PAUL D. SIMMONS

The Kentucky legislature appropriated over $10 million to the University of the Cumberlands to establish a School of Pharmacy and provide some scholarships thereto. The difficulty was that the University of the Cumberlands was affiliated with the Baptist Church. Simmons, himself a Baptist Minister, was outraged at this violation of Church and State. He appealed to the Kentucky Supreme Court, which unanimously held that the appropriation was un-Constitutional.

The Kentucky legislature appropriated over $10 million to the University of the Cumberlands to establish a School of Pharmacy and provide some scholarships thereto. The difficulty was that the University of the Cumberlands was affiliated with the Baptist Church. Simmons, himself a Baptist Minister, was outraged at this violation of Church and State. He appealed to the Kentucky Supreme Court, which unanimously held that the appropriation was un-Constitutional.