T H E TORCH of REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON , OCTOBER 5 1899. 6 The Emancipation of Education. Concluded from 3d page. world ci protoplasm, viz : Microbes, ptanO.an- jmaie and m an, considered as to his physiol ogy, anatom y, hygiene and physiological pay- choloey and com parative sociology. Third vear: H um an H istory, primitive So- ciology, Linguistics, Religions, I nätitutioos, Law, Politics, Economics, Ethics and Aesthet- F o u rth year: General Philoaophy of the Sci ences and Sociology in its bearing upon indi vidual and social life, and studies preparatory to some special business or profession, with exercises in the teaching of others. Tliis curriculum does not m ean, of course, th a t each of the three years is to he occupied hv the sciences above indicated exclusively, hut th a t general inform ation, culture and practical applications will accom pany the em phasis-course of each year. And it also im plies, as the fact is,that the preparation for the university course has been provided for, which commences with a k indergarten, prim ary and higher classes, under the charge of com petent, experienced teachers of both sexes, for th e p u r pose is to have this institution thoroughly co educational. T hus the word “ U niversity,” as is implied in its etym ology (universalis), will give a good theoretical and also practical knowledge of the whole world in which we live, and afford the means and business prepa ration necessary to em h ie the student to meet his or her lot and fate therein successfully. The theoretical knowledge m ust of necessi ty he based upon, (1) a substantial discipline in the M athem atics, w ithout which as a key, there can he no sufficient acquaintance with the facts, things, processes and laws of the ex ternal or objective world; (2) a substantial disciplire in Linguistics, the Science of L a n guage, w ithout which as a philosophy and key, there can he no sufficient acquaintance with the history of the origin and growth of the hum an race, and of its intellectual and social progress towards civilization— th a t is, of the subjective world of m ental and hum an evolution. W ith these keys placed in his hands, the practical sciences, the modern lan guages, and all of the needful preparations for any profession or business-life will be within the easy acquisition of the student, and will he effectively opened up and pursued in the rest of the U niversity courses of study, as may he desired. It is recommended, therefore, to all students to lo»e no time io getting these two invaluable keys well in hand, as the foundation of life and education. Special elective studies and accom plishm ents will then become pleasant as well as useful acquisitions. For these special courses of instruction arrangem ents may he ■made by those not otherw ise connected with the U niversity. The physical exercise and health of the stu dents will be a m atter of constant attention. W hile the “ seed-time of life” seems too val uable to be wasted in contests of mere physic al and brutal rivalry, a course of practical gym nasium exercises will take their place; an d an acquaintance with nature will he en couraged in the laboratory, the work shop, gar den aud farm connected with the U niversity,all under expert m anagem ent. These will be made to afford to the students a helpful skill in practical life, as a result of physical exer cise aud recreation. The students ol both sexes and of all ages will have the advantages of family life and care, either at the college home near the U ni verity Buildings, or with suitable families in the village of Silverton, which cannot he ex celled tor its healihfulness, n atu ral ad v a n tages, and for good, reliable people, living in com fortable homes, away from the dissipations and excitem ents which too often wreck or in terfere with a successful student life. Third: We have now explicated to some ex tent the sentim ents and general purposes of * our institu tio n in treating of the word “ Lib eral,” and the intellectual and scientific base of it in ex p lain in in g the word “ L niversity ; it rem ains to say a few words about the location, viz.: “Silverton, Oregon.” This town and village of Silverton (p o p u la tion about 1500) is situated on Silver creek, fourteen miles northeast from Salem , th e cap ital of the state, a capital easy of access and which has a large state library and all of the conveniences and a ttrac tio n s of a growing western city — being next to P ortland in size and im portance in the state. The people of Silverton are m ostly A m eri cans, m oral and well-to-do, industrious and generally “ Liberals” in thought and sen ti ment, well wishing and helpful tow ards th eir Liberal U niversity, Oregon, which could h a rd ly have found a more healthful, beautiful, con venient and suitable location. It is destined, in a few years, to be one of the most useful and happv centers of education and culture upon the Pacific coast— in line with such cen ters in California, and those to come in W ash ington. Let us, then, “ not despise the day of sm all things,” which are the seeds and begin nings of the higher education, which the great peoples and States upon our Pacific coast need and dem and, and the benefits of which will by no means be lim ited to them. F or , we may not overlook the fact th a t it is from these three great W estern States that a new rep u b li can influence is arising, to be felt for good throughout our country, and so in the general progress of the world. The clim ate and ne cessities of these mates have enabled their people to largely escape “ modern degeneracy.” They are am ong, if not, the most healthy, strong, beautiful and resolute people in the world. W hether we look in the prize ring (Jeffreys), the beauty-fair (S ybil), the editori al sanctum (H earst and Davenport), the lead ers in the halls of legislation, or on the battle fields, we see the precedence is held by the robust and splendid sons and daughters of these great western States. N ature and “ n a t ural selection” has made them to be the best nursery of the hum an race. N ature, by her glorious and vigorous clim ates, her fertile and various soils and products, has done her part so th a t there can be no successful rival. “ N atural selection,” operating by its process of em igration, startin g with the western movem ents of the A ryan races, ages ago, from the steppes of Asia, passed the M editerranean and Europe, and the British Isles, and the At lantic coast, and the great In lan d , and has finally brought up the cream of the races against the true U ltim a Thule, the coast of the boumlless Pacific. They m ay m ake th a t Ocean our “ American Lake,” but th eir tri um phs and culture can not hope for ages to remove or m aterially change the dark and yel low races, which have th eir fetichist m illions too thick to be moved on the Asiatic coast. Must, then, progress and civilization he arrested for ever? By every means and by all m eans No! I he tim e has come with this closing century for the progressive peoples, who have been brought to look out upon the Pacific, to gather up and husband, and reform and educate and en lighten their strength for the greatest move m ent, the most pressing duty, the sublim est mission th a t has vver yet tested our American race— the burden, the d u ty , the mission of the resurgance . By th a t is m eant the return-w ave of liberty, order, welfare, enlightenm ent— in a word, a higher H um anity from this Pacific coast hack again over the Inland to the A t lantic, and then on over the Isles and Europe, until it rests in its glorious fulfillm ent over the Asiatic cradle from whence it arose. We have too often been accustomed to re cite or sing the good Bishop B urckley’s ode on the planting of the Arts on the A tlantic coast, as if th at, as it says, was to be the end of our Am erican career:— “ W estw ard th e course of E m pire tak es its way, T he first four Acts alread y p ast, The fifth sh all close th e D ram a w ith th e day. T im e’s noblest offspring is th e la st! ” H ere , th a t first sublim e D ram a of the Pro gress of H u m an ity has reached the last scene of its fifth Act on the Pacific coast. N ature writes, “ ne plus ultra ” there— no more be yond! But to stop is to perish, or to stand still like the m illions of C hina, which the act ivity of the A ryan races forbids. Never cau we rest idly on these western m ountains and do nothing but p ain t our Ideals on the vacant sky w ith the hues of the setting sun, a s it drops from us forever, in th a t lim itless waste of waters! Nor shall we become buccaneers, roam ing the islands and coasis beyond, to reduce to depen dence and slavery the m illions we can neither subdue, remove, rule or absorb w ithout loss of liberty, th a t priceless jewel, to them au d io us! S hall we not ra th e r throw our energies in high er l if e ; rise again in the higher mission of a resurgance. Commence the return m atch from the Pacific of a higher vigor and cu l ture, bearing the new E ra of well-being to the whole hum an race, gradually changing the dying past and arrested presen into a nobler future for all? Is not this the highest am bition, th e noblest ideal, th a t could inspire the arrested energy of the rising generations of our new C entury and Era? W hat better th an to teach them to re conquer the old with the better new’; to so guide the course of evolution th a t they m ay see our whole race, no longer steeped in poverty, racked by anxiety, benum bed by superstition, degraded by ignorance and misery, but, a t last, really em ancipated, regenerated and dis en th ralled by the G enius,the love and light of em ancipation? But the return m arch of th a t G enius m ust he from the W est,a W est en lig h t ened, regenerated, inspired by an em ancipated education, sustaining an am bition as lofty and as pure as the snow-clad peaks of its own su n lit m ountains. An Open Letter. To T he F riends in the E ast : Forgive this general way of responding to an interest, which your kindness to us when we left New Y ork shows you must still feel in our lot and fate, for you are so m any th a t you cannot be reached in any other way. After a stop-over in W ashington, Chicago and P ortland, we reached here, exhausted by the travel, on the 28th ult., and found the friends aw aiting us w ith hearty welcome and com fortable quarters. The next two days we spent in resting an d looking over the country and affairs of the Liberal U niversity of Oregon, with which our fate is henceforth to be connected. On Sun- da v, Oct. 1, the incorporation of the U niversity was celebrated at Liberal H all, at which I m ade the In au g u ral Address, which will be printed in the Torch of Reason, and which I hope you will read, for it will m ake fu rth er w riting about the U niversity unnecessary at preseut. The audience filled th e hall, and were very much pleased with the address and the proceedings. On the next day the F all Term was opened and 30 stu d en ts enrolled, and as m any more are promised within the next two weeks, th a t is as soon as th e building is ready for them . We were all pleased by the m asterly way in which President H osm er m anaged the opening. He is a n atu ra l born teacher, and ju st the one to arrange and run its m achinery and discipline w ithout a strain , and with the love and respect of the students and of everyone concerned. We m ake a good team together, an d , fortunately, agree in con victions and sentim ents so th a t hearty co-op eration in the future is assured. W hile P resi d en t Hosm er furnishes the warp I can throw in th e woof; and, back of both, the business and financial affairs are well m anaged by Pearl W. Geer, whose services are invaluable. On M onday evening a reception was given to the new professors and pupils a t L iberal H all, which was a most enjoyable affair, and closed with the first exercise of the young folks in dancing, which they enjoyed greatly, but retired at an early hour, so as to be ready for th e lessons and “ expositions” tom orrow, wheji I am to open on Linguistics, by the “ story of th e alp h ab et.” The new U niversity building is large and com m odious, well suited to its purposes, and has the control of about 50 acres of land about it, which would m ake an adm irable residence park for cottages to be occupied in tim e by patrons of the U niversity and th eir families, if the Liberals support this undertaking. Concluded on 8th page.