Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-22

eEoIGE ". FERGUSON.
Svcnrili had but one Trilby: Professor
Ferguson had 9, 600, and what the art in
strur;or has done with his Young subjects
PLACES DI Mauricr's hypnotist in the po-
sitiln ~ an amateur.
Tn Sichrvc1n ~vcnrali. n l. common
/ " believed. c1uses chilGrcn unacquaintcd
| with thr rudimcrts % music o. play Bee
thoNon's symrh nics. Won Suppc's Operas
anil To mU-t difficult piano music. Pupils
in thr e-hoo's who know nothing Of art.
wc7C made todrlw aud O. paint arti-tically
on first prn-rlng the brush; teachers who
4 came % .ir ci7ssrooms suffering from
nervous Tr1-tration wcrc made well: chill
dr,n VEN cuud Il headaches. druw.incss
and listl,--ness, AMI n dull were made
bright But Notwithstanding all that
irufc-s1r Ferguson claims 20 have done
I ..r teacher. pupils and s-hoois his services
| -lrs MT appreciated AID b. has returned
i JTriva:c lie. His work. b. claims. was
not Tor personal qualification. hut fnr tie
roui ~ mankind ns rgrspnifcd by the
pupils % The public schools, and he will
cuutluu1 Is rnuts to pliyyc the suffer
ings ~ the rscu ny establishing n school II
hypnotism.
| pufrs-0r FgrguaDn's experiments In
| hypuo'i.m as arrliod % school children
have hvn IN Ir1gu~'s nC1-lv two years.
having leaun vi ru Dr. i,yar., cuuncctcd
with The rn'l'ic schools two Years ago. lilo
Is an artist q ability and derived "A good
mcurc fuu 0 Psi ir,t.h. and . ts ur-rtalcc
~ n position in th-publi- sghuols surprised
bis fricn,i-. Now, huw,yDr, % J. believed
b. Wa iusri0,d o. abandon -raf tart Of
biz arr vu~i o. instruct The Young ~ the
i Opportunity T--s1ut q in ti,r position for
thc TF,r.t IHr ut che egitUrc ut hypnosis fn
tn schUri.. vt.rr t.1ului. II excellent
subjects Cluh w. found. and whCrc the
experiments olui o. conducted with the
grgatcs' cizr purils 90 thc public schools
became hts sgHiHrts f0Uru tie day BE- &C.
ccrtci the appointment n Instructor in
drawing. and the experiments wsro con-
tinuCl uHiil the exposure ~ his operations
q short time ago.
The di-eoytigs that hove ban made
eonocruine Professor Fsrrlaon's cxTcri.
mcnts have a,tulishgd thC scionl authori-
ti-s 1nd arou-yl - ir,li zuati0n ~ rarcnts.
II has not o.. n ascl FtaIucl tia: any child
hss h,vn vr1ngJi 90 h-s lrr.l i.4pruIcr!y
treated. but 10 has boon irlruc.l that in
every s-ho.i In thc city and iu cvcry d..
partmcnt ~ Clrh school and In all grades
this Svcn1ah In ry.i Do, has found sub
jscts Th,y numi,r us. only thr MAORI.
y % the spills IN tic schools. but many
OF thu tclch.rs While l'rui -l- Ferguson
has cundUrtrd SUMS uf exhibitions. as he
calls th,m. IN which pupils formed the
suhjcrts AMI ether pupils were spectators,
thcsc arr lut y f,w Instances, Grcuuling 70
the TrUil-.r's admissions Wtcrc hypno.
tism has hOcn p-articc,l In the schools
II atclohCr had h.ldachc. Professor
Ferguson made few magical passes with
his hands, rlz,d steadily IN her eyes I'm.
I'll the lids duprci. told hsr she was well
and snapped his fngers. and the pain
was goncl II Tup.I's mcIroEy was poor,
the science q suggestion was applied, and
hCr memory was made Incentive, IL q
puIu had lame Wri4- and could not COPY
bis exercises. To- Professors hand W.,
passed ggutiy over th1 crirr'cd member
AMI q lyCnmc well, u in trc school foot
hall scrimmlrc a hall hack rler!yctl kick
In the rits and was a;plrltiy ircapaci
tatci Tor .irul work. lu.c.sIr Ferguson
drove away The palm. rydursd the swell
Ing and hid the by In school the next
day. He was the Conqurring antagonist
% earachC. tuutharhc. growing rains
; and oil thU little worriWcnts that b0yhprt
j. heir o. and vrs the chili0rn's friend.
Many q Prnf-ss1- T,rcu-on's cxpcri
msnts were amusing. one uf the mem
bcrs % the school board l. DR. II. ID
squire, leading physician AMI stub
horn enemy u Professor FCTgus1n's hyp
motto cypcrimcnts He was % thc board
meeting whgn the matter was taken NJ
and took a dctcrmifcd stand against tn
practice Yet DR.. SQuirc's charming
daughter q a stanch believer in tho profess
or's powers and bccame believer
through her own experience. Miss Squir
attends the Second ward school. and 70
emily was iudisTosci 81 seriously tha. sh,
cuuld nut cuntinnc hcr studies Profcssoi
Ferguson was them and invited her int
y tn antcruCm OF tn min han, and by Z
r1ss pilccd hrr In ahyrnotic sicrp aud lcfi
her. by surc,sticn she was Permitted q
listen O. strains 81 sweet music and Q,
smell the perfume 90 flowers and was pcr
miitcd % rCraain amid thcsc surrounding
an hour, whcn she vas awakened. full,
Tslicycl u her unpleasant scusl;ions
SccrUs u tcaChcrs have hon relieved II
the same rlanutr. They called 10 magnet
Ism, and vtrc astcunici when they wer.
awakened O. the fast that thcy Id l,cr
HAILED by iypnotism.
In experimenting with children tic mo
fcssoz's fayCr.tc IroCgtiurc was o. talsc a.,
child undcr his influence without rlacin.
iSr in h.pnotic slap and O. or,lor her {,
else h. eyes A..cr lhCy WCrc shut =.