The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1919-11-14

straight jacket of the college curric-
culum and taken their degree in the
bountifui and ever expanding Uni
versity of Nature.
freely admit, however, that not
having enjoyed such opportunity my
self, may not be properly apprccia-
tive of universlty training, and do
not wish to be understood as antag-
nostic to universities and colleges.
We need them.
In his human capacity Jesus of
Nazareth was a man of great learn
ing. His eloquence was striklngiy
similar to the style of Cicero.
He displayed comprehensive and
accurate acquaintance with Nature
IN its manifold phases, and yet there
is no record of his having had any
classical training, or is there any
history of his ever having been sick.
He was literal illustration of the
verify of the Proverb, Mems sana,
in Corpare Sano, "a sound mind in
a sound body.
He was not genius; he did not
have "one-track mind" his men,
tality was not limited to the cultiva-
ton of one group of brain cells. The
Father of Waters" is q majestic
stream, with sufficient width, depth,
and strength, to bear upon its bosom
the commerce of mighty nation,
and yet its vast volume, its powers
and potentialities are derived, en-
tlrely, from its tributaries, that bring
to it their wealth of water from
thousands of square miles of terri
tory.
But for these tributaries, that
colossal body rolling constantly in all
its powers and majesty to the sea,
would soon dwindle to puny, slug
gish rivu.et creeping feebly along its
channel hemmed in by the walls Of q
yawning chasard.
So it is with the human mind. it
gathers its dimensions, its proper
tons, and its capacities from its
tributaries that drain the resources
OF the moral, physical and intellect
ual world.
Mr.. Wilson's "one-track mind" Is
a narrow, swiftly flowing, some-
what noisy stream, rushing along
over the shoals and breakers of
practical life.
When a mind of such calibre and
organization is once disordered, it is
rarely right adjusted"
The Bard of Avon" aptly in
quired "who shall minister to mind
diseased?" Mr.. Wilson will never
be normal man again, and the
sooner his medical advisers realize
the exact situation. the better it win
be for the President, for the Govern
ment and for the people.
He may, with proper care, reach
a stage in which his equilibrium will
be apparently restored, but he will
never be equal to the responsibility
of enduring any prolonged, compli-
Gated and concentrated effort:
To say that he was an abnormal
man all the time he was in Paris
would be a charitable view of the
case, because that would relieve him
of all responsibilities for conduct
that would be far from credita5le
in the Chief Executive of a great
and once independent nation.
OF course, after he got well into
his Western tour his abnormality vas
too apparent and shocking to be
debatabie.
If the alienists in charge of him
have the ability and experience with
which they are accredited, they should
advise and urge his resignation as
the most effective measure of re-
lieving the mental tension with which
he is now suffering.
1t is no reflection upon Mr.. Viii
SON to analyze and present to the
public comparison Of his mental
and physical status.
Many other strong and eminent
men have suffered in the same way
and from q similar cause.
That he has been erratic, incon-
sistent, and contradictory in numer-
Gus actions and utterances, is mat
ter of record, and undenied by many
of his most Jealous advocates and
supporters.
There are many more authenticat-
ed instances in which vigorous and
brilliant intellects not subject to a
verdict of insanity, but who have,
nevertheless, manifested mental ab-
berations and lost their capacity for
productive and cooperative action
through injury or deterioration of a
small group of brain cells not larger
than "haxelnut."