| Show B Y COLLE GE ITEMS students ts Furni sli sll another brzezy budget NOTES or OF MEETINGS AND GLASSES CLASSES students society program of glasses classes locals and other matters NATURAL another class of design arguments is founded on the instincts of animals which proves intelligent gu guidance of their actions and this intelligence is not the intelligence of the animal itself instinctive actions differ from those called calle I 1 intelligent tell igent or rational in this the I 1 former ormer are not tile the result of imitation and experience they are al ways bays exerted deserted in the same manner apparently without foresight 0 of tile the result re or utility of the action itself the effects of instinct may sometimes be modified by experience but they never depend upon experience peri ence the day the young lice lee is transformed for tiled it il flies straight for the flowers and brings brinas back food for the you young n g the moth on quitting P its c egg quite naked at once makes itself a coat and when the coat becomes too small has the art of cutting it above arid and below and enlarging it by adding two pieces the mais moths mother took the precaution to deposit this egg in a place where the ne newborn new w born moth could find stu stuff ff from which to make a coat tile the young spider and anteater ant eater cater have not yet seen peen and much less lees tasted the insects infects which serve r for or their food when they already hasten to lay snares lor for them 11 by weaving in 3 webs and di digging aging 0 pits how could co uld these creatures creata have already learned these arts from instruction or example the naturalist tool took a young water snail just formed from the matrix and tossed it il into the water it dived and and swam arose and sank by emerging from or withdrawing into info its shell quite as well as its mother did thus instincts aro are series of ac acts ts adapted to the interests of the animal instinct is an all art being a system of acts adapted to a future effect yet this art does not express the intelligence 0 of odthe the animal that exercises i it t it reveals an intelligence that cares for these creatures by acting 0 abrou through 0 h their limited mental powers for their good ANGUS VANCE LOCALS after this week tire the choir will ile be pre prepared pred to furnish music at tile the opening exercises miss Mis lucy barker one of the normal graduates year was a visitor at the college last week the members of the class in psychology passed quite a rl rigid examination monday day on the subject of the powers As s the present term is rapidly drawing to a close the students are beginning to look forward with dread to the he examinations that are sure to visit us when tile term closes why do we ave not improve in spelling several limps each week we ave have our attention called to the ludicrous mistakes we ave are daily making in ill this line and yet mhd there seems keenis to be but little improve improvement amei it let us C guard against making so manar tn iny mistakes in the future riter bros pro drug company has presented to the college with their compliments a fine set of crystals of com merical chemical products the crystals were ivere deposited in one of the show cases and are much appreciated by us gentlemen please accept our thanks todd lectured before the students of the society friday evening The subject chosen was the u unexplored explored n regions of alaska ile he told of the visit of the last exploring party hat bat has visited this region and vividly described their I 1 exploit saud sand adventures in ill attempting in to ascend mt st elias he spoke of americas Anic ricas interest in the seal fisheries of behrin behring sea and of the Illeth methods employed in capturing in tile seals ile he also gave an all interesting account of some of the manners arid and customs of the esqui maux and spoke of the future of that race altogether the professors fes sors lecture was intensely interesting te 0 and was listened to with pleasure by all |
