Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-16
I would say 6OO,oOo,OOO years is a

would say 6O0,0O0,OOO years is a
modest guess.
Animal life and plant life prob
ably began at the border line be-
tween the water and the land. For
things were marine. When terri
strial life began conditions were
more difficult and needs to meet
these difficulties of existence have
been the occasion of developing con-
ditions to supply these needs. Com
siderable portions of the life on
land have gone back to the sea-"
Man, said the witness, is classed
among the primates. Fundamental
proofs of evolution, DR.. Metcalf de-
clared. are found not in man so
much as in lower animals. Various
proofs found throughout the uni
verse make tremendous probability
IN favor of evolution of man.
FIVE Schoolboy witnesses and F. E.
Robinson and Walter White were
sworn in en- masse after Judge Raul
ston had overruled the defense motion
to quash the indictment Mr.. White,
the prosecutor, was the first witness
to take the stand.
The witness said that Scopes had
told him he could not teach biology
without violating the anti-evolution
law and that the law was unconstitu-
tional
The attorney general then announc-
ed his intention of introducing the
plologlcai textbook and a Bible into
the evidence. This brought a vigorous
protest from ArtlS.r Garfield Hayes of
the defense. who declared that the
prosecution must prove what was the
theory of the creation taught in the
Bible before they could convict Scopes.
Where in the law do you find that
the prosecution must prove that
Scopes violated the law by teaching a
theory In conflict with the King James
version of the Bibe?" he asked. de-
claring there were several different
versions of the Bible.
The objections were overruled, ex-
ceptions were taken and Mr. Darrow
arose to address the judge. When the
witness was turned over to the de-
fense for cross-examination Darrow
brought out first the fact that the
book was the official textbook adopted
by the Tennessee textbook commission
and that Scopes taught it because 1t
was the official book at that time.
The witness was excused and How
ard Morgan, one of the former stu
dents of Scopes. replaced him on the
stand.
The witness said he was IA years
old and had attended the Rhea county
nigh schools last year receiving in
structions in science from the defend
ant. About the second of April, the
witness said, ''he taught us that an
a ifa -olx
lmal which eventually became man"
Cross examined by Clarence Dar-
row. the youth said he had not been
taught what mammal was.
Shown one of the textbooks the
boy read list of mammals includ-
ing monkey and man. Darrow then
read an excerpt from the chapter on
mammals, relating the method bv
which annals feed their young and
some outstanding examples which
ended with the classification mon
key and man"
He was followed by Harry Shell
ton, student who said he only re-
membered that the teacher had said
life came from one cell.
You didn't leave the church when
he told you that. did you?" the ex-
aminer asked.
mo. Sir"
F. E. Robinson. proprietor of the
drug store in which occurred the
argument leading to the test case
swore Scopes told him that anv
teacher in the state who was teach
ing Hunters biology was violating
the law.
barrow on cross examination
brought out the testimony that Rob
inson. chairman of the schoolboard
was selling the textbook.
The attorney general. as barrow
seemed about to complete his exam-
nation of the witness, read the first
two chapters of Genesis into the
record The defense attorney listen
ed with cynical smile.