The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-25
THE NEW PRESIDENT
Woodrow Wilson Tells What Prince
ton University Stands = "a:
For. .....-......
Ex-President Grover Cleveland Also
Praises the Conservatism
of the College. $780,.

Princeton, N. j., Oct, 26.-DeCora lions
Of orange and black were displayed every.
where here to-day in honor of the ,inaugu,
ration Of Woodrow Wilson as thirteenth
president Of Princeton university. Hun
dreds Of graduates of the university ar
rived last night and this morning and there
were many warm greetings between old
alumni
Among the distinguished Of the univers-
1ty were former Speaker Reed, j. Pierpont
Morgan, Chancellor Magic, Attorney Cen
eral Thomas N. McCarter Of New Jersey
Senator John Kean of New Jersey Hon.
Robert II. Lincoln. Hon. Wayne Mac
Veagh, Samuel S. Clemens, President But
Ter OF Columbia, President Hadley Of Yale,
Professor Abbott Lawrence Lowell. of
Harvard, DR.. William r. Harris, national
commissioner of education, President W.
N. p. Faunce of Brown. Chancellor F. P.
Venable, University of Carolina, President
Cyrus Northrop, University of Minnesota
President Wheeler, University of Califor-
MA President l.. Clark Seely, Smith col
lege, President William r. Harper, Chi
cago university, President d. c. Gilman
Carnegie Institute and President Taylor OF
Vassar.
In the procession. which formed in the
university library, and marched to Alex
ander hall, In which was held the literary
exercises. ex-President Cleveland and
Governor Murphy, President elect Wilson,
ana the retiring president the Rev. F. J.
Iatton, the Rev. Henry Van Dyke and
blshops Scarborough and Satterlee
formed the first division.
Ex-President Cleveland in his address,
said J.; 10y, -.
Ex-PresIdent cIeveland's Views.
Surely neither attenuated refinement
IN educated circles, nor a SELF, satisfied
aristocracy among educated! men, should
lnlslnterpret to the unlearned the. mission
OF THESE Institutions. 1t should never, be
forgotten that our colleges and UNIVERSE
Ties cannot, without loss of their most
useful opportunities. disregard any means
ol commencing the substantial advan-
tases they are able to offer to those less
fortunate In educational condition.
we nave fallen upon days of rush and
change-When old Ideas and processes are
deemed too slow to meet the demands of
what Is called modern progress and when
rover and accelerated notions have in
vaded the business, the politics the social
life and even the religion of our people.
How can we be certain that old and here
toiore approved theories Of higher educa-
tlon are In no danger Of being caught in
this furry2 Already there seems to be
an inclination to adjust the methods of
university and college instruction to the
apparent needs Of advanced conditions
and new exigencies. We hear much said
election by students of the branches of
study they will pursue; it is often asserted
that the old course of college study is
too long and that students are thus be-
lated In their entrance upon LIES actIvi-
ties -, -
We of" Princeton are still willing to
declare. our belief. that we. are better
able to determine than those coming to
us for education, what is their most ad-
Tantageous course Of Instruction. We
are, however, by no means unwilling to
SO shape our cuiriculumt without sur
render Of clear conyictiorr as Stol esnedite
our graduates subsequent pre- para ion for
professional life. ? We9EEsareT notNyet con
vinced that the sttrne $reauirsd for saour
ordinary term Of undergraduates study. Is
too long, or that 1t unnecessarily and I'M
profitably retards the useful service ,ex-
pected Of genuinely educated man.
we will not be convinced that the
human mind has In these latter days be-
come so fundamentally enlarged that q
broad and useful education can by some
pleasant process be easily gained, nor
that the aCutenesS of the human intellect
has so kept pace with the eager hurry of
the time that with no toll or patient WOO
ing an education worth having can be
Bought or seized and forced to do service
In vaingorious and trftiing pretense Of
erudition. If false educational notions
should prevail, Princeton will bide her
time until they are spent and until saner
judgment shall recognize her conscientious
obedience to the demands of her charter
compact, and gratefully appreciate her
devotion to the bright standard which for
more than a century and half she has
held aloft ON the field where higher edu-
cation has been courageous and triumph
ant" 'r-
The new president, Woodrow Wilson
said:
Woodrow Wilson's Address.
1.-THE task Of the universities Is two
fold: the production Of a great body of
Informed and thoughtful men and a. small
body OF trained scholars and investiga-
tors. Though the university may dis
pense with the professional school,, the
professional schools may not dispense
with the university. The manag ing
minds of the world. even the efficient
working minds Of the world, must be
equipped for a mastery whose chief char
acteristic is adaptability, play. an ! in