THE TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E RTON, OREGON, OCTOBER 5 1S99.
and good man among uh m eans? of which has grown the diseases of
m ention.
Professor W akem an
uCOInes not to destroy, hut to
weakness and crim e.
told the school about Luo being a
» antj our prophecies of the
To he sure it m ay be a h ard
Greek verb, meaning “ I pet free, future growth and u ltim ate success
T h e O n ly P a p e r o f Its K in d .
struggle to purify the whole stream
and th a t it ¡* used by all the stu of the Liberal U niversity and of
of life. It will take years and
Published W eeklv by th e Liberal U ni- dents of Greek m any, m any time- t jie cau8e which it represents will
scores of years, h u t there must he a
“? r “u v Com pany, in .h e I n te r « « , o f .................
• - colleges
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v .r .u .e .
in all the
and universities
now rap id ly prove true, even if not beginning.
W e have all beer,
C onstructive, Moral Secularism .
in the world. Now the letters of w ritten by a god or his holy p ro p h
weakened by the awful filth th at
this word stand for Liberal Ur.iver- ets.
J E. Hosm er,.......................Editor
has been cast into the stream by
as we sign it,
But w hat about »he lady \\ ake- the old priests, and even we, who
P. W .O e e r...................... Manager ¡»"J.,
L. U. 0 ., and he proposed to add, m ans, do you ask? Mrs. \\ ake-
are at work on th e purifying plant
in som ew ay, this word Luo to our m an is one of the most even-tem
E ntered at th e poetoffice a t Silverton,
called the L iberal U niversity, of
college yell. fe<» we have a yell pered, intelligent and refined ladies
Oregon, as second-class m ail m atter.
necessity work w ith weakened en
th a t m eans more, and one th at we h a v e e v e rm e t. One, w hoseopin-
ergies.
SUBSCRIPTION RKTES.
may a ttra c t more attention from ions we have learned to respect, re
O, the awful past! How we have
educated people, than any other m arked th a t “ Mrs. W akem an is
been stunted!
How fears, like
One year in advance
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Luo— “ I set
just
as
nice
as
she
can
be,”
and
we
Six m onths m a d v an c e ....................
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spectral hands, h au n t us! How
free.” How appropriate for free thorouglv agree with her. AYe all
T hree m onths, in a d v an c e ................
we fly into our selfish selves, in
In clubs of five or m ore, one year,
dom
of
thought!
love
her,
and
although
some
m
ight
in a d v an c e ..........................................
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stead of going boldly out to the
And now all over this great re say it is a case of “ love at first
Money should be sent by registered
spring of life’s river and clearing
le tte r or m oney order.
public, — all over
th e world, sight,” yet it is the best we can do,
away the debris th a t all in its cu r
wherever “ the good tidings of great as we can’t crowd any m ore tim e
rent and all who are to he in its
N o tic e !
jo y ” th a t our U niversity represents, into one short week than we have
waters for ages to come m ay see
reaches, let the F reethinkers shout into the week of our first acq u ain
clearer and farth er and have more
A h a n d pointing to th is notice denotes “ in sp irit and in tru th ,” as we, the
tance
w
ith
the
W
akem
ans.
sunshine.
th a t vour su b scrip tio n has ex p ired .
You are e arn estly requested to re teachers and students did at the
Miss W akem an, who now occu
There are m illions who would like
new so th a t you m ay receive th e pa close of the first d a y ’s work for E. pies the im portant position of Pro
to be free from the slim e of selfish
per w ithout in te rru p tio n . We have de
cided th a t it is b est for all concerned M. 299 and 300.
fessor of P ain tin g and Drawing in ness, hut how can they? Religion
th a t we do no t send papers longer th a n
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Zip! Rah! the Liberal U niversity, takes after
is a trade, and the young soon find
th e tim e paid for unless so ordered.
Thia will prevent any loss and we will Boom! Liberal U niversity; give her father and m other both, and th a t those whom they supposed to
know just where we sta n d .
us room! Luo!
th at is saying very much. N othing be good are only frauds. Politics
W'e request you to send us th e nam es
of Secularists who m ight becom e su b
in the history of our school seems is a trade, and th e statesm an as a
scribers and we will m ail sam ple copies.
THE W AK EM ANS.
more w onderful to us than the fact rule turns out to be a schemer.
th a t we have secured such a ta le n t F r a u d begets fraud. The sm ile of
THURSDAY, OCT. 5, E. M. 299.
As per last week’s issue of the ed worker in the very work th a t we
those who smile for a selfish motive,
Torch, “ the W akem an»” have ar- need m ost. I t is as Dr. L eonard,
like a gift to a priest for the p u r
' rived in Silverton. Of course we our Professor of Biology, said in an
OUR O PEN IN G D A Y .
chase of heaven, is degenerating,
were all anxious to see them and address before the students last
and unless the cu rren t of th o u g h t
M onday m orning came, and find out by actual experience of M onday m orning, “ if one studies a
is tu rn ed more toward the genuine
everything around the Liberal thought exchange what they are subject enough to draw it or p ain t
and away from th e policy idea, the
like; and now, as they have been it, he ever afterw ards sees sim ilar
U niversity was alive.
hum an fam ily m ay degenerate into
The carpenters and masons went here a whole week, we th in k that things with an added in terest and
grinning, tricky, hum an-like m on
to work as usual, with the excep we should have the privilege of giv can u n d erstan d th eir m eaning
keys.
tion th a t three rooms were left to ing our opinion, especially as th a t much more com pletely.” Miss W ake
As we look upon this weak side
the visitors, stu dents and faculty. opinion is in favor of our subject m an show’s great enthusiasm in the
of the world, we feel a nauseating
The students began to arrive long and ap t to help give our cause a n work, and her pleasant m anners
disgust with everythin g and begin
before the appointed tim e, and we other im petus in the direction of its and high ideals are sure to m ake
to settle back in to our own selfish
soon found th a t there were to he glorious future success.
her d ep a rtm e n t a very im p o rtan t self. B ut no, th a n k s to the Reli
more students the first m orning
The W akem ans are sim ply im factor in our em ancipation of edu gion of Science and H u m an ity , the
th an we had provided seats for.
mense! No other fam ily on earth, cation.
ignorance, and fraud, and crim e
The tim e having arrived to open th a t we know of, could and would
We repeat, “ the W akem ans are and superstition is shown to be
the Liberal U niversity for its fourth do us so much good as they will. im m ense!” and now let us all ap only relics of an ignorant past, and
y ear’s work, a t the tap of the bell The days of m iracles are past, or preciate the great ad v an tag e we the bright sun of tru th reveals the
the students, teachers and visi we m ight believe th a t Prof. W ake have gained by their journey h ith er
fact—“ the blessed assurance”— th a t
tors found seats as best they could, man had been led by God to pre and m ake the very best of our op
our weakness comes only from an
by two sittin g in one seat, and the pare him self for th is p articu lar portunities, and not let th eir en er
evil condition of m ind caused by
opening exercises commenced.
work in this, the only school of the gies he w asted on a desert of expec the wrong teachings of the priests,
Did we open by prayer, as is kind in the universe. W hy, do you tancy, hut give them the reality of through long ages of a m isled a n
usual in nearly every college and know th a t his ideas on every im help and encouragem ent th a t is so cestry.
university in the United States? p o rtan t subject touching the great necessary in any great u n d e rta k
Ah, look! Do you see the few
departm
ents
of
education
exactly
Ah, no! unless our devotion to one
ing, and especially one th a t is o u t brave ones in all the ages of the
This is not side of th e old ru ts and trodden past, and the increased num ber of
another and the “ upward look” to coincide with ours?
ward a higher hum anity as ex because we are anxious to have it pal he of a dead past.
our own ra p id ly changing times
pressed in each professor’s speech so or appear so. We have found
F riends, let us tru ly appreciate h ard a t work purifying the stream
m ight be called prayers.
“ He out th a t it never pays to try to these talented workers.
a t its source? We determ ine to
prayetb best who loveth best,” says make things appear right when
help! How full of interest life is.
the poet, and it is certain th a t he they are not right. The nearer the
It is worth living! It is beautiful!
loveth best who lias learned the honest tru th we can come the surer
S U N S H IN E A N D S H A D E .
Life and death, childhood, youth
altruistic idea of a heaven here on we are to succeed every time.
' and old age all are enhanced and
earth for those who are here and
As soon as we try to purify the are fu„ Q, bappy m eaning
Prof. W ak em an ’s inaugural a d
those who are to come, ra th e r than dress last Sunday evening was a stream of life a t its fountain head
8jnk9 in(0 nothingn888j ex.
the egoistic idea of a little, narrow, trium ph for our U niversity. We in stead of try in g to purify its filth cept
;n g for
helpfulness, and
pting
for i
exclusive, selfish heaven for the could scarcely change a word and of depraved h u m an ity at its m outh, heaven
,
. here!
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is
(4 elite” . We sang and the professors m ake it suit us better, and every ju s t so soon will the world begin to
talked. The students enrolled, re one of the large audience knew th a t be saved. “ T he time is com ing,and
ceived their num bers, and then he believed w hat he said and th a t now’ is” when the source of the
The most com m on error of men
went home to get ready for the he
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what be
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One very pleasant little incident the em ancipation of education, of whole stream . In fact there is one has never yet been found when thus
occurred in our first m orning’s the religion of H um anity, do you in stitu tio n in the world th a t is sought, and never will be while the
work, which we m ust not forget to know what the advent of this g r e a t1 free from the poisonous debris out world stan d s.— [Sel.
Torch of Reason
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