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T H E TORCH OF REA SO N , S IL V E R T O N , OREGON , A P R IL 12, 1900.
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etc., then for lighting and heating, be controlled by a railroad agent would investigate thè work of thè
then the telephone, telegraph and and a church will never do as a Open Court.
NEWS AND NOTES.
Address Dr. Paul
the wonders of wireless telegraphy. precedent. The eduoational affairs Carus, 325 Dearborn St., Chicago
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Of course it is not possible to give of the S tate are laid out too broad
I left Chicago for Rochelle, where
A nother recitation room has been his interesting diagrrns and ex p lan ­ for th at. Let us think a m om ent I spent two days with O tto W ett­
ations here.
Rut here are a few how th a t is, and so foreea t the stein, his wife and son a t their
finished in the L. U. O.
crum bs from the table, some of danger.
beautiful and happy home. N early
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was a visitor a t the L. U. O. this from the audience after the lecture. adm irable common school system , Otto W ettstein and his business,
The way to be safe, when around which we are all bent upon su stain ­ but only a few know w hat a lovely
week.
electrical laboratories, power bous­ ing to the utterm ost. T h at pro­ wife and happy home be has. I
T he last heard from our business es, or electrical m achinery, is to be
vides for the education of all in the am glad to be one of the fortunate
m anager, he was still on the wing, careful not to stand on iron,earth,or rudim ents of learning for business,
few. Mr. W ettstein has sold out
but had not yet reached C incinnati. wet boards, and keep one hand in ro preparation for w hat is known
his store and is now tu rn in g his a t­
your pocket. T h er you will not be as a higher or unive1 sity education. tention to the mail order business.
L. Wolf, who has been attending likely to make a “circu it,” Wh> n
T his higher education is now pro­ If Liberals want an y F reethought
P o rtlan d Medical College, entered on electric cars or motors, don’t go
vided so as to be obtained by nearly badges, or Ingersoll spoons, or any
the Liberal University last M onday. running or ju m p in g about and fee'- every one who desires it, bv a
other jewelry, w atches,or diam onds,
N atu ral Philosophy and L atin will ing things, but sit in the car where num ber of universities representing
they ought to write to Mr. W ett­
be his special studies.
you belong, and let loose wires and most of the various phases and p u r­
stein and see w hat he can do for
iron alone.
poses
of
education.
In
this
way
them. H e can convince you th a t
The cake walk, the farce, the
The former way of considering they form w ithout special design a
there is no God or future life and
m irth drill, the little talk on Shakes­ electricity was th at it was a kind of
large co-operative system of u n i­ th a t this is the tw entieth century,
peare, and everything altogether fluid, or rath er two fluids—one pos­ versities, in which every student
m ade the pragram at the Y. P. S. itive and the other negative. Now m ay have the special train in g or and at the sam e tim e save you so
S. C., last F rid ay evening, one of we consider it as the vibration of course he m ay desire, and in a b et­ much m oney on jew elry, etc., th a t
the very best.
the ether, an ultim ate form of force ter and freer way than if these it is equivalent buying yourself
rich. Mr. W ettstein has a large
and m atter, which we use to ex­ universities were S tate institutions.
hpad th a t requires a h at 8 | inches
The Southern Pacific R ailroad plain things, but which we do not
All
these
in
stitu
tio
n
s
are
brought
in
diam eter. This head was not
does not realize how m any th o u ­ yet very well u n d ersta n d — ho as to
into conference by the T eachers’ m ade in vain, for it requires all
sands of dollars it will lose if clearly realize it. T h at it is “ som e­ Association, of which all or most of
the agent here has his way in thing is shown by the fact th at it th e professors and teachers in the this room to hold these w onderful
reference to the L. U. O., or they fills the best vacuum we can make, S tate are members, and which holds thoughts and argum ents, and there
would investigate.
so th a t the Roentgen rays pass special and local meetings, as, for are no “ rooms to let.” Mr. and
through it. We can only think of instance, the one at Silverton. The Mrs. W ettstein are very proud of
th eir children, and from the pic­
The E x tracts on our first page the ether, therefore, as filling all
fact
th
a
t
all
phases
of
education
are
tures I saw I judge them to be ju s t­
were referred to in our last Torch, space. The affections of this u lti­
thus represented and confer, for the ly proud. M aster B ry an t W ett­
and should be carefully considered m ate substance we know as heat, general good of all, in these m eet­
by all thinkers. Reade gives the light, electricity and m agnetism . ings, makes them of the highest stein, the youngest son, is a t home.
best statem ent of “ which im m or­ These are all found to be converti­ value— they m ake the esprit de He is a bright fellow an d bids fair
tality ?” and Alexander gives the ble into each other as “ modes of m o­ corps of the education of the State. to be “ his fa th e r’s own boy,” while
scientific answer.
tion,” and m ay be converted into But in order to continue such they at the sam e time he resembles his
mechanical m otion, and so made to m ust be kept free from personal m other. Mrs. W ettstein is not be­
hind her husband so far as know­
The W om an’s Social Science Club take the place of steam in working
vindictiveness,
sectarian
bigotry
ledge
and common sense is con­
will m eet a t the residence of Mrs. our m achines, running our cars, etc.
and official interm eddling.
cerned, while in beauty and a t­
T. W. D avenport S aturday, April By thus harnessing the lightning
It seems th a t a vindictive Station tractiveness she far excels him . The
14, a t 3 p. m. Miss France.- R auch there is no end to the power we are Agent and a M ethodist fanatic get
two m ake an ideal p air an d have
will read the paper of ttie day. Sub­ learning to use.
them selves on the School Board at an ideal home.
ject, “ E conom y”.
The lig h tn in g and the “ th u n d er­ Silverton, and refused the usual
The second day at Rochelle the
bolt” are now found out not to be use of the school house for the
w eather was beautiful, and Mrs.
J u s t as we go to press the news things or entities at all, but “ modes
Association
meeting,
if
President
W ettstein was kind enough to escort
comes th a t Prof. Lewis, principal of of m otiou.” The old views to the
H osm er of the Liberal U niversity, me to n neighboring town, where
the public schools at this place, co n trary were illusion? which we a ch arter m em ber of the Associa­
Mr. D. A. R oberts and wife have a
whose nam e figures so conspicuous­ m ust outgrow. Instead of caloric, tion, was allowed to speak, after lovely home. H ere is an o th er ideal
ly on our editorial page, has been fluid, entity, thunder-bolt, etc , we his name had been placed on the couple. Of courpe it is useless to
dism issed in disgrace. The offense speak or think only of modes of mo­ program and publicly announced. add th a t they are enthusiastic
seems to be drunkenness and an a t­ tion, or vibrations, processes, c u r­ They caused th e president of a Liberals and took a deep interest
tem p t to enter a la d y ’s cham ber rents of change, etc.—all correlates M ethodist U niversity to be im port­ in the Liberal U niversity.
Mr.
w ithout permission. We think this of each other — all a unity of ed to take the time, and to give a Roberts joined the Torch of Reason
sad affair is all traceable to the changes.
long address on E nglish, French
An hour or more was spent in and A m erican history, which was fam ily and m ade a nice donation
work of the “ m ain m em ber” of the
to the Liberal U niversity.
We
school board, who thought he could questions, bringing out inform ation E nglish , A nti-A m erican and a n ti­ dined a t this home and spent the
injure the L. U. O. by hiring an ot this kind, in which Profs. H os­ republican from beginning to end. afternoon.
The tim e to return
Infidel with which to fight Infidels, mer, Hoffman and others took part. It should never be given before cam e all too soon; and though we
but there are, as we have said be­ Prof. W akem an called attention American teachers or scholars u n ­ had to p a rt com pany let us hope
fore, Infidels and Infidels. Prof. to the entire change which had less some Am erican is there to a n ­ th a t our friendship will only change
K raps, the former principal, was an come over the world by this “ mode sw er it on the spot.
by increasing.
excellent m an, but he could not be of m otion,” and this discovery of
The professors and teachers of
Mr. and Mrs. R oberts and Sport,
used as a c a t’s-paw and was th ere­ th e“ process n a tu re ”of things,w hich, the Liberal U niversity have at the dog, accom panied us to the
fore dism issed. W e w rite this re­ he said, included life and mind. He Salem , and everyw here and in every train , and I had the crowd pose for
port with regret. No one knows moved a vote of th a n k s to the lec­ way, been received in all Teachers’ a picture, which I took w ith my
better than we do the loss the pub­ tu rer for his able, interesting and Meetings on a par with every other
kodak, and I am anxious to learn
lic su stain s by such work, arid instructive lecture, and the motion m em berof the Association, and they
th a t it is a successful one, for it
although they d id n ’t play fair with was carried unanim ously by a ris ask no more tn d no less. This
will be a group of which I shall be
us we have the kindest feelings ing vote, and all departed more in­ stupid and b ru tal discourtesy at
very
proud. For fear th a t the dog
tow ards both Mr. Sm ith and Mr. telligent and happy th an they came. their home m ust rem ain “ sin g u lar,”
was left out of the group I took
Next Sunday Prof. Hoffman will
Lewis, whose weaknesses are de­
or the injustice and usurpation of an o th er shot at him , and then we
feating the great good they m ight lecture on “ C ranks”— all kinds, so it will sadly affect the independence,
had to bid good-bye and take the
do.
come one and all!
x. y . z .
fairness and usefulness of the whole tra in for Rochelle again.
system of education in the State.
t . b . w.
Silverton Thought Exchange.
tne
A Singular Discourtesy.
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M r . P. L. B rown on E lectricity .
Every friend of free speech and
Things went very well a t the unbigoted education will certainly
T hought Exchange on Sunday
regret the singular discourtesy
night, when Mr. P. L. Brown led a shown to P resident Hosm er, in
goodly audience through the won­ striking his name from the program
ders of the electrical world d isp lay ­ at the last meeting of our Silverton
ed. H e is a practical electrician, T eachers’ Association, as stated on
and went rig h t into the explanation
our editorial page. W hat was done
of the modes of producing electrici­ i to him m ay be done to others, and
ty, and th e m easure of it, by volts, if this discourtesy does not rem ain
am peres, ohm s, wats, etc. Then he (“ sin g u lar” it will be the end of free
took up the applications of electric­ education in Oregon.
The idea
ity, for m otors, cars, m achinery, th at any Teachers’ Association can
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and a pood deal more reliable.
Travels.
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to do iudispensable work for the
Liberal cause. Dr. C arus, to show
his liberality and his love for the
Liberal U niversity, has donated
m any of his books to our library
and now has presented the Torch
of Reason with one hundred copies
of H olyoake’s“ English Secularism ,”
which will be given as prem ium s to
yearly subscribers.
I wish the
friends of the Liberal U niversity
Doeen t
bri-ak I te eras or make Ita chicks lou»y.
Itoeen’tetay off the neetand allow the egh
to chill but hatches every err that can be
hatched.
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