Part 4 (1/2)

[Sidenote: _Methods of Pick_]

Thus, Pick, in ”Me other devices, presents a well-known ”figure-alphabet” as of aid in reure of the Arabic notation is represented by one or more letters, and the number to be recalled is translated into such letters as can best be arranged into a catch word or phrase To quote: ”The ure-alphabet is this:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0

t nqu z

”To briefly show its use, suppose it is desired to fix 1,142 feet in a second as the velocity of sound, t, t, r, n, are the letters and order required Fill up with vowels forht run' and connect it by soination as that if a man tried to keep up with the velocity of sound, he would have a 'tight run'”

[Sidenote: _Scientific Pedagogy_]

The say The competent teacher endeavors by some association of ideas to link every new fact with those facts which the pupil already has acquired

In the pursuit of this method the teacher will ”co that is near ho the unknown plain by the exa all the instruction with the personal experience of the pupil--if the teacher is to explain the distance of the sun from the earth, let hiht at you, what should you do?' 'Get out of the way,' would be the answer 'No need of that,' the teacher et up again; you may wait till your confirrow as old as I a near, _then_ you reat as that is the sun's distance!'”

We shall no you how to apply this principle in i a e

Rule I _Make systeans_

[Sidenote: _How to Remember Names_]

Do you find it difficult to remember names? It is because you do not link theh associations Every time a man is introduced to you, look about you Who is present? Take note of asfacts and circumstances as possible Think of the man's name, and take another look at his face, his dress, his physique Think of his name, and at the same time his voice and manner Think of his name, andhim Think of his name in conjunction with the name and personality of the friend who presented him

Memory is not a distinct faculty of enerously endowed in that respect while another is deficient Me the power of voluntary recall, is wholly a question of trained habits of ood as mine or any other man's It is your indifference to what you would call ”irrelevant facts” that is at fault

Therefore, cultivate habits of observation Fortify the observed facts you wish to recall with a multitude of outside associations Never rest with a s

[Sidenote: _Five Exercises for Developing Observation_]

To assist you in training yourself in those habits of observation thatexercises:

_a_ Walk slowly through a room hich you are not familiar Then make a list of all the contents of the roo a different room each time Do it not half-heartedly, but as if your life depended on your ability to remember At the end of the week you will be surprised at the i the street, observe all that occurs in a space of one block, things heard as well as things seen Two hours later make a list of all you can recall Do this twice a day for ten days Then co each night the incidents of the day

The prospect of having this to do will cause you unconsciously to observe more attentively

This is the method by which Thurlow Weed acquired his pheno man with political ambitions he had been much troubled by his inability to recall na his wife thethe day He kept this up for fifty years, and it so trained his powers of observation that he beca memory as for his political adroitness

_d_ Glance once at an outline ht and draw one as nearly like it as you can Then coinal Do this frequently

[Sidenote: _Invention and Thought-Memory_]