Eighty-nine years after a Dayton jury found John Scopes guilty of teaching evolution, the people of this town are still acting out the creationist debate, all in order to put on a show. The lesson of the Scopes Trial is not that some people are stupid science-deniers. Itâs that scientific fact can all too easily be spun up into performances and archetypal dramas. John Scopes, the schoolteacher, was not a prisoner of his conscience. Dayton was not a particularly religious town.
Students come from all across the U.S. and the world. Ranked #20 by U.S. News and World Report and #14 by Kiplingerâs Personal Finance for best values among private universities, Emory University offers a small liberal arts college environment within a major research university.
The liberal arts institution opened on October 3, 1950, as Bellarmine College, established by Archbishop John A. Floersh of the Archdiocese of Louisville and named after the Cardinal Saint Robert Bellarmine. The name was changed by the Board of Trustees in 2000 to Bellarmine University. The university today is organized into seven colleges and schools and confers numerous Bachelor's and Master's degrees in more than 50 academic majors, along with three doctoral degrees; it is currently classified as a Master's university.