New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-05
CORNELL.


INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS WITH AN APE.
Ithaca, y. Y, June 4 (SpccialI.-At the closing lee
,re OF the course on the "Morphology OF the Brain
last Thursday Professor u. &. Wilder showed prcpa
ra,ons Just made OF the brain and other organs OF
the large orang from DorneO received through the
thoughtful kindness OF DIR. w. A. COnklln, the we'll
known animal importer, formerly superintendent OF
tho Central Park Menagcre. The perfectly fresh
condition OF the brain made 1t possible to demonstrate
for the first time on an ape the existence OF com
mnncs ton between the true cavities OF the organ
ana the spinal arachnoid space; not, however
by n single metarOre or foramen OF magendle,
as In man, but by several small Oriccs In the
mcmbrancous roof OF the fourth venuicle. The
Use OF this communication In man Is supposed to
be the prevention OF cerebral congestion during mental
activity. and ordinary animals lack It, hence lis dis
covery I'm ape Is very suggestive Equally sgnif
can't is the condition OF the subfrontal cyrus or con-
voliuion Of broca this IS known to be the cerebral
organ OF arcuate speech and Is absent rudimentary
I'm Quadrupcds and monkeys; In this Orang. although
smaller and simpler than In man, II Is perfectly dis
tInct and affords real encouragement TO those who
look for results from Gamers experiments with the
gorilla and chimpanzee In Africa. After cnnmerating
dozen other more technical features OF
the brain which this perfect specimen
would help to clucidate, Professor Wilder re-
fcrrcd 10 two other interesting structures. Between
the skin OF the throat and chest and the pcctoral
muscles IS "a great sack extending deeply into the
axillas. 1t Is lined by mucosa and communicates
with the larynx By orlhcc nj either side. Finally,
the APPENDIX OF the intestine Is seven Inches long
about twice the usual length In man, Indicating That
the orang like the other apes and man, Is liable 10
appendicitis, from which monkeys and quadrupeds
All the soft parts of this animal are pre-
served the skin and skeleton will be- mounted with
the limbs extended TO display the enormous
spread OF the arms seventy Inches, as compared
with the height, thirty whine inches.
At special meeting Of the faculty the following
awarded fcllowshlps for the year 1893 "a ;
Albert Alexander Bird. 4. Brown. T. f. Clark. Il. }.
Durand. &. f.. Fort !. II. Ccrrodcte. L. X. Higgins
&. ". IIodcl, Annie J.. Mac knnon, W. II. Magcr
l.. ;. Marks. +. f. Mills, Ulysses Grant Weathery,
Emory NJ. Wilson, Miss Margaret OTIS, Harry j.
walter J. 4. Leighton, T.. W. TAYLOR jr.. Margaret
r. Washburn. Albert g. IIeppcrt, H. G. Howe. A. W.
Moore. ". T.. I1llShury, NJ :. Read, X. Wataube
The number OF applicants this year was nlnety-two,
twcnty-scvcn more than last year.
The official programmes for commencement week
have issued. In addition 10 the regular meet
ings already announced, the following are the most
important Prize deba'" by the seniors
the law school saturday. June 10: anniversary OF
the t0rncll University Christian Association. sunday
concert by the University Glcc Club. Monday uni
vcrsity banquet Thursday
The Building Committee Of the Board Of Trustees
Is bu-lly engaged upon plans for the extension OF
SIbey College and for the dairy building. for
which $4,000 has been appropriated BY the state
The following have been chosen editors OF The Cor
nell Magazine: II. l.. Foriham. II. j. iiaserman.
J. =. Hail, J. X. Lathrop and 4. F. Weber.