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John T. Scopes, teacher of science in a Tennessee high school, has been indicted by a grand jury upon the dire charge of teaching the theory of evolution to the innocent children of Rhea County. Therein, lies a situation which might be called a tragic farce.
In the remote fastnesses of Tennessee, where a high-school professor is arraigned under that state's new anti-evolution law for having "taught evolution" from a biologic text-book previously approved by the state authorities (TIME, May 18), the forces of light and darkness ranged themselves for conflict...
The prosecution found a voluble champion in William Jennings Bryan, "great commoner." Last week, Mr. Bryan was going the rounds of Eastern lecture platforms, emotionally crying that evolution is the arch foe, not only of Presbyterian Fundamentalism, but of "all religion." He wanted to make the trial, at which he...
On this question, he seemed likely to debate alone. The issue of the trial as taken by the defense was not to be the futile question: "Is evolution true?" but: "Can the human mind be limited by law in its inquiry after truth? May freedom of teaching and freedom of...
"These steps can clearly be seen in travelling from the far East to the West as I intend to do on my trip next fall. By visiting all the countries on my itinerary, we shall obtain a concept of the swing of evolution. Opportunity will be given to study the...