SG 7-8
1) Scopes, Haggard and Bryan Jr. went swimming in a local mountain pound during recess to try and escape the heat. They lost track of time enjoying the cool water.
2) “the greatest debate on science and religion in recent years.”
3) “I made up my mind to show the world what an ignoramus he was and I succeeded.”
4) “I have been searching for proof of this all my life, with the same desire to find it that is incident to every living thing, and I have never found any evidence on the subject.”
5) “When Clarence Darrow is put forth as the champion of the forces of enlightenment to fight the battle for scientific knowledge, one feels almost persuaded to become a Fundamentalist.”
6) “Whereas in Dayton the Scopes defense found little sympathy for their arguments among the town’s citizens and less still from the members of the bar, here the people are indifferent while the local attorneys express convictions that the law is invalid.”
My questions:
What did Malone do in order to get the audiences attention? (p.178)
Who posted Darrow’s bond? (p. 185)
What were Darrow’s remarks on the case on page 193?
Where did Scopes attend graduate school and what did he study? (p.201)
When told to ‘step aside’ by Bailey in reference to arguing the case at the United States Supreme Court, what was Darrow’s response? (p.219-220)
TM 17-23
1) Eleanor Darwin
2) Quixotic
3) “The least our generation can do, your honor. is to give the next generation all the facts, all the available data, all the theories, all the information that learning, that study, that observation has produced- give it to the children in the hope of heaven that they will make a better world than we have been able to.”
4) The redneck asks why out of all the monkeys in the world, we’ve never seen a human come out of one… thus proving evolution is ‘bull-sheeit’.
5) TULIP are the five points of Calvinism
6) The point in the trial where Malone calls Mr. Bryan as a witness. This was unexpected.
7) A cop is the physical manifestation of a writer’s art.
8) Drugs are a symptom of an aspiration according to Chapman.
My questions:
What did Chapman discover Thomas was using to deceive Denise and Diogo by watching the tapes? (p.205)
Bryan has stated to the press that this was to be a what between evolution and revealed religion?
What horrible realization does Chapmen come to on page 218-219?
Where does Chapman take the moonshine? (etiquette of moonshine consumption apparently) (p.225)
What did Chapman believe was Carlo’s true purpose in his ‘intellectual exercise’? (p.233-234)
What percentage of Dayton kids go to college according to Joe Wilkie? (p. 242)
Darrow says, “We have the purpose of preventing (what) and (what) from controlling the education of the United States…” (p.251)
Chapter 1 Summer for the Gods Essay
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Summer for the Gods
Chapter one (1) of Summer for the Gods, impressively outlines the opposing arguments of creationism and evolution as they existed from the late 1800’s leading up to the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925. What I found both interesting and disturbing is the fervor of each argument and the undeniable bias that exist for each theoretical school of thought. It seems that evolutionary scientist and fundamentalist clergyman, alike, in vying for acceptance of their position, sought to fully discredit the arguments of the other. As if religious men and scientist were hopelessly deadlocked in a debate that could totally disavow the professional credibility of the opposing factions’ entire belief system and/or field of study. Despite the adversarial nature of the opposing schools of thought, I find it most impressive that while the author clearly seems to favor the evolutionist position, he does not discount the fundamentalist point of view nor does he fail to mention that a number of scientists who happen to be Christians opined that room existed for both theories to exist simultaneously. I think the book very carefully avoids total disavowance of the religious principles of creation. He instead presented the reader with figures like John Orr, who opined that, “Science and Christianity are pitted against each other. Their interests are held to be antagonistic”. His inclusion of figures who embraced neither position fully, again demonstrates his ability to make sure that this polarizing topic was not just black and white but instead that both positions were nuanced and contained gray areas.
Quiz SG 7-8, TM 17-23
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1. Defense witness Metcalf graduated from Oberlin College. Where is Oberlin located? 174
TM 17-23
1. Who was considered to be Denise's Grand Placebo? (204)
2. What literary work described how man may have evolved/developed? (214)
3. What potentially lethal drink did Emerson offer Chapman? (224)
4. Chapman discusses how "staggeringly ignorant" he was. What contributed to this self-description? (234)
5. During the trial, what happened to the people of Dayton? (244)
6. How was Bryan's beliefs dismantled by Darrow? (254)