I was born the day the Casablanca Conference opened and so was schooled through the fifties and very early sixties. I went to an Episcopal Boarding school and the role that religion played in almost every subject area was discussed and debated.
Creationism, while never named (that moniker came later, maybe 70s) was mentioned but only as a negative contribution, that Biblical beliefs hindered the advancing knowledge in areas like anatomy, evolution, germ theory, anesthetics, corrective surgery, blood transfusions, astronomy, physics, geology ...
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!