Personal Worth Research Articles

The Educational Process and the Brazilian Negro

Although the class distribution of Brazilian Negroes is not dissimilar to that in the United States, the differences in implication are profound. Whereas in the United States the rise of Negro and of the mixedblood has been principally within the limits of the Negro world, in Brazil the Negro competes freely with all aspirants, white or black, to the same class; and, if he gives evidence of personal worth, his racial antecedents will be to a considerable extent overlooked. Black, mulattoes, and whites are to be found participating together on all educational levels. Segregated schools are unknown. African customs and rituals, practiced on the lower-class level and party fused into the culture even at the upper levels, are gradually losing their hold of Negro youth because of disparagement by prestige-bearing members of the European community. This process facilitates the education of Negro youth in European habits and ideas.

The psychology of dealing with people: Serving the need of a feeling of personal worth.

The psychology of dealing with people: Serving the need of a feeling of personal worth.

Grooved Director for Vaginal Hysterectomy.

Troy, N. Y., Nov. 24, 1900. <h3>To the Editor:</h3> It is with pleasure that I acknowledge priority for the director for vaginal hysterectomy in favor of Dr. Joseph Eastman on the statements in the letter to The Journal of November 24, p. 1359. It is only another illustration of the fact that similar ideas and needs often bring identical results. That my oversight of Dr. Eastman's previous publication is at least pardonable is shown by the fact that the "director" was exhibited at three medical meetings in large cities in the state of New York, and privately to several gynecologists of more than national reputation, and in no instance was a hint of previous knowledge given. Having no desire for mere priority, I cheerfully give way to Dr. Eastman, whom I hold in high esteem for his personal worth and professional work.