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THE. MORNIXG OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER ' 36. 1909 . ' . : I SI u II GLASS HAS DEEP REGARD FOR HOWE Members "Express Confidence in Professor and Condemn ' Pastor's Attitude. . HOWE'S REPLY APPLAUDED 9 "I'rofcssor lief uses ti Comment on llev. Mr." Mount s Attack From Pulpit Faculty AV111 Take 'o Action, Says President. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene. ; Or.. Oct. 25. (Special.) Stirred by the hitter personal attack made on Professor Herbert Cromble Howe, of the Unlver- sity of Oregon, by Rev. H. X. Mount, in his sermon from the pulpit of the First .Presbyterian Church last night, members of Howe's class in the study of Ruskln this .afternoon passed resolutions ex- ; pressing their confidence and deep re jrard for the professor and condemning .In sharp words the attitude of' the preacher. This la ths class to which Professor Howe In two private lectures after regu lar class hours last week committed the (heresy from an i orthodox point of view of uttering religious sentiments that ave been widely quoted. The preacher went to both lectures, though'not exact ly, it la said. In quest of religious in formation. Professor Howe's remarks so Idlspleased him- that his sermon which ! followed last night bristled with caustic personalities directed against the unlver eitv teacher. ' Class of One Volcej In Resolutions. t The resolutions were adopted by" unani mous vote of the ?5 members of the class, most of whom had previously heard Rev. Mr. Mount's sermon. Just after the begin ning of the regular 1 o'clock recitation Iperiod today. They were kept secret ifrom Professor Howe until every mem-. Iber of the class was seated. Then tney .-were suddenly produced, read aloud, and 'passed enthusiastically. The students showed their feelings in ithe matter still more strikingly by ap I plaudlng for more than a minute after . Professor iSowe briefly expressed his ap preciation. This .action of the class Is : significant in showing the great popular ity of Professor Howe among under ! graduates at the university and the stu- dnt feeling in his favor. Here are the resolutions adopted by the class: . . Where, At the request of members of this, class. Professor Howe recently agreed to meet mich members of the class as d- sired to come o private meetings In his ; cliuroom after college hours, to discuss crnin religious questions that had arisen In the claix from a passage In Buskin's "Modern Fainter." and i . Mount is Not Invited. " Whereas: In his sermon last night. Rev. '. H. X. Mount, of the Central Presbjwrlan . ? I'hurch. of Eugene, though not Invited by the class, nevertheless attended these lec ' tures and discussion without an Invitation; ai.d Whereas. In his sermon last night. Rev. Mr. Mount saw. St to make a personal aP tack on Professor Howe for some of his utterances on reAia-iou doctrines at these private class meetings, and also attacked his ripht to express his own religloas views when such were contrary to the beliefs of Rev. Mr. Mount; therefore, be It Resolved. That the members of this class express their hearty support of Professor i Howe, their reward for him as a gentleman, snd tbelr connd-nce in him Id the class room and expressly condemn the attitudt of Kev. Mr. Mount In thus attacking Pro fesior Howe personally for vlewi given out side college hours snd In a private session ' of the class. t which Rev. Mr. Mount was virtually a guest. m This Is in no way to be taken as an In dorsement on our part of Professor Howe's personal beliefs, for ho has never tried at any time to bring the class to his way -of thinking. His utterances were made In the course of class disSusslon, and were given merely ss his own 'j.erso'nal views on t:ie matter, and in no way as dogmas for the class to follow. Howe leclines to Comment. Professor Howe declined today to com ment on the attack made upon him by Rev. Mr, Mount. He said he did not de sire to be drawn Into a personal on toversy with the minister and had no reply to make to his statements. The minister's sermon, however, has caused one of the biggest sensations the uhlver- - sity town has experienced in many a day. Rev. Mr. Mount had announced on the previous evening that Professor Howe would be his subject Sunday night and the church was crowded to the doors In consequence.' About half the audience was composed of undergraduates and member! of the university faculty. . Had the minister confined his remarks to disouAslng Professor Howe'i views of theology and refuting it. It is said there would have been no objection to his ser mon. Instead of thls.howevter. the pastor cen tered his attack on Professor Howe per sonally, with the result that many un dergraduates and personal friends of the teacher have been deeply offended. As a result the sermon itself is the main topic of discussion, not only on the University campus, but also among residents of Hu ge ne. Pastor's Attack Personal. One- of the minister's arguments In re-i piy to Professor Howe's religious views which has caused particular comment. - was what the teacher's, friends - declare was a slur on his abilities as a scholar. ThWt was the preacher's declaration that Professor Howe wrote in his blackboard during a class discussion the sentence. "Let there be light," in Latin, in order, as the minister said, he supposed, to show his "scholarship." . Rev. Mr. Moijnt is a son of ex-Governor Mount, of Indiana. He is a graduate' of Princeton University and has been in Eugene about five years. Sterne time ago he caused a somewhat milder sensation among university students by preaching a sharp. rmon In denunciation of col fraternities here. It Is not believed that the publicity that has been given to Professor Howe's state ments will result In any faculty action. If he were to be disciplined for religious utterances on the college campus, the shoes of othTa faculty members, - it is said, might be patched. Several of them are in the habit of giving religious talks at meetings of the T. M. C. A. held in ' various college buildings. ' Professor Al bert Sweetfer. head of the biological de partment, has been giving a series of lectures on Christ and Prtrfessor Joseph SVhafer. professor of history. Is eched- . tiled to speak to the T. M. C A.next Friday on "The Man Jesus." Faculty Keeps Hands Off. "Unless the matter1 Is taken up officially no attention will be paid to it." said President Campbell today. "As Professor Howe's lectures were given after unlver- eity hours, I think there will be no such action. It la considered among the mem bers of th. faculty as an expression of private opinion and it is generally under stood no action will be taken." If further notice is taken of Professor Howe's alleged heresy, .there will likely , be an agitation for removal of the re ligious meetings of the V. M. C. A. from the University grounds also. This phase of the matter has alrvady come up for a good deal of discussion. CAMPAIGN WAXES WARM Drys and Ycts Hustle for Votes In Clark County. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Ocjt. 25. (Spe cial.) The campaign for license or no license is now fairly on and this Is the last -week. 8 the ejection to be held Tuesday. November 2. Union services of the Presbyterian. Methodist. Christian and Congregational churches have been held in the Taber nacle at Tenth and Franklin .streets for several weeks past each Sunday even ing. Last evening Mayor Matlock, of Eugene. Or., delivered an address to a large audience, giving statistics favor able to the side of the "drys.' Meetings throughout the county will be held every evening from now until the' end of the campaign. I RATE CUT NOT BIG ENOUGH MINISTERS' V EWS ) WIDELY DIFFERENT Action of Eugene Preacher in Assailing Professor of University Interests; HAS RIGHT TO OWN IDEAS Oregon City Business Men Say In- w sura nee Promises Are Not Kept. OREGON CITY, Or.. Oct. 25. (Special.) There are rumblings of discontent over Whether Teacher Should Express His Private Opinions to Class, How ever, Is Matter That Calls Out Varying Expressions. MOTORCARS &!r-ASK tSl THE MAN la . lHO OWNS 3r R ONE- 11 Professor Howe's criticism of the doc trine of atonement to members of his class in literature at the State University, NEW PHOTOGRAPH OF UNIVERSITY OF OREGON PRO FESSOR, WHO IS UPHELD BY STUDENTS IN -. ALLEGED UNORTHODOX UTTERANCES. , -Z- r- t : s J- 'i: r HERBERT CROMBIE HOWR. the reduction In fire Insurance that was I and the attack made Sunday on his state made in Oregon City last week and it is I ments by Rev. H. N. Mount, a Presby- altbgether likely that an effort will be , terian minister .01 taigene, nave createa made to secure further reductions. Super. lntendent W. H. Howell, of the Water Commission, states that the -reduction is trifling compared with the lmprovemeats that. have been made this year in the city water system. Thousands of dollars bavs Intense interest among the pastors of many Portland churches, who expressed yesterday a variety of views on the mat ter. That a professor has a right to harbor and express, under proper conditions, re- been sDent. the capacity of the pumping i liglous views of his own, regardless of station filter plant doubled and the I how they may differ from popular opln- pumps housed 'in a ooncrete fireproof structure. Ths matter may be taken tip through the medium of the Commercial Club, which was largely Instrumental in secur ing the present reduction, after the repre sentatives' of the Underwriters Rating Bureau had promised the officials of the Water Commission that the rates would be materially lowered. CANAL SCHEME Grays Harbor May Get Inland AVa ter Koute to Columbia River. , ion, was a matter on which nearly all of the ' ministers interviewed yesterday agreed, but as to what extent he should be permitted to explain these views to members of his class there is a variety of sentiment. I nev. William niraiu ruuiKes, inaiui .ut tne rirst presDytenan unurcn, went more into detail on the subject than any other minister ' interviewed. Following . is his statement: "I Itnnrar Dr. Mount And admire him REVIVES ! Immensely for his Christian character and ! his splendid work. In his position as pas tor of a prominent church in a state uni versity town, he appreciates keenly tlTS" ,' ect of destructive criticism in .the nands of a professor .of a" pleasing per-sonacharacter. ABERDEEN, Wash., Oct. 26. (Special.) Revival of the plan to connect the Co lumbia -Jtiver, Wlliapa Harbor and Oraya May Preacher Stand by Faith? "He knows first hand that young peo- Harbor by a canal, which has been talked P'B """r u",,e,au' "" of more or, less for several years, has j fient perspective to disassociate the un- k-v, ,hr hv nnFi ehnt i christian views of a man from the charm surveying' crew now operating from West port south is employed by a company Txrhlrh Hftji this nronoaitlon In view. Mayor Benn. speaking of the matter to day, said that while he had not heard of the scheme for some time he believed It was feasible. A canal of the character proposed would give an inside water way to the Columbia River and would take care of river boats that could bring pro ducts from the Columbia River cheaper -than by rail. The land to be dredged and opened he said was of a low marsay .character and there is a chain of lakes that would provide a feasible waterway. BIG RED APPLES COMPETE Five Willamette Valley Counties Send Exhibits to Albany. . ALBAIfY, Or.. Oct. 26. (Special.) E. C. Armstrong. County Fruit Inspector, and L. T. Reynolds, of Salem, arrived in Al bany today with the Marion County ex hibit for the third annual Albany Apple Iir, which will open Wednesday. The Benton County exhibit also arrived today In charge of Frank Groves, of Corvallls. and both exhibits are being packedand prepared for exhibition. . Lane, Polk and Yamhill, counties. will also have exhibits, making five contest ants for the' grand prize for the'best county exhibit. This prise was wdn last year by larion, with Polk second. Vancouver Woman Dies. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Oct. X. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Paulina Stutx died shortly after midnight this morning, at her lata home, 200 West Sixteenth street. The de ceased was born in Germany, December 8, 1832. She came to America and made her home in Minnesota, com leg to Van couver two years later. Her husband, Herman Stuts, died February' 22. 1901. She Is survived by one son. Charles Stuts, six grandchildren and one -great-grandchild. . ' . OH Seekers Incorporate. ALBANY. Or.. Oct. 25. (Special.) Articles of Incorporation were filed in the County Clerk's office here today for the Calapooia Oil Company, which proposes to bore for oil near Holley. Linn County. The Incorporators are J. C. Porter, W. L. Rouse and E. M - Davis, and the capital stock is $73,000. The principal office of the company will .t Brownsville. whether a state university professor has a right to his own views, however liberal they may be, but whether a- minister f the gospel who does believe something positive has a right to Stand by his faith when it is assailed, without being called a heresy-hunter. "Let a man In a university chair pro pound the' most bitterly unchristian things, and he is haifod as a broad-minded gentleman. If, however, a gospel minis ter takes Issue with him in his own pulpit, when the minister's faith has been rldU-. culed, the minister is- characterised as narrow and il-libera. Right to Own Views. - Following . are the statements of the other ministers who" were interviewed yes terday: Rev. . Benjamin Young', pastor of the Taylor-Street Methodist Episcopal Church Professor Howe hasa right to his own views on religion or any other subject. As I understand it, he did ncft express his views on the subject while his class was in session, and With' all, due respect ,to the ministers down-there, I believe he had a right to present his opinion. Per sonally. I doi't believe in Professor Howe's views on atonement, but I think it was unfortunate that the matter should have been taken into the pulpit, where Professor Howe had no chance to defend himself. I believe in the doctrine of atonement, yet I don't think a lack of faith ln it would of itself prevent admis sion to "the kingdom above. Teacher Should Keep to Subject. I ( - Rev. Charles Scadding, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Oregon I . would not want to criticise Professor Howe un til' I could know more of the clrcuni stances of. the affair. However, I think It is better for a professor of history or literature to keep to his subject, rather than to bother with things he may not know much about. In this- case the sub ject of atonement may have come up as a side issue, and he may have been drawn into It through some hot-headed person. The private opinions of Professor Howe do not bother me, for I think he has a right to them. . Rev. Theodore Schauer. president (of the Evangelical Association of Churches I think that pressors in state universities have a right to express their religious views. The doctrine of atonement. I think, is an essential element In orthodox religion. Rev. Harry Leeds, pastor of the Miipah' Presbyterian Church I am in accord with. Frank C. Riggs Seventh and Oak Sts, Phones Main 4542. A 1137. the actions of' the Eugehe ministers. I don't see the necessity of a professor presenting his religious views to .his class. I think the doctrine of atonement is fundamental to every evangelical re ligion. Teachers Sliould Utter Truth. Rev. James D. Corby, pastor of the First Universalist T?hurch Educators should be hospitable to truths from what ever source. A professor should be true to himself, and ought to give others the benefit of the light within him. I am not orthodox, and I believe the light of man Is Christ, rather than his death. vRev. S. Earl Du Bois, pastor of the Grand-Avenue United . Presbyterian Church A state, university has nothing to do with religious matters, and I think a professor in one is out of place when he expresses his religious opinions to his class. A professor, however, should have the right to his own opinion and to give expression to it outside the classroom. The doctrine of atonement is essential, to church work and is the very heart of all Christianity. L NOTHING KNOWN OF ANOTHER PAPER IN SPOKANE. Congressman Polndexter Admits He Would Like to Go to Senate, but Is Not Reayly. m SPOKANE. Wash., Oct. 25. (Special) Congressman Miles Polndexter denies the report that he has announced that ne win not try for the Senatorial toga. He said today that while the proposition of becom ing a candidate for a sea.t In the upper House Is attractive, he is ideeply inter ested in issues 4iow pending in the lower House. He denied an alleged 'deal with Samuel Perkins, who, it was rumored. had made arrangements to start a paper in Snokane. "The statement is a mistake," said the Congressman. "I have no reason to know what Mr. Perkins' attitude would be if he started a paper here, -neither have any reason to suppose that there is any change of attitude toward me on the part of the newspapers already here. "I iave made no statement to any one about my canaiaacy ror tne senate. have reason to, suppose that if, I were a candidate I would receive strong sup port both on the west and tKe east sides of the state, and the proposition is attrac tive," but (on the other hand, I am very much interested in issues now pending in the House of Representatives. . "I had a part in starting a contest there of some importance to the people, and would like to be In at the finish. I will probably make a definite statement as to the Senatorshlp In a few days. Portland Agents for TULL & GIBES, Mc, Housef urnishing the Leopold Line- . COMPLETE ' Goods Are Sld n ' of Office' DesKs" HOUSEFURNISHERS - Liberal Terms Last WeeK of the Special Demonstration of "Lily of France" Corsets fekiVJ'-'. . IllW 3 ft 1 1 mmm r 1:1 m . 111; I ll&riP THE SALE OFHlV&;ZR SAMPLE LIME OF WOMEN'S SUITS The styles the materials and the tailoring; and fit of Macpherson and Landlord's garments are unsurpassed by any other line. "We made a timely purchase' of this sample lot of strictly tailored suits, coats and dresses all the most exclusive 'of this season's styles and materials, and every one was subjected to careful examination before being 'accepted. Portland women .are quick to recognize such an opportunity for selecting their Winter garments so early, in the season and at such a liberal reduction from what they would be sold regularly for.- Sale commenced festerdaT. Take adyantage today. The Cloak and Suit Section. ' '. ' MRS. VILAS STARTS UIT Widow Claims Half Interest to Es tate in Washington. TACOMA. Wash., Oct. 25. The will of the late Colonel William Vilas, of Madi son, Wis., was admitted to probate to day and J. T. Gregory was " appointed administrator, with bonds fixed at rTO.000, covering property in Pierce, Thurston. Lewis and Skagit counties. The court orders the administrator to hold, subject to the orders of the court, one-half of all moneys coming into his custody until the interest of Anna M. Vilas shall be fully determined. 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Ogsbury. a former agent of the Northern Pacific here, who resigned to enter a dental college at Portland, was arrested here yesterday at the instance of tine company on a "charge of stealing goods in transit. The goods lost by the company consisted of shoes worth $2S, which were dropped off to one of the local merchants. Ogsbury was released on bonds to appear before the September term of the Superior Court. Shingle Mills Resume.. KELSO, Wash., Oct. 25. (Special.) The Motcalf Shingle Company began operat ing today half df the mill, which has not been used for several months. Both logs and bolts are being cut. The two ten-block machines and two hand ma chines will turn out 10,000,000 shingles per month. Mrs. Snsannab. Gray Dies. OREGON CITY, Or., Oct. 25. (Special.) Mrs. Susannah Gray, wife of Samuel Gray, a well-known resident of Redland, diod at the family home on Saturday after a brief illness, beside her 'husband, daughter, all' grown. 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