The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-10-14
PROFESSOR DEPOSEO
| FOR EVOLUTION VIEWS
.,rpcrR TRUSTEES GUST DIR.
noy ONE OF MOST PRoMI-
nrNT FACULTY MEMBERS.
,rAcHINC IS NOT ORTHODOX
,.~+ Saws Others Will Resign If
NJ dismissal Is Enforced. Students
p,ss Resolutions Protesting Against
n.u.o,,a1 of Their Instructor.

pacs Resolutions FIOtCStII4S ASaAASS
p.r,oval of Their Instructor.
MACON characterization OF ru-
that have been current for some
inc that teachings of evolution by
h. Henry Fox, head of the depart
i .,t of biology at Mercer University,
"a hi, religious beliefs were out OF
ormooy with the religious beliefs of
i Baptist denomination, reached a
max Thursday, when the executive
ommittee of the board of trustees
sted the Bib county board OF edu-
ton ior a science teacher to take
place temporarily until it can be
ernanently filled.
n Dr. Fox, said to be one OF the best
fentists in the south, was recently
resented with QUESTIONABLE, it is
srertained. His answers, not full
rough. his friends say, have present
crisis in the faculty:
Committee Investigated.
Members of the committee that in
F,tieated the status of Dr. Fox were
Rev. ]. B. Turner, OF Albany;
Dr. William Russell Owen, OF Macon,
Id the Rev. w. A. Hogan, of Lin
#bnton
u This committee personally examined
Dr. Fox, in addition to the question
hire. and are said to have found that
h personal beliefs were incompatible
br one holding the position he does as
IA instructor in a denominational
Ehool The faculty member, however,
kphined, it is said, that he did not
eaclr these doctrines in the class
boms, but the committee, neverthe-
Is. considered his presence a menace
i the religious morale of the students.
q The report is said to have continued
Nat the committee was given assur-
bee by the administration that IT
be faculty member under question"
sas found to entertain such doctrines
services would be dispensed with
an early date.
y Neither DR.. Fox nor DR.. Rufus
eaver, president of Mercer, would
bcuss the matter in detail. Members
the executive committee OF the
Bard OF trustees referred all matters
81 DR.. Weaver, who as president OF
institution, they said, must give
IN the announcement when it is ready
public consumption.
Serious Situation"
A. R. Willingham, member OF the
Bard OF education and also a member
IL the executive committee OF the
Bard OF trustees of Mercer Universe
commented that the university has
serious situation on its hands" but
Sd did not mention the name of DR..
bx.
Students of Mercer University who
III DR.. Fox's classes and who have
len acquainted with the activity OF
L board against him for some time
clared Thursday night that he is the
st teacher on the faculty.
They assert he does not make the
ecihc declaration in his teachings
BIT he believes in evolution, but IN
Ferng the subject says evolution
believe" and then proceeds with
IA theories of evolution as advanced
noted scientists.
Rumors quote other professors as
ing that they, too, would resign If
Fox was forced to withdraw. Min
erla students and others alike are
d to regard him among the highest
the faculty.
pr. Fox has been a member OF the
frcer faculty since 1918. During the
st summer he did government re-
prch work in New Jersey. He is
mer president of the Georgia socie-
OF biologists and is secretary OF
Georgia Academy of Sciences. He
author of a number of scientific
rks
Students Protest.
Smdents of Mercer University pro-
Ped in resolutions Friday against
request of the board of trustees
" DR.. Fox be asked to resign. The
olutons said that Or Fox has i'm
SSed the student body as being
N OF high Christian character,
oSe only motive in teaching is to
4 the truth"
ELIGIOUS BELIEFS, NOT
M EV0T TTTTnM WAC TUE