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Lindsley, who is a student in the Department of Experimental Psychology, carried on his experiments at the Atomic Energy Commission laboratories, directed by Dr. W. W. Jetter of the Boston University Medical School. His basic tool in these experiments was a device known as the "Skinner Box." This is a small, cubby-hole sort of enclosure, in which the dog is placed. Inside the box are a feeding trough, a metal lever, and several electrical appliances, such as lights, buzzers, and horns that can be regulated from the outside. When the box is closed, it provides a perfectly controlled environment...
Plans for the center as stated in the Paul Jetter, do not advocate lush furnishings and be muralled walls, but a wholesome medium between the "let them starve" attitude which strangles budding organizations and any pampering of them which would deprive the students of the initiative and responsibility of maintaining and conducting their own affairs...
Still another 100 deaths--all occurring in state hospitals, come annually under the examination of the Department of Legal Medicine. These come through the work of Dr. Walter W. Jetter, an instructor in the Medical School and a regular member of the staff, who is the pathologist of the State Department of Mental Health...