| Show A STDY OF FEARS Dr Halls Last Lecture Before the Teachers of Utah A Hmlle 01 it Iftthd Iurinod In 1 tile nl 110ratalcy ottl irk tnl lerliltyFear Instincts Still IIngrar 10 I Uo I frot Irohldole Anlry 800 V1hp Suggestion One at the rot interesting 01 the nttjfour chlldsludy topics Invstl gated by the psychological laboratory ot Clark University Is I a study of fears The fenrlnstlnct Is tho most deeply deep-ly sealed of all our psychic Inherit nnciH And being so It la Iho most constnnl factor to which appeal ISbn IS-bn made both for good and for bad The Influence of fear Is so Brent that often I paralyzes boll mind and body and Indeed even when Us effect Is I milder It may be said lo color all our moln and Condition all our actions UNiVLiisAiiiTV or FEAR hero Is I no one without fear nnd those few who no emphatically disclaim dis-claim nil fear and Ihe psychologists who tabulate the percentages of fear Ras People are Ihlnklllg ot shock or panic or acute fright or mpecial play steel dread etc but not ot the sub ler forms like Cr of God of ale honor failure of their highest pur flames for themselves or others Not only doe everyone tear but all should fear The pdarogle problem prob-lem is not 10 eliminate fear hut 10 guage It to the power ot proper reaction reac-tion Fears that paralyze Borne brains are I good ionic for others In some form and degree all led It always The difficulty Is I to adjust to the vast range ot Individualities and the very different Binges of development A true curriculum of fears mould hI no means omit all lower and more drastic dras-tic forms but would be always Intent upon substituting Us higher and wider ranged Printer fur Its more degraded ad phnnrs onto UI 10 reverence re-verence and worship ot the u1 lime and elnplrlng Here fear must be reduced there Abated here made moro tenuous there more crass We fear God better because Iva have feared thunder Without the fnr np paratus In us hat u uealth of motive i would bo losll Quoted from 11A Study of Pears Dr Hall monogram on the subject ot this lecture other quo It ations will ho made front the Prime work where the lecture lews wm be made clearer thereby Slow IACTS Wlnn COLLECTED The facts from which this lecture Is I drawn were collected from nn exten ho range ot Indlvlduol comes A Iwo page circular or qucsllonalro was widely distributed among teachers and student All Ith a request that answers thereto he affected and sent 10 the Clarlt university for collation Twelve thousand anrs have been received each giving on an average about one dozen can with concommllont cir curnstances IThat the reader may get some Idea lit the questions asked 1 quote here Iwo paragraphs from this syllabus 1 Fears tit celestial phenomena igof winds storms ihunder and lightning light-ning heavenly boillesmeteorssk > fall Ing I cloud totals fog and oloudtorm end ot Ihe world and attendant phno meant night ant darkness eclipse moon hr king that the itin may not 1 1cullor sky color northern lights excessive heat und cold loss of orientation and Ito Into ot Compass 3 Living things selfmoving things generally big eyes mouth teeth dogs cats snakes pIg rats and mice spiders spid-ers bugs anti beetles toads etc sight at blood rubber and burglars slrang arm society and ba hfulm s fear of being laughed nt talked ot or of be I ng ildculous shyness of opposite fix rear of fighting cowardice poltroon cry suspiclousness al 7 II each oe state order anti age ffeor how long thy lasted howlnt tense they wet what acts they lomplll And dUNlol1 god or > ad effects was sleep affected Stale specific sjmploms slarling paleness or oat Initiations rlgldlij cramps horlpllalon and creepy 01 lnt tel Ieo nauoo weakness fainting Slight causes treatment it a cureeJ now cibBifirn When collected the answers to this yllabuu covered nearly I 4 < M manu crlpt pate The classifying of this Iverse material required unusual Patience pa-tience and painstaking tabulation and II could nnvcr have been cone hj on lerion A rough classification of 0 450 loa with reference to the object iRWil save the following general re lifts IVnr of Celestial phenomena I e thunder and lightning cyeloneo comet com-et eclipses etc Dills cases with G03 wih 13 01 them for thunder arid lightning of drkn ss ghoet Irom far Poll mde i I9 came wlb 4 it dDrkue lone ot nnlmals I 1 481 c A a will H3 01 them for reptIles 01 fire water anti drowning e2 cas of aU nge Per lon elc 5S6 coco nnl ot death and disci te MO cases I From which It would stem that fear at nnlmals predominates then follow fear oC natural frcl Lear of darkness dark-ness Shunts etc tolloed 1 by Stela tinter etc ulth dealt and dleuselho mnll1 In the list Classified according to FOX girls hod oUy 10ro tn than boys Out ot 1100 well I OncrllKMl I fears ot 0 boys nnd 1 7C5 well denni tears ot too girls following comparative e of am Ceor Silva are telcctea from 23 varlctlei Girls Boys Ot thunder and lightning 230 165 OC fare num 1M 1 Sal ler80n 11 1110 I IS 13 nt flarliness 11 ISO Ot death H2 7 Of rut and mire r 13 ot ght 1 2 HoC H-oC water 13 63 o blood 41 I shyness 8 9 Inlrlos 7 0 Total 112 753 From vihleh It would seem that thereIn there-In I ground fir Ihe proverbial tlmldll of the feminine sex though not no much on Is I ordinarily mippoitd The number of fears Ih IV haunt children chil-dren varies will age IThui 3d boys below 4 years return 170 tears each while 74 girls of the same age average 489 fears each All Iheio bins record rec-ord 2S anti all these girls 4 C2 fears rah The fears of the lo > s Increase from 7 lo 15 nnd then decline while Ore of the girls Increase more steadily steadi-ly from 4 lo 18 Tnklnr tile seven logtthrr the foi lowing classes ot fears how decline with advancing years Met coral clouds hlnnl orld b kidnapped end of world bolng kldnppeo 101Ie loss ot orientation ihyncss of strnno hle tire Collowln In 1 crease Thunder ono lightning rep tilem robbers ItconclouBnos mo rhlerS chineary Incrooe during Ihlcent rar wlh suhqnonl decline UPIor In = 1nrkns unter domestic ant mul Insects ght death and dl scene 6 While mDns special tDr decline nn others Increase Ih Ree mAn Infantile fears remain Ihrnnh life and rrom ot one rp Parlors nay that there has been no Imnire In their fenrsI IMIONALIZING HATIONAIIXINO GUn TOAIIS Arllolo8 conception ot allocation as that 01 Inrnlnl 10 Ir ihat one ought to fear and ot courw causing to fear what ono ought not 10 fear This might certainly be taken ns on admirable description o true courage Anl i It mo be said that the race la steadily readjusting Us fears accordIng accord-Ing to the new light thrown upon thom hs the advancement o upn tart I Is I flaw process for fear In I Ingrained In 124 II Is I the lingering Inherlollrp lt nil past ages Instincts vvhleh U took thousands of years to engmtl will not ont ot our natures merely because ill 0 Intellect Is convinced that theynte Loelos Talo for Instance the ropugnnnce lelt townrd I hnlml or or cover Pillar orlng over tile person or tile rrnnlle ta Caused hv lite presence nl n poor mile mouse und ve have InBtno 01 tile persistence tit fear In Pilots In spite of the reassurance of knowledge The same fact Is I Illustrated by what we cat or refuse to onto The scientist may assure us that the grave hornr 14 I PR dlrlp and dellclo I morsel us the shrimp but ns yet lie Is I prnc tlcnllv believed onlyby th TJte Indian who fall known oly1 agp However If this same shrimp with Ihe oyster the crab tile Inbsler and other formldnblelooklnz edibles could ronnuer our Instincts knnwlo10 may vet bridge our repugnance to the gross hOlpr the frog nnrl scores ot Other delectable animal and vegetable products prod-ucts flint now PIO 10 walp NO r1NCLATunn The quelon ot glvln scientific nams to faris confronted the rom r1 Itp I tokln thpn 1Inlon The Orrlr word pliollft Ftnlll for fear nnd the procepm would ho one ot saddIng the npproprlnle prefix thus Swart I Ihohla or COOl ot water nlrohohla or teen of Ihe heavenly bodlesclamitra Iholla or tor nt uloallon pyropho No or Ilene of fire floarlarlmblft or tit fur rlof f tie fear rl I Spells It seemed hardly I w rill 1h 0 to ndil these wordit 10 Iho In runge especially In view nl thA fo f hot we we nhle1 to rlnnttv 91 1lolnct rlle me It wfilthirould note tax our Ingenuity for G reek oqull 1NCONSTfTFXT rnATf I Is n remarkable fact that mot I men fear wl tit I ls quite harmlppq such am m1 anhnal Infects ghosts the numhtr 13 etc ant are strnoly at case In Ihe Presence 01 great danger An Instance 01 the latter Is I the matter of tact way In I which People treat consumption con-sumption ono of the most deadly Con i tarelous dloeavps known 10 medicine People who advertise their climate 10 attract consumptives Into their midst ought In order to be quite consistent to he f n tar of diphtheria mall pox or yellow fever TUIIVCD HOUND The fear of Io lng ones orientation I I Is I In not distresmIng f many people One girl wrote that she sweats feels faint and nauseated If she cannot In slanlly locate every door and window on waking at night Another rai never have furniture movl In hr bell rom hoenup tile feeling ot heIng turned round given her n lorlbln Panic Another studied one year In Berlin It wn never happy there because cast would seem west and the sun went Hit wrong way Mot hu man beings feel Ill nt no nt lose ot orientation still with many It amounts to positive pain cLAtRTnAPIIOlI The fear at elone or suffocation Is n less agonlzlng lo very many People I here always had the horor write one boy II a blanket got over my head or 1 Ivan shut In a dark clonet Novella tire nwara how mans poole ennnol hear 10 sleep In n rom wlO clod doors Rom ot our car respondents Putter Intensely from fear ot being burled alive On though In grand heallh had this fear so ncute that she wrote out dlrcrtl to have n bell rope tied 10 her hand when she should be put Into tire grnvP nolherwanlcd n little xtondlng out 01 late cmn 80 that 100 could breathe and peak no lady oC 27 cannot hear or even read such words ns stran ling surocalon 8Irongln hanging etc wlhout nefrvous smploths Another gets Into a panic if her linger swells so ns to make herring her-ring tight Impatience 01 restraint Is I n more widely diffused form of this same fear Bonds of any kind are so hateful to some leo Ile that they corals to live In the mar erlvnavthnernar Stage estate for Ito olher ran and mt of us can sympathize wllh the wo maiden who said stamping her tnmphll her tiny foot Papa dont say must to mo It makes mo t1 wont all over WATiit AND WIND The fear ot water In Ie unreason olt form Is I Almost universal at some stole of childhood TO bo washed wrle mo young lady always mode me b lrell out any eyes bulge anti t almost wltfi was a Imot convulsed with fear Molhern with few exceptions call tell it how one or perhaps nil ot their chll Iron fought against the bath lull and he absurd fear that may be witnessed wit-nessed at any bathing resort nrn quite as characteristic as they are amusing So also of winds and cyclones ITo I be out In I a violent wind writes a young woman of 22 not only makes trip Crone anti r Irritable but Its I ivllng especially at night has al ways bon extremely depressing I have no definite fear but I bring to any mind many possible and Impossible it Ill ters and makes me sad and blue A i I cat ofthe windfear are expressed by women INol Iran wonderful power liver the emotions ot childhood especially during nil the plastic InceptIve stages of language and creates nil kinds of scenes and imagery ou the Irlllopl Illustrated In descriptive program I music The wind start up rattling roaring sighing nil kinds of Bounder suggesting anitimls I monsters Iln Cry battles Iho sea In nil its moods pat otpc scenes unit uuhnl dlolu Uon I Is the hDndmtr ot natures lanmemher1 hlr Rod cnn play upon nltnnnt the whole t tilt nt our emotional life 6 at let with nil Us power It Is I Invisible lloic per haps than un Ihlnl else It created In prlmlhe consciousness the unseen spiritual world ciotmi AND SKY roncrs What child has not passed through I period ot awe when first led to con temp lie the clouds and other moving forces or natulethe sun thee mrion the stars to say nothing of thunder arid lightning And such awe Is Hit inaht icnned glo ot fear Connect tit therewith we nn1 many failing fears sky clouls sun moon rainbow rain-bow meteors comets 1ls 01 file the man In the moon tile monsters ot tho conlellallonmy drop on tax knock things off the earth < crush I There may lie colalon or explosions heavenly visitors guests from other plaracts cloud monsters or dernons or heots ot prey muj aIThe The lu 11 Sure Is revealed the terror of Iho Judgment or of the net world are foreshoiArs cyclones are Imagined the northern lights Strike terror cold weather wea-ther or snow suggests Ihe freezing up or snowing under of all till rons heal thai all things will dry I o melt rain that Hoods Impend or jet more sUleUllou a terrors Ihlo scenes are eproduieil In the elouils tile Bull tile moo and In the shadow anti bright colors 01 tllllght tany hsmn8 front lho Des Irae down how how commonly divine wrath and even the tero rs of the Judgement are conceived and described u simply l awful wea IherJ nun AND DARKNESS Ever since the fabled fire was stole front the god and Presented 10 mor I tits flee has bn nn ohject ot iNor Ship ot reverence or 01 dread as to what UBe mam made 01 this lear In that ldtm religion oery one It I aware but I IA not alono 08 an frdalh terror that fire Influences men Il fear of fire les a girl 01 nineteen prej upon my mind waking and In dreams I always Imagine I mel It wild am always expecting 10 80 lame t hen I explore the house block Brooke from any chimneY or any crackling violate makes me trmhle Darkness Sloe always oemed n myotlou thing Savages Itnnp oil on theIr shadows and try lu run way front them The prehistoric race ter form hch grew ont 01 darks PtIll linger In the nclhe fears 01 child fen ulio see things at nlRhl lHUo prayers tire shortened through dread tit a monster Standing nl the foot of the bed and health Is often Interfered ivllh by covering up the head for fear of seeing horrible eyes In the dar SU distressing Is I darkness even to many grown up people that thy kop a light burning all night TIm NIGHT MAlli Dream tear are extremely common I Any clas or form 01 Ir my Irlo n dram failing olelluUou al mal thunder water lire etc To explain ex-plain dram lear would 1e to explain till fears There tire frequent Stollen 1 oos both 10 specialize and rleal Any Impression grows tu Illusion more easily In I dream than In dark neals because the repreps1vt Inlllnc jiot only of sight but of other risen oltrc and Centers Is removed Ifence eils only feared In waking become real In uleep and we Actually it Is lit fall are chased He zed choked run till we drop fly sob love and Ie I Some 1 children are so terrorized by their dnnms that they lie awake for hour afraid to enter the dreaded land of Shad its S Agova wy 10 avoid the Incubus or nlM mare Is I lo think before going to 1101 ot the things usually connect Ju withIt The brain cells controlling th 11 rim w ill thus be discharged and th sleep be left undisturbed JKAIt OF SHOCK Shocks and the fear of shock are le I ullirly hurtful to Ihe nervous SJB t I o They leave scars upon the soul and art n lead to Epilepsy To a Intend 1 In On a shock Is tile mot dread fears ed of lte lvllUnn Is I the outcome 01 mans dI lrk to aIJ Fhock Hud Is I Ittelf th otrng < t unlhok agnlt I 111maviti nnd forces that were rough nd rsrilles I 10 our CrCaUt be t me 0 mornUcl snth uul pain Is lo us I his Sitcom proverbial lo orllic of Ihise who are able lo com o mnlll the nesting of civilization an hrlng n smoulh ny time that Is I thy un comparathly free front shock Provision ur the pWer to an Ulpalo Arid provIde for os rnUI gne Is I the beat of all Plianee that dates Immediate to the welfare of the raoo I Is I the euddennci and I xilOti11 I noses 01 all enl that gl1 u a hk I I Is sid on reUnlin ulh 1 < that a finger can be utterlv < i uh I w lt out pain I the lix < > I h t I enough and that a frog cnn bo boiled death without Its exhibiting the ast conenn If the Wall r ho but aated gradually 1 Dr ad of shock and 8urprI8 uppiars to bi I very tundmnlal In ullnct of physical and especially 01 pschl proraton I plOmpt8 ill I d a and sonnets to post mentImnipit hull1 Oielter lo and profoundly modlO thrlr hahle 6 Even leulo Is An organ 01 llolpallon a nl Ilcr 01 1 knowledge mke its hOlogrph opIxlmnte an ever tad I aliglitual lit An man reluc und 1nIZM ill hwks with which his I 3 hbib u bgan 10 terms of great at lellhliy Ih ghell t line anti en car th Subtlety required 10 deal with t hHe llo I Incnoe8 land InlI nt ndul grow Sells I mmlnr with the ruder turm8 ot hock = tolen of thpm Children howeer are 1r xlned Th air world ha still wile reopen ot ohonre here the mot unxpoltP thinI 1 mns happe at any moment 1 he rpm t of thli lorture 1 has grown 10 so hwrdhn I length that I Ipl I out Dr llnllH discussion nt Ihundei fenin relics 01 animals o eyes ot teeth of fur of fonlhers 01 Persona ot JoJItudo of death of disease uf the end ot the world of ghosts anti ot other morbid fancies ant close by n general few remarks In rttoll to fears In 1nAU ANn FASCINATION Often th Etiongrot Iras Carry mith them n rhrm or lasclnutlon that the subjit annot lislsl and 1 llieic Is I good irapnn Hi belli VL that many FUl I clUn occur finm this fatal tendency Trade Is I specialty true of water A younl Its wrltis that onep while lit talhlng tile sudden dishe seized he rout 10 I cOlml1 nlldo Bud she urged hr comlallo tu gn 1h her Into 101 water so w e ont know any More Another cannot look upon water will out an Impfraltve Impulse to plunge II though she lallnt mlin 14veral Iclbe tho charm 01 lowlY sinking 0ontilix or lying al tile holnm ot ponds 1 or seem IMMIIDIAli Uri KCTH OF FUn The ilijtlrul impressions and Kjmp some of fenr nn cry often mentioned In our return The oll Creepy aeul reventythree times and is I aimed molly fly females words signaling akuP nr loss of rower In snouts move etc seventy times In mor Blinking ot Jaw limbs etc llrtjelnht limes stIffening 01 rigidity fifty limes Pallor forty true limes respiratory changes ns holding the breath panting choking chok-ing deep teeth forlj three times hor I Action palpitation general Fouip ill non nit C sl of pulsation forty Iwu times chi Ihlrt live sweat Inr I or Hushing IVM nlelghl con uloho hock venDclghl feelIng feel-Ing 10 Ilht or fly twenty IS Vol I men twentyone Lle 81111t 0ex cover Thee P double ilia twonlyollo fascinated or entranced twh transient 1lnlns drne nr Insensitiveness eleven nleo In eats or flashes 01 color In eyes nlnp Three menUon lendenoy 10 Internet lon or dofaclton Young chllden creor or cn loudly three InfAnts frightened nt dog anti cI BIAS at IhomJ YEAR NrCrSSAIIY onn VFAro tire necessary because they ale the root 01 80 mans 01 the strongest Intellectual Interests Never 19 I the chlds ohorm In an object so great as at tile moment ulaten he is I just getting lh letter ot hIs fear of t Ono ot the chief spurs toO to-O lele and 10 science Is I to overcome over-come fear anti many 01 the things now bent known lire those that used 10 bo most feared To feel that n In fear In I no longer over hut beneath be-neath lie gives an exqull joy nt gvoth Even love may begin In stlal timidity Tenr 13 I first nroenry 10 focalize attention sand liducate In concentration concentra-tion COIleto knoWledge knowl-edge often eliminates nt only tear but also reel Love does not Past out fen r am It there were nn nmphlhols between Ihem nor y tiern let nM It fear were transpelsl d Into love hut I trace 01 rear tuned down to respect lingers not ns I mere flavor hut an contributIng part nt Its ersential reality 10 the object loved One of the worst things about e ceuslve feat seems to me lo ba that It makes people selllsh profoundly and dominantly iilflsh as few other Ihlngo do Jut had and on dangerous no Its grosser forms ne there Is no gor ot do vloplng the higher Without thom i Not extermination hut eduollon In I the not Every factor of tile 80ul ant hudy Is a factor II tolemllling how much ant ihat kInd ot the baser I Metal each Individual cnn transmit Into tile higher N L N |
