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THE DAILY PRINCETONIAN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1927FRIDAY COTILLION CLUB PLANS ANNUAL PROGRAMStudents Seek Explanations for PhenomenaBy Experiment in Psychological LaboratoryPRINCETONIAN SUMMONS CANDIDATES FROM 1931(Continued from Page One)Several important experiments are j now in progress at the University Gale Hun, Mrs. Robert Johston, Mrs. j Psychological Laboratory where pro-IHugh McNair Kahler, Mrs. Gerard fessors and students are busy in theBarnes Lambert, Mrs. Richard V. j effort to solve some of the problems Lindabury, and Mrs. William Francis th t confront them in their sciellCe.Magie.Mrs. Robert Caldwell Manning,Professor Herbert S. Langfeld, head of the Laboratory, was induced toMrs. Allan Marquand, Mrs. Paul Mat- comment on a few of these.thews, Mrs. Thomas Stanley Matth-j u hag been previously discoveredews, Mrs. Alfred Goldsboiough May-, ^hat transfer of learning exists. In or, Mrs. Malcolm MacLaien, Mrs. experiments conducted here under W illiam Starr Meyers, Mis. Edwin i jprofessox. Langfeld’s guidance the Mark Norris, Mrs. Ario Pardee, Mrs. hand wag trained to direct a pencilAlexander H. Phillips, Mrs. William ^oward a target while the individual Kelly Prentice, Mrs. Thomas Jex gaw jiancj ancj target only inPreston Jr., Mrs. M. Tayloi Pyne, a mjrror After a certain degree of Mrs. Henry Norris Russell, Mrs. David Hunter Scott, Mrs. Hugh Lenox Scott, Mrs. Duncan Spaeth, Mrs. David Hunter Stockton, Mrs. Richard Stockton 3rd, Mrs. Henry van Dyke,Mrs. Williamson U. Vreel and, and Mrs. Charles B. Worden.practice the foot was used to perform the same task. It was found that after the hand practice the foot was more accurate than if the hand had had no practice. An explanation is being sought for this phenomenon.Another problem which the Princeton scientists are striving to solve istion from the knee have not been very successful. After a bell is rung and the knee struck a sufficient number of times an occasional knee jerk can be obtained by ringing the bell alone, but this does not always happen. Anticipation of the blow seems to be a strong factor in influencing the response. The conditioned response is considered by many to be the most %essential factor in education and a more satisfactory explanation than the old theory of the association of ideas.(Continued from Page One)I _THE NATION’S CAMPUS(Continued from Page One)officially with a Freshman smoker to be given tomorrow night at 6:45, not at 8:30 as previously announced, in the Freshman Commons Room. This gathering will be addressed by Rad-cliffe Heermance, Dean of the Freshman, by Chairman Rose, and by other members of the Boards. Whitney Darrow, President of the Princeton-ian, will also give a brief talk. It is planned to throw the meeting open to discussion of the value of undergraduate extra-curricular work. Candidates for the Editorial staff will write for Saturday’s paper, after previously experimenting with newspaper style in several practice stories.versity, who have purchased for themselves heavy overcoats of blue corduroy with soft possum collars which will, when pulled up, cover the head. A large black “M” adorns the backs of the coats, which were de-MEETING OF GRAPPLERS ON SCHEDULE TOMORROW(Continued from Page One)i
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