- Reason TORCH OK BEASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, 0C T O B E R „ R egina S cience y S tu d y a n d N a tio n a l £ T h e W iley B. C h a ra c te r. HY JOHN P. GÜILO. R T he O ld est! th e Largest ! M usic Store. L eading Pi anos and O rgans. BY ALBERT B. CROW. 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 , / p im perial p u rp le ; sn atch es from h e r hand . 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.. B O R7LA.NO ORE reasons . w hy z YOU -A, .« < ? 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 ! T % .......................... .. FIVE .. : 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 ! ~ ...............................- • - . 7 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 As a result of sticking to business come and see ,h „ at S ilv erto n ’. Busy Store and inspect the B argains, Lt James s t r ic t l y o n e P R ^ l v e r t o n > O re g o n . PRODUCE TAKEN O ur Job D e p a r tm e n t ------- A L W A Y S G IVES ____ • . . Satisfaction , ne 7o ,7c, ,, n , w o r k h a n s h ip C O -E D U C A T IO N A k. Fa«, te r m M onday, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NEW BUILDING WILL BE READY. 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. s