The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-02-14
ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.
Large and Interesting Meeting Last
Evening.

Last evening, IN pursuance to announce
ment, a large number Of ladies and gentlemen
assembled II the Academy of Science rooms
! TO enjoy continuance of the discussions
which have heretofore proved so interest.
ing.
Hon. II. VI. Aller called the meeting 10 Or
der at eight O'Clock, and the minutes of the
previous meeting We're read by the secretary
and approN ID.
The first feature in the order of exercises
for the evening. was the reading of two sell
.ciIOns by Miss Eva Trapp, VINO is scarcely
| s.cIen years OF age The rs-tder disclosed "A
I fine. distinct ami mellow voice. aId in mod
uisivoa and emphasis, she Was nearly perfect.
she Dids far 10 DE a nne reader. Dr. sinks.
/ b lore beginning mis- lecture, remarked 10 the
aud!UnC" that A. the Academy had nereioforl
4 had plenty % science anu but little art, ie
7 mad interested himself IN procuring the con-
sent OF several m"4nber, TO furnish original
! drawings OF fossils and ideal sketches reiat-
ing u the subject OF ms series OF lectures, the
same TO Le hung IN the rooms iUr the benefit
| of The soc!riy.
| He presented aS the first, a very clear ana
| We'll executed draw ug mad. Toy Miss Nellie
| Morris 1t represents fossil formations Of the
crctaceous period and wiIl ne valuable here
AFT T TO the society.
| Dr. Sinks tner proceeded with mis- lecture
| on evolution whicn was interesting from nrst
| 10 last Ii WAS full OF science ana discovered
tiie fact tEaI the subject had been carefully
! studied
lie MS remarks by
charts showing the various grades oil the ner-
! Sou> ~ stem.
lie reierr-I briefly to the preceding lecture.
wnIch Wa, op cellular life, whIcn hai been
Il IScu>>ed from the most simple cell To the
prutOptasn.
He SAID The nervous system was composed
o. Two kinds OF matier-wnite an,i gray; The
Whiie being bundles OF cords ana the
gray the active part. He described the
nervous system as being not unlike a series
OF Telegraph lines c-ntcrIng al different
H. ln>l.iufs. la
contains nye bundles of nerves, each OF which
operate separately and send out their respec-
i've lines I" the points oi the star AT the base
OF which they are located. Each of the little
knots lie ssiId were brains, and the lille
threads of nerves which, connecting with
them, performed its duty and notified the
cenIe the moment il was attacked. No rec
ord IN TINS class Is kept of the messages sent
back and fOTIh- AS ia the higher order oil
life. He compared the different grades fo:-
lowing from the star fish To The oyster
which has more Use for nerves, thence To the
centIpide which has AN independent nerve
force corresponding with every section OF the
body, and entirely independent IN Its action.
He next advanced Ia the alligator, where the
nervous system becomes more complicated
as regards Its CONNECTION with the muscles,
but, however, with the nerve centerS larger
and less numerous, although Yet separated
He illustrated the four stages OF nerve life
clearly, and said that, although the brain of
the human brain, IL did not change
while The embryo human BRAIN
was the lowest grade, and gradually
changing from one state 10 another finally
developed 10 what We find II in man. HUI
man organization passes through all the
grades of the smaller animals until it grows
Animals differ in degree but
never get beyond certain state,
The lecture was replete with good reasoning
and short Remarks were made by Prof. ii. ID.
McCarty, M-s>rs Carney, Lane and Others,
ana The meeting adjourned To meet two weeks
hehce.