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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1942)
Student Obeys Orders 'LJnderHypnoticInfluence By HERB PENNY A coke tastes pretty good at any time but when you can get it out of a tap it becomes a boon to higher education. Of course it “w'arn’t” actually a coke, but to Dave John, under the effects of hypnotic suggestion, it tasted like one, and he smacked bis under lip over his upper in enjoyment after drinking the grass of water which Dr. Lester Beck, associate professor of psychology, had given At this point Jahn was com pletely hypnotized. Dr. Beck then began to stroke Jahn’s arm and gave the suggestion that his hand was insensible. A pin was stuck nto the skin between Jahn’s right thumb and forefinger and no re action was observed. To all ap pearances Jahn’s hand was com pletely nerveless. No Pain Then Dr. Beck lit a match and told Jahn to hold it in his hand. min. The free refreshing pause was only a part of various reactions which Jahn experienced after Dr. Beck had put him in an hypnotic trance. Just before this pause he had put the same glass of water to his lips in obvious distaste because he had been informed it was a glass of quinine. "It tastes like aspirin,” he said, after grim acing. Both aspirin and quinine are bitter in taste. Hypnotic Methods To begin the experiment Jahn relaxed in an easy chair and put liis foci on another. Lights were dim and Dr. Beck began talking in a low voice that could not be heard 10 feet away. Jahn’s eyes were open and Dr. Beck talked in a droning monotone that im perceptibly grew louder. The words “sleep” and “drowsy” were - ■^''■'Stressed and drawn out. Dr. Beck did not fix Jahn with his eyes, as is commonly suuposed is done. Instead he sat beside Jahn and held his hand above Jahn’s head and told him to fix his eyes upon it. Gradually Jahn’s eyes closed Dr. Beck «.e.is <iahn that the coin on the chair o -•» »<«1 he is shown attempting to pick it up. Because of the hypnotic sug gestion which has been given to him he cannot do so. and he gave the appearance of be ing in a deep sleep. Finally Dr. Beck abruptly stopped talking. Jahn was «. j ’mat lie was blind and the auu.o wash uuib picture was taken only a levy feet from him. Only a slight dilation of the ^pupils of his eyes was noticed. Novel Dinner Features Malayan Foob Tonight Dr. Paul B. Means, professor of religion, and his family will present a Malayan Reistafel din ner at the First Methodist church tonight at 6:30. Reistafel, according to Dr. Means, is the Sunday dinner of the Dutch East Indies. It is made with rice combined with a va riety of other foods in an attempt to combine all the foods and con diments the natives have devel _ oned. The name means the rice table. Tickets to the dinner and pro gram following are 40 cents. Mrs. Henry Howard is in charge of ticket sales (phone 1437-R). The public is welcome. Proceeds will go to world service. Stovall Attends Meet At Portland Thursday J. C. Stovall, CPT coordinator, will go to Portland Thursday to meet that evening with coordin ators and flight operators of the seventh district. The meeting, to be held at Swan Island airport, W’ill be to determine the future and program, and when and where flight operations can take place. Eugene is-within 150 miles of the coast, which is too close under government war-time regu lations. At Second Glance (Continued from page two) the air corps. . . . Those studying at the library Monday night were inspired by a loud, if not lovely rendition of “Mood Indigo” by several ATOs, gathered on the front terrace ... To Ted Hallock: one doesn’t always win by chang ing horses after the race has be gun. . . . And if you’re still with us, might ask P.ylla Hattan, Tri Delt, about those “Wabash Blues” . . . and, of course, we’re forever running into freshmen who want palms at their house dance so they can hold hands. . . . The Oregon seal by Villard mentions something about Oregon being founded in 1876. Let’s pause a moment to ponder where they lost it in the first place. . . . One sentence description of a blind date: “She was only a chimney sweep’s daughter, but she soots me.” SHORT STORIETTE: Fantasy In Eight Cylinders “What is this, darling?” “That, Angel, is the gear shift.” “And this ....?” “That’s the ignition, Honey.” “And this, precious?” she asked, stepping on the accelera tor. “And this, dear, is heaven,” he said, picking up a harp and fly ing away. Kentucky’s Danville college, with 341 students, offers 80 schol arships. At this stage Jahn’s eyes vere open and looking at the match. When the flame approached his fingers he dropped the match and explained his action by saying, still in the trance that it “did not seem right” to continue holding it. When, however, the lighted match was put in his hand again, this time with eyes closed, he continued to hold the match even when it burned his fingers. No pain was apparent. This demon strated the principle that the subject will not do acts against his previous training if he can observe the process. Dr. Beck then suggested that Jahn’s hand was no longer in sensible and immediately Jahn felt pain from the previous ex periment. This was dispelled when he was told that all pain was gone. Post-Hypnotism A post-hypnotic suggestion was given to Jahn. This process in volves telling the subject to do some act after he has come out of his trance. Dr. Beck suggested University Graduate Promoted to Captain Donald Childers, University graduate in 1940, has been pro moted to the rank of captain of infantry, according to word re ceived here yesterday. Captain Childers has been on duty with General MacArthur’s troops in the Philippines as a lieu tenant for more than a year. I Illliw II ■lllllll —TTT—-I1 MODERN SANDMAN Photo by Don Jones Dr. L. F. Beck (left) uses hypnotic suggestion to put Dave Jahn to sleep. Jahn is sitting quietly in an easy chair while Dr. Beck speaks to him in a low voice. Jahn’s eyes are closed. that Jahn read the University catalog, which was placed beside him, and to laugh at even num bered pages, but not at odd num bered. After he did this he was to go back in the trance. Dr. Beck woke Jahn up in a gradual manner and, following the suggestion, he proceeded to read the catalog. Oa looking at the science department of the book, he made a humorous re mark on the recent acquisition of a science school by Oregon. This demonstrated the fact that th; subject always does the post hypnotic suggestion in as natural a manner as possible. Dave then went back into the trance with no prompting. He was then told that he was blind and with his eyes wide open staring at the ceiling Dave could see nothing. A picture was taken with a fash bulb at a distance of six feet and only a slight con traction of the pupils was ob served when the flash went off. As a Pinal test Dr. Beck gave Jahn another post-hypnotic sug gestion. This time he was tckl that when awakened he would have a desire to smoke but could not because he was in a Univer sity building. When he awoke he solved the problem that bothered him by appealing to Dr. Beck, as a faculty member, to allow him to smoke. He was quite uneasy before he did this but afterward* quite .'aim. • 11 * 3 '■ - New under-arm Cream Deodorant safely Stops Perspiration 1. Does not rot dresses or men’s shirts. Does not irritate skin. 2. No waiting to dry. Can be used right after shaving. 3. Instantly stops perspiration for 1 to 3 days. Removes odor from perspiration. 4. A pure, white, greaseless, stainless vanishing cream. 5. Arrid has been awarded the Approval Seal of the American Institute of Laundering for being harmless to fabrics. 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