The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-04
DIR. MILLER
AT WEBER
ACADEMY
LECTURES TO PARENTS UPON
hEREDlTY AND ENVIRONMENT
Large Gathering Deeply Interested
Yesterday In Ably Handled
Discourse.

Dr. John T. Miller of Salt Lake, cdI-
ror and proprietor of the Character
builder" a weekly magazine published
in Salt Lake and which is devoted TO
personal and social betterment, de-
nVered an interesting lecture 10 large
sssemblage of parents at the Weber
academy building yesterday morning
snd last night. For number Of years
Ut Miller has devoted his time and
taientS to this work and has delivered
aiecture In nearly every city and town
% Utah on the question of Hercdity
and Environment, which was his topic
yesterday.
DR.. Miller has devoted mucn Of his
lie To chronological study and read
'hgs and he maintains that the char
scter and intelligence of the human
race may be easily determined by
facial expression and the general con.
, tour of the head and that the facial
expression and shape of the head are
made through the influence Of heredIty
end environment In his lecture be-
're the parents, at tne Weber acsd-
my building last night, the doctor
Ikasd in part:
One OF the most valuable lessons
that can be impressed upon the mind
OF any man. woman or child is that
every thought and feeling OF the mind
Is stamped upon the brain and reflect
ed into the face. If our thoughts, feel
lngs and acts are good we will build a
clean, noble character; Ii they are bad
the whole being will show the results
oil mis-spent life. and the only way
TO change the condition is to change
the thought and act The poet who
wrote the following lines was a stu
dent Of human .natnre and knew that
l0erybody mixes good and bad acts.
hence all SOW the seeds OF life and
ieath Our greatest mission of life
TO weed out the seeds of death and
build a stainless chacacter.
The record Is being made in the
lie of every human being just MS sure
IS the sound CT The voice or musical
Instrument is recorded on the grapha
hone record. but 1t Is much more diff
ult to learn 10 read the record OF life
han the Impressions that are made on
he susceptible machine record.
The ancient Israelitcs and Greeks
Understood the art OF reading charac-
er from the face. Aristotle wrote
pok on the subject. In the Bible this
.atcmcnt is recorded.
THE heart (mind) of a man
hangcth his contenance, whether 1t
for good OF for evil, and a merry
BART maketh a cheerful countenance.
man may be known by his looks and
ne thnt understandeth when thou
6eetest him."
Modern scientists claim that the
pscles Of the face are capable of
hpwing 750 different expressions
eye, sympathy. happiness, cheerful
ssr' n anger, hate, revenge, jeal~
gsy anu e many other emotions of
e mlno ffe shown in the face when
ora'9centers, through which these
potloB act. are stimulated.
hSpy, cheerful life turns the mus
the face upward, giving pleas
expression; sad, depressing
oughts give a downward tendency
the muscles OF face, inviting pity
Ind sympathy rather than love and
dmiration. That is shown clearly by
hese illustrations.
During the past few years I visited
|150 school districts, presenting these
ecientiflc facts to boys and girls from
the beginners grades to high scnool,
bnd In every instance the pupils were
sble to distinguish the different men
al conditions from blackboard draw
hgs.
An environment should be created
br every person that will develop the
ncntal powers normally BY suppress
BIZ the faculties that are too strong
M cultivating the deficient ones, the
kcial expressions will be blended to
S|roduce symmetry and beauty. To
|enange the thought and work from
Within is much more effective than try