| Show Experts Pr Present sent Evolution Facts DAYTON Tenn July 20 United Press Press Science fired tired a Broadside Into the Tennessee law today In the for torm- torm of nine af affidavits af- af b by scientists fi filed Wed with the Rhea county county county coun coun- ty court in the Scopes case The affidavits contained in condensed condensed con con- condensed form the testimony which the expert witnesses for the defense defense de de- would ha e given ghen had they not been barred from testifying by Judge Raulston u on That evolution in rb evoi nt nature e la is an un undeniable d fact the proscription of which ip the public pub put lie lic schools would work untold hat barn barnis is the tenor of all the statement That evolution does not conflict i I rw with th rel religion I n f jr lt It is GOd Gods God's method method meth meth- od of creation continuous and revs rev Ia tation of Himself of-Himself to man was the Conclusion of ot several MAIN BRANCHES COVERED The documents I gave grave the reaction reaction reaction tion of ot the several fields fo to scientific scientific research to the ban on teaching teaching teaching teach teach- ing the evolutionary theory The branches of science represented InclUded in included In- In geology zoology biology an anthropology an- an embryology agriculture and education Statements were submitted by Dr Maynard l H. H Metcalfe Johns Hopkins Hopkins hopkins Hop Hop- Hop hop- kins university Dr II 11 H H. H Newman University of Chicago Dr lay Fay Cooper Cole University of ot Chicago Chicag Dr W. W V. V C. C Curtis University of ot Missouri Dr Dx Jacob G. G LIpman n. Rutgers college Dr Charles Hubbard Hubbard Hubbard Hub- Hub bard Judd University of ot Chicago Dr Wilbur A. A Nelson state geologist geologist geologist gist of Tennessee Kirtley Mather l of Harvard university and Rev cW c C W. W Whitaker of Knoxville Dr Metcalfe zoologist now doIng doIng do- do Ing lag research work for Johns Hopkins Hopkins Hopkins Hop Hop- kins university Intelligent of ot biological science is impossible if it the established ed fact of evolution Is omitted Gods growing revelation of ot himself himself himself him him- self to the human humal soul cannot b be realized without recognition of the evolutionary method He lie has chosen choser SEES CRIME Teaching in any field which deals with living things Is disgracefully disgrace disgrace- fully fully yes yes criminally inadequate criminally Inadequate It If It omits emphasis upon evolution The fact tact of of manof manof man manof man man- man man- of all living things of the earth o othe of the sUP sun of ot the stars Is stats Is as fulty established as the fact tact that the earth revolves around the sun Chan e. e grOWL evolution e are ne fun fun- Iun- Iun Chan e. e grOWL evolution e are ne fun fun- Iun- Iun a pivotal truth In all na na- na- na ture There is great uncertainty as to the method by which evolution has been brought about None of thi has any bearing upon the question of God as Creator of the universe It Is only a matter of the method He has has' chosen In the creation creation- whether by by Imm-diate Imm flat fiat or b by gradual gradl growth This evidence Is b overwhelming that th the latter was wa wasand wasand and Is His method There is no conflict between the Bible and the fact of ot evolution The literalist Interpretation of the Bible Is not only puerile puerile puerile-It It Is Insulting both to God and to human intelli gence WOULD CLOSE MIND The fundamentalist would do much worse than insult God He would shut mans man's mind to Gods God's ever growing revelation of Himself to the he human soul He teaches that tha Gods God's revelation of himself was completed long ago ceased ago ceased to un un un- un fod His mind to men In new reve reVo- reVo lation I Dr W. W D. D Curtis zoologist University University University Uni Uni- Uni- Uni of Missouri ri The past history of ot event evento whether of human or animal Is subject matter for scientific In Inquiry Inquiry Inquiry In- In and the answer of science is s evolution The Th Thery very ery great antiquity of man the e of an earlier period of ot manlike beings Intermediate Intermediate Inter Inter- intermediate mediate between man and other primates together with the facts of mans man's anatomy his his physical reactions even his mentality all aU point to his bodily kinship with the th rest of ot living na na- na- na ture It It t is no not that man c me from monkey but that man monkey and anc ape all from a rap rail came 3 common an ancestry of t years vears ago Evolution has become become generally accepted by the Intellectually In Incompetent Incompetent In- In competent who have taken the trouble to Inform themselves with an open mind EVOLUTION AT FOREFRONT The principle e of evolution stands I in n the first rank among the natural natu natu- rat ral laws not only In its range of applicability but in the degree of its validity the extent to which It may lay claim to rank as an established established established law It the one great law of ot life It depends for its validity not upon conjecture or philosophy but upon exactly the same sort of evidence as do other laws aws of nature The evidences upon which the law of gravity is js are no less indirect than those supporting the i principles of evolution n. n In the field of physical chemistry chemistry chemistry chemis chemis- try we had first the molecular theory theory theory the the- ory then the atomic theory then the he Ionic theory and now the electron electron elec elec- I tron theory Each of these has appeared in Ip direct response to the I necessity of explaining new sets of ot facts and none of them is so well founded as the theory of evolution No one has ever seen a molecule an atom an Ion lon or r an electron The T existence of and the properties of these hese entitles have been deduced from rom the behavior of various chemIcal chem- chem Ical cal substances when subjected to k experimentations I fr MANY TESTS RECORDED The evolution theory has been and tested in every conceivable conceivable conceivable able way for Jot considerably over half halfa a century Vast numbers of biological biological bio- bio logical facts have been examined Inthe in inthe inthe the light of or this principle le and without without with with- Ith- Ith out a single exception they have hare been entirely compatible e with It Think what a sensation In the scientific world might be created If It someone were to discover either one well au authenticated fact tact that could not be r reconciled co with the principle of or evolution Dr Fay Cooper of Chicago for 19 19 r charge of ot the the- physical og nd Malayan ogy work hj Field museum of ot ago leader of several anthropological expeditions Anthropology that t the e fact that man clo l certain certain tam tain members Wn of-Wn mal worlds in every bone and or Ial of his body There are hut they are differences of degre degre-athan degre than than ot kind These anima ost closely resembling man nian man are the Ji anthropoid apes While the they nr yet et it Is evidence that man manine of ot descent descent de scent scent is not through ny of these anthropoids It does appear however however how how- ever that man an ang the he other primatES primatE'S primates primates mates matE'S ha have haa a evolution as the moe mo lIat explanation tion of ot the b facts relating to the universe universe tur ur world and to all life lite It It- on jF SAID EXPERT PRESENT t Jacob G. G LIpman evolutionist e t and nd soil expert deun of the college ot of agriculture at Rutgers Going back far enough we come cometo cometo cometo to the time depth of ot soil was not great enough to support plants of any but very primitive forms Like plants and animals our soils had to pass through a long pe period period pe- pe nod of change to support the varied forms torms of life on earth A direct re relation relation relation re- re lation may be traced between soils solis plants and animals in the evolution e of organic life r |
