San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-10

The distinguished missing link ar
rived in a cabin de luxe on fast
steamer and first was transferred to
a four-room suite at the Plaza Hotel.
Then he took his proper place at the
circus. No finer press agent stunt has
ever been pulled off on the wiseacres
of old Manhattan.
Trouble About to Begin.
But the real gorilla trouble is just
about to begin. There is TO be I'M
yelled in the West Side Unitarian
Church, on the Sunday after Easter.
the statue of a man emerging from
the shape of an ape or gorilla. The
statue is called "The Chrysalis' and
| for several months it has been a storm
center of discussion and for the same
number of months it has been without
q home.
Now "The Chrysalis" is to become
the boldest symbol of modernism that
any New York church has dared 10 dis
| play. The statue is an epitome OF the
theory of evolution. 1t sets itself
against the literal Interpretation of
the Scriptures that man was created
by God in His Own image.
"The Chrysalis" was turned down
| by the New York Academy of Design
on the ground that it lacked merit. 1t
| is the work of Carl r. Akeley. the
sculptor who is said to know more
about jungle life than any other man
in his art. He is connected with the
staff of American Museum of National
History. but that institution is not
standing sponsor for the big piece of
bronze. Ne. Akeley went down the
bay the other day TO greet the circus
gorilla and is said TO have been much
pleased with his observations OF the
animal, which showed intense intelli-
gence.
Pastor Is Defiant.
The pastor of the West Side Uni
I tartan Church is the Rev. Charles
| Francis Potter and he boldly states
that the exhibition of The Chrysalis"
in his church is part OF determined
campaign he will wage against funda-
| mentalism. DR.. Potter recently was
| awarded the verdict in a Joint debate
with the Rev. DIR. John Roach STRAIT
ton. pastor of Calvary Baptist Church.
in which modernism was pitted against
fundamentalism. DR.. Stratton has
also attacked the American Museum
of Natural History for its exhibit
showing the evolution of man BY
means of skulls. He has claimed II
| is all wrong to fill the heads OF chill
dren with "such notions and thus to
lead them away from the teachings OF
the fundamental basis.
DR.. Potter has announced that the
| unwilling of the statue of the man
emerging from the gorilla stage will
take place at 4 p. m. on Sunday, April
%. and that the entire Sunday will be
devoted to the subject of evolution.
The statue. he says. will remain on
exhibition indefinitely. On the morn.
| ing of the unwilling. DR.. Potter will
preach on ''the spiritual significance
of evolution" and in the afternoon be-
fore he reveals "The Chrysalis" he
will preach on evolution as the funda-
| mental basis of modernism" Mr.
Akeley, the sculptor. viii be present
and speak on personality in animals"
To Devote Sunday to Evolution.
He will endeavor to show that many
animals of the higher tyne really have
more intelligence and finer traits OF
character than the average run OF hui
man beings.
"The noint of the statue is not the
gorilla. but the man" says DIR. Pot
ter. at shows that he has risen above
and beyond his animal ancestor. This
statue shows the rise OF man MS
against the fall of man. 1t is entirely
fitting that it should be shown in a
nlace OF worshin and it will be shown
indefinitely so that all may come and
see, and listen"