ALEXANDER WINCHELL

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.

Vanderbuilt University was then under the Control of the Tennessee Methodist Episcopal Church and Bishop McTyeire served as the University President. Winchell, a member of the church, 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 (See {612709}), and when he refused, he was fired. There was no such thing as Academic Freedom at Vanderbuilt at the time. But this case was one of those that spurred its adoption throughout the country.

Vanderbuilt University was then under the Control of the Tennessee Methodist Episcopal Church and Bishop McTyeire served as the University President. Winchell, a member of the church, 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 (See {612709}), and when he refused, he was fired. There was no such thing as Academic Freedom at Vanderbuilt at the time. But this case was one of those that spurred its adoption throughout the country.