The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
Birmingham Will Haue Clinic
f or Permanent Psychic Work
Junior Chamber Of Commerce Active In Further
ing Vocational Tests Of DR.. Julian Pennington

A little more than three months az
Birmingham became interested in DIR.
Julian Pennington, pioneer in voca-
tional PHYSIOLOGY who was at that time
located in Dallas, Texas.
Vocational psychology was a new
idea to the south, but the reports of its
results were impressive, so. early in
January, DIR. Pennington, through the
interest of a number of civic leaders,
was brought here.
He lectured before various organiza-
tions, outlining the work; he made per-
sonal analysis in a most convincing
manner; he talked on Psychology to
various business men and as a result
he was supported in the establishment
Of vocational psychological clinic
here for 90-day trial. A board, con-
sisting of J. ID. Moore, chairman; w.
n. Mabry and w. w. Wood was ap-
pointed TO supervise this work.
These 80 days have expired. A re-
port is in the hands of committee
headed by Walter w. Kennedy. presi-
dent of the Junior Chamber of Com
merce, and within the next few weeks
according to members, DIR. Pennington
will be installed in permanent psy-
Geological clinic, one of the first in the
south.
Wider Range
1t is the hope of the board to make
the clinic serve wider range of free
cases and to maintain in connection a
free school in which persons from va
rious parts of the state will be trained
to take vocational examinations. This
will make possible the establishment
of other clinics and increase the bene-
fits of the profession. While the meth
cd used is wholly DIR. Pennington's,
he has expressed himself as willing to
give his knowledge free to those who
will return to their homes and make
use of the education in the prescribed
way.
As soon as the clinic is established
on a permanent basis, the school will
be opened and one person from each
county in the state will be awarded a
free scholarship. These persons. ac-
cording to the present idea, will be
given seats in the clinic and some
of the free tests made in their pres
ence, showing each step of the process
and the manner in which certain men,
tai traits, such as selling ability, musi-
cal comprehension, mechanical capac-
ity, etc, are measured.
There will be some free cases that
should not be exhibited No case will
be tested before the class without the
patients consent. All paid cases. will
be conducted privately.
In speaking of his work as voca-
tional psychologist, DIR. Pennington
said that it consists in brief in find
ing square pegs for square holes"
Need Life Map
II you were to take an automobile
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the psychologist, you would get map
OF the road and follow it from point to
point. An imaginary map is neces-
sary in choosing vocation. For in
stance, all of us start from the same
point. Up this imaginary road little
way we come to a point where the
road branches to the right and to the
left.
Say that the right road leads to
art, the middle to business and the left
to mechanics. In the clinic the first
thing | must decide for every man or
woman is which of these roads | must
put him or her on.
Let us say that the test up to this
point enables me to decide that the per-
son being examined should take the mid
die, the business road. Then we travel
on this imaginary road leaving the art
road TO the right and the mechanical
road to the left. Now we come to an
other parting of the ways. Here there
are two roads. If the person who is
being examined can work with people
better than with material, he takes the
right road, but if he is not good
mixer and can work with material bet
ter than with personalities he takes
the left road, etc.
The method, DIR. Pennington declar-
ed, is the result of years of research
and painstaking tabulation.
IF you have a tract of land and know
. but little about farming" he said,
you go to an expert farmer for advice
as to what should be planted on your
particular piece of land. If you have