the library profession, teaching and research. Placement service. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 42 Division of Literature and Language 42 General literature, composition, modern and classical lan­ guages, Division of History and Social Science . 49 History, economics, political science, sociology and anthropology. Division of Mathematics and Natural Science . 56 Mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics. Division of Philosophy, Psychology and Education 63 1'he Fifth Year for Teachers 67 Music, Drama and Art 68 Inter-divisional Majors 70 Degrees . 71 ENDOWMENT AND GIFTS 72 PERSONNEL 1939-40 . 73 Trustees and Regents . 73 Faculty . 73 Students 81 INDEX. 84 3 ' _____J CALENDAR, 1939-40* WHA 'l~ REED COLLEGE OFFERS 1939 January 30, Monday. Second semester begins. February 22, Wednesday. Washington's Birthday, a ROM rrs BEGINNING in 1911, Reed College, named for its holiday. Fprincipal benefactors, the late Mr. and Mrs. Simeon G. Reed, has undertaken to give intelligent students fundamental April 9, Sunday, to April 17, Monday. Spring 1·ecess. education of high quality in the liberal arts and sciences. The May 30, Tuesday. Memol'ial Day, a holiday. program was adopted in response to expert advice that it would June 3, Saturday, to June 12, Monday. Examination make a distinctive and needed contribution to educational period. facilities of the Northwest. The college endeavors to adapt its training to the individual June 11, Sunday. Baccalaureate Sunday. needs and interests of its students, both in the range of courses June 15, Thu,rsday. Commencement. offered and in the methods of instruction followed. This effort contributes to a lively intellectual interest on the part of the student body, which from the first has given encouragement September 15, 16, Friday, Saturday. Registration. and aid to the experimental program of the college. The first aim of the college is to offer students the oppor­ September 18, Monday. Classes begin. tunity to work toward an understanding of their environment November 11, Saturday. Armistice Day, a holiday. and of man's activities, both past and present. This aim in­ November 30, Thursday, to December 4, Monday. volves appreciative and critical study of human experience in Thanksgiving recess. ideas, institutions, and the arts. It requires increasing famili­ arity with the most significant aspects of literature, science, and December 17, Sunday, to January 2, Tuesday. Christ­ philosophy, and a disciplining of the mind to independent in­ mas recess. quiry and informed judgment. 1940 January 2, Tuesday. Classes begin. The college seeks to make its students critically aware of January 27, Saturday. First semester ends. present-day problems and the responsibilities of living in or­ ganized society. Education is regarded as preparation for in­ January 29, Monday. Second semester begins. telligent action, and the importance of effective participation in February 22, Thursday. Washington's Birthday, a the life of society is emphasized. holiday. The college strives to be a democracy of teaching and learn­ April 7, Sunday, to April 15, Monday. Spl'ing recess. ing, in which the give-and-take of discussion between students and instructors in frequent group conferences, in individual May 30, Thursday. Memorial Day, a holiday. tutorial work, and in the laboratories encourages the develop­ June 1, Saturday, to June 10, Monday. Examination ment of the students' judgment and critical insight. Problems period. are freely discussed in an atmosphere of lively criticism. The June 9, Sunday. Baccalaureate Sunday. facilities of the library and the laboratories enable students to go far in independent exploration of various fields. The under­ June 13, Thursday. Commencement. graduate character ofthe college, a student body limited in num­ *All dates in this calendar, except those fixing the opening and closing of ber, and a faculty primarily interested in teaching contribute college, are subject to change as circumstances dictate. to a suitable environment for effective intellectual activity. 4 5 REED COLLEGE WHAT.REED COLLEGE OFFERS The curriculum of the college embodies both general courses munity, of which men make up about sixty per cent, and to introducing students to different fields of knowledge and experi­ encourage the resident and day students to develop a demo­ ence, and advanced work concentrating in a specialized subject cratic community life. The students edit and manage their and its related fields. The courses of the first two years in the newspaper and organ of opinion, the Quest, conduct their own sciences, history and social studies, and in literature and philos­ cooperative store and plan various recreational activities. An ophy are intended to give a general understanding of the nature elected council of students directs and administers the social of these fields of study and to enable students to make intelli­ affairs of the student community subject to approval of the gent choice of the studies they most wish to follow. Relation­ faculty. Students and faculty confer on matters affecting the ships among thevarious fields arestressed, and anattempt is made college as a whole, and stud·ent opinion is sought on matters of to establish a background for more specialized study. curriculum through a student committee on educational policy. During the last two years the work is devoted chiefly to a The p1·ogram of physical education and recreation at the majo1· program of study in one or more (see page 70) of the four college emphasizes the playing of games by all of the students, divisions in which the subjects taught by the college are grouped. rather than the development of highly specialized teams. All A considerable part of the instruction during this period is students are expected to participate in this program through individual. By the end of the third year a student is expected games of their own choosing. A wide variety of games is made to be able to read critically in his major field and to be able to possible by the athletic equipment of the college, and by a pro­ investigate and develop ideas of his own by independent and gram of intra-mural sports. Records of the students' health are intelligent use of source material in laboratory and library. The kept, and the physical education departmeµt undertakes to thesis project required in the senior year is planned as the cul­ plan special programs of activities to meet individual health mination of responsible, independent thinking. requirements. Educational opportunities at the college extend beyond books The social life of the college is planned for the community and laboratories. Portland and the Northwest offer facilities for rather than for exclusive groups and is intended to serve rather study at first hand of problems of economics and government than to lead the intellectual endeavors of the college. There and for contact and exchange of views with groups and indi­ are no social fraternities or similar organizations, but the divi­ viduals interested in questions of public policy, in social welfare sion of the men's and women's dormitories into small houses and education, and in the practical application of the natural permits association of congenial groups. The college maintains sciences. These educational resources are constantly utilized. a common dining hall. To deepen the personal development of students through Dances, dramatic and musical entertainments, and social understanding, and practice of the arts, the college offers intro­ affairs generally, are held in the new Student Union, erected in ductory courses in music, drama, and the fine arts (see pages the spring of 1939 mainly through the initiative of the student 68-69). Additional work in the schools of the Portland Civic body, which has generously assumed the major cost of the Theatre and the Portland Art Museum may be elected as part building. The Union also provides space for student council of the Reed College program. The college cooperates with the offices, the cooperative store, and various clubs. Portland Museum Art School in a joint five-year course in the The student at Reed College is expected to be an active and liberal and fine arts. Plays by the drama group and concerts by responsible member of the community as well as an individual the glee club and orchestra offer opportunities for dramatic and making good use of the opportunities which the college offers. musical expression (see pages 19-21). The college attempts to foster normal cooperation in social interests between men and women in its co-educational com 6 7 EDU CATIONAL PROGRAM INSTRUCTION HB DOMINANT TONK of the instruction at Reed College is its T emphasis on learning as a common adventure of students and teachers in which both participate in classes, group dis­ cussions, and individual conferences. The faculty seeks to treat students as individuals with differences ofexperience, attitudes, and interests which have important bearing on their develop­ ment. On their part, students are expected to recognize the responsibility placed upon them to participate actively in the intellectual life of the college, to discover their educational objectives and to strive to attain them. The methods of instruction vary with the subject-matter of the courses, the number in the class, and the judgment and personality of the instructor.