The Penn's Grove record., 1913-05-02
The PENIS Grove Record
FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1918.
Learn Your Own Town
Mas Yale Sa6er Que Haber
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CHANGE.

PennS Grove citizens are undergoing
a psychological change of mind in re-
CARDS to the erecting of ii necessary
school building to accommodate the
educational needs Of their own children
and to meet legal requirements, pre-
scribed not to impose an unnecessary
burden Oh the people, but to meet the
requirements of advanced civilization.
1t is the same reason that individuals
are buying small lots of at from $5OOto
81, 900 and building residences thereon
at a cost of from $500 to $4,000, for
from two to six i'll family.
Psychologists, writers Oh the science
of the mind i'll It's making, state that
the "Re.arl angement and development
of brain substance in adoption to physi-
Cal tension is the underlying principle
of BRAIN training. This is the physio-
logical basis for the fact that the mind
grows to the mode i'll which it is habit
ually exercised" By being exercised
long Oh one train of thought it gets to
thinking in the old ruts. AS long as it
runs in the old ruts it knows no other.
A time comes when the old ruts must
be gotten out of. The old wagon has
run so long in the old ruts that it is
worn out. The wagon OF thought is
rusty and the rutS are frozen. When
il comes necessary to get out OF the old
TutS of thought there is Il mental JAZZ
that shakes the brain to anger, like
there is Il physical jar when One is in an
old wagon. which moves out of a deep
rut when the ground is frozen. The
feeling of this change creates anger;
:, ~ tIAf pnal N hnnnn clln1lI an
necessary; anger and prejudice against
the persons who have investigated and
see The necessity for a change; anger
against The persons who agitate for a
change.
These nervous impulses brought on by
asuggestion OF agitation for Il change Is
what puts persons i'll a fighting mood,
especially if such change strikes the
pocket nerve.
ECONOMIC VALUE OF GOOD ROADS
Look back a few years and recall the
old wagon ruts and the old wagons
many hauled produce in and rode III for
plea ure. Twenty bushels Of grain use
10 be a good twO-horse load thru the
sand from Penns Grove to PedricktOWn
and tue oldest houses in Penns Grove
were palatial abOdes for some of the best
and most prominent citizens. There
were mel who got angry and threaten
ed fight because roads were ploWed,
ridged and scraped along their proper.
ties. Getting cut of the old ruts jar
red and angered them.
Then came the complaint of the big
expense OF shell roads; later of stone
roads; then The extravaganza of auto
mobiles. Some derided others for such
extravaganza in getting them and later,
after the psychological change had
been made i'll their minds, they bought
automobiles themselves. They have
dollars were their fathers and grand
fathers had cents. They have become
Use 10 the change and see the economy
of carting 80 bushels of grain instead
Of ~, OF l5U baskets of truck instead
OF 40.
BODILY COMFORT PREFERRED TO
DOLLARS
Instead Of living in the old houses
fore father did, people will not buy
them, but insist on erecting new ones.
After living on ii back street The great
Ell part OF their lives and where they
might live with greater economy and
save more money for their children
when they die, citizens are buying ex-
pensiVe lots Oh the leading streets and
erecting finer houses.
Instead OF having the old style porch.
es, hundreds of dollars are unnecessar-
lily being spent 10 give carpenters,
masons and painters work, because Of
the love OF the more beautiful and the
desire OF greater mental and physical
enjoyment.
Some have gone into bondage, yes,
issue bonds to Pay for these personal ex-
t~ravagdnceS. Were they 0 foolish to
give another person a mortgage, (mors,
death, gage pledges,) IA death grip on
them! But Ii ey enjoy the pleasures of
their p~alatlal homes and never worry
over The bonds; neither do the bond
holder as long as he gets his inter, 81.
All these are for bodily pleasures and
and liner aesthetic tastes, love for The
beautiful.
MIND SUPERIOR TO BODY
Shakespear says: 1T is the mind that
LllhOc Ull OOO1 llChs OOlOn1bA WllGu
a young man prayed for wisdom and a
understanding. One OF his proverbs is
Receive instruction and not silver;
knowledge rather than choicest gold"
The Spanish proverb at the head of this
column mean better to know than 70
have, better he wise than rich."
Children are sent to school to get in
struction, knowledge, wisdom. The
psychological change has taken place
III many minds as 10 the wisdom of the
learning glVel, i'll the High School. The
psychological change ill many minds
has been made that Penns Grove
should nave d school building to cost
not less thai $50, 0U0. The change has
been made after d years contemplation
and advancement from the opinions
held IA year ago that $4,000 was sutfi-
Client. We have gotten out of the deep
est rut. Very good advancement.
When we say That Penns Grove needs
10 expend $4,000 for IN to- date
school house TO he located on grounds
most suitable it will jar The mind, and
pocket nerve and create a feeling OF
anger, yet 1t is d fact TO be considered.
Penns Grove receives more thai $500
for instructlng pupils from Oldmans
and Upper Penns Neck Townships,
more THAN enough to pay 8 per cent ill.,
lerest Oh 5000 bonds. LII a few years
we will receive enough to pay interest
Oh $500 00 bonds.
Another psychological change is need.
Ell.
Citizens pay from $500 to 81 200 on
which to erect a home 10 cost from $1,000
10 $4,000. Figuring on the rule of
thlee, what would a lot cost on which
10 erect ii S36, 900 school building.
A COOPERATIVE COMMUNITY OF
MUTUAL INTEREST
A son of sunny Italy built a blick
house on Mill Street, III Which to live.
thus showing lie has a mind for a sub
stantlal home. 1t is the first brick