Word: stratons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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After being asked of his own belief in God, how Noah got all the animals into the Ark, and his reconciliation of the Copernician theory, Dr. Straton interrogated the members of the audience...
...Straton attacked the scientists who believe and teach the theory of Evolution, as "pagan and heathen minds trying to eliminate God from the Universe," and Mr. H. G. Wells' "Outline of History" as the "most humorous of all the humorous books published this century...
...vigorous war against vice in New York City and his fearless denunciations of the Modernist movement from the pulpit have gained Dr. Straton nation-wide prominence as the leader of the Fundamentalists. Modern dancing, in his booklet titled "The Dance of Death," is denounced as degenerate and destructive to the moral fiber of a nation, and the spectacle of a prize fight makes him wonder if we have again "relapsed into Paganism...
...line with the Scopes trial of last summer which has been occupying Dr. Straton's interest for the last half year it has been learned that his greatest hope in coming to the University was to engage Professor K. F. Mather in a debate. As the Phillips Brooks House Association had completed its schedule, the meeting could not be arranged...
After graduating from Mercer University, Georgia, in 1898. Dr. Straton was ordained a Baptist minister in 1900. Today the most vigorous leader of Fundamentalism he has been actively engaged in church and educational affairs for over 25 years...