Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-11-08

which resembled the words rend by the
audience. Zone tendency is to recul re-
semblBnce t,I something seen before. You
hear Il iootstep which YOU take to be that
of friend and rush forth TO meet him.
The tendency In every mind is to revive an
experience and make 1t real. There are ex-
treme forms of this experience in everyday
life. At the World's Fair q takir made
lemon tree grow by sprinkling seeds on
rug. Some students took pictures of the
growing tree and found on the plates no
tree, it grew only in the mind of the seeis.
The objects in our minds become So real
that we can't tell whether they are inside
the nina or out. You're staying in the
house alone at nights and constantly ex-
pecting some one to come all night.
woman in house alone for the first time
heard some one break the glass in the win
dow and enter the room at last from sheer
fright she lighted the gas and found the
noise caused by the branch of tree sway
ing against the window. / asked students
Mt the University how many would go to the
cellar ut 3 O'clock in the morning. Some
were frank enough to say they would not
They were afraid OF the things that they
would think of.
Hlnternality tends to become real. Just
before sound sleep one is in u partially
hypnotic condition, the sig htest suggestion
becomes real. The person has lost the crit
ical faculty. The effect of suggestion in
huiiI illS Is ~ WOuuCb tTTOF III JtllHhluR.t
| Almost all our thinking is right but some Is
| not. After seeing your mistake on the chart
| you can understand how the child will mis-
call words. He has pictures in his mind
| ana in reading he my not recall the right
| picture. These errors used to be considered
due to lethargic will and were embarrassed
| by punishment. Don 7 embarrass the child
| by punishment, by and by he will learn to
| discriminate. In the curly years fancy is
| more active than perception. There seems
| to be an instructive dread of the world on
| the part of the young A child of IL will
| not be heard on n witness stand in court
because he is not capable of seeing rightly.
| Adults can't always tell the truth. One per-
son tells thing, another tells it and an
other until it is not the original story at all.
Each one tells 1t as he would like to have 1t.
Some people can't tell the truth. They take
what they want or what they fear and tell it
for truth. We're all ugreed on the princi-
| PIES and truths of astronomy because they
| do not affect us. It does no affect me
| whether the sun is 95, COG, 600 miles away or
| farther, hence / accept the fact without
| question when astronomers tell me.
"We're divided on the political question
because we espouse principles that are
| favorable to us. Two women were discus
| sing one man, one said he was dishonest.
not honorable, the other said he was per-
fectly trustworthy, one is pessimistic in all
her ideas of life. the other is looking for
| the good things of life and finds them.
"Our personal desires color our judg-
ments We want children to study and arrive
at conclusions as a result of study. Impress
on pupils the necessity of looking at
things critically. The childish tendency is
not to SET right on the other side. We
don't often make mistakes against our
| Selves we lind the wrong on the other side.
| We want to develop truthful accurate
mind. If you look into your daily life, you
| find that you get the thought of a certain
action and all yolr activities tend to that
action. Life is practical. Every impress
sion in which is included thought and feel
| ing results in expression. An instrument
placed ON the vocal cord reveals the fact
| that when you're thinking of certain
poem you're speaking it, though not loud
enough to be heard. The law of habit is
to do again something which we have once
done. This is the tragedy of life and also
its benefcence. Keep the tension of your
mind on a certain action and you'll COM
nit it. Suggest an old activity and the
| tendency Is to do 1t again. Look at the
mesmerist make man leave his seat when
he is unwilling. He does it by making the
| man think of that action. If the man can
put his mind on some other thought he can
resist the mesmerist. This law OF suggestion
| is founded on principle of hnman nature
that the individual reacts on the suggestion
presented to him. All reform movements
recognize that the way to better people is
| IO CHHURe tlelr eIlNiTUHHleuU. Inc Olu lueH
was to repres evil, hence the jail. The
idea now is the reformatory to resent new
stimuli and thus change conduct. The old
idea of teaching was to lay down
rules of what not to do and thus give sug-
gestions. Even the fear of punishment will
not break away the ten ency to follow the
suggestion. If you tell boy not to throw
snow balls then you Civ him the impulse
to throw snow balls. II the Creator had not
made this force Of suggestion and impulse
life would be vastly different from what it
s. Provide opportunities for activity in
the right way instead of merely REFRESHING
wrong activities. Thoughts are often put in
the child's mind by the parent anticipating
what the child 3 activity might be and mega
living it. This must be done sometimes
but the great thing Is to suggest the right
activity. | want to plead for the doctrine of
positivism in directing the young. Direct
for the good. The mind has powers over
the vital functions.
"We want people who are cheerful and
happy. Breathe an atmosphere that is moral
and bright. Whatsoever things are good
and true and beautiful we ought to think
| off,
The exercises were concluded Ivy vocal
solo by Miss Fletcher. The educational
committee received the teachers informally
in the club parlors and served light refresh
meuts. Through The graciousuess of the
ladies on this committee. whose chairman
| is Mrs. A. ID. Warner the evening proved
delight, socially as well as intellectually.