T H E TORCH OF REA SO N , S IL V E R T O N , OREGON , N O V EM B ER 2, 1899.
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The stairs in the U niversity are
nearly completed.
This is exam ination week at the
Liberal University.
Prof. W akem an’s lecture
M cM innville was well received.
at
The parlor of the dorm itory has
been completed and looks very well
indeed.
All the new desks are in their
places and the study room is in tip
top condition.
We are glad to announce the
business m anager’s return. He a r­
rived Tuesday.
The new students this week are
Miss Leona M cM illan and Miss
Grace W olfard.
The lecture delivered by Prof.
W akem an a t M cM innville on the
29th inst., will soon appear in the
Torch.
A num ber of new members have
joined the Y. P. S. S. C. lately.
Our society is now the most popular
thing in the city.
D on’t forget the Thought E x­
change at Liberal H all next Sun­
day evening. The subject for dis­
cussion will be announced later.
the secretary of Sorosis, Mme. Alice
G. Demorest, daughter of the well
known Mme. Demorest. A m onth
ago Mrs. W akem an arrived a t S il­
verton, Or., which she will hence­
forth m ake her home, as her h u s­
band has ju st accepted a position
in the U niversity of th a t town.
Mrs. W akem an’s daughter, Miss
C lara W akem an, w ho has given
m any years’ study to art, and is a
student of Louis Pau! Dessar, of
Paris, is also in P ortland for a few
days visiting the studios.— [D aily
Oregonian, Oct. 25.
your bells are gone!” I had two
bells, one to call them in from
play, the other to call them to their
classes. W hen I went to my desk
I found my books were gone also.
We soon ascertained th a t one
of the books and my larger bell
were throw n in the well, and re­
covered them ; but of course the
book was badly injured. In a few’
days some of the pupils found two
other hooks torn up ir. the tim ber
near the school-house; and, later
my other book, torn up, together
with my sm all bell, broken.
The boy who is strongly suspect­
ed of perform ing this rude act,
“ Liberty in the Nineteenth Cen­
because he was seen with my book
tu r y .”
in his hands the day they were des­
troyed—S unday, during church ser­
The above is the title of a schol­
vice— and was heard to make
arly work of 257 pages, by Frederic
th reats th a t he would destroy them ,
May H olland, ju st issued by the
is a son of the gentlem an (?) who
publishing house of G. P. P u tn am ’s
asked a director to compel me to
Sons.
Mr. H olland is a radical
close school during the very relig­
F reethinker, best known to Liberal
ious meetings. 1 th in k the Board
thinkers by his large work, “ The
of Directors intend bringing the
Rise of In tellectu al L iberty,” but
m atter before the G rand J u ry in
more popularly known by his “Sto­
November.
ries from B row ning,” “ Frederick
W e need a more true, practical
Douglas,” etc. He is one of A m er­
religion; religion th a t will m ake
ica’s finest scholars, an independ­
good, hor.est citizens. I often won­
ent th in k er of the scientific school
der why preachers uo not say some­
of thought, and a close observer as
thing from the pulpit about honesty,
well as a careful student of history.
m orality and good citizenship gen­
In this work the early F reethink-
- . '‘J erally; in short, why they do not
ers of the present century receive
say som ething th a t will benefit us
th eir meed of praise; evolutionary
thought, as represented by Darwin here and now.
Fouke, Ark.
and Spencer, is fully recognized as
At M cM innville nearly every old
Liberal in the county turned out to
hear Prof. W akem an’s lecture. An
era of good feeling seems to be a factor in the ce n tu ry ’s progress;
B radlaugh, Ingersoll, and other
daw ning.
leading F reethinkers, are praised
The crazy woman th a t attended
for their tim ely and valuable ser­
the Y. P. S. S. C. last F rid ay even­
vice, Em erson and T ranscendental­
ing is still at large. She acts a
ism are discussed and their in tel­
little better now, since receiving so
lectual tendencies clearly indicated.
m any com plim ents.
The pioneer work of the Boston In ­
The ladies of Silverton will meet vestigator, the anti-slavery move­
at th e residence of Mrs. L. Ames ment in America and the efforts of
next S atu rd ay at 3 p. m., to organ­ reformers like Frauces W right, E r­
ize a Ladies’ Social Science Club nestine L. Rose, P arker, Robert
(L. S. S. C.) All ladies are invited. Owen and his son, R obert Dale
One of the finest exercises we Owen, receive full recognition.
The volum e is replete w ith in­
have ever had in the Liberal U ni­
versity was Prof. W akem an’s ac­ form ation in regard to the Liberal
count of “ The House th a t Jack m ovem ent in Am erica, as well as
the developm ent of political and
B uilt” , last Tuesday m orning.
religious freedom in F rance, E ng­
Mrs. and Miss W akem an arrived
land and other countries during the
safely last week from their trip to
present century.
Portland, where they attended the
B. F. U.
Federation of the W omen’s Clubs of
I
i he N orthw est. They report an ex­
Petty Religious Spite-w ork.
cellent time.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Goss, Mr. and
Mrs. N. Dedrick and Mr. and Mrs.
(J. II. Dedrick hade their Liberal
U niversity friends goodbye last
Monday and started for one of the
m ining towns of E astern Oregon.
Sum pter, near Baker city, is to be
their future home.
Among the distinguished visitors
present [at the federation of the
women’s clubs of Oregon] were Mrs.
A. Stew art of Olym pia, god-m other
of the P o rtlan d W om an’s Club, and
Mrs. Em ily L. W akem au, a mem­
ber of the famed Sorosis, New York,
She brought with her a letter from
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E ditor T orch of R eason :
You are doing a grand work, and
the Liberal U niversity is the g ran d ­
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securing of Mr. T. B. W akem an for
the Liberal U niversity is, in my
hum ble opinion, one of the greatest
things th a t ever happened for the
cause of F reethought in our coun­
try. Mr. W akem an is a tower of
strength in the lealm of Reason. I
hope Silverton will become the cen­
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American Republic.
H oping th a t L. U. O. (“ I set
free” ) will echo from ocean to
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1 Can Sms be Forgiven?
so angry because I would not dis­
Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil­
LOCALS.
miss the w’hole school, th a t he asked
ization?
oue of the directors to compel me to
Is Religion or Science More Reliable?
Have vou “ Common Sense ’? It not,
Evolution and Comparison of Religions.
do so. T he director, however, in- send at once for a free copy of this lib-
Does Belief in Miracles Benefit?
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Immortality or Annihilation?
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to hand to your Christian friends. Semi
not closing my school, so all the
Ladies who wish cut hair or combings
2 cents for 6, or 6 cents for 25 tracts,
children could go to his meeting.
to E liza M owry B liven , Brook­
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I had no trouble with any of my - orders at the Torch of Reason office
lyn, Conn., or send 10 cents
for 50, either kind or as­
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