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...constantly increasing consultation of students with the psychiatrists of the Hygiene Department first made apparent to Dr. Bock the need for such an adviser as the one who enters upon his duties tonight. It was wisely recognized that vague fears of psycho-analysis and similar diaoblical devices commonly associated with the impersonal ingenuity of the professional mental adjusters, might deter many men from consulting them, whereas these men might at the same time be quite willing to lay their troubles before one who, besides being qualified to advise, is above all sympathetic and acquainted with the sort of difficulty...
...Geography 1 were regularly open to Freshmen, individual abilities would appear before the end of the year. This proof is far superior to the present decisions based on amateur psycho-analysis of students by the instructors. It is the only fair method to demonstrate to students their actual adaptability to the requirements of the field. The result should raise the calibre of concentrators, which would be to the advantage of those really interested...
...past Jung has contributed greatly to psychology by broadening and deepening the otherwise narrow outlook of psycho-analysis. It is regrettable, however, to discover that a man of such keen psychological insight is willing to dull his scientific sensibilities through indirect association with the Nazi race theories. Jung may properly be honored for his contributions in the past if one is willing to overlook the unscientific trend of his pronouncements in the present." Gordon W. Allport
Difficulties experienced by young pupils in learning to read will be the subject of the second conference, which will take place tomorrow afternoon and evening in Emerson D under the direction of Walter F. Dearborn, Director of the Harvard Psycho-Educational Clinic...
...years Dr. Charles E. Spearman, emeritus professor of Psychology at University of London, has made his name well-known as a specialist in what he calls "psycho-mathematics." A Fellow of the Royal Society, onetime (1923-26) president of the British Psychological Society, he was, according to his Who's Who entry, "twice thanked by the British Admiralty for psychological services...