Emmons County record., 1911-02-23

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"s> stsil tslAins VITA Judge Brewster
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MO are sc. 4issWSsins With such
interest SAs as,vareeei as she came
- with Ase sS,cr,
We wsre -a.ai,s OF Cap; Clinton
and his dstestAhis iselice methods,
said tAs banker
lsldsa Sase N.cia cunning to the
lawys- allow 80 e introduce DR.
bernstein lNog,er this is Judge
B-ea sr,r
The STRANGER bowed low. as ne re.
rlis, courssously
rhs fame ot laase Brewster has
spread 70 svery state IN the union.
4 tairs s,lile spread over the face
Q, lhe famous ,awvsr As he extended
his hand:
I've often heard 81 you. too. doc
Tor I've been reading with grea, in
tevest Your book. Experimental Psy
cholosy 10 you know he went
on earnestly, there's a lot in that.
We have still much 10 learn in that
direction
] think said Dr Bernstein quiet
~ that were only on the threshold
OF wonderful discoveries
Pleased 10 tnd that her two distia-
su;shed guests We're congenial, Alicia
iefT them TO themselves and joined
her other guests
Yes. said the lawyer musinglv
"uian has studied for centuries the
mechanism OF the body but he has
neglected entirely the mechanism of
the mind
Or Bernstein smiled approvingly.
We are just waking up. he replied
quiokl. People are beginning to
look upon psychology seriously. Up
70 comparatively recently the layman
has regarded. psychology as the do.
main OF Ne philosopher and the
dreamer j. did not seem possible
that il could ever be applied to our
practical eyelyda. life but OF late we
have made remarkable strides AL
though II is comparatively new
science. you Nil probably be aston
ishes, TO learn that there are today in
the United States 30 psychological
laboratories. That IS to say. work
shops fully equipped with every de
vice known for TIE probing of the hu-
man brain In my laboratory in Cali
fornia alone have as many as TWEEN
ty rooms hung With electric wires and
struments -chronoscopes. kymograph,
tachisioscopes and ergographs in
struments which enable us TO meas.
ure and record the human brain as
accurately as the Bertillon system
Really you astonish me. ex
claimed the Judge This is most in
teresting Think OF laboratories sole.
ly devoted to delving into mysteries
of the human brain 1t is wonderful"
He Vas silent for moment. then
he said
Il is quite plain. think that
psychology can prove most useful in
II is. take IT, the very
foundation of mental healing. but What
else would ii do for hulnanity9 For
can it help me, the lawyer?"
pr Bernstein smiled
You gentlemen OF the law have al
Mas scoffed at the Very suggestion
OF bringing psychology to Your aid,
but Just think. sir. how enormously it
might aid YOU in cross. examining a
scientific accuracy If the witness is
telling lies or the truth. and the same
would be clear to the Judge and the
jury Just think how your powers
would be increased If by Your skill in
observation you could
the jury that Your client.
who was about TO be convicted on cir
evidence alone was really
innocent of the crime OF which he was
charged Why. sir. the road which
opens up to the LAWYER
is well-nish boundless Don't You use
the Bertillon system TO measure the
body Don't you rely on thumb prints
10 Identify the hand? How do you
know that we psychologists are not
able today to test the individual DIFF.
ferences of mem
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