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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1925.
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"Without or with offense to friends or foea
I sketch your world exactly as it goes." byron.
Scopes Convicted
Conviction of J. T. Scopes, the young Dayton school
teacher, for violation of the Tennessee statute forbidding the
teaching of evolution in public schools, has been a foregone
' conclusion from the firnt. Attitude of the trial judge, of the
jury and of public sentiment in the locality precluded any
other result. All of the testimony offered by the defendant
was ruled out and the only evidence that the jury had was
that to substantiate the charge of defying the law.
The case will now be appealed to the supreme court of
Jennc'sseo and probably later to the United States supreme
court to determine the constitutionality of the statute and
settle the question as to whether a legislaure has the right
to limit the pursuit of knowledge in public schools by sub
stitution of dogma for science.
Evidence given by Bryan under cross examination by
Harrow, altho not admissable to the jury, was valuable as
shows the viewpoint of the Fundamentalist aa a literal
believer in everything in the bible, including the stories of
Jonah and the whale, Joshua and the sun, of the Garden of
Eden and the serpent and apple, of the flood and tower of
Babel, as well as both narratives of creation given in
Genesis.
To Bryan, the world was created in 4004 B. C. and the
flood occurred about 2,500 B. C, and all of the discoveries of
archeologists regarding man's antiquity as well as the
researches of geologist!; and biologists, of astronomers and
oilier scientists are brushed aside as worthless as in conflict
with sacred writ. Bryan admitted that he never studied the
history of mankind, the history of ancient nations, or other
religions than his own, and furthermore (lid not have the
slightest interest in such subjects. In brief he proved him
self entitled to the label o "ignoramus" that Darrow applied
to him, as his mind is permanently closed to new ideas and
thoughts.
It will be a and day for human progress when such bigots
as Bryan control the public school system and limit by
sumptuaiy laws the search of truth by fettering the minds
of the young with ancient formulas of dogma
Above the Law
Despite the fact that the state constitution plainly dis
qualifies persons charged with official duties in one depart
ment of the government from exercising the functions of
another department of government and thus bars legislators
from administrative office, Governor Pierce, as the result of
a political bargain made for voles during the last legislative
session, appointed two slate senators as members of the fish
commission. They proceeded at once to break a contract
made by. the previous commission with the superintendent
of hatcheries. Now that the at torney -general has ruled the
appointments iIlegal,.other commissioners must be appointed,
but the contract remains broken.
The flouting of the constitution by the governor in making
appointments he knew were illegal was of course matched
by his appointees in flouting slate contracts as scraps of
t aper. Bui whrt is the constitution among friends and what
are contracts to job seekers? That is one kind of law enforce
ment that there are no 'pledges for, and one kind of ethics
never pleaded for.
Bureaucrats are a law unto themselves and if they do not
like the consttitution and the statutes they ignore them.
Those who had rather live in Portland than in Salem, defy i
the provisions of the law and move relying upon the
interminable technicalities of the law to keep them there
indefinitely. The insolence of office is only matched by the
laws delay.
everybody thought that alter hi
divorce he'd come back to my open
arma and lead ma to the altar."
Cynthia bluahed furiously. Noel
Gardner turned an angry red. He
had been standing beside Ceclle;
now he took her firmly by the
arm.
"Better go eay, Ceclle," he re
marked; hie tone waa pleasant
enough, but held a warning that
even Ceclle could not Ignore. "I
think you owe Mrs. Iceland an!
apology why not make it now.'
Ceclle raised her voice.
"If you think I'm going to anolo
glze for telling the truth " sho
began, but the pressure on her
arm silenced her.
All right. Hun along baok to
the Impatient mob at your own
table now!"
She went, sulkily, and ho
suined his seat across from Cyn
thia,
"She a had one cocktail too
many; no uo to insist now," he
Hfiid. "But .she'll apologize to you
later."
Cynthin said nothing, Sho was
telling herself that sho would nev
ur aKaiii expose herself to such
humiliation by going out with him
They left not long afterward for
the theater, and Gardner was as
humbly polite as if ho and not
Cecile had been at fault. I
"I'm afraid you'll never want to
o anywhere with mo again," ho
tuld her, as they entered the
theator. "I can't tell you how sorry
I am for what happened tonight.
You're the one bright spot on my
horizon Just now. I wouldn't have
gfven two cents for my life before
I met you. And now I'm afraid
I'm going to lose you, Just becauso
Cecile "
"Oh, let's not let that matter,"
she exclaimed. After all, It hadn't
been his fault. "I realize that Ce
clle la awfully foolish, and I'll die
of loneliness before Jim gets back
if I just alt at home. Surely we
fan be friend.s whether poople ap-
OPEN F ORU
Contributions to Tbl Column must be plainly written on one
side of paper only limited to 800 words In length and signed
with the name of the writer. Articles not meeting these specifi
cations will be rejected. ,
To the Editor: When the Thar!
sees tempted Jesus time and thin
again In order to entrap and betray
him, they were unsuccessful, be
cause Jesus was interested In a
"Way of Ijlfo which none could con
tradlct. That Way of Life the
Master summed up in the First and
Second Commandments tho two
being two aspecta of one abiding
moral reality.
"Love God and love man.' This
was the sumatlon of the law and
the Prophet and If Christians
would pay more heed to It rather
than worry about the roundness or
tho flatness of the world thcro
would ho Ioai misery and no blg
itry, The blatant Pharisee wheth
er ho calls himself Christian or
not, and the blatant sophistry of,
a half-baked materialistic anti-re-j
Unionist are alike of no profit to
themselves or tho world for both
arc losing their souls, because both
hate. One is smug in his self-imposed
sainthood, the other in his
sterile sophistry.
After nil tho whole thing re
solves itself into tho question
which Jesus put- to the lawyer,
"What Is written? , , . How
reaclcst thou?
The existence of the various sects
and denominations, both Catholic
and Protestant are In themselves
evidences of the fact that men
prove of our friendship or not."
Tho expression in his eyes was
answer enough to that declaration.
And Cynthia, smiling up at him,
passed her wister-In-law without
oven seeing that very Indignant
young matron.
Tomorrow The Fat and the Fire.
have read the various books of
the Bible In different way. In
other words they have Interpreted
the Scriptures according to their
reason and conscience and often
to their prejudices.
One Bays wo must take every
word In the Bible as absolute re
vealed Truth, another some and
.says no, there are contradictions
in the Bible; that Mohos made cer
tain mistakes in writing the Pen
tateuch when he wrote about his
own death and burial, therefore
the whole thing Is wrong and sees
no good in the Bible.
There Is no doubt at firat glance
that thcro are apparent conflicting
conceptions of God, Man and Im
mortality in the Bible. Tho one
who Is nfraid to study the Bible
makes the mLstuke in saying that
he will accept It all on faith, thus
..bowing that he has little concep
ts of the meaning of faith, while
theother rejects the Bible alto
gether because he sees tho diffi
culty hut is not willing to follow
tho difficulty by further study.
Nothing can be known by It
self. Neither can tho Bible be
studied by itself. History, philoso
phy, psychology and many arts and
sciences help the student who Is
honestly searching for Truth.
Even such n matter as paper mak
ing and the manufacture of pen
and Ink throw light on the Old
and New Testaments.
Tho secret of Paul's success aa
a missionary is to be found in the
fact that he recognized this fun
damental principle in dealing with;
people.
I think the sa m e rule may be
toduy which seems to throw
shadow on our traditional pride in
justice and freedom. There never
has been a conflict between science
and religion, but there has always
been a conflict between theologians
and scientists, between those who
have always been afraid to let their
assumptions stand the test of rea'
son and progress. There also have
been free men such as Suiter, Wes
ley, Fox, Chamig, Parke, Emerson
Gamaliel in the Book of Acts
uttored the wisdom of the agos
when he told the members of the
Jewish Sanhcdrin not to fear any
new doctrine for if It were of God
it would prevail anyhow, and if It
wero not of God it would be dis
carded In time. Surely we have
not learned many lessons from our
study of Scriptures if we either
are afraid of our beliefs or seek
to suppress others by force. Fear
has no place in the vocabulary of
the Christian or tho Scientist. All
Truth is of God nnd Truth mu3t
conquer.
We find all sorts of view in the
Bible, but no whero does the Bible
claim itself as being an authority
on geology, biology or chemistry.
The Bible is the story of the spir
itual pilgrimage of a great peo
ple. The Bible is invaluable as
uide for die spirit in sclf-reali
zation and tho quest for God, but
nowhere is there any Interest as
to whether the world Is flat or
round. It makes no difference to
the spirit of man and his moral
nature what form the world hap
pens to have.
I have taken too much space is
It is but again, "What doth the
Lord require of thee, but to do Just
ly, to love mercy and to walk
humbly with thy God." If the
church vould practice more the
Lord's prayer and the Sermon on
the Mount, nnd worry less about
how many angels can dance at the
point of a pin, and if scientists
would see n little beyond nnd with
less to bo ashamed of before the
generations which are to come.
Suppose the world gives It
trial and suppose we try it each
in considering the one that differs
from us.
That Is the test of all religion,
and the center and circumference
of Christianity.
M. FEKESHETIAN
Pastor Unitarian Church
applied to that discussion going on in the human soul, we would havo
To the Editor: Apart from the
ever-increasing ovidenco of evolu
tiou obtained from the various
fields oi ficljQjo, such n geology,
biology, embryology, anthropol
ogy, archaeology, etc., which dis
credit the biblical record of the
'special creation," there is found
one more evldsnce, evidence which
though to be found in the Bible
itself testifies to the imreliablenes!
of this biblical record. Thus in
the second chapter of Genesis we
find written that Clod "brought
the 111 unto 1 ho tuati to neo what
ho would call them; and whatso
ever the man culled every living
creature, that was the name Uiliv-
of."
Talc hip; for granted this epechil
.creation this sudden appearance nl
tho nuiiKMiis (BVthu't species, we
still have to explain how the
names as tfiven by tho man, Adam
mun?s which having' no intrin
sic values of their own are but
arbitrarily accepted symbols
could ever bo the names thereof.
Tli is alleged instant creation of
names for uli living creatures by
the man, Adan. proves beyond
doubt and to the satisfaction of
anyone having common sense the
narrow, tribal standpoint from
which this biblical story of crea
tion was written. Destituto of
the knowledge about tho parallel
origins of languages and under
standing not the psychology of
words, tho early biblical writers
unconsciously over-estimated the
value of names. j
Names and Innguapes are grad
ual, social creations. Borne ot
them are so widely different in
make-ups and distinct in origins,
as in the case of the Indo
European languago and the Chi
nese language, that they suggest
no lluquistlc differentiation what
soever from the same source. If
one says lions, tigers and leopards,
only about 200,000,000 people cau
understand; hut if one sttys "sze,"
"hoo," and "bao," the number ot
people who can understand is
doubled. Again, had wo started
to call lions "tigers" or tigers
"leopards," we would have undur
stod "tigers" n lions and "leop
ards" as tigfrs wHhout the slight
est consciousness of the unnat
uralness of the terms.
We as modern readers of tho
Bible must guard ourselves, therj-
fore, against the dogmatic rutula
mcntalisls as to their final au
thority in Iho interpretation of
the Bible. Wo must allow and
even must expect, a few misUiIces
to bo made in tho Bible becauue of
Ih human authorship.
JOHN1 TSAI.
NOVICES TO MOVIES
FIND DOORS CLOSED
Hollywood, Cah Another Rtu-
dio has joined the general move
ment adopted by Hollywood to
discourage America's "niovio
iHruek" in their rush at the gates
to film fame. The general mana
ger of this studio has. in effect,
hung out a sign reading: "iSo new
omers need apply.
"The only way the picture in
dustry can retain players," he
pointed out, "is by giving them
enough work to make n living.
And every pay check given to
loae struggling to pry their way
into the studios is one taken from
the already overlarge colony of
experienced players."
DUMB DORA
r
By Chick Young
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BRINGING UP FATHER By George McManus
GETUPDCIT.TO NOUH v I f ,BUT W THMc'li III f ,X fl W Tia r 1
EXPECT TO WTCNO TO' - frou HCNtl tI MORtt TBMTjwl A 'JV S )' Alhlfi ? (7ZZ&
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One Wife on Approval
g By Violet Dare 0
itx'ii.k ;ivi;s W MINING
Gardner waa buMnMH Itself all
during dinner, to Cynthia's relief.
Jle h.nl brought with him the cor
titieatcH for the Block which he had
bought ill her dlietioii from her
mot her- m -la w, nnd proceeded
transfer them to CjiiiIil.i hoon
fl.-. d'nii' r wan over.
"She durvn't suMpecl. of course,
th.it 1 l.i.uuht them fur you," he
tol-l Cynthia. "She couldn't quite
Understand my buyhiK them back
nt tho price rdie paid when the
Btock b' ipoied no much lower
now, but lot,i her th:il I wan 1n
teirhU'd in llii" ivw uldlvlslon
mivl wanted nn-re It. Niw, here
yot ai e."
"And In-ro j on arc." Cynthia nu
pneie.l. -Ul in d.u n jit her dt'-U
nnd writiiit: u check for the iuimii'it
th.it he had saij Liu- Muck would
come tn,
"I wMi you'd t.'t
Hi off to j ui at the pi
lug hi the open mar
n fdio blotted the
)uu ic.iliite that
money by thin IrniiK
Ve, bill there's tin rea;
j'on jthould Iohv by It, and
a good one for my losing.
told you, I couldn't be.tr
Madame Behind feel th.it
me m11 tMs
;co It's lirlnn
Wet," In- ,
,-heek. "1).
i nu i p liivlnt!
tcliuii?-
in why
there
Af I've
to have
if .Mm
had been homo Instead of off on o
honeymoon with mo. she'd never
have made Iho Investment In tin
first place. By buying her stuck,
oven though she doewn't know it.
I've evened thlnjm up."
"Well, the ri?al ln't over yet.
You enn't loll what may happen to
that stock before long. Tell me. do
you think you're going to like tho
n part men t, now that you've lived
Jn it a whole day?"
"Oh, I'm going to love It," Cyn
thia exclaimed enthunlnatlcnlly.
"It's a charming place. But don't
you hnte dreadfully lo give It up?"
'No, I foel nbout It n you do
about your hotie, I suppose your
house In bountiful, yet you wero
Kind to lenvo It and come here,
weren't you?"
Cynthia nodded, "I understand.
But I'm norry that you aren't go
ing to be so fortunate na I have
been In ehatiKlng homes."
"I've been fortunate enough In
having you (iko UiIb nparlment
and let me roine hero some times,"
he , misu ei eil.
They peut (he evening by the
living room fire, and tlnrdiier ploy
ed to be no ontei tulning that Cyn
I bin Was genuinely worry t o have
him go. Me wnn tho only person
triwn whom she felt that she
illy knew, and could rely on.
lie telephoned her the nct after
noun to pink ir she won hi go to
Iho (heater with him the fultmv-
ing week. When she hesitated h
nriied her. "Conic along -it's tin
Barrj more play, and sure ti
tod." he lnMted. "You've n
i.l ea how much I want to tal;
ou."
"Well eh. very well, 111 go!'
she exclaimed. Sho would be
throwing down tho gauntlet of de
fiance with a vengeance, but (iho
wan feeling ejpeei.tlly blue, as .1
hid apparently quite forgotten her
ex:teiup.
Airer nil, ir Jim doesn I care
what I do, why should 1 bother?"
. ho diked homrlf.
she dined with Noel (lurdner the
following evening. Ceclle Malcolm
w.is l a neighboring table, nnd
enine over to pcak to them.
"Voti two nio going to appear In
Town Talk If you're not m refill,"
sho laughed. "I miw their Mar now
gatheror Just a moment n. Cvn-
thla. you have no right to ho m
pretty; It's too h.ir.l on all the oth
er women In the world! Hero I am
madly In love with Noel, ami. of
coume. he can t oven nee mo when
you're around. The whole town's
talking nbout the wny he n thrown I
me over because ot you, uhen
BARNEY GOOGLE
Barney Doesn't Hedge at This
By Billy de Beck
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MUTT AND JEFF
They Fist with Ed S',dman in Beaumont, and Get Kiddied in Houston
By Bud Fisher
TrtC WORLfc FAMOUi
TouWTS FISHED
IW BcAOMomT AWt
THeM pco SM T
HousroM, rex .
TOey PRocccMib to
CALL OM MAVoR. O,
Holcombg But we Re
iNFORMeD THAT
Ha IS ooT OF THe
city, ths mavor.
IS A GlOBe-TCoTVCR.
TlteY FovjNib THCiR.
old FRvewD MAYOR
HolCcxbc w nte-
Acting mayor's
orpica, so He-
WASN'T our OF TOWN
aftsr all.
HolcomBie houtsd
LtONS INJ AFRICA
WITH THe BoVS
THIS SPieiuG.
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T11 KOLL IS DOVWM T0.3Cs AND
WW VoRR IS TWO THOUSAMfc MiLfl
AWAV'. MAt0 THe- FAMouS
TOuRiSTi OjILL HA TO VV0AHCHOM6.
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