Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-01-28
HOW TO CULTIVATE MEMORY
Repetition Is Recommended as a Means
of Aiding Recollectioa.

Many people complain Of hsvia, "a ,,,....
memory, and yet that faculty can be d -
Veloped as easily as cau the lfcr..
muscle Nor is it necessary 10 @, IL, .,.,.
! professor OF memory or to master ar,,
elaborate system in order 10 act.oa}nli.J
TINS result. One does not llaya ;u On g.,
a gymnasium to strengthen the ann, M.
back. th0pping wood or rowing q ho..
VIII do it. Similarly memory NAV H..
pursuits
One man made the Sunday service off
ms church serve as Il memory cNprci~,
After the service he would s.,i.ipayor i,
call the numbers of all the hymns >nr,,
the chapters and verses at tha lesson,
| words of the anthem. the vex3 ana pojnt>
OF the sermon. This required uavu.-
close attention and a conscious effort a.
impress these things upon his mind. B,
this means he developed nemory tLJf
was absolutely Mt his command
Famous speakers who have rDaIu,-
rlzed their speeches have ati0ptcl v,
rlouS simple devices to aid 5hpln. Ono
noted orator fixed in mind the different
points in his speeches By first DRAWN,
little figures or pictorial representations,
If part Of his speech had 10 do with
bridge he would make a iittle sketch ,f
such structure, or. if WIth Cuba a.
the Philippines he would sketch n small
map of these islands. He could rcmtm-
Der these little figures or pictures When
he rose 10 his feet he could sec thru
one by one MS he proceeded from point
to point III the address, NOT daying any
note or manuscript by him ~ all That
was the method best suited "a him
Certain people possess what may Zee
called the bump of location If thpy t,-
member passage in a book thcy can
tell you which side Ct the pare II +.
nm nd an vlant atsA Of h.
are students with that kiud Of menu
DRY who prepare their rcciIaiinns by tax
ing large sheet of paper and writin.
diff rent parts of the leSSe>a in diffpraHs
places on the paper. They then rely
on their sense Of location to call to mind
whatever they wish to remember
Again, there are people who have y
keen eye for color. They will make
their memoranda on slips Of paper of
different colors. Then simply calling Ia
mind a particular color will enable them
TO remember the memorandum aSsociat-
ed with that color. or c0Hrse. an this is
based on what is known as the faculty
of association of ideas.
Some people who can remember words
and phrases find difficult in remember
ing figures or numbers, In such cases 81
curious expedient has sometimes been
resorted to. A phase will b. devised
the initial letters of which suggest the
figures sought to be remembered. For eX.
ample, suppose some ones street number
to be 1872. The suggestive phrase might
be Il Seek Him" This letter / will Sug-
gest the figure 1; the letter S somewhat
resembles an s, and the tWa pcrpcndic-
ular strokes of the III Suggest tlc Roman
numeral IL. A roundabout method this
may be, but it has served TO fasten liz
ures in the memory of people who had
previously found them troublesome
But perhaps the most wholesome way
in the long run is simply by repetition
and effort TO fix the thing in the mem
DRY directly without tricks Of memory
or artificial methods. BY memorizin@
each day one sentence or verse from
the best literature the mini will soon
have a fine treasury Of beautiful thoughts
and an enriched vocabulary
For question purposes is AS necessary
to remember verbatim, and though this
is the hardest task of memory, it well
repays the effort Once trained, the mem
DRY will be able to recall the exact words
of conversations, sermons ami passages
in books without having made any con
sci0us effort to commit them -Commcr-
cial Tribune