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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
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O fficial
Goodyear
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“ 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. Including th e theory t.f
evolution.
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If the O regon law stands, any m ajority of a leg islatu re may com-
pel ali children to atten d the schools it estab lish es; If the T ep n essee
law stands, any m ajority of a legislature may determ ine th at h te
world was created out of nothing in 144 hours, o r th at B aron Wrote
Shakespeare, or th a t blank verse is blasphem y."
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T H E L O U IS V IL L E C O U R IE R SAYS:
Judge John T. 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."
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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. Any effort to throw legal safeguards around the
teachings of specially selected studies is on u n w arran ted lay Intru­
sion and a step in the direction of obscrantism and intolerance.
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T H E P H IL A D E L P H IA N O R T H A M E R IC A N SA Y S :
The issue is net w hether th e Bible or Darwin is right, o r w hether
the teaching of th e la tte r's theory en d an g -rs young m inds, but
w hether the people of a sta te a re entitled to say how th eir money Is
to be spent for education. So long as they m ake public schooling com ­
pulsive for ail ch ild ren ; so long as they perm it Individuals and p riv ate
school to teach w hat they please, and deny no the privilege of w riting
or speaking on evolution, n does not ap p ear they a re in te r f e r in g
with "freedom of th ought” as some m aintain.
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