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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1901)
T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON. JA N U A R Y 10, E. M. 301 (1901.) 8 o o o o o c ( x k x x x > o <><>< x > c <><>< x x k ) 0 N E W S AND NOTES. X 9 < > < > o < H X '< ^ ^ It snows a little now and then in Silverton. J. E. and M. P. Hosmer’s mail will always reach them if addressed Box 351, Silverton, Oregon. Prof. Hoffmann and his class are doing interesting work in the chem istry room and all are pleased. The W om an’s Social Science Club will meet Saturday, Jan u ary 12th, at the home of Mrs. Mat Brown at 2:30 P. M. Ex-President and Mrs. Hosmer are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Page, and preparing for their de p a rtu re to the South. Miss Ollie Geer was the last student to return from the vacation trip to friends and relatives. She is as bright and happy as ever and takes up her studies with her usual enthusiasm . We are pleased to learn that more students are coming to the L. U.O. One is expected soon from Ohio and some from Oregon. We are pre pared to accomodate them com fortably. School is progressing nicely and the students take hold with a vim since the holidays. There will be some good earnest work done at L. U. 0. bet ween now and the sum mer vacation. Mr. Sidney Gimson, „ 1 0 fifth annual catalogue of the L. L . for the constitution of Oregon says. Mr. John Leach, Yarmouth 1 0 O., and are well pleased with the “ All men (and this includes you) BY MRS. HOLYOAKE MARSH. present work. We have a future shall be secure in the natural right Mrs. Daniel Baker Birmingham 1 0 Mr. Byron Holyoake Smith ,, 5 0 Btu(]entfor th eu n iv ere ity ;b o w e v er to worship Alm ighty God accor- 10 A. H. he is only four years old, so you ding to the dictates of their own Miss Julia C. Smith, „ 1 0 M rs. H o ly o a k e S m ith , „ 1 0 will have to wait some time, unless conscience.’’ Rut see what a com- Miss Reigate 1 0 Phipson, you can adopt us all. j motion you h tv e caused. A out Dr. G. Sworn, London 1 0 1 0 Mr. T. R. Mudie, W ishing the Torch a happy and ! pretty little foot on the top of the Mr. A. Sumner. 5 > » | highest m ountain in the w’orld Dr. J. Wallace, (deceased) Glasgow 1 0 prosperous New Year. could not have started an ava- .......... .. M rs . M artin M iller J r . - SENT .PVRSO s a LLY lanch to compare with this. But yjr Herbert Spencer, Dayton, Oregon. Brighton 2 0 never mind. After the Bible ami CONTRIBUTED IN AMERICA. the Lord’s Prayer are excluded L P> Maxam, Mich...................... -.$10.00 New Year G reetings. 5.00 from the schools, you can still con- i *’Co. X. Hill, Boston, M ass.......... 5. , , Eva Ingersoll Brown, X. Y............50. On Mr. A. B. B ennett of Norwalk, tinue your work the sam e as ever; Prof. Daniel T. Ames, Cal............. 10.00 which is, to try to do right, and to Ben j. Duval, Col.............................. 1.00 Conn., writes : Ed. Secrest, Randolph,.K ansas... 2.50 Helen H. Gardener, X. Y. City 1.00 “ M r . E ditor :—One word of con teach the right. E s th e r H e r r m a n , N ew Y o rk C itv , 1 .(0 For, instead of using the Bihle gratulation and encouragement J J. Chilcoat, M. I). Wash D. C. * 3.00 “ 1.00 from your hum ble friend may not and the Lord’s Prayer, you can Wm. J. Chilcoat, “ B. J. Hjermstad O hio........................1.00 read from Epictetus, or Marcus be amiss at this time, as these lines are being penned in the East and Aurelius, or Mohammed, or B udd > 0-00-0-0-0 0-0-000-0 O-OO-OOOO-OOOOOO you are in the far West. My soul ha, or Confucius, or Darwin, or T O R A iS E $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 . in sym pathy and love goes out to Ingersoll, and recite the prayer ol T h is is O u r B u ild in g F u n d you and your institution th at you Cleanthes or Arnobius, or Derz- C o n t r ib u t io n B o x . had the courage to build—an insti hanir, or compose one of your own. Previously acknowledged.. .$573.45 tution destined to he a guiding star, Of course, to read from either of a beacon light on the shore of those authors would be just as sec J. W. Bell, Everson, W ash. . . 1.00 <> 'lim e—an institution destined to tarian as to read from the Bible, Chas Saussele, M inn................1.00 elim inate that trin ity of the Dark hut do you go ahead, and let the L S. H o lm a n , P o n tia c , 111.......... 3.00 It does them good. Ages, Superstition, Ignorance, and kickers kick. Mrs. Haynes, In d ................... 10.00 Your True Yoke Fellow, Greed. Let the Torch continue to 0 , T Glenn, O hio................... 25.00 D. E. J. H. Jacobs, Kansas............... 5.00 cast its effulgent light and shed its Wm. Platts, California...........25.00 rays of Liberal thought upon us Is this “ sarcasunus?” Ed. > (XXXXXXXXXXX) oo-o-oo-ooo-oooo c another year. To each one in the vineyard of Liberal thought in Ore 0 00-0-0-0-00-0-0-00-00000-0000-0-0-00 < Notice ! gori 1 send my heartfelt sym pathy I LIBERAL M EEINGS. and congratulations.” $ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ' STOCKHOLDERS M EETIN G OF T IIE For th e T o re h of Reason. The Y oung People’s Literary Society last week presented some very fine work. The closing dance ... t was so much “ a thing of beauty” ° th a t those who saw, as well as those who flitted in its mazes, voted it ‘‘a joy forever. ” . L. U. O. has a rare opportunity to have its students learn to write for the press. We hope to piesent some of . their compositions in the _ . Torch. The h acuity deeire to have every one m aster the People’s English with tongue and pen, and we must practice to do it. ... , i. v \Y e are pleased to have nur t form- ’ er student, Mr. Louie Steel ham m er, with us again. Louis has spent some m onths as a clerk in a mer chandise store since he was with us before. He now comes back to fit himself for a still higher position; and be will be able to fill it. A C hair and a S tu d en t. E R A L U N IV E R S IT Y COM PANY. The Road W e’ll T ake. IlY JO H N Miss Florence Brown, who has been attending the commercial de partm ent of the L. U. O., has ac cepted the position of telephone girl at the central office in Silver- ton. We feel that Miss Brown will give satisfaction at her new post. L IB PRESC O TT G U IL D . B oston , M ass .—Ingersoll Secular So ciety meets at Paine Memorial Hall, 9 A special Meeting of the Stock Appleton St., Sunday, 3 p. m. Rev. J. P. Bland, Resident Speaker. holders of The Liberal U niversity [Song for Liberal University Students.] Company will be held at their U ni versity Building, Silverton, Oregon, We’ll go the way that leads to Truth, on S atu rd ay , February 9, 1901, at That road is right for Age and Youth. 2 o’clock P. M. Election of Direct We’ll try to do what good we can, ors and oilier im portant business Both to our-selves and fellow-man, We’ll learn still more, we’ll work still will come before the Meeting. m ore; By order. We’ll learn and, think, and work yet T haddeus B. W akeman , more. Pres. Board of Directors. All that is worth a thoughtful look, P earl W. G eer , Sec’y. L owell , M ass .—Liberal Association meets in Pilgrim Hall, Pahner street, Lowell, Mass., Sunday afternoons, at 2 o’clock, except 2d Sunday in each month when the time is 6:30, W. S. Parker, President. E. A. Howe, Secretary. N ew Y ork C ity —The M anhattan L iteral Club meets every Friday eve ning at So’clock, in the German Mason ic Temple, 220 East Fifteenth street. January 18.—“ Should Mental Science be U pheld?” Paul Tyner, y es; H er bert X. Cassou, No. Secularists would you not like to January 25.—“ Public Operation of Pub lic Franchises.” Samuel Seabury. Wag never printed in a book ; But nature>8 Bihle everywhere, i s worthy of each student’s care. j We’ll read it more, we’ll read it more; have some letterheads printed with We’ll search and think and learn vet Secular sentim ent and W ettstein’s more B rooklyn , X. Y.—The Brooklyn Philosophical Association meets Sunday at 3 p. m., in the Long island Business College Hall, South Eighth street, bet. Bedford and Driggs Avenues. Freethought badge, to use in corre spondence with your friends? We will furnish them to you w ith your Let wit with wisdom lie combined, name and address printed on them i To . meet . .. the needs of . growing . r mind; ’ for 75 cents per hundred, $1.50 per And if at work, or book or play, C hicago . I I I .—Liberal Society, Dr. We.„ (lo our ab|est> (lay ,)y ,,ay 250, or $2 50 for 500, postpaid. Let Thomas B. Gregory, resident lecturer. We’ll grow some more, we’ll know the People know’ where you stand. Sunday lectures, 11 a. m. Corinthian some more ; When work is o’er we’ll play yet more. We hope we shall arrive at last .... ’ Hall, Masonic Temple. All are invited. The Ingersoll C hair. Admission free. . O hio L iberal S ociety —Season of 1900 and 1901. Public lectures under the auspices of the above society are delivered every Sun day evening at 8 o’clock, in College Hall, 416 W alnut st., Cincinnati, Ohio. The following is the program for Jan u ary : subscriptions collected in E ngland i Sunday, 13.—Xoan Coler. Subject: by o. J. holyoake . | “ Deism and Materialism.” To 1 he P ious School T eacher in £ s. Sunday, 20.—Dr. J. B. Wilson. Sub- W a sh in g to n C ounty. ject: ‘"Marriage and Divorce.” Mr. George Anderson, London 5 8 “ “ “ 2d subscription,, 5 Sunday, 27.—Paine Anniversary Cele Mr. Alfred Marsh, ,, >» 3 0 bration. Special program to be an “ “ 2d subscription $ ,, ? 3 ft I nounced later. Dear sister in C h rist.—You and “ Mrs. E. Holyoake Marsh, 10 I ___________________ ____ ________ __ >» W here we 11 not mourn for what is past; Xor ever fear for w hat may be,— Di time, or in eternity. We’ll work still more, rejoice still more; We’ll work and help, and hoj>e yet more. Liberal University, Silverton, Oregon, Jan. 7th, Era of Man. 301—A. D., 1901. The am ounts subscribed and paid in for the Ingersoll Chair are set forth below. This sum is actually in the hands of our treasurer to be safely invested, the income only to be used. E ditor T orch of B eason : Enclosed find five dollars for 1 he Judge B lackburn have certainly Mr?Bobert A{T{degarTh. t» »» Ingersoll C hair Fund sent by put your foot in it. You had the Mr. Tho«. Allsop, Leicester G randpa Miller. W e received the right, of course, to do as you did, Mr. Arthur Gimson, 10 0 M anchester X. H .—Freethinkers’ 9 Association meets Sunday evenings at 0 jft o’clock, &»9 Elm Street.