Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-16
J. ST|TT WILSON TO
SPEAK AT COLBY
ON SOCIAL ISSUE

So '' S'""'h's OF 'oihy col
icee ana tho residents ~ Watervillc
are TO bc given treat in tho limo Of
a lecture On Inc Soci,I ,,J ,,,,.,,ta,
W.
80 '""'''N ~ "'h
VI great authority on this subject J.
Stitt Wilson. e Eerkelcv. cam The
lecture which J. arks tho first appsar-
ancc in Maine ana the nrst appearance
in any Eastern college this year az
Mr. Wilson is to hc hold under the
auspices OF the Colby CHRISTIAN Asso-
citation. ut $50 in tue Memorial
Church. The college Association has
Gnn" to great derI of trouble and rX-
p"nsc in securing tho engagement ~
tho noted speaker who is to stay IA
Nat"rVilIc for three da,a.
AT present. NJ. Wilson ia touring
~" country urd,r thc air, ,tun nr tho
Young Mems Chri~it.n Association
SWING lectures to coll = 4 aud uni,cr-
'lti,S in an cndcuN"r to carry MOS
sage - VA" undergraduates ct Am,ti-
can in!tiiuI,na 90 l'atrinr This
m'SSa"c j. Tn; 1T the Constructive
thriSti.n Democracy uud u.s. Hpht
against til" radical clement IN tuis
country today MI Wilson ,,lu,.s AZ
r'ctN I" Colby i,uu th. wet Iur his
first lecture Of Ia, year In eastern
colleges
j SUIT Wilson has boon fur is ,cnrs
a Resident Of E.rkl,y. cam A great
deal of his timc. Has been smut in
occurring an Social ana Industrial
a
OF men and women m ms country
and in England For three ,cnrs 40
was mayor Of NJ home cltv, being
elected during radical strike Of all
tic plants Ia Ecrklc,. n was neccS-
sary to call the aid 81 F,dotaI troops
to help reserve order hut this trouble
was rcmcdi"d hN Mr. Wilson in n very
short tim" Without Goubt he is ono
Of the greatest orators IN the state.
During the recent World War lie was
n tremendous factor in arouSing tho
loyalty ana patriotism of tho people
Of the Golden state. Ills only son was
killed in an aoroplanc accident over
Mathor's Field in Sacramento.
During the campaign Of Senator
Hiram Johnson against the League az
Nations in California, Mr.. Wilson was
selected by the California League Tor
Ratification of tho Peace Treaty and
the League Of Nations. az tho one man
in the state who was thoruughly cuaI-
flied 10 follow Senator johnson over
the country and answer his attacks on
the League. ON oct. II. 1919. Mr.. will
son addressed great mass meeting
in Los Angeles from which thousands
Of people were turned away a. there
was no room in the great hall for
them. lie was hccklcd AZ first by the
many johnson supporters but after
speaking for three hours in one Of tho
most eloquent speeches that he has
ever made. the question was put TO a
vote and everyone in tho huge audi
cnce, with the exception Of twenty.
voted to endorse the Covenant.
MIR. Wilson IS one Of tho most pro-
found students or social and indus
trial problems In America. His great
interest began when he was n student
at Northwestern University in Chicago
when he was thrown in contact with
the social and Industrial problems rcp-
resented by the slums in that great
metropolis. For many years he worked
with the Labor Movement Of Great
Britain and would probably have been
given seat In the Parliament had he
chosen to accept one. Mr.. Wilson 10
n practical ideaIlst and has always
stood for the conviction that the soiu-