144 SYSTEMS OF TREATING STAMMERING A few European schools have similar eclectic "methods" for the "attack" of difficult words, and one or two employ diacritics in connection with verbal exercises. There is little, however, that can be said in favor of a procedure that requires the pupil to dodge about from one expedient to another. It is possible that the endeavor to select and execute the prescribed manoeuvre for each particular consonant may for a time engage the pupil's attention to a sufficient extent to exclude multiple thought. On the other hand, it is equally possible and probable that the attempt to apply the system will itself induce bewilderment. With these two possibilities in mind, one can hardly accord the measure an enthusiastic indorsement. — The signal feature with these eclectic "methods" is that the various expedients from which the pupil makes his selection can in most cases be applied simultaneously. There is no reason, for instance, why the stammerer should not at all times articulate lightly, use a free movement of the jaw, and employ a reasonably low pitch. Furthermore, the arguments that apply for a particular expedient with a particular group of consonants usually apply for the same expedient with any other group of consonants. Unfortunately these systems are in- troduced with no clear explanation of their raison d'etre; hence one is rather puzzled to know what it is all about.