Show Professor Still Is Seeking Ghost I 7 l T tancy In pronouncing them rank fakes falas Some of the time mediums he lie found exceedingly exceedingly exceedingly ex ex- lever too lever too clever cleyer for him to discover how they produced their spirit message But none could produce a n ghost that he could coul consider consler scientifically genuine And he rather I fears fear none ever wIl will Strange Marks on Film He Be almost surprised himself once when he lie took a photograph of ot a n medium medium medium me me- at work For the film when de developed developed de- de e- e showed showe something about the medium that looked like flashes of or spectral sf light Investigation revealed that the strange marks on the film had been cause caused by static electricity generated by a n slight friction when the paper was torn off the film pack Ghost breaking of course has been only a n part of Doctor McComas McComas' scIentific scientific scientific activity Among the time pro problems lems In psychology In which Doctor McComas has been Interested Is that of the numbering of automobile license plates In these days ays of or run hit drivers an and motorize motorized motorized mo mo- banditry It often is important to o be able atle to take n a license number quickly So the question arose What kind of figure combinations can be read quickest Ps Psychologists after extensive tests decided that numerals In an uninterrupted uninterrupted uninterrupted row were easiest to read that thata a letter or a dash In the combination I slowed perception It It also was determine determined determined deter deter- I mined mine however that If the numerals were divided by a n dash they were wele remembered remembered remembered re re- re- re better A somewhat similar conclusion was reached in regard to telephone num num- bers It was found that operators remembered remembered re re- a 4 number er better belter If the subscriber subscriber sub sub- scriber paused an nn Instant In the time midst of at the number number-in number r-In r in other thet words gave e a the 1 I. I L. L two sections Doctor McComas Is a n native nathe Baltimorean Balti- Balti morean moreon lie He attended a private school here received his n B. B A A. A at nt the Johns Hopkins university In 1807 1897 an M. M A. A at Columbia university on and a n Ph D D. D at nt Harvard He Is on an nn Indefinite leave e of ot absence absence absence ab ab- sence from flom having fou fon OU t It necessary because of the Illness of n a relative t. t lj tJ return to Baltimore last year to carry on the of ot a coal coni company He will continue to devote devote de de- de- de vote ote time to that business he says In td addition to lecturing at Hopkins |