The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 17, 1925, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE GUEST GIVES ADDRESS T0 KIWANIS CLUB Old and New Treatment of Insane Persons Explained By Superintendent Old and new ideas in the tr ment of insane persons were expl. ed by Dr. A. W. Guest, superintend ent of the North Dakota State Hos- pital at Jamestown, in an address delivered at the meeting of the Ki wanis club yesterday Dr. Guest said in part “The term ‘insane’ is ambiguously used. In the lay sense, it strange and unusual behavior, havior that is regarded as antisocis or dissocial. In the earlies such behavior was looked upon the result of a visitation either from Heaven or Hell ter the mystic coloring was discarded and i ty| was considered a moral or ment perversion, When the unusual b havior was anti-social, the deviation | was vewed a3 a manifestation of a| ruptured personality in which the brutal or animal attributes had been criminally allowed to overcome the higher or social elements. However, if the behavior was not distasteful, a socially speaking, it was frequently regarded as merely amusing of clown- ish, or if it had a religious or politi cal bearing, was sometimes heralded as allied to genius or the superna tural. Many leaders of crowds, up-( risings, cults, and so on, have been { chopathic individuals mel cial insane were at s criminals or as de- san moniacally possessed, and were im- onc prisoned, executed or punished in) ele other ways that were considered fit- | the ting at the time, shocking as they! ine seem now in the light of our present Fo day standards. i “The next stage in the evolution of | ma the attitude of society toward the in- | ma: means Me at ae wi first tri sane was represented by a wave of | normal condition enthusiams associated |a department of Occupatio’ phy opened up three years ‘This | already humanitarian with the doctrine of the moral or re ligious causation of insanity. led to the establishment of a or hospitals in ch the na were treated by “moral ,means” lums nts | so} riv me: tulled—that is by persuasion, by be- | MANY NA MES OF PROSPECTIVE | ing placed in beautiful surroundings, and by isolation, which was consid- ered conducive to meditation, A Change in the Treatment | With the rise of materialism in| science in general and the develop- | ment of the concept of cellular path- | ology in medicine in ‘particular, the formulation that disordered function was due to orgunie defect began to | be applied to the insane also. The realization grew that insanity was a medical problem, and the hospitals inj which the insane were segregated were placed under medical manage- ment. | “During both of those periods, ad- | mission to such hospitals was easy,‘ by voluntary application or by the application of relatives or friends. ‘ set sen Tr was in dealing with the antisocial in-|;"" sane that the legal concept of insan- 1 nothing more Insanity came to me condition that | or less than a ment called for segren detention and tie legal declaration o insanity resorted to only when a patient's antisocial behavior became grave enough to warrant this defini-; tion. Otherwise the solution of the problem left to the patient or to those interested in him. “From an attitude of optimism and confidence in the hospitals, public opinion—in the face of many disap- pointments, after high hopes had been raised by unaided promises and © erroneous statistics——changed to one first of skepticism and then of sus- picion, The jdea that patients were unjustly detained, that corruption existed in the hospitals, that incar-) ceration could be brought about by bribery and the like, gradually} spread and resulted in legislation | that aimed to safeguard the persons | of those who were accused of in- sanity. Commitment Became Medical Matter “Thus began a movament that not only made it more difficult to be-| come a patient in a hospital but at the same time made commitment more of a legal and less of a medical matter. People were ‘charged’ with | insanity and were dealt with in the} same manner as those who had com- mitted crimes. Complaint, arrest,! detention in jail, trial, a guard of police officers or deputy sheriffs, the exhibition of handcuffs, all the sor- did accompaniments of conflict with the law, became the recognized and eventually the only means of dealing | with the insane, Court procedure in cases of nity came to parallel that in criminal cases, in order to in- sure two things: first, that society should be protected from an individ- ual supposedly dangerous to life and property; second, that the accused individual should not be deprived of his liberty without due process of * law. | “Fortunately, the idea that insani- ty was ultimately a medical problem persisted and grew. A few revered medical pioneers, studying the seg-| regated cases from a scientific stand- point, developed the theory of mental disorder as a biological reaction. In- sane behavior was to them not so much a disease in the ordinary sense of the word, though disease might | enter in as a factor; it was the re- sult of the reaction of an individual perhaps handicapped by heredity, | environment and physical disease— to the situations, that he was forced | to meet in life. Action of Handicapped Personalities “Once this notion became recog-| nized, it was soon seen that actually | insane behavior was merely an ex-| treme type or end product, separated | from normal or average behavior, not by an impassable gulf, but by! various gradations of abnormal be- havior. Ordinary nervousness, ex- aggerated moods, tantrums, the use of alcohol and drugs, religious fan- aticism,; various forms of delinquen- cy, and the like, were recognized as primitive, unhealthy, or inferior modes of reaction of handicapped ersonalities, different, not in kind, Got in degree trom insanity. \ Present Treatuignt of Insane “The treatment and care given. to patients in all modern state hospi- tals in the United States and Canada at the present time consist of a line t suggested by the Amer- jean Psychiatric Association of which T have the honor of ie a member, and intially as follows: The \e of those who are incharge they are to fe ave arrived, that they jail but in:@ hospital that sick, and’ every effort j@ be put dort to try and get de f normal condition since insane people are in jority of ct gnly disorgan- 1 “The more common forms of consist’ of rug making, weaving, toy | Nearly 1,000 he ; munities The N. P. ing opportuniti ‘ In order to encour ity crystallized, finally becoming the , ing to this territor only precise definition of the word.} me [p this terriio ‘ation und subsequent! \reci#l homese These larger cit intermedi Campaign will be held at Mott, ( pra of the enly gradnate at the Aiken S 100] for Boys am Allen White, left, editor of Emporia, Kas. neement address, urging Hosp to “hold back those pidly or spee! up those who are holding back.” sourn C Hosp © Kansas City. W liverea the comt changing too At this point sof the M to take the ¢ b dical sta under ob togethe th a co examina n. ecp Patient REPORTS OF Mind Occupled | 4 | nt in modern mental hospitals | psist of medical, which much the me as in any other hospital. S d, electro therape! ctric treatments. Third, weutic, which consists of t and water baths, spinal urth, occupational theraphy | Delegates Tell cf Conven- tion Held in Hibbing on June 1 and 2 king; y have in a fact, everything which | reconstructive idea in) at the noonday luncheon at the Your hospital had | pions’ Den at the Grand Pacific hotel tl HUA Monday noon, an interesting report ved up three yeurs ago and) was heard from the delegates who ady much benefit, has been de-| attended the district convention of at in this depart-) the Lions International at Hibbing, Minnesota, on June 1 and 2. Bill Harris spoke on the transpor- tation to and from Bismarck and gave many little interesting stories of the trip to and from Hibbing, Minne<ota. which was made by auto. . W. Robertson spoke on the business of the convention which was carried on at the High school audi- torium at Hibbing. ‘Ine principal ad- s of the convention was made by Bishop Bennett of Duluth, who gave a stirring address to the delegates |of the district on Lionism and its ideals, purposes, und _aceomnlish- He spoke of the ‘Lions Club's | ing it was the fastest growing civic organization at the present time. Joe Spies spoke on the entertain- ment feature of the convention which ‘onsisted of a trip to one of the largest saw mills and lumber yards in the world, which is located up in the iron range country, as well as the trip to the largest open pit iron mines in the world. Many ban- quets, dances and other forms of en- tertainment for the visiting delegates were given not only in Hibbing, where the convention was held, but in Eveleth and Virginia City, neighbor- ing cities to Hibbing, which also boast strong organizations of Lions. Mr. Spies told how the Bismarck club was particularly honored in that the Bismarck Lions club song leader, Henry Halverson, was chosen as offi- cial song leader of the district con- SETTLERS LISTED) ames of prospe tlers in North Dakota h nt the immigrat Northern Pa started the } m Is, t names received to date me mostly from farmers in hat have been org: 1 follow: erest these p s to be found people com- nd finding out ming possibili- s the Northern Pacific is offering ers’ rates of a one 2 for the round trip. are available from the of the middle east and points. to explain tes Meetings the n Valley, Benlah, Werner, Killdeer anton this week, ‘This will ally complete ,the organization the western slope’of the Missouri. In communities to the east where “LIONS GIVEN DISTRICT MEET no meetings have heen held to date inquiries are coming in to the Paul office regarding the details of the campaign. Meetings are being planned for that territory ax soon as the work in the western part of the state is completed vention. The Bismarck Lions club is justly proud of their song leader and the honor shown him. Cliff Hamme) spoke on the pageant which was presented in the Hibbing auditorium by the foreign born cit- izenry of the iron range, represent- JULY IS ALWAYS HOT. Summer Suits made to your measure 00 Make one mere ip 4esoes the Atlantic witho naly A day on She open sea. from Mon! on a Canadien Pacific Monoclass (one class) cabin fe OF. on the pares of Scotland ceca Empress of France. "Empress of Scotland or Mon troyal the Empress of France Montlaurier ' Montcalm Montrose — Montclare and others H. M. TAIT, ait. A Minneapolis, Minn. EVERY DAY: ing the countries from which came. In the | progre: | America, his start in this ! whieh has b: (an nations of the world. to become a good American by striving for education, wi compulsory in that district by an al |the Hibbing night schools and good American citizen. | Lions delegates declared thi lone of the most beautiful which they had ever witnessed. The guest for the occasion | about the Farmers Picnic. Thursday, ; mously promised to do. ‘MERCHANTS OF BISMARCK TO The executive iness meeting Tuesday evening A resolution was passed recommend- the Burleigh take part in Lincoln. \ p the date to be set definitely at an- families and part. HUNTERS MAY ENJOY SPORT employees will Seattle, June 17.—(#)—The nation- its annual convention here. A fea- ture of the meeting is the large ex- hibit of models of inventions. These include a small gilder pistol, “a de- vice for making it a pleasure to ex- terminate flys.” This pistol affords “the best indoor huntine game for young and old.” It discharges a chemical to kill flies and ants. A Seattle policeman invented it. Topperwein The Most Wonderful Shooting Feat Ever — Performed. Topperwein, the world’s | greatest rifle shot, who gives an exhibition of his shooting skill here on Tues- day, June 28rd, performed the most wonderful feat ever accomplished with a rifle when in July, 1907, in San Antonio, Texas, he shot at 72,500 wooden blocks, 214 inches square, and missed only niné ‘of them. These blocks represent 6 cords of wood, and Topper- wein mounted the lumber and posed for a photograph when he completed his re- markable feat of endurance and skill. Topperwein on this occa- sion in San Antonio, which is his home, intended to shoot at 5000 blocks a day, but as he went right along hitting the blocks the score keeper didn’t bother him until he had shot at 7000. Then it was decided to shoot at 7,500 a day for ten days if the ammunition would hold out. It didn’t, therefore, Toppenwein shot at: 72,500 blocks. These blocks were thrown 25 feet in the air by an assistant. He made straight runs of 13,219, 13,292, 13,599, 14,500, missing four in the first 50,000. If you don’t think this is a remarkable stunt try it for yourself. At another time Topper- wein hit 9,999 out of 10,- 000 of these blocks thrown in the air in succession. He holds every world’s record at flying targets with rifle. Topperwein’s exhibition here with rifle, shotgun and revolver’ will be extremely interesting and everyone should witness it. “The exhibition will be given at Base Ball Park. The admission will i free. » ‘ MMM biden they unt was shown the of the immigrant arriving in country ‘ome the melting pot of His efforts jtendance of three nights a week in wily his naturalization and becoming All of the to be! geants as | Secretary Bradley of the Association | of Commerce who spoke to the Lions | at Fort Lincoln, urging all Lions to vet behind this day’s events and to | boost for it, which the club unani- HOLD PICNIC committee of the Association of Commerce held a bus- in the Association of Commerce rooms. ing that all merchants. of the city é county dairy circuit picnic tomorrow at Fort Plans were made for a merchants’ | picnic sometime in July and August, other meeting. The merchants, their take IN THEIR HOMES al association of inventors is holding O'CONNOR MINGLES WITH GREAT AND NEAR GREAT FOR MANY YEARS Drove Old Horse-Drawn Stage Over Same Route to Capitol Over Which He Now Operates Street Car Michael J. Q’Connor, who has seen | horse-drawn buggies way to mo- torized transportation and bas wit- nessed many changes Bismarck over a period of five generations, has probably known more governors than any other man in the state. And not only has he beeome inti- mate with officials of state and leg- islators but has become intimate with the manifold workings of human na- ture, its weaknesses and greatnesses. Back in the time when North Dako- ta was still a pioneer state, O’Con- nor drove a tandem attached to a bus or, to give it a more elégant appella- tion, a Studebaker wagonette. This was in the early nineties when Governor Briggs was the state executive. About this time also the early-morning fire which almost des- troyed Bismarck took place. ° With whoop O'Connor used to whip up his pair of horses and drive dignitaries and capitol employees to and from the capitol. The old days of elegance and pride that come with driving a horse-drawn passenger ve- hicle are gone and O’Connor is now master of ‘a motor-driven electric car. The mode of conveyance ha: changed with the trend of the tim but the route has remained the same. And with the change from bus to trolley has come a change in faces and personalities. O'Connor tells many stories of the old, wild and woolly days when men were men. He has seen a notorious character stand on one side of the street and demolish a -letter-box on the other side with a few well-aimed shots, and then leave a bill to cover the damage with a substantial re- mainder for the post office depart- ment. O’Connor is a product of the sturdy Pioneers of the Northwest. His fath- er was a boss contractor for the Nor- thern Pacific and built the tine into Bismarck, having under him a gang of 250 mule teams. Have Your Clothes MADE FOR YOU by Bergeson’s A Local Institution serving this community. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1925 jovernors,” he says, “are fike other people, but there have been a few outstanding ones. Besides being skipper on the car line, O'Connor is an accomplished musician, having, at one time two orchestras under his supervision. In addition, he is a successful farmer and owns a farm south of Bismarck. modations are everywhere obtainable ut very low cost. “A party of four or five can have a fine long auto trip—a vacation re- plete—for little more than the cost of staying at home. ' “And the money that the vacation: , would otherwise cost will make at least a substantial payment on any 4 about a startling uation in motor car The Chrysler Six has bic unique motor car j ownership... ‘ “All over America are families which own two, three, four and even seven Chrysler cars. There are two main ns—but both acruighs Lack to das fat that els a genuine delish to drive a Chrysler Six. . They go straight back to the fact that theChrysler paler exrice’y Dew type.ot sary Bulle on anew of engineering, which produces rad- ically different from any hegecchecs realitered. At one extreme are the families which can afford the most expensive ven cars, Many of these have found a new joy in motor- ing. who have not driven own cars for years are now driving their own Chryslers. They have discarded the heavy, cumbersome Mr. Edward C. Taubel, of Norristown, Pa., says: “The four cars we have purchased from you ha heen a eran rat in easy handling, aa amount of upkeep and general all around service. “Having owned high priced cars for the past 15 years we feel we are giving well deserved thanks for making us C owners. Mase. . J. F. Jenison, New London, Conn. H. 1» York, Pa. Edward C.Taubel, Norristown, Pa. Alexander Sellers, Jr., Phila- Bo ao 69 Go 09 09 CH Bo OLD 89 OD delphia, Pa. 6 J. W. Gloninger, Pittsburgh, Pa. "Peale ie, ‘The Brow f ‘The Crotmimpeital 3195 oe 4 3 car the family wants.” MANY PURCHASE AUTOS WITH VACATION FUNDS “A lot of people are buying a car this Spring with the vacation money —and still having a better vacation than ever” W. E. Lahr of Lahr Motor Sales Companf, Willys-Over- land distribution. “As a matter of fact, the sum usually spent by the ordinary family for vacations will buy a good car. It is equally true that all one needs for a bang-up vacation is a dependa- ble automobile. The operating cost is nominal, and auto touriht accom- HOW T0 SPEND AND SAVE THE VACATION FUND Buy one of our good used cars with your vaca- .tion money. Then take your vaca- tion in the car. It works. A_new full set of Champions every 10,000 miles will greatly improve en- gine performance and pa or themselves in oil and gas saved. Champion X for Fords 60e.Blue Farad cher cara; ac;More Sane, gn will knows che gon: Sine by the doublecribbed core Champion Spark Plug Co. LAHR MOTOR - SALES (0. SPOILIN Thousands for other Cars cars; or keep them only for occasional use. For the igeoesst use—the Chrysler Six. So great is and to drive this car on the part of both men and women in the same family, two or three and even more Chrysler cars are found necessary. The other side of the picture shows families which have owned a car costing perhaps twice as much as the Chrytler Six, who have dis- carded it in the interests of economy and greater convenience. Now they own and operate two Chrysler Six cars for oar Se one combererene ae which does not in to bring the riding thrill ever present in the Chrysler Six. usiast after - You, too, will become a Chrysler enth your first thrilling, delightful ride and drive in a Chryéler Six—a ride we are eager and anxious to give you. vical Reasons Why Many Families | wn. Two or More Chrysler Cars “We can recommend your car to anyone look! for that something in automotive ng that we have found Jackingin other cars.” E. W. Holmes, of Buffalo, N two Chrys less, makes the significant gor theo oo “Th ler handl ell i ihe Roepe beeen well Asomeaan ope A Few of The Families Who Own Two or More Chrysler Six Cars Figures indicate the number of Chrysler cars owned in each family Kelly Estate, Savannah, Ga. . - 4 Decl ae Seay: Salt Lake City, Dr. E, J, Neville, Chicago, ill, | Chan Redington, Geseoaburg, C. J. Skyles, Columbus, Mont. <a . E. Vasear, Golden, New Mex. 2 |, W. Price, Jacksonville, Fla. J. Poor, Peabody, Mass. E. K. Phillips, Newport, N. H. A. H. Darnell, Atlantic City, N.J. Ernest F. Ladd, Mobile, Ala. 'W. L. Morley, Bristol, Tenn. . . W. E, Mount, Ponchaoutla, Le, | H, &, Stout, bus, Ohio Dr. Rimit Mautner, Newasks NG. a 3 4 2 2 2 3 2 2