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8 T H E TORCH OF REA SO N , S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, F E B R U A R Y 22, 1900. < <> o < kx > c < x ><><> o << x >< kx >< o - ch ><><> o ; j8 printed, also a picture of the N E W S AND NOTES. $ m onum ent erected to him in 1899, and the scene of his m artyrdom in OOOOOC OOOtXX 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 J flame. O ther interesting articles E x a m in a t io n s th is w eek. anoear io the s a m e issu e . the program . I will not attem pt suits of the facts and laws of Sci to tell you what he said. Every ence. They are as c e rta ir as auy word should have been heard by hum an conception can be and ought every person in the world. The to end this discussion. t . b . w . whole address will appear in the M r. G e er w e n t to P o r t l a n d W e d Prof. W akem an, president or th e Torch*of Reason for M arch 7th, a n e s d a y on b u s in e s s . F re e th o u g h t G ain in g R apidly. Oregon State Secular Union, is re thousand extra copies of which will The third term in the Liberal ceiving m any encouraging letters he printed and sent out over the University begins next M onday. from the m embers in different parts country to enlighten the masses. E ditor T orch of R eason : Do not fail to read this lecture. I have been th in k in g fur a long The students of the L. U. O. are of the State. There is no reason You know from your past experi tim e th a t I would write and tell fast becoming scholars. Labor why the U nion should not accom plish a great deal the corning ence with Prof. W aKem an’s lectures you how heartily I appreciate the conquers. w hat this one will be. If you w ant noble work of the Torch of Reason season. There are now’ 2500 volumes in any extra copies order them now. in its gallant light for free thought 'Ihe writer has attended schools I . U. O. library. This we consider Selections which startled the and free speech. I think the Lib where students cam e from a dis a nucleus to be proud of. audience were read from B runo’s erals of Oregon can and do feel tance, hut he never saw them more writings. Very few people realize pretty proud of the Torch and our A g ra d u a l of bookkeeping in the contented than those a t the L U. w hat conclusions B runo arrived at Liberal U niversity. L U. O., Mr. Louie Rauch, is now O. L ittle girls and hoys who have from his investigations m ade over keeping the hooks of ihe Liberal We received the photo of the fac ¡come hundreds of miles and are at 300 years ago. His ideas are far in University Company. ulty and take special pride in . first am ong utter strangers, are advance of those of m any people showing it to our friends. Surely A pretty little raccoon has been soon right at home and as happy of today. the Liberal U niversity, cham pioned mounted for our museum. As us as the birds. On the stage, in front of the by the Torch of Reason, has m ade ual, H. C. Page, the taxiderm ist, T he following persons have sent speaker’s stand, was a large picture giant strides in the right direction. 1 has proven himself an artist. ■ in the sums set opposite their of Copernicus, with one of B runo feel sure you are “ building greater There were a num ber of visitors nam es as donations: G. H ickathier, and Gallileo on either side. These than you know ”, and you are g ain at the U niversity this week to list $1.00; Chas. Saussele, $5.00; Blenda were draped with ivy and hya- ing m any friends in this section, en to the opening exercises, espe Palm Reynolds, $1.00; Robert ! cinths and were frequently referred I although some of them are not very cially Prof. W akem an’s lectures. G arth, $2.50; O. T. G lenn, $5.00. to by the speaker. i aggressive. I am convinced th at At the close of the address F reethought is growing rapidly in l)r. Leonard will lecture at the These people realize th a t spring is Thought Exchange next Sunday upon us and th a t it is uecessarv to the president announced th a t Dr. this State, and no sm all am ount of evening. Ilis subject is, “ W hat 1 begin to build and get things in Leonard will lecture to us next the credit is due to the Torch of Shall we I)o with our Young Peo readiness for the next y e a r’s work. Sunday evening on the question: Reason and Liberal U niversity. It ple?” We hope all our readers will take “ W hat shall we do with our young | is very ap p aren t to any casual ob Mr. G. L. Gullickson, of Dixon, particular notice of the proposition people?” Then we listened to a server th a t the most substantial Illinois, writes: “ I like the 'Porch made by Mr. Robert G arth on page song by the L. U. O. choir and j and successful men pay very little p. w . G. or no attention to religious m atters. and you may count on me as a 5 of this issue of the paper. If ev- i i were dism issed. Of course when pressed publicly perm anent subscriber. Everybody ery one of the Torch fam ily will donate a d ay ’s work each m onth they profess a belief in the in sp ira should read it.” S p iritu a l M aterialism . tion of the Bible, but they d o n ’t act Our friends afar will know that for six m onths on the U niversity building, we will have room for as if they thought it was of any it is not very cold in Silverton d u r The first sentence or two in the 300 students. Who will join Mr. vital im portance. ing the winter by the fact th a t a extract from Prof. E rnst Haeckel G arth and help make this plan a O ntario is a thriving little city, calla lilv has lived all winter in our on our first page m ay seem hard to success? with three large dry goods and large study room w ithout any fire catch on to, unless we remember The W om an’s Social Science I grocery stores, one g en t’s and ladies’ at night. th at the last article left off’w ith an furnishing, one racket, one fu rn i Several of our friends have sent Club held a very interesting m eet inquiry a.- to the two questions of ture, one bank, three liverv and in splendid lists of names and we ing at the home of Mrs. A. Wolf m atter and energy, and m atter and feed stables, one confectionery store, hope others will respond to our last S aturday afternoon. Mrs. Dr. life. Rem em bering th a t these are one barber shop, two hotels, one call. We want four thousand Leonard read an excellent paper on the questions, all th a t follows is restau ran t, one bakery, two black names of people who will read our H eredity. The next m eeting will plain sailing. sm ith shops, one butcher shop, two he hebl in the parlor of W olfard’s literature. H e shows th at the so-called s p ir churches and three saloons, all do H otel, and Mrs. T. W. D avenport itualists are the real bad m a te ria l Mr. G. H ickathier, of Portland, will present a paper on V accina ing a thriving business except the ists. They alw ays represent and who visited us last week, is going tion. churches. If there has been a con The club now has tw enty' I think of th eir ghosts as gas or some to donate the work and m ateria, io members. All ladies are invited to vert to either of them in the last point up the stone wall under the attend the m eetings held every kind of m atter; for an im m aterial year, I have not heard of it. They being of any kind, he points out, is U niverity building. This is en S aturday afternoon a t 3 o’clock. have not even got a resident m in unthinkable. T he w’ord m a te ria l thusiasm along the right line. ister. W ith all this prosperity it ist is applicable to S piritu lists looks as though they could afford Mr. Chas. Saussele, of M innesota, only. The Scientist who sees and S ilv e rto n T h o u g h t E xchange. to have one poorly paid preacher, m ade us a very pleasant call last believes th a t life, mind and soul is but several have tried and starved week. He is very favorably im PROF. T. B. WAKEMAN ON“ BRUNO, THE a property and process of proto pressed with our work and says we out. I th in k there are some sin plasm , is the only one who recog RISING STAR OF TIIE NEW ERA.” have “ the best thing in the world” . cere C hristians in O ntario, but if nizes and really believes in an im The best part of it is, Mr. Saus- all th a t profess to be C hristians m aterial soul— the true Biological Sunday evening. Feb. 18th, was sele is going to help to make it were really so, why don’t they back soul. He points out th a t the old the day chosen by the Liberals better. it lip with th eir filthy lucre and generally to com m em orate the b u rn m aterial soul was believable u n til keep a t least one well paid en lig h t The New York T ru th Seeker of ing of G iordano B runo, and the Science has shown it to be an illu ened m inister. February 17 is a G iordano Bruno publication of Copernicus’ theories sion. We know when it commences riioma8 Paine rig h tly says: “ In number, and contains the most in- of the universe. at conception and ends at death, fidelity does not consist in believing form atian concerning th a t unfor The Silverton Thought E xchange as far as the egoistic life is concern tu n ate pantheistic philosopher was not backw ard in this move ed, having at th a t tim e passed into or iu disbelieving; it consists in which has been given in a popular m ent, and were fortunate in having the altruistic. The “ grewsome professing to believe w hat he does form. It tells when and how he Prof. T. B. W akem an to address m orality of the Middle Ages” shows not believe,” and th a t “ it is nec lived, who his enemies were, their them on this im portant subject. A th at this im m ortal Egoism is the essary to the happiness of man crimes against him, and what he chorus by the choir, then the read worst possible guarantee of m orals. th a t he be m entally faithful to him suffered at their hands. It a h o ing of the m inutes, followed by a T rue m orality, like wisdom, can self.” W hat a grand thought. gives a sketch of his philosophy, vocal duet, is what we had in the have no sure foundation but tru th . Y ours fratern ally , which aroused the hate and fear of way of opening exercises. Then A. A. B rown . These conclusions of the greatest the church. Au authentic p o rtra it Prof. \\ akem an began his part of living Biologist are sim ply the r e - 1 O ntario, Ore. I