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EVOLUTION 



The Verdict of Science 



The men of science in the United States 

 are practically unanimous in their opposi- 

 tion to the fundamentalists and their anti- 

 evolution laws. This conclusion is based 

 on a referendum conducted by EVOLU- 

 TION among the members of the Ameri- 

 can Association for the Advancement of 

 Science. In answer to the question: 

 "Should teaching that Man is ascended 

 »r descended from a lower order of ani- 

 mals be prohibited by law?" 1078 of the 

 1098 ballots already received were marked 

 NO, while only 20 voted YES. 



There was a greater diversity of opin- 

 ion on the second question submitted : 

 "Should the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science take a militant at- 

 titude against fundamentalist anti-evolu- 

 tion laws?" 764 voted YES, 277 voted 

 NO. Quite a number did not vote because 

 of doubt as to the meaning of militant. 

 The majority of three to one in favor of 

 the Association taking a militant stand 

 seems very impressive. 



The third proposition met with even 

 greater favor. "Should the American As- 

 sociation for the Advancement of Science 

 express itself against the elimination of 

 evolution from biology school texts by 

 publishers in fear of fundamentalist in- 

 fluence?" was answered in the affirmative 

 by 958, while only 123 voted in the neg- 

 ative. This shows emphatic opinion on 

 this subjct on the part of the scientific 

 world. If this finds expression it will un- 

 doubtedly encourage the publishers of un- 

 adulterated texts on biology. In this con- 

 nection the article by Barrow Lyons "The 

 Text Book Hoax", on aanother page of 

 this issue is particularly enlightening. 



The fact that there actually exist some 

 members of this most august body of 

 science who think that the teaching of evo- 

 lution should be prohibited by law is of 

 course most remarkable. The twenty are 

 distributed as follows: District of Colum- 

 bia, 1; Illinois 4; Kansas 1; Massachu- 

 setts 3 ; Minnesota 2 ; New Jersey 2 ; Ohio 

 1 ; Pennsylvania 3 ; Washington 1 ; Wy- 

 omingl. It will be not«d that not a single 



creditors would not have much confidence 

 in me if they thouph* t were throwing 

 business away. 



"Under the laws ot evolution only those 

 will survive in the struggle for existence 

 among text book publishers, who adapt 

 themselves best to their environment, and 

 their environment at present is one in 

 which the Fundamentalists largely con- 

 trol the situation, at least in the elementary 

 and high schools. If teachers who are not 

 controlled by the Fundamentalists were to 

 take an organized stand in the matter, per- 

 haps the environment of text book pub- 

 lishers would be changed." 



That is the situation. The problem of 

 meeting it is chiefly that of the teacher — 

 the one person most interested in the pro- 

 motion of sceintific information. 



one of these hails from Arkansas, Ten- 

 nessee, or the much maligned South. 



The response to these THREE QUES- 

 TIONS submitted by EVOLUTION is 

 very encouraging. It shows that among 

 scientists generally there is a splendid 

 sense of responsibility toward the public. 

 Undoubtedly, as the fundamentalists push 

 their campaign to control education, the 

 scientific world will become more and 

 more active, until even those that now take 

 the position "the less said, the better" will 

 realize the necessity of positive effort at 

 popular education in natural science. 

 Here is the vote detailed by States: 



Alabama 



Arizona 



Arkansas 



California 



Canada 



Colorado 



Connecticut 



Delaware 



Dist. Columbia 



Florida 



Georgia 



Idaho 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Louisiana 



Maine 



Maryland 



Massachussetts 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



Mississippi 



Missouri 



Montana 



Nebraska 



Nevada 



New Hampshire 



New Jersey 



New Mexico 



New York 



North Carolina 



North Dakota 



Ohio 



Oklahoma 



Oregon 



Pennsylvania 



Porto Rico 



Rhode Island 



South Carolina 



South Dakota 



Tennessee 



Texas 



Utah 



Vermont 



Virginia 



Washington 



West Virginia 



Wisconsin 



Wyoming 



Totals 



No-. 1 



Yes No 



— 9 



— 7 



— 6 

 1 87 



— 5 



— 19 



— 31 



— 9 

 1 59 



— 6 



— 6 



— 1 

 4 88 



— 9 



— 22 



1 22 



— 11 



— 4 



— 7 



— 31 

 3 83 



— 32 



2 33 



— 5 



— 34 



— 7 



— 18 



— 1 



— 7 



2 6 

 2 



— 49 



— 9 



— 5 

 1 66 



— 21 



— 8 



3 87 



— 1 



— 9 



— 12 



— 4 



— 16 



— 28 



— 6 



— 9 



— 27 

 1 15 



— 13 



— 23 



No. 2 

 Yes No 



6 2 



7 — 

 4 2 



61 



4 



16 



20 



14 



7 



22 

 1 

 3 



44 13 



6 — 

 4 2 



— 1 



68 20 



7 2 

 11 10 

 15 9 



7 3 



4 — 

 7 — 



21 9 



64 14 



21 8 



26 8 



3 2 



23 9 



6 1 

 11 7 



1 — 



7 — 



5 2 



2 — 

 34 13 



6 2 

 5 — 



41 21 



58 30 

 1 — 



20 

 4 

 6 



22 



11 

 8 



16 

 3 



No. 3 

 Yes No 



6 3 



6 1 



6 — 



74 14 



18 



20 



11 



4 



6 



27 



77 



29 



32 



4 



28 



7 



14 

 1 

 7 



40 



8 



5 



56 



17 



4 

 15 

 28 



9 

 55 



6 



6 



82 10 



79 19 

 1 — 



4 — 



15 1 



25 2 



6 — 



10 — 



24 — 



13 3 



10 .2 



20 2 



3 1 



January^ 1929 

 $5,000 PROMOTION FUND 



Dr. Martin Dewey, who has already 

 been very generous in his support of 

 EVOLUTION, has pledged himself to con- 

 tribute $1,000 to the $5,000 Promotion 

 Fund in monthly payments of $100 during 

 1929. This brings the pledges up to $2,000. 



The amounts paid since last report are: 

 Albert C. Dieffenbach $10.00; Fritz 

 Gannon $1.00; W. R. West $1.00; Martin 

 Dewey $100.00; Mrs. T. M. Nagle $10.00; 

 Wm. K. Gregory $200.00 ; Frederick Tilney 

 $200.00 ; Morris Weinberg $200.00 ; Chas. 

 Fuchs $5.00; Wm. M. Brown $25.00; M. 

 Mark $50.00; Howard Lilienthal $5.00; 

 Meyer Friedman $1.00; A. B. Cohen $10.; 

 E. R. A. Seligman $10.00; L. T. B. Light 

 $100.00; A. Friend $25.00; B. A. Dyer 

 $1.00; F. R. Wulsin $4.00; W. H. Waight 

 $4.00; R. D. Spencer $1.00; David N. 

 Schaffer $2.00 ; Albert Bohm $5.00 ; Hugh 

 Miller $1.00; E. C. Boxell $4.00; Geo. G. 

 Leidhecker $1.50; J. S. Horsley $5.00; 

 Arthur Garfield Hays $10.00; Geo. Welby 

 Van Pelt $5.00; S. E. Telleson $1.00; 

 Carl Keller $1.50; A Friend $10.00; E. L. 

 Fantus $10.00; Margaret Crowder $1.00; 

 I. M. Miller $10.00; F. K. McFarlan 

 $5.00; Total $1,035.00. 



Previously reported paid, $1,175.00; 

 Pledges $2,000.00 ; Grand Total $4,210.00. 



This leaves less than $1,000.00 to be 

 raised to complete the $5,000 fund for 

 Evolution Promotion Campaign. Surely 

 enough other friends of EVOLUTION 

 will now step forward to push this Fund 

 over the line with a rush. 



As previously announced, a share in the 

 Publishing Corporation is given for every 

 $10 paid in, and an extra voting share 

 with every $50.00. 



HONOR ROLL 



E\'OLUTION measures its success by 

 the number of readers who qualify for the 

 Honor Roll. If the journal does not move 

 its readers to ask others to read it has 

 failed in its purpose. Although, of course, 

 we hope to please the evolutionists it is 

 not published primarily for their own ed- 

 ification, but as an instrument with which 

 they may enlighten their neighbors. These 

 friends therefore have our greatest appre- 

 ciation. May we count YOU among them 

 next time? 



32 Ella A. Holmes 5 A. Bogard 



17 Lida C. Brannon 5 S. Ratner 



9 Frank Masek 



6 Gustav Weiss 



6 Sam Katz 



6 E. W. Thomas 



6 G. E. Marsh 



5 Chas. Kiehn 



5 A. L. Davis 



6 Chas. F. Clagg 

 5 I. M. Miller 

 5 E. G. Clemmer 

 5 F. K. McFarlan 



20 1078 764 277 958 123 



and three each from S. S. Ruck, C.H. Low, 

 F. A. Varrelman, Emerson Miller, F. K. 

 Fassett, Mm. Mclntyre, C. M. Schoch, M. 

 S. Deland, S. F. Brooks, F. S. Darling, 

 W. L. Abbott, F. J. Trompour, Geo. F. 

 Knowlton, H. D. Oppenheimer, Chas. S. 

 Grause, Geo. A. Coleman, L. C. Daudant. 



