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brain. Business aptitude is largely a matter of educating 

 various senses, so as to make the brain more alert in noting 

 fine differences, not only in material things, but also in, 

 what might be called the psychological aspect, in studying 

 the traits and characteristics of mankind. The special 

 training of the senses becomes of paramount importance 

 in special businesses, such as the sense of touch to the cloth 

 merchant, the sense of taste to the tea taster, the sense 

 of smell to the perfumer, etc. 



The main point that the lecturer desired to bring forth, 

 was the fact that in our physical body, we had ideal struc- 

 tures which could be utilised for giving a new point of view 

 to the inventive mind — e.g., a student of wireless telegraphy 

 would do well to study the structure of the ear. A student 

 of telephony would do well to study the arrangement of 

 the nerves in seeking for economical means of wiring his 

 instruments, and an ardent student of engineering would do- 

 well to study the whole body for economical means of con- 

 verting energy into work, and the business man, seeking 

 for better means of organisation and development of his 

 business, could hardly do better than study the organisation 

 of the human body, with its marvellous system of checks 

 and counter checks in the inhibitory system. He also 

 emphasised that there was no better training for the busi- 

 ness man than an intelligent study of some of the leading 

 sciences, as after all business, like science, was but 

 organised common sense. 



Messrs. A. D. Olle, A. Turnbull and the Hon. Secretary,, 

 joined in the discussion. 



December 10th, 1017. 



Mr. W, T. Willington in the Chair. 



Dr. George Harker gave a lecture upon "The Right 

 Way to Burn Goal," with lantern illustrations. An exten- 



