New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-04
THE ASCENT OF NAN.
PROFESSOR DRUMMOND ON PHYSICAL
EVOLUTION.
OTHER LECTURES AND EXERCISES At THE CHAu.
TAUOUA ASsEMBLY-THE SIRINES
OF JAPAN.
TpY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.J

Chautauqua July 3-lroes'or Henry Drummond
th, afternoon began series OF SIX lectures
ON THE Ascent OF Man. lie named some OF
the more recent facts bearing on the ev0uOh OF
the physical body Of man. and asserted that the only
evidence needed Of the animal origin OF man Is the
human body itself Dr. Drumm0nd referred to a novel
nroof OF the theory that human beings are allied 10
monkeys. In the experiments made TO test the
strength Of the fcxor muscles OF the arm OF the
child AT birth and during Its first weeks OF ne' VI
sixty infants under an hour DID, nearly hail were
ablo to cling TO "A finger or cane for ten seconds
before the grasp relaxed sustaining their entire
weight Twelve OF them held on half Il minute,
and at the age of weeks the whole number weres
able to hold half minute. At this age they
reached the maximum OF their powers curious
fact in these experiments Is that no sign OF distress
or cry was uttered until the grasp began TO loosen
Passing from this form of proof DR.. Drummond
tool, up internal and easy TO follow In the
statement that the first living things on the earth
inhabited the sea. the transition was traced TO am
phiban life and then to life Oh land. The body OF
man was shown still TO have some relies Of the
aquatic period. The development Of the upper gill
clefs into ears was described and illustrated. In
man, verebral sc9m, nts concealed under the skin at
the base Of the spinal column shown to be rem
nants Of the tail in lower animals. The fact was
stated that n the monkeys most closely allied TO man
the tail has disappeared TO the same "Aient. lie
vermform appendix. reduced In man 10 the mcrest
rlldiment and worse than useless, /, an important
annex for Increasing the digeSting surface in animals
living upon vegetable food. The presence Of hair
on various parts Of the body, notably the fingers,
tell, its own story of mans evolution from hair
covered creatures. The hairs on the forearm point
toward the elbow. do also those Of the arm from
the shoulder down. This has 10 do with arboreseent
life in a pas, age. Certain kinds If apes have hair
arranged In the same way, and when II rains they
clasp their hands over the head and thus form
sort OF thach the hairs leading the water to the elbows,
from which 1t drp,. The club foot i no; n deform-
lty, but mn evidence OF arrested evolution during
parental life. At certain period in the development
child the feet club shaped. like those Of
the gorilla. Comparative anatomy shows man 10
have no bone not found in lever animals. Every
living thing starts from cell and In the earliest
stag. If its development the highest power Of MIND
and microscope fails to distinguish any difference
Letwccn that which shall become moss tiger or u
man.
The wonder 10 The evo' ')nlst IS the immense
distance between the hr,, / and the completed
human body. The human form does not expand
from lis bnd liAr flower but a vast procession ono, "a
rccion in hi, being Centuries OF development are
in MIN condensed into few months, work ,
several original compositions were comprised In the
organ recital by }. v. Flagler. In this evenings
M. +. Oh r. tcidmar@ " SKechcd the two religions,
the shinto and Buddhist. showing their origin and
peculiar features, and the spread of Christianity and
Referring Ia the musical tone or the bells u>tN
IN the temples Miss Scidmorc said the Japanese are
centuries ahead Of OccdenalS In ear culture Lucy
Rider Never, OF Chicago. the founder Of the
d.aconc,s work In the Methodist Episcopal Church Of
America. spoke hero to-day. Trained visitors and
nurses comprise the classes OF deaconeSses,
who are costum,d for reasons Of protec-
lion. economy and recognition Their work b
voluntary and nnsnlarcd tn. members living III NDmas
or communities. In the Methodist Episcopal Church
alone thirty homes have been organized since les7
when the movement was inaugIrated There are
atont 300 women working 10 he helpful to the suf
fcrng and needy. The home In New-l ork Is AT No
24l West Fourtecnth-st.