OPAL WHITELEY CAUSE
OF INTERESTING TALK
AMONG FACULTY MEI
Dr. Conklin Believes Formei
Oregon Student Example
of Child Fantasy
That Opal Whiteley, if she h
really the daughter of Mr. and Mrs
C. E. Whiteley of Cottage Grove, is
a most interesting and highly de
veloped case of what is known as
child fantasy that has come to his
attention, is the opinion of Dr. Ed
mund S. Conklin, head of the de
partment of psychology, after read
ing the accouift of this former Ore
gon girl’s life as carried in the
March number of the Atlantic
Monthly.
D*% Conklin recently sent, out
queries all over the state to find
how many people, at one time, had
the idea that their parents were not
their own. He found that out of 900
answered queries 2 per cent actual
ly remembered having had the ex
perience, most of them in the period
just before adolescence at the age
of 8 or 12. Out of this number 25
per cent, believed it at the time
they were obsessed with the idea.
This figure must be considered as
a minimum, states Dr. Conklin, since
it is highly probable that many of
the people questioned had the idea
and would recall it after meditating
upon the question for some time, or
upon being asked about the matter
at a later date.
Dr. Conklin Interested in Case
“It is highly conceivable thal Miss
Whiteley, since she is an unusually
talented girl, has dwelt upon the
fact that she is not the child of the
Whiteley’s, because of the contrast
between herself and her parents,,
until it has become a reality with
her,” declared Dr. Conklin, in dis
cussing the case of Miss Whiteley
and her diary.
“I am especially interested in Miss
Whiteley’s statement,” continued Dr.
Conklin, “because it may be that the
girl is a very well developed in
stance of this foster child fantasy
which I have been working on for
some time. It is quite possible that
the memories of her childhood are
a falsification of her imagination
which have become facts with her.”
Irregular in Work, Says Dr. Smith
Her University professors, especi
ally Dr. John Bovard and Dr. War
ren Smith, from whom she took
most of her work, have expressed
no opinion as to the genuineness of
the diary. “I knew Opal as a student
in geology,” Dr. Smith stated, “and
she was irregular in the way she
worked, but she had unbounded en
thusiasm and a very strong per
sonality.”
“Her work was never scientific,”
said Dr. Bovard, “she is a child in
her mind still and extremely imag
inative. She is a genius in her
way.”
DURNO ON ALL-COAST
FIVE; CHAPMAN PICKED
ON NORTHWEST TEAM
Washington State Basketball
Coach Praises Work of
Oregonians
Eddie Durno, star forward of the
Oregon basketball five and captain
elect of the 1921 team, has been se
lected as a member of the both the
Northwest conference and the Pacific
Coast conference mythical all-star
quintets by Coach J. Fred Bohler, of
Washington State college, who is a
member of Che basketball rules com
mittee. Coach Bohler also selects
“Nish” Chapman, star guard of the
Oregon quintet, for a position at
guard on his Northwest conference
team. This gives Oregon two places
on the Northwest conference mythical
five and one place on the Pacific
Coast conference quintet, placing
more of the lemon-fellow players than
those of any other team.
Durno Chosen Last Year
Durno was a unanimous selection
for the position of forward on last
year’s .Pacific Coast all star five, and
although generally conceded to be
the fastest little forward on the
coast, it was thought for a time that
his illness during the past season,'
coupled with he general hard luck of
the lemon-yellow quintet, might inter
fere wtih his chances to draw a place
on the mythical quintet. Coach Boh
ler, who made the selection, did so
after considering the choice of sev
eral other sport authorities in addi
tion to his own.
Rockey of Washington State is
given the position as the other for
ward on the Pacific Coast conference
mythical team, while Righter of Stan
ford is placed at center and Eggleston
of California and Cook of Washington
at guards. In his Northwest confer
j ence team, Bohler also selects Durno
i at forward, with Hunter of Idaho
.1 playing opposite him, Dement of Whit
man is placed at center and Copeland
of Washington State and Chapman
of Oregon, guards.
“Durno Clever, Elusive, Fast’’
In making his selection of Durno
at forward, Coach Bohler says: “Dur
i no is given a forward berth not only
| as a recognition of his excepional
! ability to shoot frpm all angles and
rare ability to dodge and work the
floor, but because of his efficiency to
score from the foul mark as well.
1 Durno is a clever dribbler, elusive
j and fast. His diminutive stature is
no handicap.”
Coach Bohler has the following to
say of “Nish” Chapman: “Chapman
is sturdy, fast, and diagnosA plays
keenly. He can shoot sufficintly ac
curate to warrant .honors and would
be used as a running guard.”
The placing of more Oregon men
on the mythical quintets than those
any other team, goes to prove that
Oregon was considered one of the
fastest teams in the conference this
year in spite of their finishing in
the cellar in the Pacific Coast con
ference and in third place in the
Northwest conference.
SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED
J. Franklin Thomas of Portland Takes
DeBusk’s Place on Commission
Prof. J. Franklin Thomas, of the
Portland school of social work, has
been appointed by President P. L.
Campbell as a member of the Child
Welfare commission to take the place
of Dr. B. D. DeBusk of the education
department, who has resigfned.
The appointment of Professor Tho
mas has been approved by Governor
Olcott.
LOST—A string of beads. Finder re
turn to Jennie Norene, at Delta
Gamma house. Reward.
OREGON FIRST STATE
IN UNION TO SURVEY
MENTAL DEFECTIVES
Dr. C. L. Carlisle Arrives Here
to Begin Investigation
On the Campus
Oregon is the first state in the
union to order a statewide investiga
: tion of delinquents and defectives, is
. the belief of Dr. Chester L. Carlisle,
j of the IT. S. public health service,
; who has arrived on the campus to
i begin work on the survey here. In
! several eastern states, Dr. Carlisle
says, county surveys have been made
at the direction of charitable or j
sociological organizations, but in no j
instances has the state taken the >
initiative as here. Great credit is
therefore due this state in the opinion
of the federal representative.
The post-institutional parole system
and the establishment of “colonies”
in connection with the state institu
tions are methods of caring for the
high grades of mental defectives and
delinquents who may be found as a
result of the state-wide survey of
this problem recently undertaken by
the extension division of the Univer
sity, says Dr. Carlisle.
Parole System Praised
“The parole system has been found
to be extremely valuable,” said Dr.
Carlisle, "and it can be worked out to
fit any type of institution. There is
usually a considerable number of
cases in institutions who can safely
be paroled when under proper super
vision in their homes and further
protected by the institution’s system
of after-care.
“Perhaps the most valuable result,
however, is that with adequate se
gregation for the lower mental types
and proper after-care for the higher
types these undesirable strains even
tually tend to disappear. In the case
of those who show mental defects
purely from the standpoint of a lack
of quantitative intelligence, the colony
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system has shown itself to be very
valuable. Such a colony may be
either agricultural or developed with
manufacturing ends in view. But in
all cases it remains a branch of the
parent institution. All the inmates
of such colonies are required to re
port back each night after the work
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are spent in supervised amusments
and other forms of recreation which
tends to keep them happy.
Local Societies Urged
"State and local county societies for
studying mental hygiene and similar
problems are always a great advan
tage to a community,” said Dr. Car
lisle. "as they assist in bringing the
knowledge as to the needs of mental
deviates and dependents before the
public. Herein lies the solution of
local problems; the town's bad boy.
the alms-house habitue, and those
others we all know about who seem
to be different from the other folks.
“Such societies can also co-operate
with the local health board in arrang
ing for the proper care of patients
suffering from mental troubles, ob
taining adequate legislation for their
institutional care and in maintaining
health clinics where suspected indi
viduals may receive a thorough men
tal and physical examination.”
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future Chapter House in an ad
dition that is restricted to use
for residential purposes only.
Kincaid Addition immediately
adjoins the University of Ore
gon campus and will be sold to
student organizations on very
liberal terms.
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