The trial originated not in Dayton but in the New York offices of the American Civil Liberties Union, for it was this organization that ran an announcement in Tennessee newspapers, offering to pay the expenses of any teacher willing to test the new Tennessee anti-evolution law.
When a group of Dayton leaders decided to take advantage of this offer, their main reason was not so much defense of religion as it was economics, for they saw the trial as a great means of publicity that would attract business and industry to Dayton. Others responsible for the trial were the media, who worked hard to persuade Bryan and Darrow to participate in the trial. John T. Scopes was not a martyr for academic freedom.
Primarily a coach of three sports, he also taught mathematics, physics, chemistry, and general science. He agreed to help test the law even though he could not remember ever teaching evolution, having only briefly substituted in biology. He was never jailed, nor did he ever take the witness stand in the trial.
The people of Dayton liked him, and he cooperated with them in making a test case of the trial. William Jennings Bryan was not out to get Scopes. The trial record discloses that Bryan handled himself well and when put on the stand unexpectedly by Darrow, defined terms carefully, stuck to the facts, made distinctions between literal and figurative language when interpreting the Bible, and questioned the reliability of scientific evidence when it contradicted the Bible.
Bryan and his wife were on good terms, and she did not admire Clarence Darrow. Scopes dated some girls in Dayton but did not have a steady girlfriend. But twelve scientists and theologians were allowed to make statements as part of the record presented by the defense. The topic of sex and sin did not come up in the trial. Neither did Bryan believe that the world was created in B. Instead of Bryan being mothered by his wife, he took care of her, for she was an invalid.
The people of Dayton in general and fundamentalist Christians in particular were not the ignorant, frenzied, uncouth persons the play pictures them as being. Scopes was found guilty partly by the request of Darrow, his defense lawyer, in the hope that the case could be appealed to a higher court. Bryan did not have a fit while delivering his last speech and die in the courtroom.
Legacy In the five days following the trial, Bryan wrote a 15,word speech he had hoped to give at the trial before the proceedings were cut short, inspected sites for a school the people of Dayton were interested in building, traveled several hundred miles to deliver speeches in various cities and speak to crowds totaling 50,, was hit by a car, consulted with doctors about his diabetic condition, and conferred with printers about his last message. Request Info. Home Footer Link. Bryan College admits students of any race, color, and national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the College.
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