New-York tribune., 1868-11-10
LECTURES.
DIR. LEMERcIER AT TIE COOPER INSTITUTE.
DIR. Lemercier delivered his first lecture on

last evening He began by saying that he proposed to
explain and illustrate In lectures the organization OF
man, animals, and plants This would be difficult almost
impossible even If it not for tho aid OF the elastic
models On account OF his imperfect command Of the
English he would speak very little and show very much
In vertebrate animals may distinguish, ceulous or
and lympathc vessels 0, nerves; Z, glands; 8, the
yiseera The Doctor following this division Of his sub
noted that the celluous fatty abundant
y hG Sns are to 3'' another m
strong. hard fbers called llgaments. aud that the
fcsh and in beef constitute "the lean" attach the
bones one to another AS Dr. Lemecier had promised,
he showed more than he said and it is therefore mposs
BILE to give In the columns of newspaper any Of that
interest which was impaired by the thousand illustra.
models The arteries and veins traced. and the
Of the phsc vessels 50 In every part Sf inc ,he
lymph to the veins there to mix with the yenos blood
l9C an S out he
the will in moving the muscles In tho May bug and
placed inside the skeleton II hesane method were car
red out In man. his muscles would be IN his belly Ihero
relative situations OF the heart, lungs, diaphragm,
liver stomach intesnes, &c; were next Iansi .1s
was divided into, the mouth 2 & the pm pnsTyna sIGG
intostnes The process digestion clearly explained
Brown bread much more nutrtye than white Dreaa
steak OF the wheat as the Doctor termed it, dog fed
whto bread alone, would die IN about forty days 4nt
liver in snail constituted threefourths Of the entire
animal and article OF food among the peasantry
means m al' comparable to calves liver and bacon.
The lungs were next dissected There are
lung The pure air is taken the lungs supply
to the impure or yen9ns blood IRON when r hNoS
all parts OF the body and the veins convey the impure
unite with the veins by means Of myrads OF ne ducts
These ducts have thin walls, through which edososH
the duets with the fluids without The Doctor illustrated
and explained in an interesting manner the econ.
four stomachs, as tho cow, for instance,
and OF the lobster which has teeth in Its stomach and IN
similar way the various notifications Of lungs IN birds,
reptiles aud fishes The subject VIII be continued IN Tue
next lecture on Thursday evening, Ia which tho seGre.
tons Sc nses &c, will be considered. large number
OF boys occupying seats In the southern portion OF the
hall did not conduct The IN m the mS sss p Ss
attentive by incessant talking
1.-THE CREATION
The first lecture of Prof X. Ogden Doremus's
scientific course delivered last night ut Trenors
Lyric Hail. on sixhaye near Fortysecondst, to large
audience The object OF the lecture to show the
complete agreement between the geological phosophi
cal aud chemical history Of the worlds creation with the
ture IL embodied facts and arguments presented by all
the natural In favor OF the proposition laid down
use TO illustrate tho various subjects touched
and the Tse watched "Sh By the
with much interest BY means OF receiver and crncibe
ances known slchenist the roscrucan the
searsher after the philosopher @ stone: ana hm T1o
the satisfaction OF his audience that gases have weight
nst certain OF fne % nave ssi obas and soo With ods
not only physical existence but physical aiines ms
earth and the myriad worlds which surround IL: The
lecturer claimed that the earth was once IN fluid,
mass OF nchoate matter OF which oxygen was the per
yadng principle The crust OF the ehrt9 Is ,ETsa S ,ah IN
much OF the air We breathe and OF the water wnch we
na ,s S esapeG the three words
signincan In reference to the formation oi ths
ga5as Ss H. s"sSns the
then produced beautiful light by opening jet OF hydro
the process that the recent OF les
ter and Margea would soon result IN giving tne wora
portion OF Edwin Booths Theaier he said, would
be sAea e TtS NEXT iss Produced
which is the simple o1ydation OF metal nS ,r To- |
IN ,s With the pGsm and
tins Of u sunbeam as anay.ed he spoke Oh .ne neces
Science and Of the great of conyenenees
this the great eeSte Sl te s a there '
not In three colleges, single telescope OF any s5e
practical instruction in the natural sciences.
"rnE CULTURE DEMANDED BY THE ACE"
The Hon. Frederick De Peyster, LID, of
,he class Of lsl6 last evening read before the Alumni As
,ociaon OF Columbia College at the rooms OF the New
York Historical Society, paper upon the culture de-
mauded by the age Mr.. De Peyster assumed that the
at,cnrop Of the public mind being largely directed
AZ tho present time 10 the consideration Of the
problem, what species OF culture or edueauon N
duties OF lifef While some maintained mat the only
object Of education wac The acaurse,& & oi assI nd
he directed chiefly in the direction OF the natural
sciences. others aycrred with equal energy tnat ino
true province of study was the dsSiplhihg
Of the mental powers wn'h o1n" cG' and S
," cisscs II appeared TO him that the true object Of
.ncafion or culture was the development o all the pow
ers and capacities OF the individual IN such manner 40
ncss "f himself and Others. Ply ,ical education as
means not 10 be neglected Out eareui % aon
had shown that where mere muscular ualm' @
my was scaeht as ,,aa aI vId% sn@ ue bodily div
exercise conducted in connection WIN some otmcr
enl either OF amusement useful labor Ia be attained
by IT, In the mental training II seemed oest 10 iHoW ue
| oMects 10 the more complex. This was the natural
course OF the mind IN receiving knowedse as ~ ,e
creative force ia the production oi al haeral oycoae
III, refore oi setting the child TO weary shd
torment mind the arbitrary construction OF ia
guages IN the more eomphcated realons VI ,cts
would present fret TO them the larger and simpler %
Astronomy Geology ana ,n Snhs e e"naefaon Of
| Natural History, Botany and Compound Chem,
iry leading up TO Pny.'oory and 'he mental stH and
and moral philosophy, Psychology. ana SOCIOLOGY n
would naturally come IN ~ aids TO tne and
mathelnatics The foregoing 10 brief outline OF VIZ ~,
interesting paper which occupied nearly NJ rm no1 III ap
,ffsad%SG rfsadeG r%S sy the " aadisnee poem, S6, sn,
mt Day q Gassn of h% the ss. Of
which also elected the applause OF the
Of both were a'HSS b so, ,soescn voted
10 change day Of the annual gathering g,ve v ta the
TO October report from the ireIsu ngHeo.ed memorial
20 those members Of the Association WHO ade ms re
for the unon BENG called aron he Adjourned meet
the call of the ehar whenever ho'oe ,sranee 10 tns
that definite acton eoad DC t"heD :"
subject
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