Lincoln High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Portland, OR)

Page 28 text:

THE C A RD! N A L Page twenty-Six blood. If, as has been shown, thoughts will obstruct and destroy and find expression in harmful ways, why cannot the same force be used with constructive and healthful results? Experiments show that it can. Horace Fletcher tells of finding a man in California who was convinced that the time of his death was near at hand and consequently dragged himself around, camly awaiting the end. A common-sense talk convinced him of his folly, changed his habits of eating and think- ing, with the result that he is now a vigorous personality near the century mark. 't The thing to remember, then, is that thought is a creative, Vibrant, radiant force, having the power, if allowed to find expression, to pro- duce health, happiness and success, and that man is the result of his own thought. The thing to do, while we are not to forget the im- portant factors of wholesome food, fresh air and sufficient sleep, for the perpetuation of youth, is to displace all baneful habits and negative states of mind with healthful habits and. positive uplifting thought ; to teach the mind to think what it wishes regardless of feelings and cir- cumstances; to live in the upper story of the mind, on the sunny side; to have a purpose ; to seek attainment ; to master the feelings and get above the clouds andesmile! WE WONDER how many of our readers have become aware of a new line of thought that has appeared very modestly in the magazine sec- tions of the Sunday newspapes and more prominently in such maga- zines as The Delineatm', W omank H ome Companion, 52? ?! M CC lures, M umey, Everybodys and the American i. PI: :9 M agagine, of which the last is running a series of arti- nu cles 0n llSpiritual Unrest? by Ray Stannard Baker. We are all aware that there is something in the air, that a great ' spiritual awakening is at hand. One phase of this new movement is the . development of a new psychology which recognizes in every being latent powers vastly beyond those used in conscious every day life, and which . has led to the discovery of the sub-conscious mind. This sub-conscious mind is the great storehouse of the conscious mind, for every impres- sion is retained there. It is the seat of the memory; it regulates all unconscious or reflex acts such as breathing, digestion, the beating of the heart. It is the medium, when holding definite thoughts, through which, by the exercise of the will, character is moulded and what is called llpersonalityii built up. It is amenable to suggestion and subject to direction and control. When impressed with living, forceful thoughts concerning death, sickness and misfortune or health, beauty and success, it seeks to bring about the suggested conditions. this is done is not known, but that it does so act is an easily demon- strated fact. This being the case the necessity of pure, positive think- t ing and the reasonableness of the new thought creed, ill will be what I will to be,,, become evident. Through the dynamic powef of thought, we can fulfill our desires, build up tissues, secure beauty Vitality and long life ; create our environment and attain to a plane 01; ??;???t: :K , t mw'Lt '-.' -1 s 14 ? Law; How 7 , rt . .0. ' . N of I t : uigg V ,1 Km TT 2'4 h r O' a M' .5 5 ??W' Mr a4 Q', NV b.gi FM .Ha I, k i phi Wm i i 15.1'9' . v Vi ,,,.9 t 9 h ttt t' I. A 9 c iii: l . .q i . y - r ,. ttwui V' i :H' h 'H frfl l ngy'l .' '9??? t ' ' 2! I ' i ,,

Page 27 text:

he air is calm and I um and m anh. Miltoncg llitl- 1x inter is bcxopdoi: 1! nquirc it the lmabi it Hill! the season. I u 11. i1 nature and 1111 wt it is :11 this timed 1 s1 ms her new foliage; a mm 1111! Sol wakesc nigh rs greets the Ml. 'l'lu-n rise on suchac dun 111- nr walk two orride: I the crisp morningai' piu-rin: with its life-gi :1 your lu-nrt. Suchaa ml rigorous toweling . strength and one toll 1w! fur the race 111119053 iv. Then if CVCFWH. H1, 131311. , q- f lifeiong Paige twenty-five THE CARDINAL :1 few hmse-litting. t The perpetuation of youth has always been a matter of i11terest,,but today has acquired an added interest because of the diSe coveries being made concerning life and its possibilities. Arguments are not necessary to convince one of the added joys and greater possibilities in being able to retain a plastic brain and supple body along with an ever maturing and ever growing mind. . That the true elixer of life is on the point of being discovered seems certain. In the past men have been inclined to- look afar off in their search for this something that will perpetuate youth and have thus overlooked the treasure at their own feet. It is now known that the body is continually renewing itself. This varies from the renewal of the skin every few days to the renewal of thebones every seven or twelve months. The process of ossification offsets this constant renewal and theisearch now being made is for the discovery of the chemical action that causes ossification and for the removal of the causes. The causes of old age are of a physical, hereditary and mental nature. Yet, those who know are convinced that the real causes are mental even to the extent of overcoming physical and hereditary forces. Ask any person of hfty years and upwards whose eyes yet sparkle, whose figure is yet erect and vig01ous, and whose step is springy and see if he will not tell you that he feels yOung and that he enjoys nature, loves his work and hnds pleasure in young people and their interests. There you have the secret. we have anothe1 picture; that of a man so absorbed-in the cares of his business that he neglects all physical exercise, thinks nothing of what he eats, knows nothing but his o-wn business and even that im- perfectly or oneesidedly- because of his habits of :life. One day as he rises from his chair he is conscious of a rusty joint or a slight twinge s.omewhere His rut- traveling mind isnt even shocked into the neces- sity of doing something, but accepts the condition and a very natural expression results: iiUgh, I must be getting old? From that hour he is doomed, unless he awakes to his condition. Nay, he has been doomed all along. The action and the words are merely the physical manifestations of a long continued habit of thought. He has always looked upon old age as inevitable and has regarded every birthday as an added load and a 6step nearer the g1 ave He is a living witness to the fact that thoughts tend to express themselves 111 action. So 1n the end we are led to the conclusion that the perpetuation of youth is almost wholly dependent upon thought habits. We are all familiar with the physical manifestations of ange1, SOerW, joy and fear in the Hashing eye, the downcast or uptulned feature, the gasping breath and blanched face. Chemical analysis of the blood, saliva, or perspiration enable one to ascertain the p1eva111ng mood of the person. It has been found that the breath of an angry person contains poison. Prof. Gates states that our thoughts create actual substances in the E1112 Elixir. nf Etfe

Page 29 text:

u d e l-ix v. same toresi I -, gurnncnls hcel . nun m Hlifn Slow m .II' at hand .11 mm; ' Hi to for Ell . l mmcicntsleet .l luuu-lul habits and L 'uwmw upliftintrtho trunrcllrw uf fceIanS l IIIC mind. on thesiimi u mmu-r IIIC feelings; IL' L' I: x hau- In-cumc IIWZIICUIE H'lewlll in the magazi: r 1m unim-mly in such: H Inmm'y llama Cow; 'I x'levs and the IV, LN h runninga scrieSItF In Ray Stannard Bal: thin: in the air. that; v --i um m-w mnvcmenz: 't '4 th Ill H't'r-V being: I-Zh vn-rv day lifeamIT .b mind. This 511M965 rum miml. fur cx'erl'lg IIH' rm-mury: II WI? Hg. 'Ilgtwllnn. lIlt? beat! 1;; uh'linilc IIlUllghIS'mi 1.1' je nlullIkICII 3ndIII DIV l-v qlggwionand'sz .ml nitll livmgll 31h :1 'H unv or healthy? umgrqwl cumlitigfli; . m :ut ie :m caSIIIl: mm ml. pure. Willy; A'IH rru-tl. I W'I wtf llh' olummlC P0. ' sccure ' HI, IINhUUTI . llr mm ! to W :11! .IH'I Page twenty-se'ven THE C A RDI N AL being which far transcend anything we now know. Already thousands have found the secret and are applying the principles with wonderful ' results. To all students who wish light and inspiring reading for thesum- mer we recommend and open-hearted study of llNew Thoughtl, and llThe New Psychology? The articles on llPsychotherapyi, in the Womanis Home C 011zpalni0w, on the Emanuel Movement in the Ladief h' Home Journal, the books of Henry Wood, James Allen, Ralph Waldo Trine, Newton Riddell and Prentice Mulford, also James, llBriefer Psychology, and Jastrowb nThe Subconscious? with the magazihe N ew Thought and Etemal Pv'ogress will set one right. The 'subject at least merits your honest investigation. Disagree as you may with many of its tenets, some of them will Ilstickf, and once you become interested you will not wish to drop the subject. E112 ,Eragraut Enrtlanh 31mm 5 WHERE the Willamette sings sadly Her soft and sweet adieu, Rare roses greet her gladly, Ringing Portlandls praises true. While crystal showers caress the flowers That shout the cityls name, The verdant forest proudly bowers The seeds of rising fame. Su-mme'rls warmth here sheds her smile From March till Autumn,s close, No blasts of Winter oft revilc The fragrant Portland rose. Roses fragrant bloom in June, They bloom throughout the year, Roses, Roses, chant the tune That charms the nationls ear. To Ireland Shamrockls emerald green Is the fairest flower that grows, Those native sons have never seen The fairest, rarest, Portland rose. ' The Highland thistle and fleur-de-lis Are dear to. hearts that are true, But the rose of Portland will ever be The dearest flower to meL-and you. Sweet are the flowers of every clime, And dear to the native eye; No sweeter is found in the annals of time Than the rose, if you search till you die. The poets may sing of the flower when it fades And may grieve for the withering bloom, But the sweet rose of Portland forever pervades The fresh air, with rarest perfume. Rare perfume is wafted along each fresh breeze To country and city otter wild foreign seas, It fouses the lowly and cheers the oppressed, And offers a shelter where all men are blessed. N. NASH.