THE ANTI-EVOLUTIONISTS OF 1964.

The article presents information on the oppositions that have been made against three textbooks on evolutionary biology in Texas. These biology textbooks were the result of a project sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation. There exists an increasing opposition to teaching evolution in biology courses in Texas. In October 1964, those who were opposing to teaching the subject were provided with an opportunity to express their opinions. The said three books, published by the Biological Sciences Curriculum Studies (BSCS), are: "High School Biology," "Biological Science: An Inquiry Into Life" and "Biological Science: Molecules to Man." The Texas Textbook Commission had considered these books for adoption. The commission had advised to submit protests, if any, against these textbooks in writing. Several protests were received against the BSCS textbooks because they explain the theory of evolution. Church organizations have urged chiefly to reject these BSCS textbooks. Several quotations from those written protests are given here.