Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-16
BOWDOlN COLLEGE,
Harold E. Weeks, Fairfield, President
OF Sophomore Class.


At Il meeting OF The Sophomore class, in
Memorial hall. this noon. the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
yeai' President. Harold Edward
We, Ks. F;irtield: vice president. james
h'urbu3'l Hamburger. Hyde Park.
Mass: secretary and treasurer. William
EIbrdgc Atwood. Paris.
Wrnltkc left end on the Varsity
was chosen captain of the Sophomore
football team and Grace manager The
gam" VIII he played on the 22d of this
month ma practice will commence
MONDAY.
4 committee was appointed to coll
slider .he holding of the annual Sopio-
more Hop.
\ meeting cf the Massachusetts Club
was held Friday evening. at tho Theta
Delta Chi House. TIE meeting was
called to order by Vice President A. T.
Richards. 10. Burton. %. was elected
pres ;dcnt tn fill the vacancy caused by
Tie death of j. F. Morrison. After
plans for the ensuing year had been
talk ri over. IL social hour WAS passed
and refreshments We're served. in the
Freshman class. there are "A Massa-
chuSctts men. a marked increase over
last ytdl
The following is 4 list Of the new
members: Cole, DALEY. Dennis HaS-
gerry. II. Hinn. =. Hire, Kanhack.
Kellogg. OXnard. Palmer. Phelps.
Phpps. Quincy. Rcdfcrn. Robbins. San
ford. Sullivan. Watson. Wigsin.
There are some As members in the
club. which shows Il marked increase
since the club was organized four years
ago. Then there We're only 16 members
in the whole college. This increase
shows that Howdoin College is fast
gaining "A fonthold in MasSat huscttS.
At the last meeting of the Christian
Ass ,ciation. Frederic II. Gcrrish. NJ. D..
Row,lnin '6s gave an interesting talk on
''rh, n;rllt Transfertncc." The subject
VAS chosen from Il list of six which DR..
GcrriSh submitted 20 the committee.
it is to be regretted that his tim"
was so limited but he knew his subject
so thoroughly that even in tho brief
time his audience could get a firm
grasp Of this rather technical subject.
He said in part "Thnught transfer
cncc is the communication of ideas
other than Ivy natural channels Tine
reflex actions of the nervous system
ANA in fact. majority of the actions Of
the human body are not only automatic
but also beyond our range Of con-
S,.jo,;sncsS There is also IN automu-
tiSm Of The mind which is essential to
orr well being and also works uncon-
Sci"rSly
So called mind reading practiced by
many p, rSonS is not mind reading hut
muscle reading. since the muscles be
come tense at certain critical moments
and thereby guide the mind reader al
though the subject is unconscious of it.
II cannot he denied ana inveStica-
tionS ard experiences have shown that
there is Il tranSfcrcnce Of thought in
certain cases and that any people have
an influence ever the thought and
minds Of others. This is shown by the
selection of certain cords ana naming
of selected objects unknown to the
participation. and by ASPIRATIONS which
IinSt often occurs before the death or
Of some accident to Il friend. and which
shows that pcopl" d.. communicate even
q; long distances.
Dr. fierrieI showed sorin;; Of pic
lures to illustrate this iransfcrenca Of
thought.
Tho examples which he used were
drawn IRON personal experience or
FROM the cXp,ricr"" Of friends which
made the subject doubly Interesting.
Last evening NilIiam ii. Mcdowell
Of Chicago gave an illustrated lecture
in Memorial han on the Panama Canal.
n" has made two trips IL Panama and
his experiences which were illustrated
by excellent pictures wcr" enthusiastic
y received by a large audience.