TOWARD UNDERSTANDING

The purpose of this column is to create a better understanding of homosexual problems through the psychiatric viewpoint.

BLANCHE M. BAKER M.D.. PH.D.

Report of the Meet Dr. Baker Session

The scheduled "MEET DR. BAKER" session at ONE Institute held Sunday morning, Jan. 31, 1960, at the New Clark Hotel, at 11:00 o'clock, was an exceptionally successful gathering for all concerned, especially in terms of "TOWARD UNDERSTANDING." Some twenty-five persons were present, in addition to Dr. Baker and her secretary. She used an integrative quotation, as she characteristically does, to get things going, which was an anonymous poem entitled, "My Many Selves":

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Within my earthly temple there's a crowd,

There's one of us that's humble,

one that's proud.

There's one of us that loves his neighbor as himself,

And one that cares for naught but fame and pelf.

There's one of us that's broken-

hearted for his sins,

And one who, unrepentant, sits and grins.

From much corroding care I should be free,

If once I could determine which is

me.

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