VANDERBUILT UNIVERSITY

Vanderbuilt University was then under the Control of the Tennessee Methodist Episcopal Church and Bishop McTyeire served as the University President. Winchell had written that man had been on earth long before that dates that hade been officially proscribed to Adam and Eve by most church theologians, The university asked for the Professor’s resignation, and when he refused (See {612831}), he was fired. There was no such thing as Academic Freedom at Vanderbuilt at the time. But this case spurred its adoption throughout the country.

Only six years later, the University was intellectually and politically split asunder when the prestigious chairman of the Geology Department wrote that the fossil record was at variance with the date the church had ascribed to Adam and Eve. Vanderbuilt was then controlled by the Tennessee Methodist Episcopal whose Bishop served as its President. See {612709} and {612831}.

Vanderbuilt University was then under the Control of the Tennessee Methodist Episcopal Church and Bishop McTyeire served as the University President. Winchell had written that man had been on earth long before that dates that hade been officially proscribed to Adam and Eve by most church theologians, The university asked for the Professor’s resignation, and when he refused (See {612831}), he was fired. There was no such thing as Academic Freedom at Vanderbuilt at the time. But this case spurred its adoption throughout the country.

Only six years later, the University was intellectually and politically split asunder when the prestigious chairman of the Geology Department wrote that the fossil record was at variance with the date the church had ascribed to Adam and Eve. Vanderbuilt was then controlled by the Tennessee Methodist Episcopal whose Bishop served as its President. See {612709} and {612831}.