The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-30


utmost the very interesting ana highiy
instructive lecture Of the evening
II was the opening lecture Of the tehth
ANIMAL course of Thomas Memorial lec-
tures and marks the very ausDlclous
boginning OF what promises 10 pe thc
most pcpular and helpful series ol US
courses heard in Richmond Tor ionH
time. ,...,... ,,ou
Pb ID. IL. D., president OF Cldrh o"r
,.ersitv Worcester, Mass. Dr. Han 'e'.
poston at o'clock Sunday msht' anu
arrived i'm Richmond yesterday u u
NJ. He is stopping at the Jeherson'.
DIR. Hall is not only president Oh Ni'' n
I-riversitv. but IS at the head OF us ue-
.-,n,o,t - nsvcbclogy, and has the rare
oonor Of having been DilVileNe" ~ -
the founder of the first chair OF psycnoi-
GOV in America. in Johln Hopkins I.l-
,..rsitv Rut perhaps il Will De ,luahN
interesting 20 many business INC" ~
i,,,o,v thai he is the neighbor OF Congress
man Joseph H. Walker who aoaresseu
tho Richmond Chamber OF commerce l"9e
fall. --.,,.., or
Tho general subject of tbs course ol
Lectures by Dr. Hall Is The Moueln ,
Psychology" The lecture last 'N0i'.'T
was the first Of a series and cohsep ue"'s,
tbe sneaker was compelled 10 give Al
t,,t,odnction to the subject in general
This fptroduction. necessarily unsAtisA"0-
,,ru,, brief since IL must cover so Vast
: s,,hiect was made quite viva an"
interesting by one evidently so l'l'i'ili
with not cnIy psychology alone puI 'i,0
,,.hole system of mental and moral phn-
osOphy. ,.,r
4 VAST FIELD.
lie gave q hasty survey ol the pi'7i
NJ nbilosophical study ard OF the de-
velorment of study of psycholosy S"'Co
the time the first chair IN psycnoiosy /"
America was established at JOINS iop-
l,ins University by DIT. Han, until inc
present time, and indicated how vast TINS
new field OF physiological psycholoss na'
become. covering the entire realm OF the
thought will. emotions and intellect.
Hereditv and transmission were iofclbiy
illustrated by picturesque and humorous
aescrintions OF uncomfortable habits OF
automatic movements.
His illusions TO the study or the Saga
oious instinct of horses, cats, tshes' biros
and fies and even plants were cdtchirS-
" humorous. and prepared his hearers
for the facts which support the view OF
Jacobi. that "the animals are our older
brothers
While illustrating the force Of instinct,
Or. Hall said that what is most feared
bv Americans is thunder and not light
ming.
As Illustrating the common dissatisiac-
ton with minute research he clted MS
own disappointment, when having Just
passed through tho ind)ctrindtons OF MS
senior year It college, he was set at
vorl, bv a German professor to devote a.
fsafA fstfA -
to tie study OF ono OF the twenty-three
muscles OF a frogs leg. But. he learned.
said he. that wherever you touch ma
ture you may. ny going deep, 30 TO the
centre; and that greatness is not surper-
fetal area, but depth"
Even the usefulness OF an infants cry
ing has been discovered by the research
OF painstakng students Of psychology.
Crying NOT only develops the diaphragm,
and the resonance Of the vocal organs,
but crowds the blood into the arteries,
and thus does gieat good. which cannot
be done ~ laughing. which crowd the
blood into the veins instead OF into the
arteries. Thus IS an infants crying JUS
titled by only a small Fart. which has
been discovered by investigations IN the
new psychology. OF the good it accom-
plishes The following is an abstract. in
structive. though bare OF the delightful
Illustrations which were intersperse1, OF
DR.. Halls address.
THE OLD AND THE NEW
"These lectures cover so vast n field
that / shall be obliged at every point
10 sacrifice form TO substance. The new
psychology began In 1851 al the Johns
Hopkins University. Now there are at
least thirty laboratories. two journals.
and one large National Association. From
the study OF the senses il has widened 70
include the intellect, will. feelings. the
study of the brain, children. savages.
and animal instinct. Its chief depart
ments are the following:
/. The Old Philosophy This began Ia
the American college with logic. For
more than q century no other depart
ment in this field was taught and dispu-
tations and syllogisms were universal.
Gradually. but with great opposition.
ethics came In. Ii fitted the needs OF our
American youth, and by the method of
Mark Hopkins led up to conversion.
Later history OF philosophy from Plato
TO Kant and Hegel was introduced. By
comparing these standpoints the need OF
psychology was first apparent.
The second basis Is biology which