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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.
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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.
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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.
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