Grouped about the little table in Robinson's Drug Store, Dayton, Tennessee, is where the argument on the new Tennessee "Butler Act" law that resulted in the prosecution of John Thomas Scopes for teaching evolution in the high school where he was professor of biology.
Shown seated left to right are Herbert E. Hicks, attorney; John Thomas Scopes; Walter White, superintendent of schools; and County Judge, J.G.McKenzie.
Standing: B.M. Wilber, Justice of the Peace; W.E. Morgan; George Rappleyea, chemical engineer who started the argument; Sue K. Hicks, attorney; and F.E.Robinson, chairman of the Rhea County Board of Education.
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