The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-22
DR.. FRANK SHOWS LECTURE
An Insight Into the Origin of the
Races of Mankind.

DR. Frank H. Snow, ex-Chancellor Of
the State University, lectured last night
at Garfield hall on the origin of the races
Of mankind, to a very large and an ex-
ceptionally select audience Owing 10
the time limit and the vastness of the
subject. the lecture was necessarily in
complete, but nevertheless IL was one
of great interest, and doubtless gave in
spiration to many persons present to
pursue the subject. He told all any man
could have told concerning racial origin
in the same length of time, and told it in
an interesting way. II was evident from
the start that he was careful not to run
counter to religious prejudices and he
made an earnest effort to satisfy the
audience that the doctrine of evolution
was in harmony with Biblical history.
He brought out quite forcibly the fact
that the bible recognized pre-Adsmite
race, which was the race into which Cain
married after he had killed his brother
and wondered to the land Of Nod.
Mr. Snow preferred the expression:
THE Ascent of Man" TO The Descent
of Man" and used that term through
out his lecture. He did, however. pay
Charles Darwin high compliment as
one of the greatest philosophical; observ-
ers the world has produced. He ex-
planned the error Of the popular belief
that evolutionists insist that man came
from an ape. Man does not come from
an ape, but man and ape came from the
same origin, which is correctly the be-
lief OF evolutionists He mentioned many
peculiar facts proving that man has
many Of the characteristics Of his less
favored relatives and illustrated the case
of a baby 4 few hours old clinging
to a stick as the semi-humsn animals
cling 10 the limbs Of trees. nj fact ne
said that the time was when man was
an arborial animal and moved about by
swinging from tree to branch and from
branch TO tree by his hands. He also
showed from Investigations OF infant life
by Dr. Robinson of England. that thhe
toes OF q child, for several hours after
birth. were shaped almost exactly ike
the toes OF an ape. He also called at
tention 10 the likeness between the soles
Of a child's feet to those Of their Oar
winian relatives. This likeness lasted
but short while after birth.
Or Snow illustrated his lecture with
many calcium views. The first four or
FIVE Of these were charts OF the develop
men, Of animal and vegetable life from
protplasmoc blobules He did not use
the new scientific vord ''bioplasm" at I'll.
Tsese developments were carried in two
ascending scales. showing the orshoots
Of the development into Tire various fam
iiics Of animal life. The characters were
quite interesting and might Be used n
the school books q the state 70 good
advantage. Man OF course was al The
top OF the animal tree The fourth
chart exhibited was the ous used by
Ernest Heinrich Faeckel. but Or. snow
said that he would amerd the work Il
the great German naturalist by giving
the APE a different place on The chart
one less suggestive % the theory that
the ape was the ancestor q man
Following The charts Dr.. snow gave
calcium illustrations q many curious
animals related IN appearance % rzan-
The lecture was q great value %
these who Tesrd tiff they pursue the
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