Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25
READY FOR The NEXT YEAR
7. M O A. Closes One Lecture Course aud
Announces Another.
PROF. De HoTTE TALKS ON HERtDN
says that Greatness In individual
is the Result of Breeding, the
Same Rule ApplyfnG to kn
Animal Creation.

A large and interested audience was as
sembled at the Boyd last evening to enjoy
the lecture Of Prof. John B. Denote on
THE Problem Of Heredity." The lecture
was the last OF the series given under the
auspices OF the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation for the current season.
Secretary Willis Of the Young Mems
Christian association. before introducing
the lecturer, took occasion to invite the
attention OF the audience to the announce
ment OF the program for the lecture course
for the season Of 1903 and 1904 under the
auspices OF the association, and OF which
neat brochures we're distributed among the
audience. The announcement includes q
concert company. with Suzanne Adams,
prima donna soprano; Leo Stern, violoncel-
list; George CHAMPION, basso cahtata;
pianist to be announced: Prof. Louis
Favour. lecture on electricity; the Men
delssohn Quartet company; Paul lawrence
Dunbar, readings from his own works
IAN Evening of Mystery and Fun" with
Durno. the magician; James T. Pollard.
trick pianist; Dudley Prescott. humeFist
and ventriloquist; lecture by General q.
T. Sweeney; Albert Armstrong, in dra-
matte picture play. The Sky Pilot" Cards
were enclosed IN the aunounoements
whereby patrons could signify their wish
for season tickets for the coming course.
and the number they would guarantees 70
take. The price OF course ticksts viii be
81 each and the reserved seat problem the
same as last year.
De Motto on HeFeditT.
It was s:45 when Prof. DeMotte was
greeted by the audience and began his ad-
dress. He said: -rf- 81.
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In q certain attitude and arrangement OF
his arms under his head. I know a. boy
ana ana thai he N has done '1o SO ever ever since he
was 8 months old. That boy Is the son OF
his father. Heredity is the link that chains
ability. conscience, the practice OF personal
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and clrcumstances produced lincoln, there
IL sufficient OF environment and circum-
these, things that produced Lincoln Long.
fellow or Bryant 1t was heredity.
The lecturer then proceeded. with the aid
OF stereopticon, to illustrate his IDEAS BY
throwing on the screen pictures OF animals
and their Improvement by selection and
breeding from the crude. angular beast into
the perfected animal OF commerce. There
WeAo dlbO uuAticEoub pictures OL per-
feeted Arabian horse. showing the effect
Of kindness. care and breeding for endur-
ance. speed and beauty. the inevitable re-
suit Of heredity. l'
deny that the dog. mans most faithful
friend. Is possessed OF any quality OF rea-
son. He arrives at a certain temblance
OF intelligence by simply physical effects
aided by memory. So Il Il with Wild ami
mails in captivity Could they reason, nc
cage could be made strong enoush 70 hold
them. The Newfoundland dog will as
readily undertake the recovery OF Q shingie
thrown into the water, and with the same
apparent Joy. that II would undertake tc
save child from drowning. t, .-r
OF the twenty mine names given places ir
the American Hall Of Fame, twenty-three
OF them were without wealth or influence I
give them a start in the race for nfe-pn1y
the influence OF heredity, that came to them
from long line Of sturdy ancestry. We
are using up the vitality OF our children In
crowdtng and cramming them IN our schools
and by not giving them the heRithful ad-
vantages that Is afforded in the rural
homes, where the physical life IL given iti
full play. More additions win be made
to the Hall OF Fa1e from the rural homes
than from those OF more cultured and club
fascinated environment.