The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-09-07
FROM THE PEOPLE
A Protest Against Protest.

In last issue of The News Prof.
Whitford of Sonora takes fall out of
Prof. Parker for alleged teaching of
| infidelity to the young teachers at the
University. | have no brief for Prof
Parker, whom | do no know, but,
judging from Prof. Whitford's criti-
cism, Prof Parker is some man, and
if he cared to do so, is amply able to
defend himself.
Prof. Whitford states in his protest,
and suppose will teach in the class
room: This glorious Republic was
founded on the Bible" Now whatever
may have been the rot handed to
the young teachers above mentioned
it could not have been further from
the truth than Prof. Whitford's re-
mark quoted above. Therefore, pro-
test against his teaching SO palpably
enormous doctrine to the children
of Arkansas. The Constitution of the
United States begins: eve the people
of the United States, ordaln
and establish this Constitution for the
United States of America No men
ton of Bible or God or of religion ex-
eept to grant everyone the right to
believe any religion he chooses, Is
made in the Constitution; God ; not
mentioned even in the Presidents
oath. The Declaration Of Indepen-
denee, second only in Importance to
the Constitution, declares that gov
ernent derive their just powers from
the consent of the governed, and when
ever any government does not please
the people it is their right and duty to
abolish it, and institute a new gov
eminent in its stead. The Bible
teaches: There is no power but Of
God: the powers that be are ordained
of God. Whose resisteth the powers
resisteth the ordinances of Cod A
teacher who can reconcile the teach
ings of the Bible and the basic law of
our land as to the source of govern
ment can ride two horses going in
opposite directions at the same time
without the slightest difficulty.
Suppose Prof. Parker did say a
man could ran the weather better
than we have it. Does Prof. Whitford
think that if President Wilson had
charge Of the weather; and allowed
stock to die of thirst in west Texas,
and people to suffer Of hunger for
want of rain to grow food, while he
sent deluges of it in the middle of the
Pacific Ocean, that he could remain
popular with his party Did it ever
occur to you, Prof. Whitford, as it Ger
tainly did to Prof Parker, that this
world is not run solely in mans in
terest? Only one fourth of the
earth's surface is land, and great
percent of that is barren cliffs. sandy
deserts and regions of eternal ice. So
far as one can see the earth is a
great deal better adapted to raising
sharks than human beings.
Prof. Parker taught God
learns by mistakes" What Parker be
lieves, and he has a great majority
of those who think with him, is this;
In the struggle for existence, the fit
test survives Those beings that are
lily adapted to their surroundings are
removed BY disease, starvation ane
enemies; those that are adapted tc
surroundings, that take advantage Of
circumstances survive and repro
duce their kind. Nature, produces
without design and destroys without
remorse. Errors are eliminated
while the successes remain to strug
pie for mastery A single cottonwood
, tree VII produce countless millions Of
, seeds for every tree that grows t
maturity from its fructifrous effort
: Would you consider carpenter, Wit
| would cut up a train load of lumbei
: before he succeeded in making on
: rafter d good mechanic?
) Why, Prof Whitford, all man