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Vol. XXVIII, No. 11 Louisburg, North Carolina 27549
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Brent Caveness and Ray Mize run lines for
“Inherit The Wind”. P/'T n w
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Monkey vs. Monk
By Grey Arnold
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SGA President Reports See Page 6
February 1982
L. C. Players Present:
Inherit The Wind
Church versus State, round two.
Last March, the Arkansas legislature
and its governor, Frank White, passed
the law that the teaching of
"scientific creation" be balanced with
the teaching of the theory of
evolution. In December, in Little
Rock, Arkansas, a group of distin
guished citizens began opposing the
state's requirement of the teaching of
"creation science" along with evolu
tion. A number of representatives
from religious organizations, such as
Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Southern
Baptist, and Methodist were present
as well as many distinguished
scientists.
Both scientific creationism and
evolution were under steady attack.
The evolutionists feel creationism
calls for a breach of the constitution
because it allows the church to
educate within the schools. The
creationists have answered that
charge with an aggressive campaign
to have a version of the Book of
Genesis taught in the public schools
under the guise of science.
Evolutionists, including some re
ligious spokespersons, argue that if
the church is allowed to teach
creation as a science in the public
schools, it will violate the separation
of church and state as guaranteed in
the First Amendment of the
Constitution. Some maintain cre
ationism is an insult to all sciences:
biology, chemistry, geology, zoology,
cosmology, etc. because it disregards
the scientific method. Says pro
evolution lawyer Jack Novik, "The
(Arkansas) law passes religious
instruction or references to religious
writings" under the disg^'^e of
With all of the discussion about
evolution, now is a perfect time for
seeing the play "Inherit the Wind."
This play is presented by the L. C.
Drama Department and will be in the
Plank Theater. ;
The play is about a small town
school teacher named Bertram Cates,
who tries to teach the theory of
evolution to his students. The
Charley-John Smith
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The Entertainment Committee
of Louisburg College has been
working hard to ensure better
entertainment this semester. Their
moneymaking project was to sell
New Rex Cleanser. They received
very good results by selling nearly
$300.00 worth of this product.
Lisa Distasio, chairperson for the
Entertainment Committee, stated
that those who sold twelve bottles
or more would receive a Louisburg
College tote bag with an emblem.
The team members who sold the
most products would receive a
Lou-U baseball hat for their hard
^work.
science. He continued, "Their writ
ings are riddled with religion, a breach
in the wall that separates church and
state."
The creationists claim that they are
not trying to gain control of the
education of America and that the
concept of creationism is not
necessarily a religious one. Says a
creationism witness: "The teaching
of creation without the concept of a
divine being is not religious."
In the end, Judge Overtone, who
presided at the trial, stated that he
would not decide the validity of either
scientific creationism or the theory of
evolution. However, the end result of
his ruling against scientific creation
ism may prove to have far reaching
effects. If scientific creationism is
advocated in our state, a major legal
battle will undoubtedly be possible.
One may expect a lot of controversy
for years to come over this issue. The
battle is not over. It is merely the end
of round two. Score: Theory of
Evolution, two; Scientific Creation
ism, zero.
townspeople put him in jail and this
sets up the great "monkey trial."
Sound familiar? Well, this play is really
about the famous "Scopes Trial"
which took place in Dayton,
Tennessee in 1925.
A few of the actors in the play are:
Gene Wooton, who plays Bertram
Cates, and Ray Mize, who plays
Matthew Brady, Cates' defending
attorney. They are joined by Craig
Eller, who plays the prosecuting
attorney, and many more talented
actors. All of these persons have
worked very hard on the play.
We asked Charlie John Smith, the
director, why he chose this certain
play. He replied: "I thought it would
be an appropriate time because
evolution has popped up in the school
system and because it's been debated
on television."
The play began February 7 and
runs through the 14th. Curtain time Is
8:00 p.m. L. C. students get in free
with a college I.D. Adults will be
charged 03.00 and students pay
$1.50.
And The Beat
Goes On
Linda OXeary takes
donor’s temperature.
By Chuck Johnson
Once again the Bloodmobile has
visited Louisburg. To those of you
who gave blood, the American Red
Cross and countless others would like
to say thank you. Your generosity will
help save many lives.
The Bloodmobile has annually
visited Louisburg College for the last
13 years. The visit is sponsored by the
Christian Life Council of the College
and by the Student Government
Association of the Louisburg High
School. These two organizations not
only sponsor the Bloodmobile, they
also help staff it. Ninety-seven pints
of blood were donated last year with
the help of these two organizations.
At this time the total number of
donations for this year are not known,
See CLC on Page 7