The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-31
PSYCH0-ANALYSIS
AID TO EXPERT
Brought Into Play Pick
ing the Right Man
For the Job.
TEACHINGS OF FREUD
@Hash Complex" Principle
Aids Vocational Expert
In His Labors.
Ry LEO r. HEATLEY.


NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-You re-
member Freud, of course--he of the
hash complex and other mysteries
We'll, here he Is bobbing up again,
palring with old man psyche -analy-
ais ms q committee OF one to find the
complete solution of the unomploy-
ment problem. The committee got
along fine while dealing with inner
consciousness and the urge to do,
hut suddenly a lot of lowbrows threw
a wrench into the machine by ask
ing for JOBS.
The Hoover employment plan be-
ing worked out in detail by the In
Justrlal Aid bureau here follows n
system Of psyche o-analysis which de-
termines the amount OF egoistic self
consciousness in each applicant for
a lob Louis H. Sullivan, a dollar
a year" vocational expert, devotes his
energies to the development of the
systcm. Mental tests and facial
angles we're used at first, but now
Sullivan picks his men through sci
entlfc psyche analysis of the appli-
cant's penmanship.
Sullivan explained that his system
was as simple as an income tax
blank. mere matter of symmetry
and curves and vibrations. Through
working out his plans along Freudien
lines, sullivan landed a retired army
colonel in a $4,000 a year job as
manager OF a western ranch. Here
Is Freud simplified:
Observed Animals.
There was time when ! didn't
know why a kicking horse always
holds his ears back which gives him
~ gptaI1tuanf nxnFnGGfnn a a
horses have" Sullivan explained. We
had often noticed this intelligent ex-
preston on the faces of animals. par
ticularly the COW, and told him so
but ] don't wonder any more" he
went on, because | found out The
kicking horse holds his ears back 10
get them out of the way of his eyes
40 that II can see where to kick. And
that's a discovery on which / pride
myself just as much as on anything
I've found out in human psychology
There you have the principle. And Il
works out4n the study OF handwrit-
Ing
Here's letter from a man that
looks Ike n woman's shopping let
ter. You can see at glance that
It hasn't much character. And no.
tice the unnecessary and fitful at
tempts at ornamentation. Here is
the final r. OF the little word per
prolonged in a thick stroke for ar
inch and a half. proving that the
writer makes a lot of fuss over
nothing. Here are letters OF the
same word not connected. showing
that he Ia not careful in many things
including money matters.
Character In Writing.
See the absence OF differentia
ton In that a. 'e' and H. Why
they're all alike. This IL a mar
who has got to have everything hi
own way or else he can't work. Lool
at the blank space he left at the enc
OF that line, although there wa
room for the next word. He can
adapt himself. The more money /;
man owes the more paper he GOV
ers In writing n letter. Here on tn,
other hand, he has crowded in
3 word at the end of a line when n,
should have carried IL over to tn,
next line. You see there is no con
slstency in that character"
don't know why a long, lank
fed-faced man. with big hands an,
ieet and a head that is long verti
cally and triangular face-wh
such g man is always employed ou
OF doors in one OF two lines. eithe
shlpplng or construction engineer
ihg-f don't know why. but | knoN
Its always So"
lie has studied men as types. wit
an eye to physiology. coordinate
with the psychology OF the animal,
ana sees them first as types-befo
dlying into them as individuals.
sullivan explained how psycholog
n tal variations exerted a direct an
4 potent Influence upon individuG
ego, but you'll have 10 write to hir
10 find that out.