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TORCH OK BEASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, 0C T O B E R „
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S cience
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£ T h e W iley B.
C h a ra c te r.
HY JOHN P. GÜILO.
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forever dow n, w ith any reJiK-
on th a t requires upon its ig n o ran t a lta r
th e sacrifice of t th h e ......
goddess
1.1. _ . .. R easlItM h 'at . " ** ®b°uld h o n o r a n d revere
^ m p e l s h e r to abdicate th e shining th o se > w h<> ab o v e o t h e r m e n n o s
th ro n e of th e soul, strip s from h e r the s e iz e d . L ,
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p
im perial p u rp le ; sn atch es from h e r hand
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6 POWer
reason an d
th e scep ter oi th o u g h t, and m akes h e r b e " e h c e n tl y used it fo r th e w o rld
aoQ -au F irst S t..
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reasons
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Six Tracis to Promote
<'f S c ie n c e .
finite value on knowledge, cannot
f»»l to teach reverence for those
who have m ade it possible for us to
In Place of Christianity:
know.
1 Can Sins be Forgiven?
At every point the Scientist op- 2 ? ^ io S ? riStldDlty °F 8(3161106 Pr°m0te Civil"
poses the tendencies of blind pas
sion, prejudice, willingness io sw al 3 Is Religion or Science More Reliable?
low any statem en t offered by som e 4 Evolution and Comparison of Religions,
One else, reckless generalizations o Does Belief in Miracles Benefit? '
The m ind should never be a slave,
b Immortality or Annihilation?
and hasty guesses. A gainst all he
N or fear to walk in lig h t;
H e surely is th e ra n k e st knave
uiust stand, by train in g and by in
JU ST TH E T H IN G
W ho blinds th e m oral sig h t
stinct. Against them all he would t O
y 7 ' r C b ri8 ti*n frien d s. Send
W ith laws which fence th e p a th of tru th ,
t^ach
others
to
stand,
by
giving
to
“ to F L
M °r 6 C n‘ts for 25 tra c t«>
Ami torch of Science drow n,
Ivn
p
MoWBY
B u v b *, Brook-
hem
his
own
training.
A
gainst
fo rb id d in g know ledge to th e y o u th —
• ? ’ c?ln n .-’ o r send 10 cen ts
them all we Science teachers m ay
Down dow n, forever down!
for oO. e ith e r kind or as
Down w ith religion th a t requires
Q ueen R eason’s sacrifice,
And asks th a t Love should quench her
fires
To fiin^im m ortal b liss;
V\ inch F aith e n th ro n e s to outlaw facts,
G ives Ignorance a crow n;
H u rl from th e world w ith all its a c ts —
D o w n ! d o w n , forever down !
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S cie n tific W isdom
• mould H elp to B u il d
= L ib e ra l U n iv e rs ity
AT SILVERTON, OREGON.
1 It will h e lp m any young m en and
. oung w om en to a h ig h er ed u catio n who
¡d‘ X
. w‘" gruw up without its
2 I t will ed u cate w orkers for th e g rea t
g re s s ^ ' m a rt l ° f F re eth o u « h t a n d Pro-
t h a f I ^ ‘,,| io-relver1siience th e accusation
tidng.8
8 ave never done a n y-
4 It will h asten th e tim e w hen Reason
and Love will reign, and w hen su p e rs ti
tion an d h a te will lie forever gone
hnild vW1 g,7 e you an o p p o rtu n ity to
hm ld yourself and o th ers a m o n u m en t
w ,,le y „ u y e t live, th a t « i l l . b X E
one of ,"ni ? ' gOod. t ,'i‘n ‘h*1 m o st costly
sorted k in d s, to
arm our countrym en if we are fa ith
Let Reason reign in h e r own rig h t,
ful to our duty. But this end of T H E L I E E F A L U N IV E R S IT Y
Above all p riests and kirfgs;
I f a ll h e lp a l i « | e , w e c a n a c _
Let those who know h er, ever fight
Silverton, Oregon.
our work is defeated if our students
c °n->Pfish m u c h .
W ill you h e lp
A gainst such ro b b er th in g s:
a little ?
are allowed to indulge in careless!
I n p u rp le, th ro n e h er as a queen,
statem ents of what they see and d o ; !
G ive h e r the lu stro u s crow n ;
H ith senseless creeds an d m u m ’ry m ean if they are perm itted to use exager
ated descriptions
or in a c u ra te i
Down ! dow n, forever down !
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term
s.
R
ight
here
is
the
crucial
T hen m an shall be real m an once m ore,
test of a teach er’s honesty of p u r - !
And wom an equal he,
A sh o e m a k e r fo u n d fa u lt
As when ere p riests th e tru th foreswore pose. The careful exam ination of
one Of the p a in tin g s o f a
And dwell in lib e rty !
w ritten descriptions and reports
And w hile th e tru th shall m ake us free,
the enforced correction of every in
On falsehood we will frown;
accurate detail, the personal con-
’ ,i c t
- ......< - -
And ali th e lordly trib es will we
su lfatio n —all require u n tirin g la
Keep dow n, forever down !
g obbler, s tic k to th y last!.
T h e F u n c tio n o f S cience
BY D A V ID STARR JORDAN.
bor.
But such work carried out
has its own rew ard.
The stu d en t
first respects the tru th , then learns
to love it.
He conscientiously
avoids the vague, the doubtful, the
unsubstantiated. If in our schools
we could secure to every boy and
girl this attitu d e of m ind, this
desire for strict
veracity, we
should have started him well on
the way to correct judgm ent and
wise conduct; we should have
planted in his nature the first
element» of good citizenship.—
Popular Science M nnthlv
1 he ability to see ones way to
realities through a m ultitude of
non-essentials is the basis of per
sonal success.
By the study of
realities wisdom is built up.
It is
the function of science to find out
the real n atu re of the universe.
Its purpose is to elim in ate the per
sonal equation and the hum an
Equation in statem en ts of tru th .
By m ethods of precision of thought
and in stru m en ts of precision in ob
t iu ild e d P o in ts .
servation, it seems to m ake our
knowledge of the sm all, the dis-
Honesty is lonesome, but a hero
tan t, the invisible, the m ysterious, can 6° if alone,
as
accurate
the common
v;».i
men
have as
handled
for " g e thintr«
l
kisses
' i ,
seems to m ake our knowledge of
common things exact and precise. I A po,ecat wil1 uot g° out of its
T h at exactness and precision m ay j
l° o,,end you> bl,t some peo-
be translated into action. The ul- ple
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tim a te e n d of science as well as its
The most illiberal people are the
initial im pulse, is the regulation of illiberal Liberals; they w ant all the S tudents given hoard and room s at the L. U. O. Dorm itory at low rates
hum an conduct.
“ The world as it liberality themselves.
is” is i t . province.
In propurtlon
The silence of those who should
COURSES.
K
indergarten.
a .
world as it is d'o “ "fi 7 " , ‘°
sho" ,h eir f^ » d “hip when you are
P rim ary .
Scientific.
Z u d fu l
^ d th e W ,,r ld a “9ailed’ a " d
com plim ents of
P reparatory.
N orm al.
heaunfu
glorious, d.v.ne.
The those who tie slurs to their praises
Commercial.
C?'*’-
tru th of the world “ as it is” m ust show how thin a thing their friend
' "'■rses in Medicine, etc., will be a,tiled as soon “ " p i t «cable.
>e the u ltim ate in sp iration of art, ship really is.
If «„me people’s
poe ry and religion. I he world as was as thick as th eir skulls are
T H E o n ly . n s t . t u t . on o f IT S k in d ,N t h e W O R L D
men have agreed to say it is, is there would be far fewer cowards
q u ite an o th er m atter.
The less in the world and there would be
strictly non - theological .
o n e s children hear of this, the less much more “ help for the widow’s
For Catalogues and further particu lars, address:
they will have to unlearn in their son” when wounded by traitors and
J- E. HOSMER. President; or PEARL W GEER, Secretary
future developm ent.
dunderheads.
SILVERTON, OREGON.
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