Reed College Centennial 1911-2011

resident Foster took a pacifist stance on the European war in 1914, which ruffled town-gown relations until 1917, when the U.S. officially joined its allies—Britain, France, and Russia—to fight in World War I. Foster and Reed fully supported the effort. A fish hatchery was built in the canyon (1914–16); it was an Oregon State Experimental Station operated under the direction of Professor H.B. Torrey.

Extension courses were again popular. One on natural science ran to 81 lectures illustrated by stereopticon views and laboratory demonstrations. The Reed Bulletin published a paper by President Foster on “Vaudeville and Motion Picture Shows: A Study of Theaters in Portland, Oregon, with the Aid of Sixty Investigators,” and another by faculty member Arthur Wood on “A Study of the Unemployed in Portland, Oregon.”