Show STUDENTS SOCIETY at the latter day Sa salute college last evening the students society held held its usual session instructor J J wal ton presiding after invocation the chairman introduced trod prof J E talmage talma a as the lecou lecturer subject amima A damai 1 I intelligence 11 the lecturer said that the relation of man to the brute creation is a theme atheme which should claim our par nest attention ioD and be understood by all there is a diversity of opinion with respect to the proper position occupied by the brutes in the scale of intelligence some believing that animals lm Is possess to a wonderful degreed th this god given gift while others laugh to scorn such an n idea and say that it is nothing more nor less than instinct Decar tec tep who lived jived in the seventeenth century said that an animal was nothing more than a machine it in which its innate tendencies or instinct prompted its actions mechanically as aa it were when be bb was asked how was it that in the fall of the year birds migrated to warmer climes he pointed to the clock and argued that though that piece of mechanism was inanimate and represented only the handiwork and ingenuity of man i could determine the time with much greater accuracy than its creator although possessing no instinct nor intelligence telli gence intimating of course that as the clock performs its duty mechanically so also do the birds migrate being prompted by instinct irrespective of any intelligence which they possess the speaker for some length spoke upon the absurdity of such a statement and brought forth evidences which dispelled the idea that animals were devoid of intelligence and knew aught save that which instinct taught them if instinct to is all that governs the actions of birds why is it that the older ones can build better nests than the younger younge ronet experience makes perfection among animals as it does mong among men the sparrow makes a domed nest when it builds one out of doors doers that the eggs and the little litte ones might be protected from the heat or inclement weather but if constructed beneath the eaves of in a bard the nest neat is invariably without a dome for they realize that that they are not exposed to the weather beep if they be presented with cells in their hives will Ini immediately stop the work of constructing new cells and begin at once to fill with honey the newly presented cells cell why should they abandon the cell building Is it because instinct prompted them no but rather be cause they know that the empty cells be filled before beginning to make other cells for it i their policy to gather honey while the sun sh shines nee the stork family which inhabit the southern part of europe and t the e nor northearn northe jn part of africa were mentioned as taking fur their migrations across the mediterranean always one of four distinct routes examples of the ingenuity the power of imitation of joy grief fear fortitude sympathy jealousy emulating pride reproach disdain revenge shame humor jus us tice and the knowledge of right and wrong as exhibited in animals were fully exemplified by quotations from eminent authors and narrations narration i of the personal persona experience of the speakers in ID conclusion he said laid god has endowed every object ob of his creation with that degree of intelligence and power that is necessary to adapt it to the purpose for which it was created the raizo pods have a sufficiency of this gift to ens enable ble them to choose for themselves such as is called fur for by their systems and to discard such as would be injurious to them the fishes of the deep and in short abort all animated beings being of god gods Is creation are invested with power and intelligence by their creator to that degree as to enable them to carry out their p part art of the 9 great reat pro gramme of the gods and to fill fully the measure of their being after the lecture a recitation entitled the Mari marivers mariners Ma dream X was nicely rendered by miss ruth kuth jones |