4
the torch of reasok , silverto ::. obfhom ,
T hursday , O ctober «. iw*.
reasonable figure, and with his aid the intellectual faculties and give
stu d en ts knowledge of all the facts
we reached the Indian reservation
of history and of nature, it must be
and camped for the night. After
plain »hat the real truth along
taking care of our three horses and
everv line will he discovered, as a
eating our cold lunch, we went to
general rule, by such an educated
sleep on M other N a tu re s
lap.
one much sooner than it w ill bv
There we slept with the beautiful
those whose m ental powers arc weak
blue dome ol tbe great sta r cham ber
and whose stock of historical and
above us, but thoughts of our long
scientific facts is rn .,d ’. If t'lo i-ii-
drive
on
the
morrow
awakened
us
|
anitv is tru e,th en , and if C hristians
very early, and ere the stars had
cu red m u st be e n d u re d . W e m u st
honestly believe it to he true, they
Entered at th e postoffice at Silverton,
ceased
to
shine
we
started
again
all “ le arn to la b o r a n d to w a it” .
Oregon, as seeond-class mail matt» r.
should do all in th eir power to
We h av e been fo rtu n a te in secitr-1 toward the great Pacific.
prom ote non-sectarian institu tio n s
Driving
three
horses
when
one
is
¡ng a n o th e r te a c h e r, Mrs. H a r r y !
SUBSCRIPTION R ^TES.
of learning.
Tow n, w ho com es to us h ig h ly re- not used to driving is hard work,and
To be sure, we the facu’tv are
One year, in ad v an ce.......................... H 99
before
dark
we
had
a“
tired
feeling”
,
5G co m m en d ed an d h o ld in g p ap e rs of
known to be Infidels, but we be­
Six m onths, in a d v a n c e ....................
25 high m o ral a n d e d u c a tio n a l value. but we were bound to reach T illa­
Three m onths, in a d v an c e ................
lieve in freedom of thought and
In clubs of five or m ore, one year,
-
mook
City
th
at
night,
and
so,
by
¡„advance................................... ••
75 M any will be ao n y to learn that
endeavor to teach the students to
Money should be sent by registered p r( ,feHp(,r G e e r w ill not he ab le to our better half driving ihe lead be independent — to do their own
le tte r or m oney order.
ta ke bjg c , aSKeh a , p r i.8ent.
On ac­ horse, we crossed Green M ountain
th in k in g ; and when C hristian m in­
count of b is a b ility as sa le sm a n and after dark, reaching the city about isters or C hristian laym en combat
Notice!
o u r g re a t need of th e “ a lm ig h ty 11 p. m., where friends and re la­ our in stitu tio n , it is pretty good
d o lla r’ , be h as c o n tra c te d to w ork tives gave us a hearty welcome.
proof th a t they are not anxious for
A pencil m ark here denotes th a t your
We regret very much th a t we
a
s
h
o
rt
tim
e
for
his
fo
rm
er
em
ploy-
j
subscription will ex p ire w ith th e next
the young people to discover the
num ber. You are earnestly requested ers, M essrs A dolf Wolf<fc Son, who could not stay longer, but much
tru th , but are afraid to have them
to renew so th a t you n.ay receive ih e pa­
work in Silverton called to .us to
are
closing
o
u
t
th
e
ir
im
m
en
se
stock
per w ithout in te rru p tio n . We have de­
learn to th in k and are like the old
cided th a t it is I»est for all concerned of g en eral m e rc h a n d ise an d were hasten, and so we staid only one
th a t we do not send papers longer th an
U ,. ii« » r h e ir day; but this was long enough to church, desirous of forcing the p< o-
th e tim e paid for unless so ordered, v e ry a n x io u s to h a v e A ll. O e e r n e q
ple into the m ental slavery of the
T his will p revent any loss and we will J
, learn th a t our school has m any
know just w here we sta n d .
j
. .
i warm friends there and th a t quite Dark Ages.
We request you to send us th e nam es |
A s we a r e w r itin g th e m a il c o m e s
of Secularists who m ight become
! | a(j e n w itli a n o t h e r o n e of th o s e a n - - a num ber of Tillam ook students
scriliers and we will m ail sam ple copies.
,,
,
. g d s without wmgs, a nfty-doiiai will finish their education in the
Im a g in a tio n an d In s a n ity .
Liberal U niversity.
THURSDAY. OCT. 6, B.
298 «•><**• 1»
W. E. Page made the school quite
in c K S L F A T ,
____________ t a ,
d M r A .S la m a n is the S e c u la r­
E ditor T orch of R eason :
a
nunber
of
presents,
am
ong
which
ist from w hose L ib e ra l, h re e th o u g h t
As usual, the Torch of Reason
O p e n in g .
b ra in o rig in a te d th e id ea of se n d in g was a fine, large steam cooker for
was read with avidity. It is doing
the dining hall.
o
u
t
his
an
g
el
of
g
o
(o
)d
.
The third year’s work of the Lib­
We came home via North Y am hill h u m an ity more good than all the
W
ell,
o
u
r
good
w
ork
is
m
a
rc
h
in
g
eral U niversity has begun in ea r­
hut on account of a heavy rain, exclusive political clap -trap pub­
on,
am
i
in
a
few
y
e
a
rs
we
will
look
nest. At this writing it is impos­
our homeward journey was not a lished in the land. It contains the
back
upon
these
«lays
of
c
o
n
s
tru
c
t­
sible to tell just how many will
pleasant one. W hile on the m oun­ substance of all tru e political h u ­
ive,
m
o
ral
work
for
S
ecularism
w
ith
attend, but the outlook is very
m an conduct.
It, through reason,
b rig h t/ Miss Lillian Johnson, who p rid e an d feel well paid for our la- tain s we were wet and cold—chilled removes that blind, orthodox, relig­
attended last year, has returned hors with th e coin th at passes cur- to the bone, but by patience we a rriv ­ ious prejudice th a t ham pers the
and adds her talents and enthus- rent in th e minds of a ll-th e thought ed safe and sound where we found free action of the m ind. It removes
¡asm again to our great cause, th a t we have be n of service to our everybody hard at work and s tu d ­ im aginary fears of an asserted hell.
ents com ing from afar to atten d the
H er brother Edwin will follow as fellow men.
only Liberal U niversity in the It removes the im aginary, unproven
soon as his work will perm it. She ,
— — — ——
pleasures of treading heavenly
world.
expects him about the 15th of this 1
W a n d e r in g s .
streets paved with gold, and angels
m onth. Mr. F rank Brown, (if On-
for associates with harpt* galore,
One of our professors being led
tario, arrived S aturday, and even
based upon the wild im aginings of
A P ro m o te r o f T r u th .
our short acquaintance h as convinc­ astray from the fold by the enemy
a few prolific m inds.
It brings
ed us th at he is to he a valuable known as F ilth y Lucre, we are in-
man back to him self, to a study of
If the theories of C hristianity are
addition to our little band ol work-
ere. Jam es Officer, of Dayville, «Hiced to help h.m escape to h.s true, there is nothing th a t will him self, within the tru e and n atu ral
sphere of m an.
N atu re may be
who has been atten d in g the state former home across the Coast m ake so m any good C hristians as
perverted, but can not be changed
fair, came l ack and with Mr. Dick Range, close by the great roaring a school like the Liberal U niversi­ by im agination, upon which ortho­
Barnhouse, from Caleb, has been pea
ty. We teach the strictest and dox (reeds are based.
helping the carpenters get the
^tbe e(p tnr a n ,j bis better-
In the letter you honored by
highest kind of m orality.
We be­
rooms ready for the school; and
day
lieve th a t there is no danger of be­ publication, allow me to state it
since his arrival, W llson Ben-
,
.
zv.w ‘with a new team which w’as just ing too good, and th a t every one contains only the everyday in ci­
nett has been waiting on the c a r­
dents by which the priestcraft sub­
penters, driving the new team and th at m orning donated to the U ni- should be just as good as he or she
sists upon m a n ’s im aginative m en­
assisting the work wherever he versitv by Messrs Glaze and Officer, is capable of being. It is our duty
tal elem ents.
To the orthodox
could. These new students from for the home of the cohog and salal. to m ake the very most of life, and
bigot im agination becomes fact,
d istan t parts of our state are sure j The first half-day’s drive was a nothing can be m ade of a moral
from which arise crosses upon the
to add much to the success of our very pleasant one, hut in the after­ wreck compared with w hat can be
back and sleeves with overcoat
school this year and be the means noon we reached the McCoy hills, m ade from a ch aracter th a t has
capes, formed after the holy, sacred
of bringing others into the work in and the trouble began. The load never gone to pieces on the slim y
h ea rt of M ary, which to me is a
the near future. Most of last year’s was a heavy one and the hills were rocks of dissip tion and abuse.
play upon the im agination of bigots
students who live in Silverton are ju st wet enough to be sticky, and Therefore, in our teachings of pure
to cover the rottenness of the
back again, with quite an addition we “ got stu ck ”. A fter w aiting some m anhood and womanhood we are
wearer, the holy priest.
How
of new ones. V ictor D ahl, H arry tim e help cam e and we dragged building up “ fit temples of the Holy
ratio n al m inds detest then;—craven
Melson, W inola Allen and M artin along up the hills, hut after talking G host” , provided there is one and
hypocrites in robes! It begets dis­
Klein have cast their lot w ith us with Mr. Reese, with whom we th at he (she or it) understands his
No modern gust for the whole outfit of the
and we hear of quite a large num - staid over night, we concluded our (her or its) business.
A man
C hristian can deny th a t a good would-be holy fraternity.
her of others who will be here in a team could not take our heavy load
is only a m an, a substance existing
over the m ountains; we therefore character is the very best founda­
few days.
in N atu re, governed by N atu re’s
Our buildings are going to an- began to try to buy, beg or borrow tion for a perfect C hristian life, and
laws.
swer our present conditions better another horse. W e a t last found a as our school is purely non-secta­
T his brings to thought the word
than we thought at first. We will ¡good one and bought him at a very rian , alw ays endeavoring to train
be som ewhat crowded, but if the
good weather keep« up for a m onth
or so and our friends give us
The Only P ap er of Its Kind.
enough financial aid, we will be
Published W eekly by th e Liberal U n i­ able to move into th e m ain build­
versity Com pany, in the In terests of
ing in a short time. Of course we
C onstructive, Moral Secularism .
will have a much larger degree of
i F H o sm e r
............ E ditor success when we get into the b u ild -
P W Gccr *
‘ ....M a n a g e r ¡ng th a t is being bo th especially for
’
»cho” i purposes, but ‘ w h a t c a n ’t be
Torch of Reason