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Show fin nun iSj Boj Who Was Speechless for W i Sixteen Years Develops I Remarkably. I : ; I MUSIC TEACHER APPLIES i I NEW EDUCATIONAL THEORY lfo I 4 1 :S J-Painstaking Work of Scientist Jli Yields Results That Are .3 f Simply Astonishing. I ? X'' NEW XORIC. Jan. 14. Speechless for sixteen years. Gustav Laut has In ton BI;nlonths learned to talk lluontly. During jhUho samo period he has developed from $ I an abnormal, undeveloped, almost im-""Sl im-""Sl boclle boy Into an alert, active, ambl-tlous ambl-tlous person; he has grown four Inches Jn height, permanent teeth have come 5 to h!m against all the beliefs of the den-$ den-$ tal jirofesslon, and he now gives promise . 3 of becoming a healthy, normal man. His J ? development Is the result of experiments I by Professor Charles Morris Campbell of U a Albany, N. T an instructor In music, 2 who treated the boy according to theories fa of his own theoricb- which he- believes 6 will cure the deaf and ever, the blind ' r'w as well as the dumb, and put an end to 1 jr imbecility. S Explains New Tlioory. m f "l my Ba' don't trj' to force upon 3 ,m an abnormal person a normal education. 1j I Rny m.oro lhan 'ou foi'ce an abnormal y education upon a normal human bolnr " i I W,R. Professor Campbell. "Instead of i, S seeking to choke down tho throats of , i ,fi the former stereotyped Instruction that I If ' TH'1' b,9, rto,n? "crlous harm to his A t 8J.unl5? fau,". JMVo your attention to f f educating- those abnormalities and pffwet-' pffwet-' liip a cure. "In this way an nbnormal person mav be brought to I ho condition where he can hecomo an active, useful agent In life, and not bo forced to bear a millstone mill-stone about his nock. "And the way to that cure lies In proper cxerciso. most carefully directed, which will equalise the distribution of nervo force throughout the body, thus bringing about co-ordlnativn of the mus-c mus-c Ui,rV nm1, ncrvous systems of thu body." when tho boy first came to his notice. Professor Campbell said all of his habits were infantile and he was nbnormal In every way. His body was undeveloped, as was his brain. Professor Campbell ocgan by causing the boy to wlgglo one of his toes, an operation which rcqulrod several weeks. Gradually tho principle was extended, muscles were stimulated, and with their stimulation came a response re-sponse from lungs and heart and other vital organs. Circulation was quickened and finally came the power to speak. The boy has developed ambitions and says he Is determined to go through college as soon as he can make up for lost time. Professor Campbell brought Iaut to New York for the purpose or demonstrating demon-strating to Columbia college professors his theory of scientific development of the abnormal. |
