Dove com- m ittee, with the addition of Prof. Daniel T. Ames, of M ountain View, Gal., for Am erica. Chose in terest ed in this m ovem ent m ay address any member of th e com m ittee, the E d ito r of the .M aga zine, or the E d ito r of the Torch of R eason.] p ia n a n u » p p o iD ie a lû e a rro'*> the T orch of K e a -o n o f M arch 29,1900.1 w h at OCR FRIENDS IN ENGLAND ARE % DOING FOR THE LIBERAL UM VESITY. E ditor T orch of R eason : Em ilie H olvoake M arsh, d a u g h ter of George Jacob IIol voake, writes ¿0 me as follows: “LU O ” V/ " l S E T t- H k f ." T H E IN G ERSO LL C H A IR . E ditor F reethought M agazine: 1 hi the dnath of Col. Ingersoll, From th e Torch of R eason of J a n . 25, 1900.] his friends in America wished to AN INGERSOLL CHAIR. perpetuate his memory by some E ditor T orch of R eason : memorial. My father, Mr.‘ George H olvoake, an In- In the Torch of Reason for Nov. Jacob — ----, proposed .... 23 [1899], I read w ith pleasure the 8ers° d chair in the Liberal Univer- com m unication of Mr H. L. Green, *hy of Oregon, the only Freethought of a suggestion th a t I m ade to him U niversity ever established. The respecting the foundation of an intention is the education of the “ Ingersoll C h air” in the Liberal advocates of F reethought. The fac- l niversity of Oregon. M onum ents, ulty the U niversity accepted the libraries and other m em orials of a proposal, and asked my father to splendid career, are gratifying and m ake it known in E ngland. By instructive proofs of the public a p reason of age and literarv work to preciation, which Ingersoll so noblv which he is pledged, he is 'u n a b le to earned. I disparage none of these do all he wished, and has asked me proposals; I would assist them all to com m unicate the project to such were not the gods so poor th a t they persons as m ight he pleased with had little to give me. the opportunity of expressing their obligations to splendid services But th is is one form of d istin guished rem em brance which has of Col. Ingersoll. My father has collected the sums much to com m end it. M onum ents cannot be seen everywhere, or re appended to this letter. The U ni ferred to often, while a C hair in a versity values very highly English U niversity educates students in the aid in this m atter, as students m ay principles of which Ingersoll was go from this country to the Oregon so b rillian t an exponent, who in L Diversity to take a degree, which their tu rn m ay diffuse them in ev will certify th eir instructed effi ery land. ciency. A ny further subscriptions I know of no Liberal U niversity m ay be sent to me, or to Mr. Pearl in Europe. I was gratified a t see M . Geer, Liberal U niversity, S il ing one announced in your paper; verton, Oregon, U. S. A., to ‘whom and when I saw M r. W akem an’s I shail forward any sums I m a y re name as one of the Professors,there ceive. Y ours faithfully. E milie H olvoake M arsh . could be no doubt th a t the U n iv er £ sity was L iberal in the best sense. Mr. George Anderson, London 5 0 W hen I read Mr. U nderw ood’s pa Mr. Alfred Marsh 3 0 per in the F reethought Magazine Mrs. E. Holyoake Marsh , n » 10 com m ending the U niversity, I Mr. Thomas Allsop 1 0 Mr. Robert Applegarth ,, 10 doubted not th a t they could devise Mr. J . M. Gunson, Leicester........ 1 0 the subjects for treatm en t from the Mr. A rthur Ginton „ ....’ 1 0 Ingersoll C hair and subm it them to Mr. Sidney Ginton 0 the governors of the U niversity. P. S.—Mr. Anderson has had so For the expansion of the Free much delight reading Col. In g er thought m ovem ent, trained lectu r soll’s orations th a t he tells my ers are needed. E very recruit who father th a t if the Ingersoll C hair enters the ran k s of Reason means does not stand well on its legs we are an access of intellectual force and to ap p ly to him (Mr. Anderson) enthusiasm . But force and zeal again. are like health and valour in the Now let the Liberals of this coun soldier,and are of m uch more value try follow the good exam ple set by when trained. Knowledge, daring and courtesy, are the essentials of our E nglish friends and m ake this propagandism , and in these In g er Ingersoll C hair a great success. soll excelled. H is wit and im agin H. L. G reen . ation are not transferable, hut cu l fin addition to the above, we tivation reveals unknow n faculties in the m ind which train in g alone have received the following short letter, with an enclosed draft for brings. America abounds in men of for ten dollars: tune and liberal en terprise who “ M r.Spencer incloses a «-mall con would aid in establishing an In g er tribution toward the proposed In soll C hair for the education of Free- gersoll C hair a t the Liberal U ni thought, and S ecular advocates versity. would originate new ideas and sus B righton, Mar. 13. 1900.” tain unfriended tru th — the future The latest news from our kind force of the State. There is no sur- friends on the other side of our f>r °r more perm an en t form of hon floating island, which we w ant to oring a great advocate or a great convert into such an e a rth ly para- ' rator than by p erpetuating“ the dise as the p rin c ip ie sw h m h 1 Col. Principles to which he devoted his Ingersoll so forcibly advocated will genius and life certainly bring, is a very kind W ere not m y activity lim ited by letter from Mr. Holyoake, in which should personally devote my- he calls for extra copies of the Torch to the prospect of realizing an and says th a t as soon as he receives pgersoll C hair which the Liberal the acknowledgem ent of the am ount niversity has so prom ptly and already sent he will forward more. K-acefully sanctioned. M onum ents Now, Secularists, let us im- al? m em orials, but do not teach prove our time. W ord is coming principles— a U niversity does. Gib- from every direction th a t m any new n s w o rd s— “ All th a t is hum an students will be with us next year, 1’ t retrograde if it do not ad- and while we have life and energy v *nce,” are true of F reethought. is the tim e in which to establish cry faith fu lly yours, this Ingersoll C hair— to erect this G eorge J acob H olyoake . living m onum ent to our great Free- Eastern Lodge, B righton, Eng. thought hero.] 99 99 99 MZ MZ T he MZ MZ MZ MZ OREGON. MZ F O U N D E D O N S C IE N C E A N D H U M A N IT Y MZ © n ig In stitu tio n of the H in d ! LBERAL UNIVERSITY MZ MZ MZ MZ MZ MZ MZ The MZ MZ MZ MZ MZ MZ MZ MZ MZ I a c t i l t y — i S q q - ’ o o . MZ MZ Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Dynamics. MZ ABEL A. LEONARD, M. D., M. E.,* Superintendent D epartm ent of Biology, MZ na^ mX» Vhysi°l°gy, Animal Electricity, MZ hysiological Psychology, Microscopy. MZ THADDEUS B. 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