Show 1 Lets Let's Explore Your Mind 1 By Dr Edward w Wiggam I SEE flEE P PROFESSOR T NOTED NERVOUSNESS ISN'T A. A A OF EITHER M SAYS ONLY OR THE l C I 1 OUR Out CHILDREN ARE AE NERVOUS YOUR OPINION ALL YOU SUPPOSE TH Y ARE i BOY AND RL jOVE MAG MA AW LAW BREAKERS rHo P. P RADIO NEWS COMMENTATOR b E TRIED TRIE-D MEN OR BY JUDGES e IT M INSTINCTS INSTINCTS' YOUR OPINION THAT ii- ii Yf J p. p 2 Address Dr Wiggam care of The Telegram inclosing a stamped envelop and 10 cents for The Art of Conversation by Milton Wright Answer nr to Question No 1 1 I dont don't agree with the sor Occasionally a highly gifted child child child-a a true child prodigy prodigy inherits inherits nervousness ess but it is pretty rare Professor Vertes seems to confuse the mischievous child with the nervous nervous nervous ner ner- child Many brilliant children are mischievous little rascals because because because be be- cause the schools give them too little littleto to do and their mental activity leads cads them to stir up trouble But nervous children are much more likely to be average or below average average average aver aver- age than above average mentally Gifted children usually inherit stronger nerv nerves s stomachs backs legs arms lungs and hearts as well weIl as stronger brains than av average rage chil dren Answer to Question No 2 2 The best person to try a delinquent delinquent de- de boy or girl is a broad broadminded broadminded minded big hearted judge trained In n child psychology social welfare work and law but I think it makes no difference whether the judge be bea a man or woman An Answer to Question No 3 S 3 Last Armistice day Mr Thomas when you described so vividly some of the scenes you had witnessed in the World war a large group of psychologists issued this statement statement paraphrased paraphrased Mans Man's aggressive aggressive ag- ag instincts do not cause war Whose aggressive instincts the instincts the themen men who fight or the leaders who get them into war When two men fight ight they know why they are fighting fight- fight ing ng but in war the soldiers are ire specially specially specially kept from knowing why they fight ight and are motivated by y false propaganda In a poll poIl of several hundred American psychologists experts experts in the study of in over over 90 per cent held that the fighting instincts do not cause war Copyright 1938 for The Telegram i |