Word: witten
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Superintendent Harold Witten's way of thinking, this will be the patient's first move toward getting back into step with society. Though music has been used for centuries to calm patients in many kinds of hospitals, only recently has it been used to break through the icy calm of schizophrenics. At Central State, Dr. Witten has introduced one of the most vigorous programs of music therapy...
...young, bop. Except for deliberately sedative programs, strong rhythm is essential to get attention. After contact with the patient has been regained, the doctors can go to work with occupational and recreational therapy. Music itself is no cure, but it has helped so many patients that Dr. Witten says: "We don't talk in terms of hopeless cases; we don't believe there are any." Now 30 of the patients are so far recovered that they turned the tables on the staff, put on their own music program for Christmas...
Miss Barbara Witten, Mademoiselle's "college board" editor, will be the Annex' guest for a Moors Hall dinner with a dozen campus leaders. A demi-tasse hour in Moors will follow immediately, and is open to any 'Cliffedwellers interested in the contest. Miss Witten will be present to answer questions...