South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-30
The Brain Measure of Intelligence
BY Garrett p. Service.

In an upper hail OF the national
museum in Washington there is
wonderful bust. placed on small
pedestal among exhibits OF a diff
fcrent character. so that the visitor
Is surprised by It's presence. II is
the head and neck OF a man, a lit
tie above life size. but evidently a
portrait OF someone who once lived,
and who. the spectator feels. must
have been a remarkable parsonage,
exercising "a commanding influence
IN the world OF his time.
AS an inscription on the base
truly says. this bust is clearly the
work Of a great artist depicting a
great man But there is no clue 10
the identity OF either the artist or
his subject, excepting such as may
be discovered in the fact that the
bust was found in the ruins OF the
ancient Roman town OF Italioa, near
Seville. Spain. which was the birth
place OF the emperOrs Trajan and
Hadrian and other famous Romans.
II Is also pointed out that the
features bear some resemblance to
those Of Cicero.
The shape and proportions Of the
massive head. thu power indicated
by the large nose and in the set OF
the Jaws. and the thOughtfulness
that is marked around the eyes and
in the lines OF the face, make
-
To come upon so majestic a speci-
men OF homo sapiens. man know
ing" after one has wandered long
through the great galleries crowd
ed with fossil representatives of the
struggling life OF past ages, always
seeking a way upward and forward,
though sometimes hardly achieving
q single step in a million years. is
a reassuring experience; and all the
more so because this great unknown
seems TO stand as a symbol OF our
race in its highest development,
which would not be the case If we
knew the name of the person the
bust represents.
II II were Cicero. for instance, or
Scipio, then it would be only-Ci-
cero. or Scipio. an individual, not
a type In its anonymity resides
much Of its power over the mag
nation.
In the same way it is a type Of
the outward expression Of inner
power. Ii calls into the memory Of
the on-looker the old. old question,
which Shakespeare seems 10 have
answered i'm the negative when he
makes King Duncan eXclaim:
There's no art 10 find the minds
construction in the face" But when
YOU look into this strong, grave. in
telleCtual face, modelled in terra
Gotta that resembles time-stained
marble, you feel that Shakespeare
was either wrong, or did not put his
real thought into Duncan's mouth.
There is an art to find the minds
construction in the face. and the
proof that the mysterious bust is
a portrait lies i'm the fact that the
marks OF mind are visible in the
face. as is never the case with
sculpture intended only TO material
ize an artistic conception Of beauty
or of some other quality. There
are no marks Of mind on the face
OF the Hermes OF PraXiteles, or that
OF the Venus OF Milo. The face OF
thinking man makes the famous
Jove Of Otricoli look like a sensu-
Gus owl.
But the shape and size OF the
head-what have they TO tell Of the
mind within? This is an important
question. and the authorities OF a
certain university who last year put
quietus on the efforts of a literary
society of students TO have a lecture
on phrenOlOgy given before them
made a huge mistake.
do not think that phrenology
g.. entitled TO be ranked in the rec