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The Blyth Standard, 1930-06-19, Page 6Teacher Starts Fight in School To Study Reactions of Pupils Here's a Teacher Who Starts a Fight Among His Pupils to Study Their Reactions! Following a premeditated scute among students is one or his classes, sad checking the report of student witnesses after the incident, the relia- bility of witness testimony 12as again been attacked by Dr. ilichard II. Payn- ter,professor at Long Island Univer- sity, Ito has been making a series of _experiments in the application of phy- chological technique to police 011111 11 - titration 011(1 jurisprudence. ';Professor Paynter found not only many different versions of the in- dent enacted in his classroom were reported by the 1441 members of the class, but that these stories were al- tered and distorted when the class was re-examined one week afterward. The experiment, w00 cotdncted with the aid of two students, Alfred Lucia and Charles M, Rubin, who had been coached to start a disturbance 111 the room during an examination period, A list of questions bearing on the dis- turbance was submitted to the class by Professor Paynter immediately at, ler the Incident 0n(1 one week later. Between the Med and the second ex - a1111130110110 the students had been In- formed that the episode had Veen staged for an experiment in social psychology. "An overwhelming preponderance of the class was completely in error 111 the way they inferred the motives of the two principles In the disturbance," Professor Paynter said, "This 1s es- pecially remarkable since, some five or six weeks before, the students, 1n preparing for a final examination, had to rerlew a reading assignment which notated out similarly planned experi- ments. To the extent that the students had prepared themselves, they were pre -warned of the nature or such epi- sodes itt a psychology classroom," The results of Dr. Paynter's first experiment in application of psycho- logy to jurisprudence, a year ago, led him to suggest that scientific experts who understood how to evaluate wit- ness testimony should replace laymen as jury members in criminal cases, Freedom is Vital No Honest Faces To Peace of World Says Credit Man Geneva Conference Brings Individual Not Rated on Ap- Together 15 Groups pearance by Modern Allied With. League Bureaus Geneva,—Fifteen international or- ganizatiols are participating in the second international economic con- ference organized under the auspices of the International Federation of League of Nations Societies which opened here recently under the press: (100cy 01 Yvos Le Arocgne•, French Senator, Sir Ceorge Paish, well-known Bri- tish economist, opened discussion on the fundamentals of 1111 economic pol- icy favorable to peace. IIo asserted that nations are pursuing policies which are rendering the slivation in- creasingly dangerous from every point of view, political 00 welt 00 financial, n his opinion, if the policy of trade and immigration restriction is linen.- Med, imen-shied, then the present difficulties will grow into a calamity, and nations will be subjected to a degree of suffering never before experloieed in modern times, On the other hand, if the policy of trade restriction were re- versed not only to the extent recom- mended by the World Economic Con- feenee, but completely, by deslrua tion of every barrier to trade and mi- gration, then recovery would be rapid and the most difficult financial sitna• tion with which the world has ever been confronted would be adjusted, A series of resolutions were sub- mi1ted by the European Customs Union and other organizations which w111 be reported open at a late session by Dr. Dernburg, former German Min- ister for Colonies, 1930 is Britain's Healthiest Year London. ---The year 1930 shows signs of bidding fair to go down in history as one of the healthiest years that this country ever experienced, In Lmldon, according to the Regis- trar -General's returns, the deaths from influenza during the first four ino1iths numbered 208, compared With 2,863 during the sante period of 1929, The deaths from all causes over the 0111110 period numbered 20,358, a 12,000 decrease, The explanation probably is that England has been blessed with an ex- ceptionally mild winter, and thus all classes of the community have been able to reap the benefit of plenty of fresh air and sunshine. The general resistance to infection has therefore been heightened and, as 11'consequence, disease has been less prevalent -and doctors have accord- ingiy, suffered, Canada Scores! Montreal, Que.—"Canada scored signally in the early weeks of the Itnternational Exhibition at Antwerp and continues to lead and dominate the Pair, said E. T, Noble, Director of Exhibits (Dept. of Immigration and Colonization), Canaliah Pacific Rail- way, on his return from that exhibi- tion,which still has six months to run, "Tine reason for Canada's peomin- once," Mr. Noltie explained, "is t11at. Canada alone of all the participating countrieshad her building set up and f0ished, inside and out, on time. Not only that, but the whole araa of the Canadian Pavilion was complete in the "There 30 no autelt thing as an hon. est Saco',' declares Frank C, Hamil- ton of St Louis, who paid a flying visit to 'Toronto recently to confer with local business met on the con- vention arrangements for the coining gathering of the National Retail Credit Association, Mr, Hamilton went on to explain that what he meant by his statement was that modern credit associations co-operative Miscalls could not estb- llsh an individual's credit rating by /1 la appearance. As a matter of fact, honesty or dishonesty is of su'prishlg- ly little importance, comparatively, in., credit matters, This, hill. Hamilton says, is due to the'fact that the great majority of people are fundamentally honest. Hollywood Films Are Anti-British? London—Sir Janes Parr, high com- missioner for New Zealand, denounced in unmistakable terms American films, at a meeting of the British Empire Film Institute in the House of Com- mons of June 5. "It is horrible to think," he said, "of the British Empire receiving its education front .he place called I-Iolly- wood. Maus, of tine pictures (made in Hollywood are decidedly anti-British in their attitude, "A child once asked me if England had been in the war, such is the pre- ponderance of American war pictures.' He said the films portrayed the worst or a travesty on American life and that serious results had accrued through the young people of the Brit- ish Empire being brought up with Am- erican ideas and attitude toward life. This, ho declared, Would he unwhole- some for the future of the Ennpim. Society's Protest Stops Bullfighting Paris -- Tho Animate' Protection Society has scored a victory in its campaign against bullfights by obtain- ing all assurance from the Ministry of the Interior that further exhibitions et this nature intended to be held at 53e1un near Paris will not be allowed, Atom/tors of the society, six hundred strong went to Mein in motorcar's on the first day of a series of bullfights advertised to raise funds for local schools. They staged a demonstra- tion in the arena which resulted in the forcible expulsion of about 40 de- monstrators, As a result the specta- cular value of. the exhibition was practically destroyed and the Minis- try of the Interim' considered the con- tinuance of the exhibitions inadvisa- ble in view of the disturbance to public order, Indian Girl Defies Tribe and Gets Post Washington --Overcoming the op- position of her tribe, Juanita C,dspin, aged 20 years, a full-blooded Pueglo Indian girl of New :Mexico, has Pass- ed a civil service examination for matron and seamstress and will- re- ceive a government post at $1,080 a year, the Interior Department an- uomlee(1 recently. Tile girl was born in (Santo Do- mingo Pueblo ,between Santa Pc and last. detail of lawn and wanks, shrub- Albuquerque, a settlement more do- bary, hedge and flower beds, The whole termmeul than any of the others, the department salt), that It should'main- tain the ohoriglnal manner of lire. The tribe once blew up a windmill established by the government and has refused to permit its members to use shower baths and laundry tubs with running water which the goy eminent provided. Saint John, N,B,—Joan of Arc, reg- istered Ayrshire cosy, owned by T. E. Chicago,—A working girl in Chicago Desmond, whose farm is near Saint, trust earn no less than $20 a week to John, leads the province in the 305 keep her health and to dress attrac- day test,honor roll division, mature tively, the Y.W.C.A. has determined. class. In 1929 she yielded 13,531 pounds of milk and 572 pounds of but- "D1lo'lln in wealthy homes did not ter fat, also taking- 20th place in ail bag] h with proili'31tio11,"--Evangeline Canada that year. Duoa ensemble, in fact, was _a striking arch e;Timed 101(30h, in a singular 111011- 1101', gave an impression of efficiency that 0000 decidedly 0 feather in Can- ada's cap."' Joan of Arc -7th Place Newest Barrymore Takes Screen Test Dolores Ethel Bau•ymo'e, daughter of John Barrynhoea, and his wife, former Dolores Costello, pose fm first "scot e" at their Beverly Hills, Calif., home, Spanish Royalty Likes Informality King Delighted to Stroll Among Crowds Un- heralded Madrid—King Alfonso likes to roam around unheralded and without form- ality, and outer Members of the royal fatally gratify similar democratic im- pulses when occasion porn1lts. The queen Is fold of moving pic- ture matinees, the Prince of the, As. ttuda% attends a bull Sight now and then, the princesses play tennis, ride and golf, and are gleeful when they go on a casual shopping expedition without behlg recognized la the streets. They all go to horse races frequent - 1y during tho season. Tho Spanish court is one of the most formal and ceremonious in the world ,and its re- quirements are faithfully observed, But when informality Ss appropriate, the king and his family welcome it. Hawk and Pigeon Staunch Friends New York—A carrier pigeon and a sparrow hawk sit side by side 011 the sante perch is a cage aboard the Coronia which docked Isere recently, The pigeon, fiercely pursued by the hawk, fell exhausted on the deck of the vessel 500 miles frons land. The hawk followed It weakly to the decik, clawing and peeking at the hands of sailors who stopped its onslaught on the feeble pigeon, The birds were placed 111 separate cages where both refused food, "Why, its' a ibiinkiu' love match," asailor suggested. The pigeon was carried to rho hawk's cage. Soon both ate hearty meals and retired to their perch to sitclose together for the rest of the voyage. Milwaukee Has Gold Pavement Milwaukee, Wis.—William H. Gil- len, city engineer, says there is a city with ".9110010 paved with gold," and that city is Milwaukee. Finding particles of gold in the city sand pit, he said: "There has been throe cents worth of gold 111 each cubic yard used to pave Milwaukee streets. A pedestrian walks on 34 worth afsgold in a bloelk, and autonro- bilists driving downtown from an average distance roll over gold worth $100, 'Altogether, there is about $48,500 worts" G. B. S. Says "Rubbish," Then Sings Opera Novelist Did Not Confuse Work of Weber With Wagner London—George Bernard Shaw, in a free telephone interview—with tousle—Indignantly denied that he had 'been guilty of a slip of tine ton- gue In discussing Wagner. 111l1le Shaw was telling Arturo Tee- catli11l and his musicians about Wag. ncrian Music at a reception recently lie was understood to say his first acquaintance with the composer's work was a badly -played rendition of "Freischuetz." His words were quoted that way by Hungry Lemmings Rush Madly to Sea Rodents Surmount Untold Difficulties -'Wolves Fat- ten an Victims Scourged by the whip of hualger, the lemmings, pugnacious little rodents of Scandinavia, are now on their weird migration to the sea, The lemmings, rat -like creatures with yellowish - brown for, and usually of bold and fearless demeanor, have boon some- what of a puzzle to scientists by their strange periodic rush to the ocean and to death A warm summer increases their numbers beyond computation and beyond support, Scarcity of food be- gins to be felt and their comfortable lifers disturbed by anxiety for the future, hear, increasing to panic, takes possession of then] and they as- semble together and prepare to mi- grate. Arranging themselves in ranks, they move like a living stream flowing from the heights to the low grounds. "The hunger increases every Minute, and the speed of the march quickens in proportion; every obstacle seems sur- mountable, every danger trifling, and tllousmuls rush 011 to death. They gnaw, through haystacks, climb over mountains, swish across rivers, broad lakes and even arms of the sea, h hostile company follows in their wake; wolves and foxes, martens and wea- sels, the ravenous dogs of the Lapps, eagles, buzzards and 0210117 owls, gulls and fishes fatten on the helpless vic- tims, whilst disease and epidemics probably destroy more than all other enemies combined, The march is ever Magicians Adopt toward the sea, and this also the Iem- mings seek to cross, obedient to some Code of Ethies instinctive command to gofo straigthe ht on at all costs, , , , The waves North Sen or the Baltic sweep over them and the march of the lemmings Magic is Entertainment Super- human Powers Fraulu- is ended,' says Professor J. Arthur Thompson, in his Outline of Science, lent • "and their population problem solved." Chicago—A code of ethics has been The last of these strange migrations adopted by the leaders in that form took place about six yen's ago, and of entertainment knowa as magic, it now crones the news that the hills and was disclosed at the second tlatiorla valleys of Eastern Norway are wit - conference et the Society of American Messing another strange march to Magicians; held hero recently, which death. This instinctive • and, to us, brought together 350 amateur and pro tragic attempt to solve a population Sessional magicians, many of whose problem, sets us thinking afresh about names; are well known by the public, the mystery of instinct—one of the Slagle as these entertainers perform most marvellous things in Nature— it, is nothing more no' less than al whence did income? And what is the engaging form of entertainment, and history behind it? Science simply does as soon 0s performers assume super not know- Tho hunger march of the human powers, they become frauds, lenlnlings also reminds us again of and are outside the bounds of the so 1nail's solidarity with the rest of crea- tion. We have learned that plants can feel and worms can think; and the little rodents of Scandinavia, • even with their dull smooth brains, can worry over and attempt to solve the same problems that men have to face„ Man 1s partes and 6301-001 of the universe, saving something in common with the physicist's atom and the mystic's vi- sion of God the United Press, and tills eorrespomd- ciety's ethics, John Mulholland, pub- ent telephoned the famous Socialist Itchy director of the organization, told to ask whether he had really coatis- a correspondent. ed 'Wagner with Weber, the real corn- "Anyone who pretends to know or poser of "Frelschoetz," to foretell the intimate details of an- "llubbislh! I say rubbish! nothing other's life, or to have any kind of of the sort. It was simply tlils: —I clairvoyant or hypnotic powers, is a told them that the first dune I heard fr," MMuhollanid. "e. hi• Tauahauser' it woe played so badly 0050audaloner. therle u•0 hunddredssaofI0000111 that it sounded like a plagiarism of persons, taking from the public mil. 'Froischueiz'. Listen, this Is how Nuns of dollars a Year under false Pre- tenses, and it Is our desire to expose Straw cleared his voice, then hum - them whenever we can for the pro- med, "Tra la la 1a to le." 1001101) of the pubile: "And this," lie concluded, "Tra 1a la la la la, is 'Freloclluetz. Good even- ing," Negro Will Receive Presentation Cancelled Buffalo,—Uncle- shifting industrial First Time in King's Reign 'conditions of the past 10 years the Loudon,—The first instance during Negro has gained a higher social place em - King George's reign of a cancellationas more members of the race aro eal- of a court presentation was amnoumCOd played in the skilled occupations, it 10 London recently.w00 brought 0131 at the National Ur - The Lord Chamberlain issued a ban League Conference in Buffalo, brief anAenlleemelt that the presetga, Necessity for providing the Negro non of Mrs, Christopher Courtn 'y, with inimical training to enable him Technical Training wife of Captain Couutney, Deputy Di- rector of One'atiohs and Intelligence in the Air Ministry, had been cancell- ed. OVlllio no anklet explanation for 1110 cancellation was given, it was pointed out that there is a strict rule against Presentation of divorcees, The Somerset house records show- ed that Airs. Courtney formerly was the wife of Alexander Arnold Rayson, but the marriage was dissolved on the husband's petition, Cancellation of a court presentation means the person's name is removed from the court record, and court pri- vileges which accompany the honor are withdrawn, to ftt 111110011 into new economic 0truc- tures brought about by expansion of major industries was stressed by Eugene 3(inekle Jones, New York CRY, executive secre1ay_ of tho national league. Chocolate is Not Candy Says Court Philadelphia,—Under a ruling hand- ed dorm by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals that sweet chocolate is not candy, the Government will have to refund nearly $7,000,000 to four chocolate manufacturing cont• paries from whom the money was col- lected as taxes on "candy." Big Airship Galley Gold Discovered In Northern Wales Penrith, Wales—A petition has been presented to the Government asking for inquiry to be 11110 into the pros- pects of mining development, particu- larly gold mining, in the neighborhood of Dolgelley in Merionethshire. It is stated that the field has been exploited, but never explored, and the Govern- ment is asked to undertake a compre- hensive survey, The Romans obtain- ed gold there and have left traces of their mining operations, such as stone troughs and the remains 'of aqueducts. In more modern times there have been occasional booms, but the speculations of unscrupulous company promoters have spoiled the genuine development. Chicavo Police Taught- Courtesy Chicago,—The automobile tourist season now beg:mning calls for "all that a poiceman can give in the way of courteousness," declares Capt, Prank C. Matchett, commanding the Chicago Traffic Division, in Police 13- 13, publication of the Chicago Police Department• 'Bant fs not being courteous, The policeman who cons - meats seingarcasticurtlycally tolerupon a tourist's 10101 ideas of operating an automo- bile is guilty of an offense that every fair-minded man frowns upon, Chain Sky Scrapers? Dallas, Tex.—The chain store idea has reached tho skyscraper hulustry! A. 28 -story building about to be erect ed here is the first of a group of six skyscrapers to be erected in the larger, American cities, with more to follow, all "hnlit on identical plans and each called the National Building, Pirnm doing a nation-wide business may have the same advertisements In each of the principal cities, Including the Haute of the building and the suite and floor manlier. 1860 Georgia Law Indicts Four Reds; Atlanta, Ga.—Georgia's drastic law, enacting possible death penalty fors conviction of a charge of attempting to incite to insurrection today had been invoked against four additional persons, Indictments were returned naming two tvomet and two Negroes, all Connmuists, on charges of incur -i rection growing out of Communist (ie..: mon'strations here and the aliegedi This photograph of kitchen on Ilritish dirigible, R-100, which is to make trip to Canada next month, was heckling cf William Green, president' brought from Rimouskl, Quo., by Canadian Pacific all' express. of the American Federation of Labor.