The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-30
The Sentiment and Science
Essential to Coop. Success

life it quite often happens that we must
USE thing before we really HAVE.
it before it exists. Muscle. for in
stance. And brains. Love, friendship
practically everything which is dis
tlnctly human comes into existence
THROUGH ITS USE. If you wait till
tyou have muscles before you exercise
them, you will never have any muscles
to exercise. If you wait till you have
friends before you love them, you will
never have any friends to love. If you
wait until you have intelligence before
you use it, you may become all kinds
Of an erudite doctor, but you will never
be able to think. s''**sa Give the child a
chance. Let his intelligence come out.
Let us forget about curricula, if neces-
sary, and pay little more attention to
life. 1t probably is of no concern what
ever whether a given youngster passes
his examination or not. What is of
concern is whether his intelligence has
every opportunity to grow. Provide
the opportunity and you can bank on
the result"
This is in line with the theory of evo-
luton. For it teaches that all organ
isms develop from within, in obedience
to their own inherent powers and that
this development is under control of
the immanent mind of the organism,
and that it alone must be responsible
for the result.
| While the Orthodox belief places the
responsibility for success or failure up
on the creator, and the Materialist be-
lief upon surrounding conditions, the
Mental Scientist must assume his share
tof responsibility for defects in general
Iaffairs and complete responsibility for
his physical condition and immediate
personal affairs.
All conditions of mind and feeling
are self-induced. We have it in our
power to make ourselves feel perfectly
unhappy and we can also feel quite
HAPPY regardless of our economic cir
cumstances. When we are calmly
|poised and not dominated by our emo
tons, we can always think more clearly
and act more sensible then when pow
lerful emotions becloud our clearenss of
mental vision and reflection.
At the psychology meeting, Thurs
day night, September y, Comrade
Pickett spoke of the wonderful inn
provement made in the psychological
attitude and disposition of the members
to one another since the first years of
colony endeavor. The old members
and new ones have learned to associate
and cooperate in the spirit of good fell
lowship, mutual regard and considera-
ltion. This condition has resulted from
ian internal change in the character of
THE membership. In trying to cooper
late the comrades have learned to CO.
Operate. Outward regulations and by
laws have been discarded as ineffec-
tive and been superseded by the gol-
Iden rule written in the minds and affec-
tons of the comrades.
| He spoke of the beginning of the
harvest and that the apparent crops in
sight are the largest and best in all the
history of the colony. The prospect
for advancement were never better
than now.
The idea of colony cooperation is
spreading rapidly and quite number
lof propositions have come to the Col
ony, Comrade Pickett said, to furnish
land and necessary means and people
to organize them. But the aspirants
have been told to come to Llano Col
ony and learn how to cooperate and
carry on a colony. This is not as sim
pie as it looks.
: Comrade Martin spoke of the plan
ned development in the Llano schools
IQuite an elaborate system has been lin
ed out. giving laboratory practice
night school for adults. etc.. so that pu-
pills may gain standard educational de-
grees. The degrees of bachelor, -
and dad are already freely bestowed
in the colony and M. A. is held in pros
lpect. Talks were also made by Doc.
tor Thurman and Comrades Benton and
Burton.
, CHINESE COOPERATE