The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-02-05
SPOKE AT UNITED CHURCH
PROF. WYCKOFF OF PRINCETON
HEARD List NIGHT.
mission of the Church"-Expcrienc
ing CInss Large Attendance.

| ing CIass-Large Attendance.
Professor Walter A. Wyckoff of
Princeton university spoke before the
Mems club in United church last night.
One Of the largest audiences that has
listened to any of the speakers before
the Mems club was in the church last
night and listened to an able talk on
1.-The Social Commission Of the Church"
Professor Wyckoff has taken up sew
eral occupations where heswould have
to work and live with the men whose
views Of life and conditions of life he
wished to know, and his opinions, based
on what he saw and what he experience
ed, were given last night
Owing to an unavoidable delay in
transportation the speaker did not ar
rive at the church until shortly after
quarter-past eight o'clock, but those in
attendance would have been perfectly
willing toswait much longer, for Profess
sor Wyckoff s talk was most interest
ing and instructive one.
The speaker had never been heard in
this city before, but is well known by
readers here for his most interesting
book, called Workers" in which the
interesting work while studying the life
of the workingman Is portrayed.
The speaker said that all the knowl-
edge and opinions that have come to
him have been through the results Of
actual contact with the workingman,
and especially during stay of eighteen
months in Chicago, where he has had
the most profitable experiences. He said
it was very necessary to adjust ones
self to the surroundings and practically
be one of the men in order to obtain the
best results in the undertaking, and
this, he said, he did without hesitation.
Professor Wyckoff said he spent most
of his time stlidying the socialist and
anarchist, and found them just what he
wanted. He said that to associate with
a class of people with whom he had
never before mingled and to see the
reality and earnestness of their feel
ings toward man and God seemed like
downright conviction. They seemed to
have no room for any sort of doubt
and accepted their views positively. He
styled those people in two classes, one
Of which were those who were the in
struments of production and the 9TH
ere those who brought the capacity for
labor both manual and Intellectual He
said that the class in which he worked
expressed themselves with force against
the clergyman of the church, declaring
they were the brunt of society They
spoke" said Professor Wyckoff, "as
though the progress of the world would
be much more rapid If their views
would be adopted by all and were firm
in what they held The early form Of
Catholicism has not changed; there are
no adaptations, no changes, nothing to
turn the minds Of those poor people.
This is almost universally true among
the socialists and Is universally true
among the anarchists. There is great
difference Of opinion with regard to the
church and the, teaching. / sat in al
meeting once when the name Of the
church was received In Kisses and the
namesof the Redeemer in long and loud
cheers"
The preacher said he could give many |
accounts Of his experiences with the
working classes In New York, where,
ike Chicago, he was impressed with the
,ordiality of the workingmen, where he
vas asked to come again to attend their
meetings and which he thought was
surely due to the condition surrounding
he life of the wage-earner
Professor Wyckoff told very inter-
sting story of his mingling with the
working classes He said that while in
he central part Of Nebraska one sum
ner he was obliged, through the lack of
unds, to engage in some sort of work
He found employment In
ne of the towns on the Union Pacific
abroad and with gang Of men went
o work digging ditch on the line of
he road. He happened to work with a
urly Irishman named Sullivan most Of
he time, and from morning until night
Wyckoff and Sullivan toiled
18th their pick and shovel. One hot !
ay in September, when everything they
ad on was soaked with perspiration,
ullivan Strengthened up and with a
Ugh said to Professor Wycoff, "I'm SO :.
1rry / didn't study for the ministry" !
his caused considerable laughter and !.
as one of the many stories told by the !
oeaker.
A GAME FIGHTER