T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, NOV EM BER 22, E. M. 300 (1900.)
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The Brave.
S tan d not aloof nor a p a rt,
Plunge in th e thick of th e fight;
T here in th e stre e t and th e m art,
T hat is th e place to do right.
Not in some cloister or cave,
Not in som e kingdom above,
H ere, on th is side of the grave,
H ere should we labor and love.
- [ E l l a W heeler W ilcox.
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NEWS AND NOTES.
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A flurry of snow in Silverton on
Tuesday. It m elts alm ost as soon
as it falls.
Turkey and cran b erry sauce at
the L. U. O. D ining H all T h an k s
giving evening.
G rand E n tertain m en t, Dance
and Supper at the L. U. O, H all,
T hanksgiving night.
Prof. H offm ann will tak e the
heavy v illia n ’s p art in the play,
the Lone Tree Mine.
The L. U. O. band is doing finely,
hut they need several more in s tru
ments. How can we get them?
The students will all help pay
for our new piano by helping in
en tertain m en ts and in every way
possible.
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D on’t forget the
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at
the L. U. O. H all T hanksgiving
living ev-
ev-
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ening. T ickets 25 cents ~
Proceeds
fo r the Piano F und.
Profs. Hosmer and D avenport
visited the C apital City last F riday
and purchased a fine, new, uprig h t
piano for the L. U. 0 . H all.
A num ber of the students are
preparing to give an excellent play
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en titled th e “ Lone Tree »»•
th e e benefit of the Piano Fund.
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I he last heard of Profs. Geer and
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W akem an, they were enjoying good
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health and speeding on tow ard the
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Council of the E m ancipated, a t
C incinnati.
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Mrs. Godfrey will take the p art Am erican Republic, and thus give
Let us fill up the contribution
oi the M ountain Rose in the play, your correspondent much pleasure. box!
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With kind ---------c,
regards,
the Lone tre e Mine.
L ater — Mr. R. C. B urtis of M ich
Yours sincerely,
T he N atural Philosophy and
E lizibeth C ady S tanton . igan adds one thousand dollars to
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above offer. At this rate we
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C hem istry
classes
the
L. U. • v O / ,
are learning the great secrets of
China contains some of the rich-
Hoon
able to go ahead with
n atu re very rapidly, and the best est coal deposits in the world. our Huildine. “ A friend who helps
p art of it is, no gods or holy hooks Last fall Professor Drake, of T ient- Q’,lc^ helps double.”
dam up th is pure crystal stream of K*n visited the coal fields in the
S till L ater .— A friend in Silver-
honest
Ours is
great P,o v *,,(,e• °f Shansi, which were ex ton offers fifty dollars on the above
honest research.
research. Ours
is a a great
am ined by Baron von Richthofen
victory!
The am ount already re
in 1870, and found th at they are of plan.
The coal area is ceived and acknowledged in the
W e have engaged Prof, and Mrs; im mense extent.
said u»
to be greater than th a t of C ontribution Box, goes to help
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Godfrev
as • instructors in the
L. U.
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Pennsylvania, anil the anth racite m ake up the balance of this fund,
O. I rof. Godfrey will give in- coal alone contained in these fields
which now lacks only $1364.60 of
struction and drill in physical cul- has been estim ated at 630,000,000
being complete.
tu re every W ednesday and S atur- tons.
I fie Shansi coal-beds are so
I ater S till .— A friend in New
day at 4 and 7 p. m.
F reeth in k - thick and lie so uniform ly in a
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horizontal position th a t the prac- E ngland has Kent us a draft for five
ers need sound bodies as well as
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ticability has been suggested of run-
sound m inds.
ning long lines of railroad tunnels hundred dollars, which now leaves
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through the beds so th a t the cars only $864.60 to com plete the fund
I he en tertain m en t Thanksgiving ca |,
1(>aded
the n)|ne8 f()r
and give “ Luo” a big boost. W ho
n ig h t will consist of a genuine Cake d istan t tran sp o rta tio n .
will he tiie n ex t?
W alk for a fine cake, special f e
a
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tures by Prof, and Mrs. Godfrey,
The Ingersoll Chair,
vocal solos, duets and q u a rte tts and
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LIBERAL MEETINGS.
some of the most surprising feats
The am ounts subscribed and paid
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of ath letic perform ances e v e r w it in for the Ingersoll C hair are set
B oston , M ass .—Ingersoll S ecular So
nessed. Adm ission 15 cents; ch ild forth below. This sum is actu ally ciety m eets a t Paine M em orial H all, 9
ren 10 cents.
Proceeds for the in the hands of our treasurer to he A ppleton St., Sunday, 3 p. m . Rev. J .
P iano F und.
safely invested, the income only to P. B land, R esident Speaker.
be used.
L ow ell , M ass .— Liberal A ssociation
P erhaps no feature of our L. U.
0 . work will prove more beneficial SUBSCRIPTIONS COLLECTED IN ENGLAND m eets in Pilgrim H all, P a lm e r stre et,
BY G. J. HOLYOAKE.
Lowell, M ass., Sunday afternoons, a t 2
♦ th is year _ 4 th
.1 an our dancing
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class.
£ 8. o ’clock, except 2d Sunday in each m onth
t rn. M r. George A nderson,
London 5 0
Lessons are given a t 4 and 8 p.
w hen th e tim e is 6:30, W. S. P a rk er,
The ease, grace and confidence t h a t :
Alfred M arsh ,1 s u ,’8Cr,pt]on ” * 0 P resid en t. E . A. Howe, S ecretary .
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a student learns in this way m akes “
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him a different beine, and as the Mn i i 'i ^ ^ ^ e g a r t h
10 Liberal C lub m eets every F rid ay eve
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2 0 ning a t S o’clock, in th e G erm an M ason
old time evil of excess is carefully M r. Thos. Allsop,
Mr. .J. M. G im son,
L eicester I 0 ic T em ple, 220 E a s t Fifteenth s t r e e t .
guarded againRt, we expect nothing Mr.
A rth u r G im son,
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but excellent results from this de- M r. S idney G im son,
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B rooklyn ,
N. Y .—T he Brooklyn
Y arm o u th 1 0 Philosophical Association m eets Sunday
p artm en t.
Mr- Joh" Ijeauh-
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BY MRS. HOLYOAKE MARSH.
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the n Oregon I Miss
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L iberal U niversity and editor of | Mf8-{ J ^ o a k e S m ith ,
R eigate
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AT- rD U X 18*L U pSon,
the
Torch of R
Reason,
Mr.
T. B. Dr. G. Sw orn,
London
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W akem an, becoming his successor. M r. T. R. M udie,
Mr. A. S u m n er.
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The need of a recreative vacation D r. J . W allace, (deceased) Glasgow
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is adduced as the cause of Mr.
SENT PERSONALLY.
f j ogrner»g
retirem ent.— [T r u t h - Mr H e rb ert S pencer.
B rig h to n
seeeker.
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The L. U. O O rchestra will begin
A slight error.
Prof Hosm er
playing in public in about a n o th e r has resigned the editorship only.
week.
Prof. Cooley is to be con- n
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H e is still president of the L. U. O.
g ratu lated on his work and his stu
d en ts’ success.
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A Liberal Offer.
A good friend of the L U 0
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j and professors in this far fampd
C hicaoo . I I I . —L iberal Society, Dr.
T hom as B. G regory, resid en t lecturer.
Sunday lectures, 11 a. m. C o rin th ian
H all, M asonic Tem ple. A dm ission free.
All are invited.
O hio L iberal S ociety —Season of 1900
and 1901.
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P u b lic lectures u n d e r th e auspices of
th
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above society are delivered every S u n
CONTRIBUTED IN AMERICA.
L. P . M axatn, M ich.......................... $10 00 day evening a t 8 o ’clock, in College
Geo. N. H ill, B oston, M ass............ 5.00 H all, 416 W alnut st., C in cin n ati, Ohio.
E va Ingersoll Brown, N. Y ............. 50.00 T he program for O ctober is as follow s:
Prof. D aniel T. Ames, C al............... 10. (X)
Ben j. D uval, C ol................................. 1.00 T he program for N ovem ber is as follow s:
Nov. 11. Dr. B. F. L o n g street. Subject
Ed. Secrest, R andolph, K a n s a s ... 2.50
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“ N atu ral Law in th e Social W o rld .”
Helen H . G ard en er, N. Y . C ity
1.00
E sth e r H e rrm a n . New York C itv , 1.00 Nov. 18. Jo in t debate. S ubject, “ The
Physical P henom ena of S p iritu a l
J J. Chilcoat, M. D. W ash D. C.
3.00
ism
can he l>est ex p lain ed on th e h y
Wm. J. Chilcoat, “
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1.00
pothesis th a t th ey are produced by
th e sp irits of th e dead. A ffirm ative,
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Prof. J. Clegg W right.
N egative,
Joh n R. C harlesw orth.
T O R A IS E $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 .
j Nov. 23, 24, 25. A nnual C ongress of
The A m erican Secular Union and
T h is is O u r B u ild in g Fund
F reeth o u g h t F ed eratio n of A m erica,
C o n tr ib u tio n B o x .
u n d e r th e auspices of th e society.
The late mid term ex am in atio n s
revealed the fact th a t m any of the E d ito r Torch of Reason:—
L. I . O. stu d en ts are indeed stud-
A m ericans have one very had
ents. A large num ber stood 100 custom ; instead of w riting their
per cent, in more than one branch. nam es, for w ant of tim e I suppose,
Now, the ques
At the next T hanksgiving e n te r they use initials.
tain m en t Prof. Godfrey will b al tion arises, are our children nam ed ) 0 0 0 0 -0 -0 0 -0 -0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 (
ance him self on a trapeze, m any “J o h n ,” “Jo sep h ” and “ Jacob,” or
feet from the floor, on th e two back as “ J ,” “ K ” and “ L” ? To me it
Previously a c k n o w le d g ed .. .$558.45
legs of a chair.
Don’t forget the seems a desecration to refer to
J
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hum
an
beings
as
alphabetical
time. T h u rsd ay evening, Nov. 29
F. W. H ib b a rd , Del N orte,C ol. 5.00
characters.
A B and C may do
Last Tuesday all the tobacco us very well for barrels of flour, kegs
ers in the L. U. O. made a solemn of fish, or spools of th read , but not
promise, on th e ir word of honor as for full fledged men, editors of pan-
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gentlem en (no ladies here use the ers, professors in colleges and dis- <KX^
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filthy stuff i, th a t they will entirely tinguished reformers. So, Mr. Ed-
give up t b i , m ind-destroying habit, ¡tor, I beg th a t you will hereafter
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p. m ., in th e Long Islan d B usiness
College H all, South E ig h th stre e t, bet.
Bedford and Driggs A venues.
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Association m eets Sunday evenings at
6 o ’clock, 8;»9 Elm S treet.
FALL SE A SO N 1900.
ith o u t a fear of coining n ig h t
W e seek the tr u th , we love th e lig h t.”
Nov. 11. George V. H am lin . “ M unic
ipal P ro b lem s.”
Nov. 18. Dr. S arah F. \\ h itte m o re
W ijsev. “ The E ducation of W o m en .”
Nov. 25. L. II. C a rp e n te r. “ A politi-
cal Subiect ”
A n S G.
-------Osgood. “ D eath and
Im m o rtality .
Dec. 9. George R. Ja ck so n . The P o e t
ha»
ry of th e English L an g u ag e.”
Dec. 16. L. H. C a rp en ter. “ W h at is
W rong?”
<L S. Osgood. “ A Philosoph-
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arv Percival S tone,
“ H arm o n y an
am i th e ‘M usic of the
Spheres.