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.
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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*
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