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When L. Ron Hubbard gave dianetics to a wondering world (TIME, July 24, 1950), it looked as though he had claimed everything in sight, and more. "The hidden source of all psychosomatic ills and human aberration has been discovered," he wrote then, "and skills have been developed for their invariable cure." But to Science Fictioneer Hubbard, these achievements soon seemed like kid stuff. He broke with the Hubbard Dianetic Foundation in Wichita, "to further pursue investigations into the incredible and fantastic," as the foundation puts it. Now, the founder of still another cult, he claims to have discovered the ultimate...
...cult, L. (for Lafayette) Ron (for Ronald) Hubbard has whipped up the bastard word "Scientology," which he defines as "knowing about knowing" or "the science of knowledge." His latest ology is compounded of equal parts of science fiction, dianetics (with "auditing," "preclears" and engrams), and plain jabberwocky.* Hubbard has preached his gospel to the British; he spent last week drumming for converts in Philadelphia. Awed by his own accomplishments, Hubbard has awarded himself the degree of "D. Sen."-doctor of Scientology...
...Meter Readings. It all began when Hubbard added an electrical gadget to his dianetic auditing-an "electropsychomeer" or "E-meter," something like a lie detector. The subject holds electrodes in his hands, and a dial needle records changes in current when he tells about deeply disturbing things in his past. Hubbard found that some of his subjects could not locate "painful prenatal experiences" anywhere on earth, but when he asked them whether these things had happened on another planet, the needle jumped like crazy...
...defenseman Jeff Coolidge slammed a 30-foot drive off Taylor's pads Dave Bervey converted the rebound easily, and the Crimson had all the points it was to need. With 12 seconds to play in the frame. Captain Walt Greeley sprang Amory Hubbard loose on a picture maneuver. Taylor had no chance as Hubbard swept in all alone...
...Bliss and Hubbard completed the scoring and the rout with a goal apiece in the last two minutes...