THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1S98
devil and are going to hell? Do
v. u know th at this idiotic super
stition just makes me sick? I
mustn't think of th at, I must a t
tend to my own business. Take a
-«•at. That tall youth stan ding by
tl, table is Mr. Louie Rauch, one
of ¿he best natured young men you
ever saw. He is President and is
ibout to call the meeting to order.
Don’t you think the closing verse
of the opening song very appropri
ate for these young workers? That
is Miss Jane D ePeatt at the Piano.
Listen!
When you find a noble cause, h elp it on .’
When you find a noble cause, help it on !
Never wait for m a n ’s applause,
Never count the cost, nor pause,
Help it on. help it on, help it on, on,on !
Y ou see
is now w inning a victory as an en
tertainer.
Supper is over, and what a fine
supper it was! Now the real enjoy
ment begins.
See that tall girl shooting the lit
tle air riffe. 1 hat is Miss Lillian
Johnson, from E astern Oregon.
I hat little lady in the corner is
Miss G ertrude Milliorn, from J u n c
tion City. T hat little hoy? Oh,
that is Prof. Mason’s son Lloyd,
from lillam ook. I wish you could
tay longer, dear spirit, for it would
•e a pleasure to tell you all th eir
names, hut as von say you are just
carried away with music, I suppose
now th a t M aster Chas. Page, of Ze
na, and Mr. R auch are getting
iea«ly to play, we will be robbed of
your company.
Well, good hv.
May good bless you. W’e hope you
will come again soon and bling
your body with you so as to slay
longer. An revoir.
LIBERAL
UNIVERSITY
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they d o n ’t have their
regular program
th is
e v e n in g
They have election of officers and it
is quite an exciting tim e, foe, after
flu st ( jo with a Rush.
the election they are to go over to
the University building where a E ditor 'P orch of R eason :
long table is loaded down with good
Please send me a few copies of
things and where they are to havi the T orch ok R eason of J a n u a ry 6
an evening of pleasure.
if you have them , for I want to see
Rut listen to the nom inations. th a t U niversity m ovem ent succeed.
B u ild in g in C o u rse of C o n s tru c tio n .
One declines; another declines. No I will send them to parties who I
one seems to w ant to take the re think would be pleased to assist by
sponsibility of being President. subscribing fifty dollars each. I
Mr. Rauch is nom inated for re- want to see this thing go with a
rush and without delay. R eally, I
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election. Listen to his noble word
S
woubl rath er he a prdm oter of this
‘ .Members of the society, you need e iterprise than to h ive Deen a
not expect me to decline for there is signer of the D eclaration of In d e
too much to be learned by holding pendence. In fact,it is a D eclaration
these offices and I want to tell those »f Independence, inasm uch as it
will he a m eans of liberating the
who have decline«!, th a t you don’t ri-ing generation from the slavery
know how much you are los of superstition and bigotry.
Pupils are Given Every O p p o rtu n ity to L earn W ith o u t
ing. I have have held this office
P. C. M osier .
Being H am pered by S u p erstitio n s and Dogmas.
two terms and I th in k it would
OBITUARY.
be better for some one else to hold
it, but I will not decline.” Ah, sev
W’e regret to record the death of
eral nominees. H u rrah! H ear the one of our -promising young Secu
applause! Mr. F ran k Morely is
larists, Raym ond O. W icklund, of
elected. Speech! Speech!
Yale, Oregon, who died at his home
Now hear them discuss rules of J a n u a ry 2d.
order. Do you know th a t some of
Raym ond was horn April 21st, A Splendid Corps of Teachers anti Good F acilities
or
these chaps will know’ more when
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1878, in Monroe,
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county,
leaching.
F o r inform ation, address
they get through with the Y. P. S.
U tah.
In 1884 h e came to Yale
J. E. HOSMER, Ph.D., B.S.D., President,
S. ( . than most of our senators do? with his parents, where they have
SILVERTON.
OREGON.
See how excited they are.
The since resided, R aym ond working on
President is reading from R obert’s
the farm , atten d in g the district
Rules of Order. Some are getting
school a id the m eetings of the M al
anxious for the supper and a motion heur Secular Union and Secular
to adjourn is being ma«le. It is Sunday School.
A lthough an in- r(
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dusirious student, In- was not satis- ►
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quickly voted down.
Well, the officers are all elected, fied with his store o f knowledge, '
not with the Secular educational
at last: the cap tain s of the literary
advantage of his surroundings, and
contest chosen, and now a motion s«» he was preparing to enter the u
to adjourn is m ade and carried, Liberal University next fall. Who D
SILVERTON, OREGON.
can
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how
much
our
cause
has
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spirit, let’s go over to supper,
Ah! doesn’t the tth le look just lost by the death of this young Sec- £8
ular worker?
He was an honest, ►
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'ph-ndid? No wine? No, sir. We m oral, upright young man, a m i t
Enclosed find...................................Dollars to assist in the
are Freethinkers, and we are free to nor only hi« parents and six broth- H
think that it does no harm io leave ers, but all friends of progress have U Construction of the Liberal University at Silverton, Oregon.
But true p
^hmulants and narcotics out of our cause to mourn bis loss.
Yours for Progress,
^i‘d. Pure, cold water, you will Secularists do not m ourn as the su
perstitious do.
We know th at
notice, ig the only d rin k we have on Raym ond is at r«*st, and th a t soon >
the table. They d o n ’t look as i f , <»ur life-work will be done as his is ►
‘‘“•v were suffering for wine, do «lone. W e are thus prepared, and ► C u t th is o u t, o r copy It: enclose •
w h a t y o u can , and fo r w a r d to
they?
we only weep when «>ur loved ones ,
are gone and we can never have ►
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J. E. HOSMER, President,
hat ig M iss Lora Ames at the another opportunity of m aking
‘d of the table.
She is the vic- them happy.
Oh, how kind a id p
Silverton, Oregon.
Uri mg captain in whose honor the loving
l.-V.llg we
» V. should
n.nmiu learn
IVUIII to
W l>e to
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upper is given. T h at rosy-cheeked those who are here now,before they
brunette who escorted Miss Lora to leave us or before we leave them , - —
never again to say the kin«l word
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the table is Miss W innie W hitlock,
nor do the kind deed th at brightens
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^hose forces were defeated, hut who the lives of those we love.
TH E ONLY SC H O O L OF TH
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F re e from S u p e rstitio n
S tric tly N o n -S ectarian
L o c a tio n H e a lth fu l
S o c ie ty G o o d .
E x p e n s e s M o d e ra te .
Liberal U niversity Com pany,
± I y 1116 i OFCll lOF JO OW OFk,