T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , O R EG O N , JA N U A R Y 26, 1699. CORRESPONDENCE. J < X X K X H > < X > < X X X X X X X X X > < X X H X X ) I m ay cause them to see things they never saw before. Y ours for the diffusion of the light and knowledge of the tru th , An E arnest W orker. C. R. C ook . ...The... tè $ MZ Liberal U n iversity Leads. SIZ SIZ M any th an k s for the continued SIZ favor of your gleam ing Torch—long m ay it blaze and grow b righter and SIZ b righter to banish the haze. 1 SIZ haye not w rjtten an y th in g of late jor Torch because you had oth- SIZ ef g()O(1 j,eng a t y 0Ur com m and — SIZ T H E ONLY S C H O O L ia st i)Ut far from least,A unie Tufts, who ¡g too «tu ff” for blood-washed SIZ OF T H E K IN D . Hjnners an d is a good m atch for SIZ GraCe G ruber, the brightest new gtar ¡n p ,e constellation of Reason SIZ Do not get discouraged, for R eas­ SIZ on is your friend, and joined with Perseverance you’ll succeed in the SIZ er J . Y o u r success th u s far with , r gchOol and the Torch, is much 1 SIZ th a t is closing in around it. greater than m ight have been ex- i SIZ F re e from S u p erstitio n How can we expect to spread and pecteci? w ith your conditions. H a r - E ditor T orch of R eason : We read all the F reethought books and papers th a t we can get hold of and we see th a t all seem anxious for organization in all the states, but one thing we seldom see, and th a t is one word in regard to -------- - the F reethought U niversity at Sil- verton, Oregon, the only school of the kind th a t is in operation. \\ hy is it? Is it because F reethought is narrow and selfish? There is seldom a week passes th a t we do not get letters asking for donations for som ething public or private to assist some one in the east, and we have searched in vain for a record of anyone in the east doing an y th in g of great conse­ quence __ to _ help our school, . which is trying h ard to keep above the ice strengthen F reethought unless the young are educated in th a t light? For my part, I see the need of an education, and shall do all in my power to help educate the young to th in k for themselves. As the twig is bent, so stan d s the tree. I have only one boy,and he is in this Free- thought school, and it I live to see my grandchildren grow up, I shall do all I can to give them a sta rt in the world w ithout th eir being bur- dened with superstition as I was. Yours for T ru th and Justice, M rs . J. L. B a r n h o u se . Caleb, Ore. M cM innville, Ore. Liberal University E ditor T orch of R eason : yard hag it8 gjte jr, the proud yard of g oston, its fine buildings over XjF ¡tg head, it8 m illions of dollars to jts assets and its thousands of stu- dents on its lists— kicking football V F an(j breaking bones—but your lit-, q j e woo(fen U niversity in the Ore- gon m ountains is of more interest j V r re a j thinkers an d scholars of \1< t jlft worl