Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-11-15
STUDENTS OF PHRENoLOGY.
Come az America to stud.
the Subject.

Il tuOtl5aHu per
sons have in New York studied phre
nology. People have come here from
all parts of the world TO study it.
From every part of the United States,
England the continent. and even from
New Zealand and Australia have come
young and middleaged persons for
the purpose OF learning how to read
character by exploring the surface of
the human head. The expert phrenol-
ogist assumes to be able to estimate
to Il nicely the power OF ones mental
faculties. separately and together, and
to clap his hand at d glance on the
precise part of the head which shows
| if one can be a merchant a lawyer or
an Arctic explorer. says the New York
| Sun.
How are your pupils taught to
discover the different traits of char
acter?" was asked by the Sun reporter
of veteran professional phrenologist
in this city
An adequate reply to that ques-
tom said the professor, would fill
a book of a thousand pages; but,
briefly, we teach that the brain is
the center and source of all mentali-
ty There is no thought. purpose or
emotion that belongs to human life
that does not originate in the brain.
We may feel sensations that are pro-
duced upon the eXtremities, but those
sensations are reported at the SEN
sorum. and then the brain 'ac-
quiesces' or protests. according to cir
cumstances. According to the size or
acter is possessed and manifested by
individuals.
"A moments observation will show
any person that heads differ in form
and size. There are heads that are
broad and heavy above and about the
ears. Those belong to burly, hard
selfish, secretive, treacherous, animal
people. Other heads are tall-that is,
they rise at the top. Those carry
with them the aspirations, the moral
ity. the susceptibility, the sympathy,
the enthusiasm and the invention of
life. Still others are massive in the
frontal section; from the opening of
the ear forward the head is long and
broad. These belong to the thinkers,
the persons of commanding talent,
those that carry genius into the works
and ways of life. They are the lead
ers, the creators. the master spirits.
the pioneers of civilization. progress
and reform.
''lf one will look at the broad tenn
Piles of Edison and his massive upper
forehead he will see what lies at the
foundation of all that genius great III
ventions and successes. Then the head
of Ericsson. who invented the Monitor
and the propeller for steamers. indi-
Gates to the phrenologist the source
of his power. Whoever looks al the
portrait of William NJ. Evarts will see
Il wonderful development across the
; brows. which gather knowledge. and
the middle section of the forehead
which remembers the knowledge. This
always enabled Mr. Evarts to make 8
paragraph two pages lon full Of
sense and grammar.
"In the chronological school there
are long rows of busts aud skulls Of
murderers and other malefactors
,, with their low brows and their broad
: base of brain and their brutal physi
: oguomies Students are taught tt
classify the nationalities of mankind
by the skull alone. All the races cal
, be graded. The very dark races ant
f the ghter-compleNioned people cal
be assorted historically and accurate
~. The chronological graduate will
; not make a mistake between the whit,
t mans skull and the Chinaman's, TIL
American Indians and the African S
. and he will generally be able to desis
: nate a mulatto, half negro and hal
Il white by dry and CHASTITY skull tina
:, is so years old. After about tw
\ months study student is sufficient.
equipped with information to enabl
k him to go into an audience. and,
confronted by a man who is half Ger
: man. to recognize the German blood i
n him at once. and to do so blind
folded.'
: ''ls it necessary to study the fac
:. ir connection With the head, in orde
It to Judge of ones characteristics :?
Q asked the reporter.
I'VE regard character reading a
centralized in the brain. and whateve
is shown by the form and eNpresso
of the face or by the form and move
meuts of the body is simply an e,
ternal manifestation of what the brai
itself reveals. No motion Of the bod
can take place that isn't instigated i
the brain or in its ganglionic on
= posts. Students not onl v have bust
= AMI skulls as a source of information
Is but they have hundreds of portrait
a of historic characters. illustratin
temperament. constitution and taller
in every phase. In addition, they al
trained in practical examinations
living heads and temperaments. II
human brain is also dissected and e:
;, planned to the class.
!: AT present courts of justice are b
ing enlightened by phrenology co
corning mental alienation. and mot
u ers are studying phrenology al
learning how TO teach the young id.
= how TO shoot, or rather how to avo
- II, Como