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VOL. LL CHARLOTTE, N. <V ftfURSIMY, OCTOBER 17, 1989. ’ f THE NINTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS WPSYCHOLOGY , % Thos, A, Long ‘ The Ninth Internationa) Con. gress of Psychology convened in a week's session, September U7, at Yale University, New Haven, Conn. There were more than a thousand psychologists representing almost all of the civilized countries of the world. There were quite two hundred representatives of foreign, coun tries. Many of these represent, ed such universities as Oxford, Cambridge, London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Bonn, Belgi um, Liepzig, Heidelberg, Len. engrad, Edinburgh, Rome, Madrid and all of the outstand ing universities of America, men of ripe scholarship and among the foremost in the sci entific world. The American Psychological Association was host to the Ninth International Meeting,, this being the first time it was held on this side of the Atlan tic. . Among these teachers and investigators from abroad, the Russian physiologist and psy chologist Ivan Petrovich Pav lov, the developer of the condi tioned reflex, attracted the most attention. At 80 years, alert and keen, Jie addressed the; Congress in Russian, the which was translated into English by an interpreter who stood by him as his lecture progressed. There was William Stern, widely known for his work in psychology of-individual diffep mental *^*58©=? croly, who did the first -appli^, cation of the binet tests to Belr gian children, gave in moving pictures some of his recent; work on child study. Wolfgang Kohler, whose work in Gestalt Psychology has attracted world wide atten tion, gave a lecture on “Some Problems of Gestalt Psycholo gy.” Eduard 'Claperede, of the Jean Jacques Rosseau Insti tute, Geneva, Secretary of the International Commitjtee, gave an address on the opening day.1 Other outstanding men from abroad were: U. (Ebbecke, of Bonn; E. Rubin, of Copenha. hagen; Carl and Charlotte Buhler, of Vienna; H. Pieron, of the Sorbonne, noted for’his work on learning; Wilhelm Wirth, of Leipzig; Otto *Lip mann, of Berlin, and M. Ponzo, of Turin. It would take too mucn space to give even a list of the topics, so. great was the range of them. Animal Behavior, In_ dU stria! Psychology, Educa tional Psychology, Mental Mal adjustments, Theoretical Psy chology, Character and Person ality, Psychophysics, Child De velopment and ’Mental Tests were some of the more general topics around hvhich the pam pers were grouped. The central idea in all the discussions was an attempt to come to a more precise understanding bf hu man and animal behavior. In such a gathering there was ho place for generalities and loose descriptions, i The very nature of intelli gence itself was of great con cern in all the group discus sions. Carl Spearman, of the Uni versity of London, was- the central figure in a rather unique -discussion of the two-factor theory. Probably the peak of the whole Congress, was Wednesday night when K. S. Lashley, Director of the Beha. vior Research Fund, and Presi dent of the American Psycho logical Association, gave his address on “Basic Neural Me chanism sin Behavior.” For years he has, (been studying the effects of the exi tirpation of various areas Oftpe brain upon the behavior of animals. He Has combatted the older theory of localization of brain functions and ~ has come to the conclusion that each learned act is a pattern within the cortex—involving certain cortical arrangements, but which, under different cir_ cumstances, might have in. volved another set of cortical units. Only the total amount of cortical substance affects the efficiency of learning. The address of E. L. Thorn, dike, of. Teachers' College, Co. lumbia University, New York, struck another high note. His demonstration seemed convinc. ing, that mere repetition is a totally inadequate principle on which to base the formation of connections unless there is a certain “belonging” 'between the elements. He holds now that annoyance merely 'gives satisfyingneks an opportunity to function, rather than attach, ing so much' importance, as formerly, to annoyance in the learning process. There were three sessions, morning afternoon and night, (public.) -The day, meetings were in groups with chairmen: R. S. Woodworth, Treasurer of the International Congress, Co. lumbia University; £?. H. Judd, University of Chicago; !M. R. Trabtle, North Carolina; J. R. Angell, ^rgsident of Yalf;^, Vienna; C. E. Seashore, Iowa; Wm.. Stern, Hamburg; ‘Henri Pieron, Paris; J. Jastro, New York University; Wm. McDou. gall, Duke University; A. Mi. c-hotte, Louvain; M. L. Rai. ment, Wittenberg; H. S. Lang feld, Princeton; L. M. Terman, Stanford ITniv.; F. C. Schiller, Oxford Univ.; Carl Murchison, Clark; M. F. Washburn, Vassar College; A. T. Poffinberger, Columbia. The afternoon sym_ posia had representation from all the leading colleges of Eu_ rope and America. Yale entertained the delega. lion for the week in its spa. cious. quadrangle and elegant eourts. The Banquet in the fa. mous Yale Dining Hall, Wednes. day evening, was a brilliant af_ fair. The foreign delegations were guests of honor of the American Association, with President Cattell, of the Inter, national Association, presiding, and President Angell, of Yale, assisting. Twelve hundred were present. ' It was very illuminating to see face to face men who stand foremost in the world of sci ence and letters. There were only three colored members of (this Congress, namely, Thos. A. Long, John son C. Smith University, Charlotte, N. C.; H. H. Long and L. L. Thompson, both of Howard University, Washing ton, D. C. . Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, N. C. DISTRICT MEETING District No. 1 of Catawba Presbyterial will hold its Fall meeting at Murkland Presbyte rian church, Sunday, October 27, 1929, at 2 .o’clock P. M. An interesting program has been prepared and we trust that every church and 'missionary society in this district will be renresented. ' MRS. CEO. E. DAVIS, Pres. MRS. CHAS. H. SHUTE, Dist. Leader. ’ Practice does not make per fect,’unless it is the right kind of' practice.—Johri Erskine. LOS ANGELES ADVANCES EMPLOYMENT * The Industrial Relation^ De partment of the National Urban League of New York City has released the following excerpts from a report on occupational changes in Los Angeles: The report was prepared by Floyil C. Covington, Industrial Secretory of the Los ^Angeles Unban League, and indicates that this important center on the Pacific Coast, like points in the East, is making progress. All in all, September exi the highest period of fav< activity in the interest erf groes during our ex in, this community. At there are numerous calls the agricultural sections Negroes to work in the cotton and fruit industries. Little | or no response has been received from Negroes who can or will accept this type of employ ment. L More than two hundred i^o_ men were placed in a new can nery which has been operating since June with approximately ninety per cent Mexican labbr. At the inception of the cannery the management flatly refused to hire Negroes in the Cannes# division. The Negro rwombn have made good and are nptsv employed all over the |>la|rt. The factory is cosmopolitan ?|n scope with Mexicans, whites and Negroes constituting personnel. } ' A chain grocery company employed a Negro clerk Tor part’ time to work during the rush hours in the variougietorgs in the Negra district. EfferC|p l>eing made ployed full tflrre. 'The poiic„ . f-xchanging "buying power for employment is being used in this instance. A dress manufacturing com pany included Negro operators in its factories' on the upswing of the garment season. A gar ment company called to reclaim their colored operators who have made good and who were dismissed at the slump period of this industry. A Negrc received a job with the Hollywood division of a nationally known shoe compa ny as -uniformed driver and janitor;1 A ’Filipino had been employed for this job a day be fore the Negro applied; but due to the splendid record of the Negro employed at the down town store, the Hollywood management decided to make the change in favor of the Ne gro. He was employed at a wage twenty-five dollars more on the month than the amount grant ed the Filipino. Here, of course, racial competition for employ ment is apparent. Adverse Changes A store changed its policy of employment by employing Mexican operators and Filipino janitors. JA Negro operator from our stores was employed to train the operators. A market at 28th and Cen_ tral which had been consider, ing employing a 100 per cent Negro force employed all white at the opening of the market. If sufficient skilled Negro butchers had been available; this market in a Negro district would have been manned by those who patronize it. How. ever, the management is con. sidering including Negroes as the market gets under way. A Negro who had been em_ ployed for four years by an au_ tomofoile truck concern was discharged, and his work given to contracting janitors. The company found they could save about seventy .five dollars a month by letting their janitor service out by contract. It is ap. parent that the day of individ. ual janitor service is about past. The general tendency of build, ings and the like is to have their cleaning done by con. tract. EDWARD WEBB CHURCH, MT. AIRY, N. C. -- • _. ; By Mrs. J. H. Clement Sunday morning, ; October 13th, our pastor, Rev. H. 0. Walker, chose for his text John 14:19, "And he commanded the multitude to sit- down on the grass and took the five loaves and the two fishes and lookng up to heaven he blessed and brake and gave the loaves to his disciples and the disci ples to the multitude.” Theme, “Feeding the Multitude.” Rev. Walker preached a splendid sermon. He said there is no need of us wanting for such mira cles t6 be performed now. Thei Father has given His only Son to die for us, and we are all Bible readers and believe that there is a God. We should, therefore, serve Him better each day of our lives. Sunday was eommunion day rnd the Holy Spirit was truly with us. The writer made a re port from the Synodical that convened with Lloyd and, Grace churches at r Winston Salem, Oct. 9-12. It has been some time since we have had an article in the paper. We are not asleep. We are up and doing. A musical iby the N. W. Quartet, of Winston, was rendered at our church re cently. A neat sum of $12 was realized by the Quartet. It roy ally entertained the audience with many beautiful selections. A Mr. Hawkins was the center of attraction with the several selections played on his hand saw. Mr. Walter Banner made some remarks. recovery of Rev. J. H. Clement who has been ill nearly ail the summer. The members of Edward Webb extend to Mrs. Mary Gwyn their heartfelt sympathy in the loss of her husband, Mr. Jack Gwyn. Mrs. Gwyn is a member of our church. We had quite a number of visitors in Mt. Airy this sum mer. Miss Mae Hines, of Rocky Mount, spent several days in the city, with Mrs. J. H. Cle ment. Every one has been lis tening for the wedding bells to ring out ever since she left. Rev. and Mrs. J. Lee White, of Durham, spent a week in the city. Mrs. Cornelia Franklin, a member of Edward Webb, but who, for some time, has been living in New York City, spent her vacation days with us. Mrs. J. A. Parks, Rev. and Mrs. W A Hawkins, of Cleve_ land, Rev. J. M. Morton, and Presiding Elder Howard, of Salisbury, spent a day and night in the city as guests of Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Clement. They really brought joy and sunshine to Rev. Clement durT ing his illness. / We were glad to Welcome Mrs. Lena Martin home again from New York City. Miss E. E. Lewis, of Charles, ton, S. C., spent her vacation i in the city and was an associ. ate member of our church. We miss her. She was a very lib. eral contributor to the church. Miss Dahlia 'Dawkins wor. shipped with us Sunday morn, ing. Miss Dawkins is teaching in the Westfield chool. Mrs. Wright, of Winston. Salem, spent several hours in our community Friday. Missionary S. L. Young, Mrs. M. A. Kendrick and Miss Helen Jonc-s, of South Boston, Va., were in the city Saturday. They came by frd|/ the Synod, ical and spent ,a short time with Mr. Young’s mother.ijri. law, Mrs. Mary A. Gordon. Rev. Walker has bad his lovely home on Rockford St. repaired. We would not be sur. prised to bear wedding bells soon. ST. JAMES CHUHCH GRKEN8B0R0 % Mr*. K. a M«*ro Sunday morning Rev. H. C. Miller spoke from Isaiah 11: 12, “And he shall set upan en_ dgn for the nations,” etc. By way of introduction, the speak, er stressed the signification and the meaning of ensign or standard, showing how the as. ptrations of a nation may be rer.j upon the standard: how men have followed their stand, nrrt in the fade of even death. Here the speaker cited the landing of the Romans at Brit. t°ny and how the? Bearer of the! str ndard leaped into the water, etc. Christ has to ibe lifted up as rn ensign and was lifted upon the Cross. The Croes, that, may be taken as the ensign lifted to the nations. Continuing, the speaker said: The Cross stands for Brotherhood, Charity, Ser. vice and Loyalty. The Cross stands for Hope to the extreme. Said the speaker: the Cross is untouched in so far as its power to lift up the nations is concerned. Finally the Cross stands for victory. The speaker discredit ed the talk about the Church Iving. If men rally about the Cross and quit crying, ‘wolf, wolf, the cause will make Treater strides. The attendant was unusu. ally large for the morning ser. vice, there being vary few va. aljSir**1*; ^e chers and quite a few atik. lents from Bennett College. Rev. E. E. Gillespie, Execu tive Secretary of the Synod of North Carolina, worshipped with us at the evening service '.nj preached a wonderful ser_, mon. We were pleased to note that the audience was above the average. We were very happy to see Dr. F. W. McNair in his accus tomed seat Sunday. He looks very well. Mrs. Robert Reaves, who has been sick, is able to be out again. Wc were glad to see her out Sunday evening, St. James Presbyterian hurch will observe the pastor’s 5th anniversary from Sunday, October 13th, through Sunday, October 20th. Sunday. October 13, will be Home-Coming Day. Special music during the week by St. J?mes choir. v r o g r * m Monday, October 14th, 8:00 c/clock, Elders' night. Sermon by Rev. J. I. Scarlett. Music by rVovidence Baptist church choir. Tuesday night, October 15th, Deacon’s '.night. Sermon by Rev. G. F- Hall. Music by Trin ity Zion church choir. Wednesday night, * October 16th, Trustee's night. Sermon by Rev. C, C. Ferguson. Music by Bethel church choir. Thursday night, October 17, Women’s Auxiliaries. Miscella neous program. Best local and ou^of-town talent to appear. Friday night, October 18th, Young People’s night. Sermon by Pev. P. A. Callahan. Music by E. Market church choir. Sunday, October 20th, 11 A. M. Anniversary sermon by re quest will be preached by the pastor. St. James choir will render suitable music. 1:80 P. M., Sunday school in special session. 7:30 P. M., College night, Address by President F. lp, Bluford, A. $ T. College. Mu sical numbers by Bennett Quar. tet. Monday night, October 21st Annual Get-together social. WESTERN DISTRICT CONVENTION The Western District Con vention met at Freedom Pres, byterian church, Wednesday, «21st, 1929. At 2 P. M. iperintendents' jConfer. ence was conducted. The Sup. erintendents who were present talked or. the following sub. jects: "The Superintendent as t> Christian Educator," and “Sunday School Management." The talks by the Superinten. dents were 'very interesting and helpful. Brief talks were also made by Dr. B. F. Murray and Mr. Waddell. The Convention Opened at 7:30 o’clock. The President, Mr. Shirley Morrison, being ab. sent, the Vice-President, Mr. P. W. Still, called the Conven. tion to order. The welcome ad. dress wa? delivered by Super, mtendent T. C. Murdock who. in a very pleading and cordial manner, welcomed the Conven tion to the church, community and the homes. Mr. Jno. H. Smith responded to the ad. dress. Mr. P. W. Steele delivered ’the annual address which was full of helpful thoughts. / The roll of schools was called hy the Corresponding . Secreta ry Und Superintendents and> ‘^legates w^re enrolled. Officers for the year were elected a? follows: President, Mr. T. C. Murdock; ViceJPres. ident.Mr. P. W. Steele; Seere. closed to meet at 9 A. M. next morning. Thursday mprning devotional service was led by Superinten dent G. A Kirkpatrick. After this Pfble study was conducted by R£v. L. M. Onque. Here we studied together the 12th chap ter pf Ecclesiastes. The Conven tion was much benefited by the study of this lesson. After this the reports of the i schools were made which showed some gains. Thursday afternoon the Con vention was called to order and prayer was offered by Dr. Mur ray. A Departmental Conference was conducted by Rev. A. H. Prince. This conference was very interesting and helpful to nU. The Convention was very glad to have Rev Prince with them. Being a member of the Cataw ba Convention he brought yreetings to jthe Convention and some very helpful' sugges tions. Rev. Prince's visit will long be remembered ioy the members of the Convention. Several papers were read in this service which showed the Sunday schools tried to send isome of the best material to I the Convention. A new feature of the Con. vention this year was the ves. per services held on the lawn of the church just after sup. per. These services each eve. ^Tiihg were conducted (by Rev. C. A. Washington. He used fcs his subject Thursdav evening, “The Church’s Vision.” said that the members of the church must be deep in the word. The more we know the more we can give out to oth. ers. These vesper services each evening were a spiritual help, and.all'jWere benefited. ’fl^ijjldav evening at 8 o’clock t, Demonstration of Dsilv Va_ cation Bible School Work was conducted by Mrs. J. M. Mor. ton. The whole program of the Daily Vacation Bible School was carried out and each dele, gate went away with an idea (Continued op page 8)
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