ASPR Journal, V14 - Iapsop.com

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A " P sychonr-etric " Experinumt. 205
and I make large use of the blackboard in all my work. My
favorite subjects are psychology and ethics, and my strongest point
in teaching these subjects is the fair success which I have had in
explaining abstract principles in terms of the phenomena of every
day life.
( 3.) My childhood and early boyhood was spent on a southern
plantation. I did not like rural life, and at an early age was making
my plans to leave the farm to go to the city.
( 4.) I took my college course in a distant city, and had a railroad
journey of about 700 miles. As I was quite young and had
never been far away from home previous to going to college, the
railroad journey necessarily made a great impression upon my mind.
( 5.) After reaching the city where I was to take my college
course, I did become very homesick and planned to return home;
but in a few days I was enjoying the work and having the jolliest
kind of a time with the boys.
( 6.) In my college work I made very high marks in Literature,
History, Philosophy and the Sciences, and rather low grade in
Latin.
(7.) The college had large and flourishing Literary Societies.
From the very first I took a very deep interest in society work, and
held all the offices and won all the honors ·which the society could
confer.
( 8.) During my Senior year I had an interesting experience
with the instructor in Latin, who came to the college to teach one
year during the absence of the regular Professor of the department.
It is true that he did not like me as a student and I did not like him
as a teacher, and some rather interesting episodes grew out of the
year's work.
J. R. MosLEY.
On October 5th, Dr. Hyslop transmitted Prof. Mosely's
statement, and expressed regret that it was not more full. then
added:
But the account is good enough to show how specific some of
the facts were, and they have more weight when we reflect that
they do not represent a mere portion of the whole that were stated,
but are by far the largest part of what the psychometrist did with
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