Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-18
Second Wilson Lecture
with Capacity Crowd
at Memorial Chapel

The Memorial chapel was once more
crowded to its capacity last night with
students and citizens of Waterville
who came to hear the second lecture
given by ]. Stitt Wilson on the "Su-
preme Issue Confronting the World
Today" Mr.. Wilson took for his sec
ond topic, Science"
Mr.. Wilson reviewed briefly his talk
of last night and summed the whole
lecture into a few compact sentences.
He then gave an introduction to his
second topic, explaining that his lee
lures really comprised five complete
lectures but owing to the shortness of
the time that he was here he would
not be able to give all of them.
He said that the world was COM
PEELED to go to science for all we have
TO guide us. That there is some funda-
mental principle that we have learned
from science that enables us to sur
vive. He spoke briefly on the subject
of Darwinism, however saving that he
was not here TO discuss this point or
TO even uphold it. but he likencd the
human progress to that of the lower
animals. The greatest lie in the world
today he declared was falacious con-
ceptions He gave the example Of Ger
many. whose sole purpose was self and
who did not live: now Japan is build
ing an empire on the same principles
and what will he the result? These fall
acious ideas are held by everybody
churchmen and all others.
The speaker then drew large da-
gram on the blackboard consisting of
long horizontal line which he said
represented the lower animal stage.
the amoeba. He said that the study of
Biology was one of the fundamental
subjects and that every student should
pursue it at some time during his col
lege career.
Mr.. Wilson then aid that there were
two aspects of the living principle. one
the struggle for self and the other
the struggle for others He declared
that there was no living creature that
lived for self alone as one of such
kind would become extinct in no time.
The microscope has never discovered
living creature that lives for itself
alone. such species would become eX
IlISl. ne diSp Soiu llldL any uOSttiHt'
labor, religious or otherwise which
contcnded for self alone did not rec
ognize others, was falaclous and would
not survive. Any man who fights for
his self alone and does not consider
others is headed for Pcrdition He
asked what had become of the great
empires Of Baby Ion. Egypt, Rome and
Germany those empires which had
taught and done for self alone and had
tons. These nations are extinct, but
who vii be next. he asked?
On the horizontal line which he had
drawn, he constructed a parallelogram
representing the higher plane of civil
izGtion. Across one end of this plane
he drew small transvcrsal which was
supposed to cut off the part of the
paralelogram which represented the
progress of the humans in their fight
for others and showed definitely that
as the human progress increased, the
fight for others enlarged.
Mr. Wilson then dwelt at consider
able length on the mammal world. He
spoke of the ancient DinoSures. huge
animals larger than an elephant, who
lived for themselves and who were
| now extinct because. as near as sci
cntists could find out. they had lived
for themselves and not for others.
In concluding he said that the great
est faiacy today was the statement
that the struggle for existence was
necessary and that the survival of the
| flttest was a lie.