Word: cannonism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Bared Brains. At Harvard Medical School, Dr. Walter Bradford Cannon with Dr. Philip Bard pared off various parts from the brains of animals and studied what functions were lost and what remained. They discovered that emotional activity is controlled by a very small section in the optic thalamus. This is either of a pair of oblong masses of grey matter situated in the inner recesses of the brain. It is the most primitive part of the brain and is common in all vertebrates from fishes to man. The higher thought centres of the brain keep this primitive focus under control...
...Cannon, '96, George Higginson Professor of Physiology, will report on "Neural Organization for Emotional Expression," and Morton Prince '75. Associate Professor of Abnormal and Dynamic Psychology, will discuss the question. "Can Emotion be Regarded as Energy...
Died. John Dalzell, 82, for 26 years (1887-1913) Republican member of Congress from Pittsburgh; at Altadena, Calif. Known as "Father of the House", he with Payne, Dingley and Cannon, were the "big four" who shaped legislation...
...approaching automobile war between Henry Ford and General Motors Corp. were symbolized in armaments, Mr. Ford would be a cannon and General Motors a machine gun. When a Ford product strikes the market squarely, as did Model T when first shot into a world of pedestrians, the battle is over. But when the Ford product misses, as Model T has been missing ever since economic prosperity in the U. S. caused the public to shift from mere transportation to touring with style, it misses by a mile. Though Henry Ford has added to his weapon such potent arms...
...Answer at once,' shouted Captain Pearson, 'or I shall fire.' . . . The Richard's bo'sun leaned out of a port. 'Fire, and be damned to you.' " For a long time guns flashed in the night and the great dark sails, punched by cannon balls, slipped down from the spars and let an unshadowed silver brighten the noisy, bloodstained decks. Finally Jones took Pearson's sword and said to him, " '[You have fought] heroically. I hope your sovereign will suitably reward...