r»gc i uree THURSDAY, JUNK 25. 1925 THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS Scopes Trial for Teaching Theory of Evolution is a Test Case for Katicn “Greatest Question Ever Rais* quiry presupposes doubt, the Iss j«» , m th a t th e theory of evolution necea •d.” Says Wm. J. Bryan. em braces the question of a g n o stld s n ’ runs counter lo the Genests story of the Creation. “Cannot Legislate a Limit Judge Jo h n Randolph N ear, of for Human Mind in Inquiry Knoxville, Tena., states his position In After Truth” Says Opposi the controversey In this way: "W e tion. Comments From the regard |t as equally un-American and th erefo re unconstitutional, w hether It Press of the Country. la kingly or ecclesiastical au th o rity nr legislative pow er th at would attem pt to lim it the hum an mind in Its enquiry Í a fte r tru th ." W ritten Specially for New* By Edward Percy Howard T ennessee's b attle over the rl<ht to teach the theory of evolution In th e public schools has now engaced serf ous atten tio n of all civilised think Injt peoples. I: is contended In some q u a rte rs th at the whole question of hum an freedom and developm ent is w rapped up in the issue. The ques tion Is of im portance not only in T ennessee or Florida or Oklahoma or any o th er state. It is regarded evea as m ore than a national Issue. Of course It is accepted th at no legislative body can a lte r natu ral law by s ta tu te It Is Just as Impossible to prove by legislative enactm ent the tru th or falsity of evolution as it would h e to pass a law th at would definitely establish the tru th or fals''.y o f gravitation. W hat Is. is. and no legal pronouncem ent can m ake o th er wise. The question raised involve.1 th e rig h t of the hum an being to try to learn the tru th regarding the o rig il of life. C f course in so far as iu- On the o th er side of th e jfenca | stan d s the statem en t of W illiam Jen- I ntngs Bryan, arch foe of th e evolutlotf- 'a r y theory. "T h is" says Mr. Bryan '• Is one of the g reatest questions ever raised —the question p f th e right of • th e people who created and support (th e schools, to control them . If not they, then who? The Fundam ental!« s a re try in g to establish the doctrine I th at th e taxpayer h as a right to say I w hat shall be tau g h t—th e tax p ayers j and not tha scien tists—Can a handful of scien tists ro b your children of re ligion and turn them out a th e ists? " i R eb u ttal then advances th is argu- meat: Even though the theory ot theory of life or conduct may be O ther ro n tm v ersallat* say eroluilou be tru e and be finally ac taught cepted by the people as against the thia la not a practical answ er In tha* i It would c rra le a m onetary standard S lnry of th e U enesis those who might i of education. W ere evolution demon accept the tru th could not be consid slrated or accepted as the true p rln d ered a ih d s ts . They point, too to the pie of life, then such knowledge wide divergence hot ween »theism aud would be barred to the poor: Indeed they would he com puted to learn onl agnosticism . the story of G enesis, correct or Incur- A nother view point, th e re does not reel. appear to he any particular quarrel The crux of the argum ent appears with Mr. B ryan's theory th at the tax poyers have a rig h t to set up schools, tu hang on the n atu ral right of the and to govern the school curriculum . hutuati aperies to seek the tru th , to he It Is only when this Is coupled with Informed on the thought of the world legtslatlou m aking education com and be glveu the liberty then to ex er pulaory th at the right of the Individual cise th eir own Judgetnanl In the form to seek tru th becomes abridged. 'In ing of oplultina, and w hether the Ten the one hand It la skid com pulaory education doea not necessarily Involve YOUR SHOES WILL LIVE study only In public achools. Pa roc‘i >| and sectarian and private schools a e still left as the unham pered media through which evolution or any o th er Tire • • -e re^ trcr# O fficial Goodyear TAYLOR. LAKE X R IA N S The Unique Revue HALKING’S COMEDY SILHOUETTES SAM BEVO “ The Mtitdcal M oke" SAVED!! John T. Scopes, professor of biology at Dayton, Tenn. high school, on trial there for violating the “ ¡aonkey-Iaw** — or, cha: with teaching the theory of evolu tion. It is a test case watched with a great deal of interest throughout the country. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 31 The only act of Ila kind In the world M onkey Law” Judge Some Interesting Opinions liesse» statu te allows that right Th s applies to »«'onomlcs, to religion, to history, indeeil to all bases of human knowledge. 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Raulston of Rhea County, Tenn., who is presiding at the trial of Prof. Scopes, charged with violating the state law, in teaching the theory of evolution in Da yton, Tenn. high school. Win. J. Bryan aids the prosecution and Clarence Darrow the d"'-”v«-«. The tru th o r falsity of th e Itarw lnian theory does not e n te r Into this case. The constitutionality of th e T ennessee law should be tried a t once. It is intolerable th a t such a prohibition should be on the s ta 'u l* boohs of any A m erican Comm onwealth. It sm acks al together too much of the ed icts of governm ent w here church and s ta te a re not dissevered." ICE DELIVERY Eugene Vulcanizing Works 957 Oak St. We are now delivering Ice on MONDAY. W EDNESDAY and FRIDAY. 1020 ¡" aud keep cool. SA N ITAR Y M A R K E T T H E N O R F O L K V IR G IN IA N P IL O T SAYS: T here is no m ore reason for regulating th e right to teach evolu tion th an th ere Is for regulating the right to teach bee cu ltu re or political economy. 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