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the trader yet would not like to miss lus share of its prosperity.


What about a Market Day, six times a week—all to yourself ?


. centre for hundreds-^ of good customers who can now travel by. motor omnibus—


Make your own establishment a market


every day—so cheaply and rapidly from village to toivn.


how well worth while it is to come to your market.


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MARKET HOUSE BLACKBURN


not hitherto been appreciated a t its true worth. s During tlio year, 470 children wero* in­


pected.


follows:—Good, 354; average, 101; poor, 15. “ Average ” may bo understood as meaning


Clothing and. footgear wero classified as •


ment ” for^ nncleanliness of body. These figures refer to routine inspections only, other cases of iinclcnnlincss wlieii found,- being Toferred to mo by the teacliers for tho weekly! oxamination.


adoquate.as regards warmth and protection, and fairly clean and tidy. Only one child was ‘‘ referred for tre a t­


^nrso visits all tho schools In tho town at freqnent intervals wi(Ii tho .specific object of examiniiig the cbildreu with regard to their cleanliness. Fortv such visits wore paid during 1929, and tlio following table shows the number excluded and doubtful: Number Number Number


In addition, the


children found deficient in regard to clean- Imoss a t each of the Nur-sc’s inspections, and as the same child will have been quite certainly included on more tliaii one occa- sion, they may give a inistnkeii imine.ssion of the actual number of uncleanly children


will be eliminated.


future, this discropnuev .


‘ Tonsils and Adenoids.


^reasonable foe where they are able to do so Organic heart disease was found to bo


found to have enlarged tonsils and four to be suffering from adenoids. Seven liad both defects, 1 should. like particularly to im­ press upon tlio Education Cominitteo the importance of entering into some arrange­ ment whereby all oiioratious on elementary scliool children for tho removal of tonsils and adenoids should bo porformed by a throat specialist, tlio parents paying a


Of tho 470 children examined, 12 were


broncliitis, and two children from bronchial asthma.


were referred for trentmont .for anaemia. Olio child was found to ho suffering from


imttod to tho School Oculi.st, and in 40 cases glnsso.s were prescribed for tho first time


were met with during routine inspection. p i in n g tho year. G4 children were sub-


During tho.year, throe casas of impetigo


wero^ found to bo sufToring from defective hearing, whilst four children (two boj*s and two girls) were suffering from otitis. All thoso cases were referred for treatment.


sent to parents, with a classified statement of defects: Uncleanliuess ................................


Enlarged Tonsils .................... Adenoids .■


«


Heart Affections ......\ .................. ; .7 poafness and Ear Disease


Enlarged Tonsils ■ and Adenoids. Anncmia


.......; ........... S


The following scale of charges for attond- F the minor ailments clinic is in force:


Bronchitis,^ etc..................................


3d. pci week for tho 3rd and 4th weolcs- od, per week after tho 4th wcek-


ree for the. first 14 days. •


lieved or these duties and so allowed more timo for her otlior work- >


Not. Wearing Spociaclos. '


th a t .the, cliildron wear them according to (Continued a t foot of next column.)


boDii ordered are also supplied to. toacliors !'’'d they are requested to ensure


Lists of cliddren for whom spectacles have


school nurse, and ns the work incronso-s aiitomaticaHv each year, i t is essential tb.at tho Education Committee should ’ consider fipme means whereby the nnrso may bo re­


donpsts lov^oalod 6GG requiring treatment. Ur those. 330 wore nctuallv treated- TIio dental clinic (Dr. Barker adds) is proving 'o i j severe tax upon the time of tho


olFocted and five c.asos being carried forward ^Examination of 802 children by tlio


attendances, 882 cures being 3S7 cases involved a 3


20,400'foot, made a t Akron, Ohio, is be­ lieved tn constitute a world’s record-


A parachute descent from an altitude of


open air during tho festival of Ait el Kebir, celebrated by 70,000 Moslems m- P an s ’-


Sevonty-five. sheep i wero sacrificed in the (Continued, from preceding column.)


instiuctions, but uufortu iia to ly /it is not an iincoinmon occurrence a t some of the schqpls to Jind cbildrou present who are not wearing thoir glasses.


town, but assistance IS occasionally* asked from the Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Children. !


1 boro IS no Children’s Caro Comniitteo or Invalid Clnldron’s Aid Association in the


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•childron lins- now/’bijon arranged' by ;Miss Dash, -.of - tho Central; Lancashire Association


; special ' class Jor moutnllv defective


for ACcntnl: Wolfaro.’ the Education’■ Com­ mittee - having • provided' a room, free of- diargo, a t th e present manual' centre ■ in Groonnere-stroot: ■:


Defective Nutrition ......................*. 7 Defective Eyesight


\


...................................... ’ 4 7


........................ 41 12


S or children iii respect of whom notices were


Defects Notified to: PareniSii showing numbers


aiTangoniont for the supply of siioctncles to school children a t contract prices. Tlireo cliildren (one boy and two girls)


th a t tlio Council should e n te r ' into an or existing glasses altered. I t is dcsirnhio


present in seven (four boys and threo girls) of tlio children examined, whilst functional disorder of the he a r t was met with in 14 cases (iiino^ boys and five girls). Eight children (fonr .'boys and four girls)


These figures represent the sum total of


Examined. Doubtful. Excluded. 4025


M7 - 6


Branch during the .same month 22 cases woro dealt with, afioctiiig 41 children. Tlio local oflice of the Society is situated


a t 10, Shear Bro’.v, Blackburn. BASHAILL EAVES.


Bashall Eaves School. Tho whole' services were very bright and helpful.'


God to Tlieo.” 'L'lio collections through- onc Ui^ day amounted^ to the splendid sum of £5 /s., and in addition to this there is £5, given to the chapel under tho Icgaci* - Mrs. Baldwin, a former scholar, at


every opportunity of consolidating the work particularly among the rising generation. The evening address was based oil John 4-35, and was an appeal to parents and members, prcachoni and teachers to avoid the peril of^thiiiking it is enough to' sow the seed of religi-ius and spiritual tru th without being . oouC'jrnod about the reaping timo. Now is the timo to reap as well as sow, and the preacher stressed the riianv opiiortunities^ of so doing :ind- the ample joy of winning many hero and now who will carry on when tho present dny^vorkors have iiasscd on. JJiss Walker, formerly of Paythoriie, and now, of Bashall' Eaves, was the soloist. • In tho afternoon, she .sang with great tas te and discretion, “ Ju s t as I am,” and in tho evening, Nearer iny


Tysou, Supcriuleiident Aliiiister of the QOtheroo Oircuit. L:irge congrogatiuas .'issomblod both afieraoon and evening, the little chapel being crowded. Tho aheriioon sermon, based 011 tho story of John, the fororunnor of Jesun, was an appeal to those who aro maintaining the work of the Church a t the pre.sont-tiiiiG to do everything thej' possibly can to inn.ko .it easier for their suc­ cessors to build the city of God and e.xterid the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. Tho debt to those who for many years have maintained the work a t Basliall Eaves, can best ’bo liquidated by prcs.*nt day devotion to tlio cause, ami a dot-i»rmiuation. t o ’ embrace


woro delivered a t the AVesloyan Chapel on Sunday, on the occasion of the Trust Sewnous, pioaclmd by the Bev. G. AV.


TB.UST SEBMONS.—Inspiring addresses


of Cruelty to Children investigated' comiilnints of neglect and cruelty in Eng­ land, Wales and Ireland during April. Of tho 3,264 cases completed 3,207 wore found true. Thqso aff<:cted the welfare of 8,022 children and concerned 4,010 offenders. 3,065 cases wore warned or advised; 30 wore prosecuted (and convicted) ; and 100 were (lealt with by transfer or in other ways. ''From its. foundation in IBS4 the Society has dealt with 1,452,010 cases, in­ volving 3,959,480 childroii. In the Blnckbnrii, Darwon and District


N.S.P.C.C. AND CHILD NEGLECT The National Society for the Prevention


STONE CUTTERS


Listen! Throe men were cutting stones. Mr. Passer­ by asked each one what he was doing.


The first replied: “ I’m working for Ten Bob a day."


The second growled: " I’m cutting this stone."


The third smiled: building a Cathedral."


I’ln


Now, “ Durant ” Workers don’t just stitch, they are a set of the cathedral building kind. They are not merely interested in turning out a suit, but a suit worthy of tho name of “ Durant."


Won’t you try me. Sir ?


. Hygienic conditions in schools remnin as m previous reports, and conditions as re­ gards heating, lighting, ventilation, cleanli­ ness, and sanitary conveniences,., aro prob­ ably as satisfactory* as is possible, in con­ sideration of tho out-of-clato buildings. With tho erection of tho two noiv schools proposed, all the schools will possess comparativelv' luodorn buildings, with tho exception of the infant school a t Low Moor. The educational value of modern hj’giouic conditions in schools, especially in the case of children from tho poorer class of homes, has probably


:uid 1,8G1 in 1918.


STYLISH TOO I CLOTHING


HEALTH OF OLITHEROE SCHOOL CHILDREN.'


DR. BARKER’S REPORT.


Defects Found and Dealt With ' Work at Ciiriics.


►tjie, . School Medical Officer (Dr. W.’ E. Barker) and decided to discuss:a t tb o'noxt


C'litberoe'Education . Ck>inmittoe yesterday week accepted. . tlio 22nd annual jroport of


.meeting certain; reconunondations. made by tbo , doctor. 'These iioints inc lu de 'a sugges*


th a t tbo school nurso should .bo relieved to some extent of tho work a t the clinics; th a t


• , r' Following are extracts from Dr. Barker's


School, on the Brownlow-strcet site, and this, la tte r school will bo used jointly with


Cliatburn-road site, and an Upper Standard Fowor Scholars. The total number of children on the


with’ tlio erection of two now schools, viz; an infant school, on what is known as the


tiio. noiglibouring Lancashire and Yorkshire rural areas.


the borough, four of which a r e . voluntary and one Council, tho la tte r building being rented from the Wesleyan Trustees. Tho Council, howovei*, ai’O * about to proceed


eport: There are live, .eleinontary schools within


tiou th a t all operations for the removal, of tonsils and adenoids should be performed bj’ a th ro a t specialist; th a t contracts might bo entered into for tho supply of spectacles j


a Children's Caro Coinmittco might be ostablishcd. ,


(EIGHT) ^ ADVERTISER AJfD TlJiffiS, : FRIDAY, JTJNF 6. 1930. LABOUR COLLEGE.


vuuder tho auspices o f . tho North Lancashire Labour College: Tat tho Guest House; "West Bradford, on iSuudoy Inst, Delegates nssomblcd from'.Clithoroo,. Blackburn,: Cbnt- buni, Great Harwood. Nelson, Burnley, Loyland and jVccriugton'to hoar Mr; J . Crispin, the area .organiser-tutor, lecture upon \ tho “ "World ‘ecoiibiriic ' crisis ” - arid AVliat i t men ns to the woiker." \ ' Two lectures were delivered to' a very npprecia-


A highly successful: day ifichoor was held


.tiyo audience tmtl the’, remarks of ’the tutor were followed by keen discuwiori. : TIio lecturer pointed out th a t the present crisis in cconouiic nffhirs was iutorimtioiial arid, dealt in a liieid inanher ‘with tlio varied aspects of the situation. ■ People were in want of food, clotliinj;. and shelter, vet the economic crisis iwith i t s , fall in prices and in crease ill ua'omi>loyriiont is the outcome of the glut of cbmmoditie.s which cannot bo disimsed of, this in itself being tho out­ come of tho economic contradictions in capitalism. Rntionaljsatioii under capitalism meant worse conditions for the worker, whoso diiti' i t was to try and secure tho benefits for his own class. Hence tho need for class conscious workers who understand the economics of capitalisIii.-^E.P.


GIRL GUIDES’ RAl LY.


• On Satiirda.v. Ju ne 14th, in the grounds of “


a huge rally of tho Girl Guidos to which tho public will ho u'clcome,, as a t similar previous events ;iii North-East Lnncnsliiro. for a .small payment a t the gates.


usual. The Boy Scouts are coming in their thousands with their County Commissioner to join the .five thousand' Guides in the grout Alarch I»iist Mrs. Birloy, tho Chief Commissioner. 'J'lio Scouts aro also giviii; interesting displays. •


feature on this occasion, as they will provide fascinating peeps into “ Fairyland.” These porformances .slioiild be particularlv.:. iu- torosting to the mothers who^ we feel sure, will crowd to see them., -


being iirovided on a large ’ scalo as i t is well known how popular those Bailies are.


the niovomont in North-East Lancashire will (?omo and support them, and thov also hope th a t all those who do not yet-know much about Guido.s and what they do, will come and SCO.


Tlio Guides hope th a t all who boliovo in I <©' /3v


of a practical imturo, and tho prices will be most rcasonble. Tons and refreslimonts are, of course,


a Pageant of tho Nations which should be of great interest because, as i t well known, there are now Guides in more than thirty foreign lands, as well as in very many parts of the British Empire. Tho goods to be sold a t the stall will he


Tho Blackburn Bangor Guidos will give Tho little Brownies will bo a, sxiecial Waddow Hall, Clitheroe there is to bo The* programme, will bo varied and un­ - “ 1: 'hV'I'K'1 iV - ' ; S | f c i i |


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COTTON TRADE’S PROBLEMS


! pROPOS‘e O CONFERENCE OF LANCASHIRE MAYORS.


MR. H. T. GREENWOOD ON QUESTION OF CONTROL. ■


S;- ; ;


legard the position with sucli gravity that a t a_special . meeting tho .Mayor (Aldormau


Lord Mayor- of Manchester immediately to T* j* was authorised to ask tho


converio a'mee ting of' Lancashire .mavors to discuss tho probleui th a t confronts the cotton industry of the county.


•


tho- borough as ■Parliamentary candidate, said th a t relief works'wore only palliatives.


_ Mr. H.^T. Greenwood, who has contested


stops should.be takon.to induce the iudustrv to return/to the system of cotton control, “ Thbroin Uos tho Solution.”


Cotton .‘workers’ desired essentially to work 111 their own 'industry. ; Mr. Greenwood suggested^that a t tho proposed conference


bo, instituted by a board composed of repre­ sentatives of the State, omployors, and workers, witli the spirit of sacrifice and co­ toperation, I urn satisfied th a t therein lies


“ I f ,” ho declared, “ such control could


m tho mills or anything th a t would be a contnbuterj’ factor toward tho reduction of costs. Under tho scheme, owners should be prepared to forego any profit for two years, but bo assured of no loss after depreciation Imd been allowed. Tho workers on their side should co-operate with the employers and sliow ready acquiescence in the adoption oL ««.v labour-saving ^appliances th a t would add to^ tlio choapiiGss of produc.tion.


by the introduction of new machinery, wages should he paid to those temporarily dis­ placed, realizing th a t tlicir displacement was^only temporary because, by cheapening production, a greatly increased demand would ultimately ensue. This principle, which, continued Air. Greenwood, worked well during the war years, was in his opinion equally applicable to-dav.


, inhere was any displacement- of labour


Governmont grants the Control Board could spend money on the renewal of machinerj*


he solution.” Mr. Greenwood suggested th a t with


■ •'WitU': nearly 10,000 unempioyea in the borough, Aahtbn-uudor-Lyno Toivii Council


T H E rC JN E IT .


STERILISATION ! AS MEANS OF’ PROTECTING SOCIETY.


DR. GILL’S REPORT.


'jucetmg-; ;of the Laricashiru Asylums ‘ Beard U


the m o s t ' compreheusivo ' arid ’ authoritative yet prepared.


■that has mot with a idrgo ..measure of ap- jiroval ill California,,to a'loss extent in other' States, and olsowherb. Voluntary sterilisa­ tion of inmates of iiiental institutions has been’legalised in Alberta province,' Canada,


Sterilisation for tlio. improvoiubnt of the race, states D r . . Gill, i s . a modern practice


-;and is .under investigation in'; British Columbia, and. has been recommended by


;tho Parliament of Non; Zealand.


■also'provided for sterilisation of: males con­ victed of sexual crimes, but the law is recent


.Californian law


sexes is desirable before release from mental defective institutions,” Dr. Gill states. “ Sterilisation of the recurrent insane is


and lias uot been extensively used. “ StoriUsatioii of selected cases of both


dosirnblo and justifiable'both in tho interests, of the rneq and as a thoratioutical monsuro which roheves them of the anxiety of cliild- bearing and maintaining a family,”


Normal Parents.


bub'of apnareutly normal or sub-nonrinl yet more or Jess self-supporting citizens.


DUI tdFlT nOCTOItINGS


had been sterilised 20 or 30 years ago i t would have made little appreciable differ- oiico to the number of defectives existing to-day. This does nob deny tho fact th a t moiital doBcienoy is inherited, nor th a t the progeny of mental defectives would them­ selves almost certainly bo sub-normal, biit i t docs show th a t inoiital deficiency cannot bo t oxteriui:iated b.v sterilising existing dofec-


“ I f every certifiable mental defective


ot wliolesale sterilisation are uudoniably strong tlic-ro seems to bo an o.xcellont case lor sterilisation of selected cases.”


ivea. “ While tlio arguments against a. policy


Caldorsionos ‘Experince.


.childron and another ton. Many of the patients of both sexes were only fit to spend thoir lives in an institution, but many others miglit load useful lives a t liberty, but for the danger of propagating other defectives, bterilisatiou under proper safeguards’seemed a to be the obvious remedy for such cases. Ho


lemalo patients of cliild-bonring age must never be roleasod, even on t r ia l ; but i t is hard on the parents and hardlv fair . .


extent the same precautionary measures scorn reasonable to apply to adult patients before release on ti;ial . . .


sterilisation, th a t i t would ho followed bv an increnso of sexual laxity and with trail of disonso. Br. Gill observes th a t this is pure suriniiio and contrary to tbb experi­ ence of social workers in California, which


has a ^ woll-dovised scheme of subsequent supervision.


^ TENNIS.


tbrougliout tho match was of a good stnndartt espcciidly th a t of the Clitlieroo couple, Mr'.


in Burnley’s favour by eight points to live (I/O games to 10.1). ■riio ClitlieroD ‘‘ A ” team mot Burnley t A a t Burnley and lost by twelve events


o one.


8, iledmayne & Sous, Ltd.. 9, Market Place, Clitlieroe.


:


sliould , the, weather bo favour.ablo and : suiTicicnt nmuber of entries is fortbeom-


ing a club tournament will be held ’BUS AND TRAM COLLISION


ou tstan din g CHARGE WITHDRAWN AT HASLINg'd EN.


Chthoroe, was sunimoued a t Ha-slingdou ou Monday for driving a motor ’b u s 'in a inannor dangerous to tlio public- Tho


llope (30), 5, Russoll-.street,


trainoarj from which followed th o : death of the driver of tho tramcar-


oaso was a sequel to tho recent collision between a Ribblo ‘bus and' an Accrington


was tho driver of the ’bus, for tr ia l on charges .o f , manslaughter and of causing biwily, harm b y , wanton dr iv in g; and they .adjourned sme dio a further charge of driving lu .a inaiinor d;angorous to tlio public.. The charges upon which Hope vras committed-for .trial had now been heard a t tho .resizes,, and he asked for tho porniission of the, magistrates to* withdraw tlio out­ standing • charge there of driving in a' manner-dangerous to the public The Bench agreed-


_ Supt. McCrono recalled th a t on March 1/th tho magistrates committed Hope, who


^


AS WHITE AS A SHEET.” How Anaemic Girls Suffer.


.iciios_, iibib'. languor nnd weakness m.ako Her life a misery. No wonder sbo grows iiopres.sed, .and bas frequent fits of or\ung


has bPconio anaemic! Not onlv tlocs tile .inaomic girl grow denthlv pale, sho suffers b ilL'’*'")' " “Y ’ ''f® ‘ ‘’>'c<l bcii(lache.s afflict


or, she gets palpitation, bor back often


her th.it tlicio is onl.v one thing th a t will bamsh anaomia, and th a t is abundant good bIood~it IS the deficiency of this th a t c-niscs anaomin. Jo cro.ato now rich, blood there' H nothing to equal Dr. Williams’ pink pills- llio.se pills have a world-wido roput.atioii


Hanguisbing aniiomic girls sliould' remcin-


conics iiormol, headaclies* and backaeb'es dLsapponr, lassitude gives wav: to vigour ana Jiio becomes a jov-


'


tbo bloofl IS mndo ricli and Ted bv DV Williams pinrC pills, tlio ficklo nppotit-c bo-


• *


note _tlio quick -improvement in yoiir' bcaltb ’ -'ll! oboinists sail tbeso, pills. Ss. ’Odl'box: blit ask for. Dr, Vrilliams’—nothing else, will do--


, K a'i easy to provq,tins, for yourself; st.-irt illinms’ pink pills now’'hnd'


She is as white as a sheet.” How often one bears tins remark about the girl who


Saturday, but


day, and, just before his death, published excellent small work. “ Shakospo.aro i? tlio Plays and Early Operas,” from tho following facta are taken:—,


MUSIC AND SHAKESPEARE. a The late Sir Frederick Bridge was an


sidiwed a s . important .a branch of knowledge as^ Latin or fencing.”


not know how to aing .at sight was not con­ sidered well brought up.”


** I ti Shakespeare^ day the man who did 1


bethan daxs boasted of having a chest ot viols.”


upper cla.ss houses in Eliz.n-


for thoir remarkable blood-making and- blood-enriching proportias:


not ho. exposed -to tho weather, they wore kept/ in a bed between the rug and -the blanket.”


Hamlet,’ tlio soliloquies of the dismal Dane m ore often spo ken.to musical nccomp.ani-


.. , ■


the Irish .estates which the Ear] of'Kcnmaro has decided to soil, prior-to'* taking up per­ manent residence in England.


,3 ^ ^ .bribes of Killarney.• a ro . included, m


“ In .the early representations of ent.” -


\iol8. The lute was a fretted nistrumont. picked aften the manner of tho guitar, but \viUi a ponr-shapod bodv like the mandolin and a long 7iock.. I t wnR in most inst.anco3 larger than the guitar. I t wa> said to cost a- piucli to keep a good lute in condition a-s to keep a . good horse. Thov* were v’niuod inghly, and in order th a t thov’ migh-fe


“ In Shnkospeare’.s day ’.’the accompam- to the songs were ui>on Iiite.<; and


^ lu s ic ^in Shakespeare’s day was! con-


19E 191


19'. 191


Pel Till


a l tlreir three events. The match ended -11 • '•'•'ornber, who won


entertained tlio Burnley Bank Hall 'rennis Unb on tim Clintbiirn-road Courts. Plav


On Saturdny, Gio Chtheroo Tennis Club


iiie obvious remedy hero is .sterilisation before leaving tho institution. To a less


Answering the argument'of opponents of


brought back pregnant in tho last six months.” The lesson hero would seem to bo that


wrong with tliq Legislature of a State which ponmts certifiable women to become pregnant nine and ton times and give birth to a like nuinber of illegitiiuato and almost certainlv deroctivo children. Among female patients released from Calderstonos for a short holi­ day on tr ia l in situations four have boon


dds: “ Obviously there is something radically


cases, Dr, Gill s.tates th a t out of-572 women patients at Caldorstones in January last, 253 liud cliildren. One of the patients had nine


In support of tlio sterilisation of selected


sterihsation lies in the fact th a t tho great majority of certifiable defectives are not the progeny of mentally defective parents,


numbers of iiisaiie and mental defectives. Dr. Gill savs: “ The iailacy of this claim of v/holesalc


On the primary claim for sterilisation th a t lb u ill ill’ time iiiatorially reduce the


charge from mental institutions, and out of over G,0q0 operations up to January,. 1929, there were no failures.


In California it is compulsory before dis­ i


^ Dr, Gill’s report is C’pusidere^ to bo a t once .


wholesinlo sterilisatiqu of the uicutally unfit/is ucitlier ne c c^ a iy /nor desirable,


U r . 'I . 'A , GUI,; medical fiuporintondoiit of I Caldorstoues Certffied in s t itu tio n for Mental'


of the unlit. His inost. important conclusion • Sterilisatiou. o f e i t h e r sex is - a safe


)ofectiv«»,. submitted;;, a t ’ yesterday week’s " comprelieusivo ■ report 011 ■ '.the storUisutiou'


. and officient operation, b u t a policy , of


IS PSYCHOLOGY N0NSEHSE7


VITAL IMPORTANCE SCIENCE OF THE


OF THE MIND.


BY; GEORGE ANSLEV.


elaborate'paraphernalia of organised know- lo£ge-seekiiig,_ thou you will accept the


thotio ■ obsorvatioxv in' everyday: life, you “


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13 a subject with which nearlv all the philosophers and most of the great poets novelists arid dramatists were wholly nre- occupiod. Many people think th a t Shako-


liunian uaturo has only boon studied since a the sciouco ; of psychologj*, th a t is to say


of course, absurd for anyone to claim—and no real psychologist would claim it—that


11 botween tlieso two points of view. I t is • ‘ ^ • Solf Ignorance.


themselves and each other as if tho world’s greatest writers hud never existed. And It IS to bring light to this majority th a t modern psyclmlbgj-, with . its .Vnmricaii energy and German thorougliness, its eu- n tlmsmsm and propaganda, conducts its


I t is louud in practice however that tha vast majority remain as ignorant about


though human nature may roiuuin fuiida- iiientally unchanged, tho world does not ancl as machinery and scientific procrcss make our physical ouvironmeiit over inuro comiilicated, so our thoughts and sensations aro. reactions,” to use tho proper jarcou*


oisy crusade. Then again, there is - the fact that


lormation so obtained is only a p a r t of what’ g is necessary to uudorstand those of our own.


is to know about tho Elizabethans o r 'th o people of tho early 19th century, tho iu-


people though they .would not admit it*.' take their kiiowlcdgo of life far more from what , they read in books, and see at. theatres, tlian from thoir own exporieiice. th is IS bocauso the .task of observing aiui deducing facts .about human nature involves 'tliiukiug and tlioroforo laborious, and it is easier to lot somebody else do i t for vou. But thqugli tho . contemporary novelists


.as genuiuo, is often deceitful .and loads one into false ways of thinking, th a t a science, or psychology is justified.


A Popular MovomenL


But justification or no justification, and wliether on the whole they aro more good.


able diet, all of which can be ascertained by oxpenmont and whaso application brings b improved results, witli a correspondinglv


onoficial infiuonco on production. j^ustify tlio expense of tlio test is doubtful. • tbo improvement is sufficient to


•tions were probably discovered long ago by the time-honoured method of “ trial and error, it would bo waste of time. But one can think of others which aro so much in need of re-organisation th a t this, .as well


I t depends, . ono would imagine, on tbo particular- case. In an ideally run factory, such as th a t of Ford iii America or Brunner i lo n d in England, whore tho best eoiidi-


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as several other innovations, might well bo worth trying.


hooks, good managemonb is shown to bo no longer a human nff.air, but a cold-blooded ono conforming to scientific rules. ISvory factor which tends to increase or doci-ea.si> the human capacity for work, is tested, measnicd. analysed, tabulated. For everv typo of mental or physical output there ik •T. best kind of lighting and ventilation, au exact r ight toinperaturo, a correct .sjiUt- of work by “ breaks,” a most suit­


and economics, i t storms nnd carries by assault the position hold by classics in suck strongholds as O.xford and Cambridge. And finally wo have tlio psvchologv of business and., industri*.


Jn* the latest irB


“ seusutiou ” is exhausted. Ou tlio other baud, it may become eventually one of tlio bases of education, equalling in iinportnnco or even partially replacing, arithmetic,, grammar nnd history. The day may even dawn whou, along with physical science


By Its prominonce .at universities, ita societies for rcsoarcb, tlio books th a t aro written and tlio lectures th a t aro given about it, psychology is obviofisly the popular “ moveinout ” of tho d.ay. How long it will remain so is loss certain. Tliero may bo a decline when tbo present stock of


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up-to-date, this advantage may bo out­ weighed by the fact . th a t they aro nossibly leas iiitolligont observers and. less truthful It is hej-ause a r t, until timo lias labelled i t


and plnynghts, as teachers of iwycholoin-. hnvo n pull oyer Shnkespearo in being mmo


should go^ to school with tho contemporal*^* writers of fiction and drama, and tha t o*f course is what very largely wo do. Many


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i t may bo argued, wo


to the moro_ sceptical opiuion th a t Immaa ‘-'“■r best bo understood by symua-


first.^ On tho other band, if you iuclina


m a j/pre fer to consider psychology as suntiiv “nether name for “ common sense.”


1 . Ih o best answer probably lies somewlioro u n n g tho Inst, quarter of a century iti


spoaros highest title to immortalitv is hia knowledge, of psychologj’.


the study of human nature can ,bo niado a toclmical scionec' \n th experimental labora- torios, text books, professors, .and all the


ranging from ‘‘.science of tho mind " ^ d nm n ^ noimense.” I f you believe th a t


Ih e ro aro inauy dofinitibns of psycbohjitT


bTOaino more varied and complicated also’ lliongli we can find out from books all tliero


rdent student of th e music of Shakespcarc’3


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