William Williams’s Spring and All
In the year 1923, William Williams’s work “Spring and All” was published and discussed the importance of the imagination and words in the forms of prose and poetry. Many events occurred during this year in the United States where ideologies were challenged, the news delivered faster, and technology rapidly flourished.
The First Edition of Time Magazine
Arts and Culture: On March 2, 1923, the first issue of Time magazine is issued. Communication of the news was adapting and becoming faster for a larger audience to acknowledge. Time is a weekly news magazine that was founded in New York City by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce. It is the first of its kind that was created in the United States.
USS Shenandoah
Science, Technology and Ideas: The first American Navy airship called the USS Shenandoah is flown for the first time on September 4, 1923. This took place at Lakehurst, New Jersey. An airship is a lighter than air aircraft that is filled with lifting gas to give the airship altitude. A famous example of an airship is the LZ 129 Hindenburg which was known for the Hindenburg disaster in 1937 which caught fire and caused 36 casualties.
Social Change: The Moderation League of New York joins the movement of repealing the prohibition of alcohol. Their goal was to change the definition of what an “intoxicating liquor” was which was prohibited by the 18th amendment. Prohibition started in 1923, so early on during Prohibition, groups were working together to get rid of this law.
Jack C. Walton
War, Politics, and Nature: On March 23, 1923, the first anti-Darwinian legislation called House Bill 197 was passed in the United States. It was signed in Oklahoma and it banned the teachings of evolution in public school textbooks. The governor of Oklahoma at the time that signed this legislation was Jack C. Walton. He is known for being the governor that served the shortest term in Oklahoma for only ten months from January 9, 1923- November 19, 1923.
Great Chronos report. The first anti-Darwin legislation–given the continued resonance of those kinds of legal efforts–shows how certain scientific ideas have served as long-term threats. Great images and linked as well!