July. 1928 



EVOLUTION 



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 ning, July 10th, Dr. Alexander Golden- 

 weiser will broadcast through station 

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 the Fundamentalists Are Doing." 



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The Evolution Issue 



By \. DuY McN.MR 



Thcie has been much controversy over 

 the subject of evolution for several years 

 during which time two states have passed 

 laws against the teaching of evolution in 

 state supported schools. In many other 

 states the laws met defeat but a new 

 phase of the subject opens with the ref- 

 erendum which will be held on the sub- 

 ject in Arkansas in the elections of Nov- 

 ember next. If, in that election, the anti- 

 evolutionists win it will give a great im- 

 petus to the movement in other states 

 but if it should fail it is likely to put a 



THE EVOLUTIONISTS 



Do not ask for a law requiring the 

 teaching of evolution. 



Are willing to leave the matter to the 

 intelligence and good sense of teachers, 

 school principals, college presidents, etc. 



Believe that this matter is not a proper 

 subject for legislative action — that il 

 should be left to the judgment of those 

 who are well posted on the subject. 



Believe in freedom of speech, freedom 

 of research and freedom of teaching even 

 though it modifies preconceived opinions. 



Do not tell researchers in advance what 

 conclusions they must come to. 



Believe that all plants and animals have 

 descended from one or a few forms of 

 life by reason of variations that occur 

 century after century. They believe that 

 plant and animal life are not rigid but are 

 modifiable to almost any extent provided 

 enough time is given. 



Affirm that any law that prevents teach- 

 ers from teaching what they actually be- 

 lieve encourages insincerity and hypocrisy 

 and thus hurts both teacher and pupils. 



Believe that all questions of biology, 

 geology, astronomy and other sciences 

 fhould be decided on the basis of evi- 

 dence irrespective of theological bias. 



Believe that an anti-evolution law would 

 be an entering wedge toward the union of 

 Church and State. 



Affirm that the differences between ra- 

 ces of men such as the white races, Chi- 

 nese. Negro, pic. have required hundreds 

 of thousands of years and possibly a mil- 

 lion years to develop. 



Have developed new species artificially 

 which breed true to new characteristics. 



quietus on the whole movement. In either 

 case the public will learn much that is 

 new to them. It is an educational oppor. 

 tunity that should be grasped by those 

 who are interested in what is true in 

 regard to this subject. The writer be- 

 lieves in the doctrine of evolution and 

 thinks that its acceptance wiU mean much 

 in furthering the progress of men. He 

 puts, herewith, in parallel columns what 

 he considers the attitudes of evolutionists 

 and anti-evolutionists on the general sub- 

 ject. 

 * * 



THE ANTI-EVOLUTIONISTS 



.\sk for a law to prevent the teaching 

 of evolution. 



Are not willing to leave it to the intel- 

 ligence and good sense of these people. 



Believe that it is a proper subject for 

 legislation — that legislatures or referen- 

 dums must protect the schools from their 

 natural leaders. 



Are not in favor of freedom of teaching 

 when it treads on the toes of their pre- 

 conceived opinions on theology. 



Tell researchers in advance that their 

 conclusions must agree with theology. 



Believe that each "species" was created 

 separately in the beginning and that any 

 modification cannot pass the limits of the 

 species. They believe that varieties occur 

 within the species but cannot transcend 

 the species. 



Do not seem to recognize the encour. 

 agement of insincerity that would result 

 from such a law nor the tendency to make 

 a mere "rubber stamp" of the teacher. 



Believe that their theological standards 

 should be the standards of secular teach, 

 ing in the sciences. 



Deny that an anti-evolution law tends 

 toward a union of Church and .State. 



Affirm that the differences between ra- 

 ces of men have developed in 5000 years 

 or thereabmits since the time of Noah. 

 They really believe, therefore, in fast 

 evolution but they do not know it. 



Deny that new species have been de- 

 veloped. 



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