THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, JANUARY 10, E. M. 301
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G eer to m ake th e -.election, a n d ered, it is a good tim e to re c a ll the
by G overnor the Bible in them , are being consid-
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Haeckel on Im m ortality, and the
The Choir Invisible.
II. W. Scott difference between the public and
of Portland, P. I.. Campbell, of Me- common schools of the state, and
In the last Torch we gave our
M innville, Stephen A. Lowell, of our m ultifarious universities tor the
P ublished W eekly by th e Liberal U ni
first two pages to H aeckel’s expo
Pendleton, W. M. Ladd, of Port- “ higher educotion.”
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versity Com pany, in the In terests ol
sition of correlation or the “ Law of
C onstructive, Moral Secularism .
land and W. M. Colvig, of Jackson-
Tbe common »ehooli, are for the S ubstance," p reparato ry to his
vine,
We v e n tu re these sugges-
common branches which are the views on Im m o rtality , which take
T. B . W a k e m a n .................... E d ito r tions.
necessary in stru m en ts every one 8ti)| „ o r e space in th is paper,
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1. The best school hooks are m ust l.ave in order to meet the W hy is this done?
Because
only approxim ations to the better duties of a cjtijeA’a life, o rjo enter Haeckel ia the foremost scientist of
E n tered at- the
at •diveiton, which are to follow, and the schol- u
pon any higher education. The tbe world ¡„ a l| of the j ep ar(.
Oregon, as second-class mail m atter.
ars should never he dwarfed by nor scholar should be m ade triu m p h an t n,ents of knowledge which touch
made a slave to them. T hat can be over “ Headin’, ’K itin’, and ’Kith- tbie „ lbjectj tb an wh|(.h Dotb,
SLB5CRIPTIOS «ATES.
avoided if the teacher makes explan metic,” Geography and H istory, es
more nearly concerns every in d i
ations and talks on the subjects pecially that of the United States.
vidual of the hum an race:
For
One year, in advance..........................$1
Six m onths in advance....................
•»«’ treated with references to other- The higher branches, especially the w hat we ought to he and do now is
Three m onths, in ad vance................
books of the same character say o f a M athem atics, languages (lin g u ist
determ ined by our future? The in
In clubs of five or more, one year,
higher grade which should be in ics) he should be enligbted about
in ad v an ce......................................• •
terest is increased when we th in k
Money should be sent by registered the School L ibrary.
The tex t so as to kuow well what they are.
th at this verdict of Science is d i
letter or money order.
book
is
properly a printed And the “ religion” which should
rectly the reverse of th a t of the
note, book for the learner, and accompany ail this should be sec
vast mass of the hum an race.
We
Notice!
should be supplem ented by bis own ular, only th a t of the Republic and
say “ verdict of Science,” for this
note-book of the teacher’s ex p la n a and of H um anity.
scientist bv no means gives his
A h a n d pointing to th is notice denotes tions and illustrations if possible.
Now when the S tate has done personal opinion as au th o rity , but
th a t vour subscription has expired.
2. The text book when once this hv free schools, teachers and presents the facts attested by h im
You are earnestly requester! to re
new so th a t you may receive th e pa placed in the pupils’ hands should books, ought it to do more ? Does
self and fellow’ scientists over and
per w ithout in te rru p tio n . We have de never be taken from them . They
it not run upon dangerous snags as again un d er the unfailing m ethods
cided th a t it is best for all concerned
should
alw
ays
rem
ain
a
part
of
his
th a t we do not send papers longer th an
soon as it tries:
of corelation. The result is th a t
th e tim e paid for unless so ordered. intellectual life, for reference and
T his will prevent any loss and we will
1.—The higher education must the notion of the spirit-soul ex ist
realization, whenever occasion may
know ju st w here we stand.
We request you to send us the nam es require. He should tie im pressive be a diversity and general ex ten s ence and continuanoe after death
of Secularists who might become su b
ion of learning for various purposes is an u tter im possibility. All su p
scribers and we will mail sam ple copies. ly instructed as to the careful pres
posed facts and feelings which seem
If y o u are no t a su b s c rib e r of th e ervation and use of these books in in which the religious and sectarian
T o rc h and receive a sam p le copy, it is
influences m ust often prevail. The to point to any such conclusion, are
his
family
oi
whatever
home
be
may
a re s p e c tfu l in v ita tio n to becom e a
sim ply frauds, illusions, coinciden
have. If a student is deprived of variant courses and tendencies of
su b scrib er.
ces, or n a tu ra l facts capable of ex
bis hooks, all th a t he is likely to our colleges and universities as they
planation scientifically like those
carry in his head from them is now exist illu strate this point too
T hursday , J an ., 10, E. M. 301.
They of trance, or hypnotism . The S p ir
very little, and he soon ceases to be fully to write of it further.
it obsession is no longer even a ra
a scholar. Even if he seldom op all lie beyond the jurisdiction of
tional hypothesis, for in th a t sense
President Hosmer’s Resignation.
ens them , their presence breathes the secular state— properly lim ited
S pirits sim ply are not.
out and recalls their contents u n to the purposes of republican-dem o
We shall have our race cooper
At the first meeting of the Board consciously, and compels the old cratic governm ent, and the educa
of Directors this year President student to remain to some extent tion of the people so as to be fit ation science, and altru istic im m or
ta lity for consolation, if such is
therefor.
Hosmer again presented his resig an educated person.
nation as president of our univer
2.—The expenses of such variety needed. As M in wood Reade savs at
3. It is essential th at these
sity, and it was accepted.
He books should be furnished freely o f universities, even if the people of the close of his M artyrdom of M an;
had resigned as editor of the by the state, as a part of the outfit the state could ever agree about —“ A season of m ental anguish [to
rnanyj is at h an d , and through this
Torch in October last.
Prof, of every school.
Some parents tn e m , (w hich they could not)
and Mrs. Hosmer will carry with have not the Tie ans to buy the would m ake any state University we m ust pass, in order th a t our
posterity m ay rise. The “ soul”
them the sincere regret h of the books, and some may not like the scheme im practicable.
m ust be sacrificed; the hope of im
Trustees, Faculty, Students and selections made, but if the state
The U niversities should therefore m ortality m ust die. A sweet and
F riends of L. U. 0., th a t they con m akes a donation of the best it
he free and independent of the charm ing illusion m ust be taken
cluded at last th at this course c a r, these objections are obviated
state, supported by their owu p a t from the hum an race, as youth and
must he taken.
The University as far as possible.
If the parents rons and pupils, and be perfectly
beauty vanish never to re tu rn .”
will continue the course, which had wish, they can obtain other hooks
free to teach, and lecture on all
But will they never re tu rn ?
their initiative, labors and approv for reference to supply the deficien
subjects in every direction, and for
Yes, the youth and beauty of a
al. T heir sacrifices and services in cies of those thus freely supplied.
all purposes it may be desirous to
its behalf will remain as firm as
By this provision the Scholars accom plish. In them , for instance, real world and a real im m o rtality a* .
We are sim ply the lost child bewil
its foundations, which they and a would have good clean hooks, which
the evolutional ethnology of the
dered and in despair in the d ark
few others laid, and made the be they are likely to become attached
races of the peoples of the world
and storm y night : Before him
ginning of a great enterprise, with to and so desire to keep, which they
could be unfolded to any extent de
seemed to rise a horrid ogre th a t
which we hope their name and fame should give their honor pledge to do.
sired, and all the Bibles of the
will ever be gratefully associated.
But if they did sell them ,
it races, from the “ Book of the Dead” made his last pulse of hope cease in
terror. Then cam e an unexpected
The Board at once elected Prof, j would not be as now the means
of the Egyptians dowu to the “ Book
T. B. W akem an as president in his ()f supplying schools with d irty of M ormon,” could be m ade as in flash of lightning, and th a t ogre
was found to be a guide post p o in t
place. This was said by all to be books> but the Ineal)8 of circulating
telligible as possible, whereas in the
the only practical thing to d o .1 SOme intelligence to those not in common schools they would be sim ing to his sure way hom eward. The
lightning flash of Science reveals to
The University in all of its depart- tbe schools, which would be good
ply disjointed, unintelligible, fetish-
us the awful hand of death but it
merits will steadily move on to educational work, th a t the state istic jargon.
points us to the E a rth ly P aradise,
realize effectively the purposes it should never regret.
W hat New
To put any one of those Bibles and sooths and sustains us by voi
was organized to accomplish.
¡York has successfullv * done in
into our public schools, is therefore ces o fth e Choir Invisib le preceding
these regards cannot Oregon do?
an “ im pardonable sin ,” for it is an
Public Schools and Text-Books.
us as we jo u rn ey hitherw ard.
anachronism , and th a t is a sin
Public Schools and Universities.
The next Torch will declare this
which, under the law of time and
All Oregonians are interested in
evolution, it is impossible to forgive, altru istic im m ortality, for which no
their school text-hooks, an<l seem
\\ hile the questions of supplying f°r neither of these can ever be re- b etter p rep aratio n could be th an to
to be generally pleased with the free text books to our Public versed—any more than N iagara, memorize the “ Choir Invisible” on
commission of five gentlemen w h o , Schools aud praying aud reading nor as easily.
our first page.
T h e O n ly P a pe r of I t s K in d .
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