TH E TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, MARCH 29, 1900.
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T ra v elin g .
BY PEA RL W. GEER.
M itten b erg is entitled to th e honor
of being the first one to respond to
m y call on this trip. H e is now
the owner of two shares of stock in
the L iberal U niversity, and he
seems to be as delighted over it as
I am. Mr \\ ittenberg is a F ree­
th in k er in earnest, and he knows
why.
The w eather was still delightful
when I boarded the 4 o’clock train
and started up the great Colum bia.
This river and its gran d scenery
have been described by me before,
and I will let it rest this tim e. AVe* *
‘ Blessed be the tie th a t hinds.”
The Torch of Reason is the tie I
have reference to. i t binds to ­
gether a fam ily of L iberals, every
member of which it is a pleasure
to meet. But w hat a pleasure it is
for a m em l^r of th a t Torch of
Reason fam ily who has strayed
away from home to get in sight of
the Torch once more— be cheered
by its b rillian cy and comforted by
its w arm th. You c a n ’t realize it
were soon at The Dalles, and I was
as I do. I have ju st received and delighted to see our stu d en t, Jam es
read the issue of M arch lo th , and Officer, walk into the car. He was
it comes freighted with good things.
on his w ay home, and we had a
I d id n ’t th in k th a t my sim ply pleasan t visit u n til we reached
starting on the road would be the H eppner Ju n ctio n , where our roads
cause of so m any donations coming
parted, and we had to do the sam e, t
in, but let us hope th a t they will Let us hope th a t Jam es will be
continue as begun. Do not think, with us again next year, as usual,
dear reader, th a t the L. U. O. is so a t the L iberal U niversity.
rich now after this windfall, th a t it
W hen the train reached W allu la
doesu’t need an y more help. J u s t
the rain was splashing against the
kindly bear in m ind th a t the Lib­
car windows, and after we had
eral U niversity, Oregon, has come
crossed into W ashington the rain
to stay, and the degree of success
had changed into snow, and I have j
with which it meets depends on the
been in a blizzard ever since. In
support and financial aid it gets
the m orning I was a t Spokane,
from its friends.
where I changed cars for St. P aul, i
Make the L iberal U niversity self- N othing exciting transpired on the
supporting this year w ithout delay, journey. We had ra th e r a jolly I . i .
and we will have cap tu red a
crowd. There were several people
“kopje” th a t we can hold against
retu rn in g to eastern homes fro m '
all the guns and shells of the com ­ the K londyke.
They were all
bined arm ies of ignorance and
broke, but each had about a thous­
superstition. This is an easy m at­
and d o llars’ worth of experience,
ter. We have alw ays had about
which he said he would not sell for
all the stu d en ts we could com fort­
twice th a t am ount. I d o n ’t believe
ably care for, an d our work has just
they will. I d id n ’t hear any one
begun. We have forty-four acres
m ake any offers.
of land, and buildings planned and
In M issoula, M ontana, there
in course of construction th a t will
accommodate 300 students. As lives a m em ber of the Torch of
soon as these buildings are com­ Reason fam ily who is also a stock-
pleted, we are assured enough h°lder in the Liberal U niversity.
students to pay ru n n in g expenses H is nam e is D onahue, and in re­
of the school. T h at will be the sponse to a telegram from me, he
kind of success th a t succeeds, and was at the depot for a fifteen min--
1 have im plicit faith in the L ib er­ utes, chat while we changed horses
als of the United S tates m aking and drivers. Mr. D. is a deputy
sheriff, and I should judge by his
this possible.
Be prepared to meet me or le t I k ’“ n a
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J. EARL HOSMER, Ph. D„ B. S. D pEES.
Superintendent D epartm ent of Cosmology.
Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Dvnt
■namics.
ABEL A. LEONARD, M. D., M. E.,*
Anatomy, I hysiology, Animal Electricity,
1 hysiological Psychology, Microscopy.
THADDEUS B. WAKEMAN,
Superintendent D epartm ent of Sociology and Law,
General History, Sociology, Lau< Linguistics
Ethics.
MINNIE P. HOSMER, L. S., B. S. D„
Superintendent Preparatory D epartm ent,
History, English Grammar, Botany, Vocal
Music.
1 EAKL \Y. GEEK, M. G. H., S ecretary ,
Business Methods and Correspondence,
MARY CHILDERS,
Kindergarten and Primary Classes.
SOPHIE WOLF,
I iano Music, Elocution, English Literature.
M. G. COOLEY,
iolin and Cornet.
CLARA WAKEMAN,
Drawing and Painting.
ALICE DAVENPORT,
Stenography, Typewriting.
LOUIS RAUCH, Assistant,
Bookkeeping, Commercial Arithmetic.
LORA AMES, Assistant,
Physiology, Hygiene.
KATIE MATTESON,
Librarian.
PROES. HOSMER, WAKEMAN, GEER,
Lecturerson Religion of Science and Humanity.
EMILY L. WAKEMAN,
M atron.
*Dr. Leonard has consented to take this chair until some nn«
can be found to fill it perm anently.
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S T U D E N T S M A Y E N T E R A T A N Y T IM E .
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you, I hope you will not w ait n o r 1 “ y " 8
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a and a . to prove this,
. • I t to correpP°nd with the weather,
icei slighted,
The tim e passed very quickly,
U>pe you will follow the exam ple
set by Mr. Griswold, Mr. H olm an, and I was soon spinning away
Mr. G arth and others. W hy not toward the east. We were unfor­
raise enough by May 1st to do what tu n a te in not having m any ladies
1 have set forth above? Did it on the train. One would get on
ever occur to you th a t we can do it occasionally, hilt we were all so
anxious to talk with her, or at least
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1 ng day w’as a reality. It seems
kk*4 a dream . I left Silverton F ri- again.
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We are now in our New building, which gives us room
for increased attendance and much better facilities fo
teaching. For term s and fu rth e r p articu lars, address,
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P e a r l W G e e r , S e c ’y ,
S IL V E R T O N
OREQON.
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FRIENDS OF LIBERAL AND SECULAR EDUCATION
are earnestly rem inded th a t the above U niversity is in a c t­
ive and harm onious operation, but th a t it m ust he provided with
Z n C1C A meari S t0 fin ,-h ,118 b',i,d in g ’ “ ° W a PPr °ach in g com ple­
tion and p artly occupied so th a t a paying num ber of slurb r.u
fin n Uaecom " '° d a te d -
G ease to subscribe, or obtain s u h ^ r ip
tions, for our ."Rock, and send m em oranda of property, book* or
a p p a ra tu s you can furnish.
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J. E arl H osmer , P resident o f F aculty,
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P resident Board of Directors.
I . W. G eer , Sec’y Board and Business M anager