MONKEYS AND MEN

In commemoration of William Jennings Bryan and the principles for which he fought, Bryan University is growing in Dayton, Tennessee, the town which recognizes no simian heritage. It is assumed that a University so dedicated will guide its curriculum according to strict fundamentalist standards. The idea, if carried out, contains many possibilities, not only for Dayton's youth, but for all other colleges as well. In this day of scientific specialization and general stiffening of course requirements, the undergraduate is kept entirely too busy. If a firm belief in the principles of fundamentalism were to spread in University circles, college courses would easily and quickly become simplified and the student would have leisure to sit back and consider the more eternal verities. The amount of time and energy saved in the Anthropology Department would alone make up for the sacrifice of many of the new-fangled ideas now prevalent.

Throughout a brilliant and meteoric career, William Jennings Bryan has been the eloquent champion of causes which became generally known as lost causes. Silver-tongued, he has stood for free silver, fundamentalism, and Prohibition. Crucifixion upon a cross of gold is no longer feared; fundamentalism is not generally accepted. Prohibition alone remains to meet the test of history. Fundamentalism, however, is not yet dead, and its potentialities for simplifying the present college curriculum may yet give it a new lease of life.