Show HYP OTIC A I Respect ald e institution audun hade made a spectacle of aclis aimed BT THE I 1 rod I 1 athe I 1 the pretense freUD sc V i a meae education the 1 u 9 alery ts Is Intro introduced ducet ai a spatial 1 for lady rations 1 tS TAnAr special S F J chronicle service 1 I 1 afi mams june 11 two 1 lall seminary girls have been re duped to a serious condition of ill health by reason of a curious course i of kudy in that institution it is called nerve training by the a seminary authorities u orioles but doctors who for or the axt bajt esix sir months have been calling upon u a all their medical resources to nai save the lives ot of the two young indies ladies thereby declare that it is hypnotism both girls were com con hypnotized and their nervous systems w re almost shattered they wre were forced to leave school last december her and not until today to day wera were they able to 0 leave their beds the instructor in this branch of study bunly is misa miss annie call she believes the system one of great advantage to her students teaching them to rel alize their nerves and to recognize g nerve force A portion of the e instruction is to have the student lie at full fall length and endeavor to allow tier nervous system to relax this taxation which is to an es estial point to n the instruction must bo be PO so perfect that when the instructor lifts an arm or a leg or a flatter finger of the pupil and Ws RO go it will fall as it if lifeless if it the instructor directs the student to move tread head or eye or a finger the contrell li ac sed r nerves and those only mast be and the entire relaxation must immediately follow the movement A class cf f ladies undertook this course last fall suddenly the nervous system of two of them co collapsed I 1 their brains were too one susceptible cep tible and both were completely mesmerized it was sometime before their condition was understood and until proper counteracting influences were brought to bear there was no improvement visible much opposition to this course of instruction hag has developed since ita its effects were eo so unpleasantly shown in the case of these two students this unique system of instruction is dignified fa with ith a conspicuous place in the catalogue 0 of f the seminary it has never ti ben tien en introduced elsewhere in the country in a an institution of 0 learning so far as a is known here this is what the catalogue says about it we have used a systematic treatment of the mind in itself as well as tta its guidance I 1 the body and the results should bring young women to a better nervous ba balance toting I 1 ance and so prepare them to meet life out of school w with it it strong nerves thoroughly controlled troll ed according to natural laws miss gall call has given this instruction the entire yew bit b it it has been recognized only as asan an experiment she is an enthusiast and the principal of the school is still inclined to belcove there are good points in the instruction and many physical b befits to be deril derived ved there from miss call is very much exercised over the publicity given v en in the case of 0 the two young adi ladies 68 I 1 in explaining the system of last instruction ruc ti on she said 1 I work to obtain tai n a perfectly quiet mind and then to get that mind well centered and focused to by its owner at pleasure and to secure a better direction of the mental faculty the idea is that laws governing the use of the body me may y just as successfully and consi stanty operate in governing the nse use of mind min we aim first to secure a fit perfectly passive body and the then nto to be able to use any muscles or nerves necessary whether we are to play the piano sing or sustain a part in one act on the stage in this way the body is left more perfect for natural expression in any form |