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In every account, the 1925 trial of John T. Scopes, who was accused of teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in Tennessee schools, is cited as a cultural showdown. The event pitted fundamentalists against religious skeptics, conservatives against radicals, fear of change against freedom of thought. According to the...
The two pictures are not mutually exclusive. They characterize the extremes of Wellesley College. Twenty years ago Wellesley was a different place, perhaps more sophisticated, certainly more socially select. Today Wellesley is a home for 1,750 primarily middle class girls who, by virtue of their capabilities and education, are...
There is a reason for this malaise. The problem is that Wellesley has not been able to keep up with its students. In the last 30 years, the woman's place in society has been changed radically, always moving inexorably towards social and economic equality with men. But womens colleges...
Dividing into two groups--one to draft the letter and another to plan the mailings and cover material--the students worked until I am and met again several days later. At various times in September and early October members of the group suggested revisions and through this "process of evolution...
Pock-Marked Face. The lunar tides when the moon was near produced friction and violent heating of the interior and surface layers of the earth, Singer believes. This could well have led to the sudden degassing of rocks, volcanic activity and the creation of an atmosphere that probably consisted of...