r0L. 2709
CONCOIUVN. 0. MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 189
Whole No 1179
M INTERESTING LETTER
tbe Mind First Yon MnstTHinfe,
enThlna or the Thins? Tnat is
oing the ThinlUnsr.
in our last communication a few
ta in regard to mental facts were
n In this it is proposed to exs
ne ourselves to see if the mind
be found, and after finding it to
aiine it carefully for the purpose
iEcertaining: what it is. '
it is the mind, remember, that we
1 going to hunt for, and not the
iions of the mind ., If we do not
cceed " in finding the mind of
arse it cannot, be examined.
To begin, then, think of the pa
r that you are reading; now think
the ihing that thinks ol the pa
r. Can you do it? Probably
.e paper is not a good object to
link of. If that be the case with
do' select Eome other object you
refer, and think of that. Then
link of the thing that thought of
iat object. Here probably you
rill have the same trouble yon had
nth the thing that -thought of the
ianer. to wi': You can not thinfc
r 1
it it.
I But it may be that you will suc
ceed batter if vcu trv to think of
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the mind of one of vour pupils.
Try it, and note ycur success. I
do not mean the actions of his
mind, but his mind. Can you
thins of that? Take away the acs
tions of the pupil's mind, and what
ia left to think of? Now as a
teacher you are trying to develop
the minds of your pupils, and,
more, you are trying to do so by
ising your own mind. If you can
iot think of your own mind and
:annot think of your pupil's -mind,
is it not plain that you are trying to
juse something of which you can not
think to develop something of whicn
you can not think?
I Now to "rest yourself after going
I through the effort suggested above,
I stop thinking for a minnte. Look
I at the watch or clock to see when
I the minute is out. Did you suc-
1 ceed? Do you feel relieved of the
t
I mental strain experienced when you
f were trying to think of your mind ?
! You ordered your mind to atop
I thinking. Did it obey your com
mand ? Now if von p&t over.
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fatigued in school, just tell the pu
pils to stop the actions of their
minds, and after you have succeeded
in getting them to do that, then let
your mind stop acting and perfect
tranquility will reign.
But you tried to atop tninking
and failed. The more you tried the
more yon thought till you had to
give it up as an impossible ander
takmg. What is true of yourself is
true of the pupils. They could not
8top their minds from thinking.
Now it ought to be clear that you
can not think of your mind as not
thinking. In fact, what kind
would a non-thinkine mind be ? Is
it possible to think of a mind that
does not think ? The mind is that
which thinks, feels and wills. The
thinking, feeling and willing are not
the mind, no more than the falling
of an apple is the force of gravity.
In the material world as inechano
ics, inventors and scientists, men
accomplish work "by putting ob
jects where they will be subject to
new influences, so that the forces of
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nature may do the work we wish to
have don." In dealing with mind
we work in the same way. What
happens in nature is due to the laws
of nature. What happens in mind
is due to the laws of mind. As
teacher9 we endeavor to follow the
laws of mind, so as to secure the
best results from our labor, just as
in tne mecnanicai worm mtu are
constantly trying to improve ma
chinery in order to get the best re
suits from the operation of natural
law. HTJ Ludwig.
THE GREAT
Psychological 'Prodlcy Hellen Kel
ler's Amazing; Powers
The most interesting and amazing
psychological prodigy to which we
ever had our attention called is Miss
Hellen Keller. She is a native of
Alabama. At about three years of
age she suffered severely from diphs
theria.
The senses of sight and hearing
were lost. Hence she was termed
a deaf mute. She is under the
tutoraceof a Mias Sullivan, who has
been her constant companion as well
as instructor.
The Success eays :
'After only nine years of study,
Helen Keller hue made wonderful
progress. The constant efforts of
her teacher and campanion, Mies
Sullivan, have enabled her to. learn
to speak, by the sense of touch
alone, until now she can talk better
than any other natural mute in the
United States. Miss Keller's ad-
vancement in all the subjects she
has studied is far beyond that of the
average seventeen-year-old girl in
possession of all her senses.
The sensitiveness of her touch a
almost incredible. With the tips of
her . fingers resting lightly on tht
speaker's throaty she understands all
that is said to her, and she enjoys
music in the same way, always des
tooting the slightest discord. She
can tell the color of a flower which
she holds; but, more wonderful than
this, she can detect a mistake in her
typewriting by passing her band
over the paper, not eyen a miss
placed punctuation mark escaping
her. Having found an error it is
rapidly corrected, with all the ease
of an accomplished operator.
Even Miss Sullivan is sometimes
surprised when her pupil answers a
question yet unspoken, though con
templated. She can always tell
when her companion is joyful or
sorrowful, as soon as they meet.
Miss Keller is . a general favorite
among her mates ; she enjoys htr life
and is bright and happy, having no
consciousness of being in any way
handicapped. What a rebuke is the
life of this girl, who has learned in
a world in which she can neither see
nor hear, from the tips of her ring
ers, infinitely more than thousands
of listless boys and girls will ever
know."
Tuese statements look incredible
but there are even more. We are
told from most credible source that
her penmanship is absolutely uni
form and beautiful. v
She announces the approach of
person?, sometimes calling their
names, and we are told that haying
once met and become somewhat ac
quainted, even with but one short
interview, she will know that person
on next meeting a year afterward.
Her touch is so sensitive and her
perceptions so bright that given a
bug she will handle it and write or
give verbally; a more minnte and ins
telligent description than most per
sons can who possess all the facuU
ties. ; - 4
She has been turned loose in a
well furnished room and allowed to
examine everything in it. Then
she gave a very minute description
of all the furnishings, including the
various colors, e She has attended
Gentry's Dog and Pony show and
intelligent persons say she probably
got more out of it than any one else.
The knowledge of everything per
taining to death had been withheld
from her. Apparently knowing
nothing of the kinc of term. dpAh
she was allowed to make
m
ft" rximatarr Slid n ninlrln Vanamn I
a r
M w.vw.,, uCoamC
nervous with a sense of horror and
unhappines3 and begged to be taken
out of the place.
She wrote a letter to one among
the many that she regards as her
friends and in telling of her studies i
and her progress said, -I am now
cultivating a amootn, eott voice.
one io Fiuuuicuu m u ma icau-
mg languages of the age.
This case, we believe, ia candidly
Omnipotence has given Helen Kel-
ler. in touch, what she lost in sight
and hearing, or hate we all the same
endowments (in different degress of
course) but undiscovered because
dormant, while epecial organs supers
cede them, and undeveloped becaue
unused ?
PERSON A L POINTERS.
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-Mr. Wm. Reid, of Salisbury, is
visiting Lis brother, Mr. Joel Reid.
Mr. Jay Harris spent Sunday at
his home near Harrisburg.
Messrs. Jno, Yorke and U L
Smith, of Charlotte, spent yesterday
here.
Morrison King came ;in from
Davidson college Saturday night to
spend Sunday.
Mr. Prue White, freight clerk
at the depot, spent Sunday at his
home in Greenville, S. C.
Photographer Z E Scott spent
Sunday at home. He is doing busi
ness at Qastonia.
Misses Blanche McAllister and
Mabel Barrier, accompanied by
Messrs. Dan Barrier and Jno. Ful-
enwider, spent yesterday in our
IS'
Mr. Bede Hamilton and sister,
Miss Ethel Hamilton, returned to
I1?!1, h!
t AT . A G TTamtltnn
mr. j vv ney xvubu, oi AauHuuru,
tbe canaidate for solicitor, arrived
here last night. Editor Varner, of
paoied Wmfbut retwnld home this
mornine.
" -Mr. J G Hall and wife returned
niffht after BDendine a dav or tw0inthe United States gives us
at the home of Mr. Victor Black"
welder. They stopped here on their
way home from New York.
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