The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-16
From, Other Pens
RUNS ON Tuu pANx


The psychology of the ignorant bank de-
psiSable ana enismsticai problems in the
Institution Inst in New York city, founded in
It proves that no fiduciary institution Is
beyond the reach OF the rumor mon9er.
seem powerless to discover even what the
drew their savings appeared to be "dexed''
tons T is this blind Impulse, not ,t1r Unlike
the spirit Of the mob. which 10 unaccount-
for Savings: with assets amounting to
nearly e;ty $ls.0O zoo; found itself confronted
m,sh Issa run run small T4 Of course but none the
dent were able to hear but three rumors.
each ., Of which served to establish in an
positors who were doing an act whereby
they knew they would lose their interest.
Of the oficisls nfse tSemseivss s%oss In the
cording to President Trimble and Vice
Pr President steyens no clue to the origin Of
sesyers sns en- r.; asssrted that he Rag heard that
truatees have nothing to dh' do with hand- Udr
vag+ ,ing the dc cash or er securities A maid ser.
heard fser Ssd tod nv WSie W1ss ts9 said she had
here e trustee for my children have
haps never in the history % ,o of BANK r,n. rsr-
nave three such rumors been more exfra-
produce an actual run shakespeare "a 40
psycbclogists. for instead Of trying to ex-
with describing 1t. His frequent refer
ence to the power Of rumor showed how
lines: ~ " ~c0e'n We l'nd these
But cruel are the times when We are
traitors
And d,9naos do not know ourselves. when We hold
From what we fear. yet know not what
Try as we may. no analysis could more
accurately describe unthinkine bank de-
%Sat thsn to Say that they know not
FOOTBALL TYPE OF MAN.
In hi. letter to the Times discussing
Frank :: Born. medical examiner Of Yale
University. remarked upon the fact that
ing to youneer ise group are eseatiy seaaf
superior in height. weight. breadth. and
unteers from New England durinx the the
civil war. Dr, Born concurs in the opin-
i9n ion .,oi, Of DR.: Minot who has gathered the
IL SeS e1 snD"': rhis Il:
but to tns fteE b4 heath Sr the
the present increased facilities for physi.
cai oeVeIopment. The fact that the Yale
seniors weigh sc pounds more than the
average boy Of the same age strengthens
hds opinion. But there IL q subdivision
among the college students. the football
men. Of type distinct from their fellows
in college. and about whom DR. Born re-
ferred in a recent statistical report. Thesa
are the supermen. Even as freshmen thev
weigh 33 pounds more than the averaSe
senior. 45 pounds more than the averaSs
New England volunteer of the civil war
who yas Is years old, as compared with fhc
footballers' IS. and over 50 pounds hesvo
Ter Ter than the average young man of q.
Their breadtO and girths Of bodv AMI
These men gain largely in streneth ana
lung capacity while in college. hut verv
little In physical proportions Dr.. Horn
says: I'VE have concluded thar the foot
DalI type represents group Of young men
of superior physical endowment ana vital
ity. who reach that point where the
groWth power practically disappears much
carrier than the average. usually during
their preparatory school course In such
more rapid development. supplemented by
work" Probably. II the history of thee
young supermen wero studied It would iss
FOUND that the same reasons which ac-
count Tor the general superiority OF fhA
younger generation over its parents arS,Is,
more strongly in their cases. II WouiS ~
worth while finding out whether fi,s;e
rapid development was due to an inhercnx
tendency, or whether they have ha6 er
tfaofdinary favorable ADVANTAGES az M,
triton and outdoor training.-New York