Show Prof Jos Peterson l Lectures To Scribblers Professor Joseph Peterson last year of the n B B. B Y U. U addressed the Scribblers at their regular regular meeting Professor Petersons Peterson's subject was The Development and Meaning of Per Per- He showed that what w we e call calla a tt personality is simply a group or bundle of co experiences It is possible possible pos pOSe sible through sudden shock to so derange these experiences as to destroy the personality just as asby asby by hammering a magnet the molecular arra arrangement arrangement arrange arrange- gement ge- ge ment may be disturbed so that the magnetism is lost We Ve have all heard of cases where a blow on the head or a severe emotional shock has caused a cleavage in personality that is i'S the person person person per- per son sustaining the shock has forgotten all or part of his previous life sometimes even including power to walk eat or speak In such a case a anew anew anew new group of experiences is found and a new personality personality personality per per- results Professor Peterson related a avery avery avery very remarkable case of this kind A certain young lady of the middle West Vest receiving a shock lost her personality She developed a new personality personality personality person person- which soon gave way to a third and then to toa toa toa a fourth and so on In a short time this one girl had developed a whole group of distinct personalities ties some of them differing very materially from the others For instance the original girl was wasa a stenographer and spoke French The first and third personalities developed had these accomplishments accomplishments accomplishments while the second did not The first and third were of weak m mild ld natures natures- while the second was strong assertive and cruel These three were the strongest of the group and constantly constantly constantly con con- She might go to bed as a'S one and awake as another In any state she could recall what had happened when previously in that same state but was ignorant of the actions of any of the other personalities Personality No 2 called Sally developed a strong hatred for 1 and 3 and did all in her a power rower to fo plague and torture re them while hile these milder natures lived live in constant dread drea of Sally Finally Martin Prince under whose care the patient fell effected a partially successful cure by welding all the personalities save the one called Sally into an entity by means of hypnotic sug sug- Sally has lost her vigor and power over the others She now appears only at rare in in- o o 0 |