Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-01-28
KEEP BRAIN BUSY
WRITE EXERCISES
Scientist Proves by Working Both
Hands Your Mind Becomes
More Powerful.
ONLY HALF OF MAN DEVELOPED
Schools Should Develop the Left Side
Equally With the Right to Get
Proper Results.

Proper Results.
You would increase your working
power II you could have the use Of all
your brain. Recent extraordinary e1.
periments by psychologists seem to
prove beyond doubt that the greatest
individual efficiency can be procured
by the proper training of both hands.
BY thus bringing the nerves of both
sides Of the body into action dormant
brain cells come into use. A British
psychologists, in paper in which he
gives an excerpt, suggests that even
genius may be due to the fact that
both sides of the brain are working up
to their capacity.
A certain large business firm, our
authority tells us, has important com.
mercial relations with the Argentine
Republic. The business was developed
and its existence continued through
the tact and diplomacy of third mem
ber of the firm, who was stationed at
Buenos Aires.
&c His position required, of course, q
knowledge Of Spanish, which he spoke
fuently. In the plidst of the most sue.
cessful month the firm had enjoyed
since it's establishment this South
American member died Unexpectedly.
r The two partners were thrown into
q panic. Owing to the peculiarly deli
cate relations that existed between the
firm and it's Argentine market no one
but either surviving member could be
intrusted to undertake the continue
tion of the business so Unexpectedly
endangered. 1t was imperative that
one of them should depart for South
America. 1t was deemed that the
younger man, who was about S5 years
old, should undertake this task.
But he knew almost nothing of Span
ish. However, he set about mastering
the language under competent teach
er. Several days passed and little was
accomplished. He redoubled his ef-
forts and the number of hours he daily
devoted to the work. Several more
days passed, with little result His
main shortcoming, vital one, was his
difficulty in memcrizing words
The two partners were on the verge
of despair. Then the unbelievable hap
pened. The wife OF the junior partner
had poor relation who sometimes
was invited to dinner. This man did
not amount to much from a CONNER
cial point Of view; in fact, he always
had been looked upon as failure and
dreamer"
AS life runs now he was both Of
these. One night, just at the critical
juncture in the ..Inior partners af-
fairs, this dreamer, who dabbled a
little in modern psychology, dropped in
to dinner as an unexpected guest The
conversation between the host and his
wife naturally drifted to the desperate
situation in which his firm found itself
and to his inability to progress in a
supposedly easily acquired language
as the reason.
The dreamer" listened with marked
interest. Then, turning to his agitatei
host, he said in quiet way 81 think
can help you" And help him he did
for q month later, due entirely to the
instruction of the dreamer" the
Junior partner sailed for Buenos Aires
with practical knowledge of Spanish
What had happened? What did the
dreamer" say that night at dinner?
iIe said something like this: you're
q shrewd business man and success
full one, too, but don't suppose you
ever give your gray matter any
thought. Have you ever heard about q
speech center" Well, you've got ono
all right, on the left side of your brain
and it's carrying about as much of 6
load as it can carry in remembering
and using the English language.
Fortunately you have, or ought t.
have a second speech center on thu
other half of your brain, but it's never
used; it's like white sheet Of paper
that's never been written on. 1t ough
to absorb the Spanish you want jus
like sponge taking up water. It'l
asleep, dormant-you'll have to tricl
it into life and action.
"In your instance and under the cir
cumstances the only way can thinl
of doing so will be by writing dow
every Spanish word and phrase yol
study with you left hand"
Extraordinary as it may seem, thi
is true story.
1t has long been common psyche
logical knowledge that the left hal
of the brain has full command owe
the right side of the body, while tn
right half of the brain exercises lik
command over the left side of til
body. An electric shock applied
the right half of the brain will caus
movement on the left side of the bod.
similarly the left half of the brain 8
stimulated affects the right side {
the body.
Every movement of an arm or lie
originates In well-mapped-out cente
on the opposite half of the brain. An
injury to one OF these centeTs show
itself in some form of paralysis, b'
always on the OPP osite side.