Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-10
.FREUD|AN FRAUD
CONVULSES ITHACA
"or. Vosberg, Of Vienna" "
Hoaxes Cornell Faculty With
Einstein-Like Lecture
HE'S SENIOR FROM PENNA

Ithaca. Dec. 10.-Cornell's intelli-
gentSia are recovering from one OF the
most severe shocks in its history. Ven
cradle residents Of Ithaca and aged
professors who have been connected
with Cornell since Ezra Cornell con-
vertcd COW pasture into a campus
are constantly to be seen gathered in
anxious groups in the clubs and on the
street corners, discussing the question
Whittier are we driftngF
In the meantime Charles VI. Stotz. OF
Grafton Station. Pa. senior in the
college Of architecture. who few DAYS
ago was scarcely known outside of his
classrooms, Is being hailed as n cole
legc hero and as an exponent, super
excellence. of 'thc modern scientific
method. Pictures of him are being sold
at a premium he is being waited upon
by delegations Of undergraduate ad-
mircrs. In fine, he is a knockout!
The reason for Stotz's sudden
achievement Of greatness and the uni
versal uncasiness of the masters OF the
academic halls is the same. 1t relates
to n speech recently delivered before n
distinguished representation of the Cor
nell ihtcllgentsin. on the Freudian
science.
The Great DR.. NOSberg
It was locally advertised that DR..
Herman Nosberg. of Vienna, pupil,
in fact an intimate Of the famed Freud,
would lecture on the teachings of his
master. The intellectual elements of the
university community reveled in the
announcement, and there was talk OF
| taking lunches to the hall to be sure OF
front seats.
At the appointed hour the lecturer
appeared. He was introduced by q
member of the university psychology
department. and then. in broken but
understandable English, tainted. OF
course, with a Viennese accent, launched
! into his subject.
He Immediately proceeded to an
analysis of dreams, after the style OF
his teacher, and profoundly declared
The dreamer does know what he
dreams. but he does not know what
| he knows. and therefore believes what
he does not know" The intellectual
silence was only disturbed by sigh'
of appreciation. Here. at last, in the
wilderness. was real scientist. ca
pable of resolving n difficult question
into something entirely impossible OF
understanding.
Warming to his subject, DR.. Nos-
| berg introduced calculus as an aid ir
! dream analysis lie drew curves on q
| blackboard to demonstrate his theory
which was as simple as Einstein's.
Little Drops Of Water
To prove that his ideas were moi
based on pure theory. he cited methods
! he had employed to test his doctrines
For example, he told how in his labora
| tory he had placed a few drops of water
on the brow of sleeper. to have thu
patient soon awake and declare that HI
had dreamed Of rowing a boat in {
stormy sea until, ncrspiring, he hat
succumbcd to exhaustion.
At the conclusion Of his address thu
audience gave the lecturer hearty ap
plause. Some Of his auditors pro
ccedcd at once TO their homes to tcs
the methods of dream analS sis outlined
while others fingered in rhc hope o
shaking the hand of the scientist, whit
walked briSkly from the hall soon aftc
the conclusion Of his recital. wrapped il
prcorCupatiOn.
Two days after the brilliant meeting
following an interval during which DIR
Vosberg" was fast becoming a sort o
household word, it was announced
that the eminent visitor from Vienna
had been none other than Stotz, o
Grafton Station. Pa.