Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-02-09
SP|RITUAL|SM
FOR HARVARD
University Has Seriously
Contracted TO Enter Up
on Investigation of Psy-
chic Phenomena
A $4,000 ENDOWMENT

BOSTON. Mass, Feb, Harvard
Univers.ty has seriously contracted
TO enter upon an investigation OF what
is technically described as psychic
pneumonia but which cur parents
lever since the days of the Fox sis
tersD called "Spiritualism This rs
one OF the most startling Innovations
in pedagogy that several centuries
have furnished. indeed il is an event
that could only have followed the
coming of the wonderful era OF tele-
phone. airships. rad.um, wireless mes
sages and monographs. II will not
do TO treat this incident lightly or 10
cover il with ridieule
Such is far from my thought when
| frankly declare that the acceptance
or a $4,000 endowment fund for psy-
chic research by the t.me-honOred uni.
versity at Cambridge encourages the
hope that Francis H. Wellman's fond
, wish to found a school of draw poker
at Harvard may be ultimately real
lied.
Seriously. however. comparatively
few as are the believers in spiritual
ism, the acceptance OF this bequest by
so conservative a body as the trus-
tees of Harvard brings, the study Of
psychic phenomena to a stage never
previously attained in this country.
The language employed by the bea-
etactor is quite explicit. He gives the
money-which can be regarded as
only the nucleus OF a much larger
fund-for Investigation and study OF
mental or psychological phenomena.
the origin or expression of which ap-
pears TO be independent of the oTdl-
nary sensory channels.
While this leaves the range as wide
open as spookland, il also confines Ii
within scientific scope.
Plenty of persons have seen ghosts
or believe they have, which, for
practical purposes or research" IS
the same thing. For example, 81
though a complete disbeliever in So
called spirit phenomena, / have seen
with my own eyes ghostly shapes
not resultant from Welsh rarebits and
disordered liver. but the fabric Of an
apparently sound mentality.
There are houses known to me that
have supernatural occupants, as wei
as human being! Again, there are
houses that harbOr quaint, Cfleer. mex
plicable noises by night and by day.
Personally, / doubt not rational and
natural explanations can be found Tor
all such noises. | am not sufficiently
terCsted-curiOus were better
word-to seek the solution of such
problems OF the natural world.
There are phases Of mental science
that are accepted. There is probably
something in telepathy-as everyone
must cOncede If he or she have sujfi-
cient mental power to compel another
person seated in church or theater to
turn and bow.
No more interesting mental test
can be made than to sit at distance
from two persons well known and 70
attempt to learn, by telepathy, what
they are talking about. on will be
amazed how often it can be done.
Try.
You may fail utterly. but some
people are able to do this very thingl
Some kind of intangible, meXpli-
cable inteFcommunication is at times
established between intimate friends
far distant.
Most men OF the world-especially
active mental workers or travellers
believe in premonitions. When one
reaches that stage. why not have con
fidence in dreams?
An intimate friend always has u
serious Illness whenever he dreams
.of snakes am not joking, the man
always has been a total abstainer
The dream may be responsible Tor
the sickness, you win say. Possibly
so. But the same person never dreams
Of seeing washing hung upon a line
without finding therein a premoni-
ton that he is TO move his habitat!oh'
He has been a man OF family for thir-
tv years and assures me the fOrewarn-
ing never has failed OF verification.
I do not know what TO think about
uch-superstitions. That is happily
the word, but ] use it for want OF 4
better one.
BY all means, let the Harvard re-
searches be conduction with utmost
risidness and sincerity.