The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-15
"ANIMAL AND PLANT"
An Interesting Lecture at the Uni
~crsity Last hight.


Professor Whiting 1ectured to a
large audience at the University last
night. Animal and Plant" was his
subject, and while the doctrine of
evolution formed the basis of the
philosophy OF the lecture, still it was
real evolution and not the rude carl
cature of evolution which we 50 often
hear
The cell was described as the unit Of
life. It's essential part is the prcto-
pIasm. q fluid with which life is alWayS
usually found point of especial con
densation which is called the nucleus.
within the nucleus is the nucleolus.
Cells reproduce themselves by bud
ding. process by meang OF Whi-h
new cells grow out Of old ones. BY
self division is meant q cell breaking
itself in two equal or nearly equal
parts Some times two cells unite with
each other and several cells are form
ed as the result OF this union The
new cells formed in this way ara
known as daughter cells. Plants are
made up of an aggregation Of cells.
our higher PLANTS are green from
the presence of d green substance
}
phyH All Of those plants which
have chloTophyn are capable OF
building up vegetable tissue in the sum-
| light from carbOnic oxide. ammonia
and water. while plants without chIorO-
phyu ike toad stools and mushrooms
are unable to form any neW tissue and
are only able to live by using tissue
already formed Hence we find them
growing only on deCaying animal or
L. l. l. -
| plants during their time of growth eX-
! hale oxygen while the plants without
chlorophyH exhaIe carbonic oxide.
| The animal cell is substantially like
the vegetable cell. Like the vegetable
I cell il FerrodUoes itself by budding
! self division, and by union With another
I cell. Some animals in the course Of
I their Development degenerate into
/ lower forms. Thus the oyster, the coral
| poiyp, and the sponge are all free
| swimming forms when young. but be-
| come fixed when mature. Such forms
| are said to be degenerate forms; while
animals like our birCS. domestic animals
! and man himself which are more per-
{ feet in the adult form than in the
young stage. are said TO be progressive
! forms. In discussing the difference be
! tween plants and animals the speaker
! developed the idea. that the tree of life
J
/ life, that in it's simplest form all life is
! one. AS life becomes more complex it
| is differentiated into animal and veg
! etable life One difference which is
( quite general as that animals by living
I consume oxygen and produce carbOnic
/ oxide. while plants consume Carbonic
( oxide and produce oxygen, but TO this
I general rule there are so many exceD-
! tons that it has no scientific value. In
truth there is no clear line between the
lower animals and the lower plants.
All life seems to be oDej though it is
manifested under many forms The
final unity Of living nature. then. is
he conclusion reached by the student
Of animal and vegetable life.
The lecture was well illustrated by
blackboard drawings, botanical speci-
mems. etc The periodic presentation OF
the subject matter and the general
simplicity of language we're commend
lble features of the lecture. and OF
these two facts no less,