Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Email required Address never made public. Name required. Search for:. Categories No categories. But if the trial had continued, Bryan had the chance to put Darrow on the stand to answer his questions.
There are transcripts of what happened on July 20, , but at the start of the two-hour exchange, it seemed like Judge John T.
Eventually, the Supreme Court settled many of the issues about the Scopes case in , in a decision called Epperson v. A unanimous Court ruled on the legality of a Arkansas law that barred teachers in public or state- supported schools from teaching, or using textbooks that discussed human evolution. A teacher in Little Rock, Arkansas had been given textbooks from her administration that taught evolution, and she sought out court guidance about her situation.
Yet, the real event was much more concerned with how to address the teaching of science and religion 3. The transcripts show other attorneys involved in the argument for the two-hour period. Malone was an important figure on the defense team who was overshadowed by Darrow. Bryan had a chance to reverse the roles on the stand. On the following day, Darrow asked the court to send the case to the jury so that the trial could end. One possible reason was that there were safety concerns for the two legal teams.
But if the trial had continued, Bryan had the chance to put Darrow on the stand to answer his questions. Outside the courthouse a circus-like atmosphere reigned, with barbecues, concessions and carnival games, though that died down as the trial was adjourned for the weekend, over which Bryan and Darrow sparred through the press and tensions mounted.
It was to a packed courthouse on Monday that arguments began by the defense working to establish the scientific validity of evolution, while the prosecution focused on the Butler Act as an education standard for Tennessee citizens, citing precedents.
The statement Darrow made is considered an example of his best passionate public speaking. He spoke for over two hours. The trial itself began on Wednesday with opening statements.
Witnesses followed, establishing that Scopes had taught evolution and zoologist Maynard M. Metcalf gave expert testimony about the science of evolution, a signal that Scopes himself would not take the stand during the trial. Subsequent days saw prosecutors argue about the validity of using expert witnesses.
This provided Bryan with the opportunity for an extended speech on the subject. Defense attorney Dudley Field Malone then countered with a speech of his own and received a thunderous standing ovation. The next day, the judge ruled that any experts on the stands could be cross-examined. That night, Darrow quietly prepared to call Bryan as an expert witness on the Bible. Calling Bryan to the stand was a shock for the court. Darrow interrogated him on interpreting the Bible literally, which undercut his earlier sweeping religious speeches.
This prevented Bryan from making a closing statement. After the trial, Bryan immediately began to prepare his unused closing statement as a speech for his rallies. He never got to use that speech, since he died in his sleep in Dayton the following Sunday. Scopes was offered a new teaching contract but chose to leave Dayton and study geology at the University of Chicago graduate school.
He eventually became a petroleum engineer. Supporters of both sides claimed victory following the trial, but the Butler Act was upheld, and the anti-evolution movement continued.
Mississippi passed a similar law months later, and in Texas banned the theory of evolution from high school textbooks. Twenty-two other states made similar efforts but were defeated. The controversy over the teaching of science and evolution has continued into the 21st century.
In , the case of Kitzmiller v.
0コメント