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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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At Kansas State Teachers College in Pittsburg, Kansas, Professor John G. Scott was removed from his citizenship class by President W. A. Brandenburg for discussing evolution, replaced by former Baptist minister Prof. G. C. Trout, prompting student threats of revolt on July 24.
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PITTSBURG, Kansas, July 24.-
Students of Kansas State Teachers college threatened revolt today following the removal of Professor John G. Scott, confirmed evolutionist, from his citizenship class.
Prof. Scott was removed by President W. A. Brandenburg, who refused to comment and was supplanted by Prof. G. C. Trout, former Baptist minister.
…I tried to make the study of citizenship one of life,' Scott said. Incidentally, I touched on evolution as a basis for studying the evolution of society.
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Pittsburg, Kansas; Kansas State Teachers College
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July 24
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Professor John G. Scott, an evolutionist, was removed from his citizenship class at Kansas State Teachers College by President W. A. Brandenburg and replaced by Prof. G. C. Trout, a former Baptist minister, after Scott discussed evolution in relation to societal development, leading students to threaten revolt.