Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-25
STUDENTS SOCIETY.
Prof c. A. Whiting Interests the
students Of the l.. y. :. college
with a Lecture on Insect Life.

At the studsnts' Society OF the Lat
ter.day Saints College last evening,
Prof @. Admitting delivered = lecture
on "ln,ecl Life" OF which the follow
ing 10 n synopsiI
All forms Of life are connected to all
other forms OF life. More are bsne.
ncial than Injurious. IL IL by ovsrcom.
ing surrounding difficulties that we
develop our minds. II life simply
means that we are to take care Of tho
body, then II IL not worth living. But
life means the development Of all our
faculties.
Insects belong to q large olAss OF anil.
mals-one Of tho largest divislont--
therefore there are many species. There
are two flrms OF this ciasa-the lOsur
and the higher. To thn lower form
belong all Insects Of two J5ints, tueh ~
the spider.
Tho bo1y Of the spider IL divided into
q thOfax and an abdomen. There are
many kinds OF spiders. The hosdi ui
all iutects are entirely distinct rom
the thofaK and abdomen. Jutt what
senses insects nave N question. Blu
they have not all the senses Of man,
AMI yet they have some u which W.
know but very little. 10 We add q sixth
sense 10 man, we must add snvefsL
somc persons have a sense, or y some.
thing, Whatever u be, which tells
them OF futule events, but We 90 not
know what II b.. 30 with insecte; there
are many vnioh have strange senses IN
addition 10 what We have. .
secls have two olhsses Of oyoe. Ofe ola,B
l. like the eyes OF man
the other class Ia called the comp und
eye. IL IL nearly hemisphere Cow
cred with Hat place., each Of whicb
seems 10 have separate sense.
Inloots are generally small and weak
and therefore must have some means
OF escape from larger animals. Some
butterflies hide by flldlu, tholr wlugs
In representation Of Ia Leaf others by
resembling other butterflies. Ia all
nature, the tendency 10 TO bo varied.
The great book VI u5d, tue UOlk Of
nature IL open 10 us all II We will bat
educate ourselves 10 DO able TO read
and understand IT, contents.
Tue dragon-ny IL his most beautiful
/ fly We know o. II 10 always active
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insects. Many wish that the houso.fy
could be- destroyed aud think That "
| this was dOns We would be bstter Or.
but they are mistaken, Tor the huustii
IL very useful. Meat n tho dissast
germs arc collected IN toiuss matter
and dies are unpaid tosvongers, only
demanding their board. They VAt
these disease germs before flling tho
air and finally entering the BODY to do
much mischief. Tue life of tue nv 10
from ten 10 thirty dhys, MIST dies
die In the fall, but few sleep through
the wiuter to hogin business again In
the summer.
Ths mosquito Ia u cousin TO tue
house.fiy bus more annoying.
Prot. Whitng spoke Of several other
forms OF dies and several species q I
worms.
We have heard 80 much Of com.
muniam, hut 10 learn the most uuUu
this aubJect we should not 10 t. 'Hpl
bot ttudy n community NJ ante. They
have Lost all individuality but very
ant loves every UtheraIt. They ate
p@titc example oi communism.
The humble b o. iu the bptlnx NAL Q
their meet. The frst crop OF he.s q a
stock OF "worklng beJs.o Every part
a nature IL beuuu 90 every other part
Of nature. some Tins ago n was Jh.