tonic; electro-shock. But none of these "oures" had much effect on homosexual behaviour.

The most helpful appro ach Dr. Schmidt had found was the group therapy units which aided the prisoners in understanding their defense mechanisms, Each psychiatrist st San Quentin handles eight to ten therapy units.

particular interest at the Continental Breakfast, held in the library-lounge of the Mattachine Society Nices, Sunday, September 1, was a tape recording of Dr. Murray Banks, A practicing psychologist in New York, Dr. Banks delivered a lecture to the 1956 Teachers' Convention in Des Moines, Iowa, which, on tape, was the funniest and richest in practical advice on hom live a reasonably happy life that I .d. า

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o Dr. Banks, a person has four basic wants:

To live...forever.

2. A feeling of importance.

3.

Some one to love him.

4.

Variety or adventure in living.

We are all destined to be frustrated on one or more of

the se points, he tells us.

"What kind of an adjustment do you make when life hands you a dirty deal?"

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ny possible adjustments: suicide, murder, coholic hates life more than liquor, and (insanity (yes, this is a form of adpractically every one who is insane wants to ough usually not consciously), nervous breakdown (no such thing as..."show me where the nerve broke down ...show me"), nervous stomach (caused by emotions, fears, etc.), psycho-neurosis (an unconscious neurotic adjustment ranging all the way from tiredness to complete paralysis), psychosis or "insanity" (emotional suicide).

And, all of this is avoidable, says Dr. Banks, if we

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