| Show FORMATION OF CHARACTER prof demotte speaks on the harp of the senses at 13 barratt arratt hall prof john B De demotte rotte interested a well filled house last evening in barratt hall by his lecture on tle the harp of the senses or the secret of character building which was illustrated lust rated with the aid of a stereopticon while the subject itself is of rather an all abstract nature the lecturer succeeded admirably in talking making it clear tracing out the evolution of character from its beginning in the child up to its highest dev elopement in the full grown adult the lecturer gave special attention to the earliest impression or specialization of child childhood hool illustrating with citations from carwins Dar wins law of evolution and prof gardeners gardners Gard LJ ners 61 res arca cords of odthe capuchin i family ante sa S a j al a influence of sound sound waves in connection with the topic was a fe feature of the ev evening euing made more entertaining by a description of sound waves with their power and influence over the mind this was Il illustrated lustra led with the stereopticon stere which made the reference very clear the lecturer explained that as 1 the he brain tissues lire are built ul UD they become more specialized so that the things that one is in the habit oi of doing come to be done mechanically it is on an the thinking part of the brain that sanity depends civilization will never be as high as it ought until people realize how serious it is to start a soul on its voyage to eternity and here the lecturer emphasized the inconsistency of hedging a girl carefully with every safeguard safe guard and at the same time allowing a boy to find lout out the ways of the world for himself he also called attention to what lie he held to be a fact that of all the curses laid on a young man the greatest is the realization of lost opportunities port unities the audience was much impressed when he said the arm of protection Is placed around our daughters by society but society lies to its sons society should make prodigal sons impossible prof DeA demotte lotte was emphatic though careful in the language used to denounce the social traitor by whose rhose hands the hapless maid falls and in doing which he pulls to pieces the petals of 0 an american beauty rose and lie he concluded this reference by declaring who missed that girl when she died of her shame it was I 1 it was you it was society the professor made it more plain than ever to his audience that youth it the time to mould character when the mind is plastic deseret news |
