The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-27
OLD NASSAU MOURNS JIMMY"
IOR MORE THAN >I\TI lEtRS 4
FItTI RE or PRINCETON IRE.
Negro sand, Nan of the Campus . nuna-
va, ~iaNr When tie I1rs, appeared
There Repaid The None, Nj, anrrd To
Purchase his Freedom Ne VA. the
nj, rr.it, Mascot Tor Many Wears.

Princeton. Y ! July ~ The death
Last TUESDAY a. the Hg" Il ~ NraI~ Il
Jimmy Juhr-uu. u%UrvrvuT iu ordinary
to the sweet -t.ytA % Princeton University,
marks ~" pa.-,ug - one whu FOR mon" than
sky wears had ''"u a familiar rgJr" on
the Princeton campus a." bad -'"'u M"
college 81 New J.r-"y develop into Prince
ton University under FIVE different prrSi-
deut.. had Watched thr little campus with
it--N mrpsrr nuiIiilg-. grow until u GOV
erred an AREA nt many acre. and contained
s,.r.. 90 luudrr.. SOM" O. ihcW models a.:
mud.rr college architecture had ~"n the
lt-, o. students l"ug'h"u glad lallN from
90. 'o laU G~rav-hatrrd alumni. u
scarcely rs-u guis"d ~ 10" group ~ bu'ld-
ing- which now d,l the ruileg" grounds me
Princeton 'h,v knew a. uudrrgraduat.'s.
AWAY >av iu him a welcome reminder Il
the Princeton ~ M" past
That Of, why ,ht- little id negro, with liz
l.pt hack. l- short. crooked legs. his
wrnki,sI ,-aE". h,~ shiny black pai"irug'.
with l.urla- 80 -..N -Nh.'" hair, iuNati-
ahly a. commencement CO.. ON other ie--
tive n,,.t-.uu- h.da crowd - IullV. g"u"rou-
graduates around ht- uranR" AMI black
vbeelbarruw mat - Why The university
authorities gayr 'im he exclusive rriNIlrgr
II selling peanuts. l~muu1d" and ANY
AN ih. CAMPUS. thai t- PATTY DO" reason
viv Jimmy Jult-uu is celebrated IA
prrcrtou .uug- ard -'ur,. Nha' John.
the orang.miu. g. Geo Harvard. b Pop
Su.th l. 10 Nal", -Iimm, Johnson VA 20
puuc,tuu. and more. to"
"A. had au interesting clr''r Born a.
Ta-tou. Mi. on uc. >. 1919, his real nam"
VI. Collins Hi- PARENTS WEI" -" slaves oi
or , col wallac.,. and very early iu life
Jimmy VA e,,.u bv hn- MISTRESS to her
SON. 1raklc Wni.lcr. Who Wa about ne"
MN, agr a, M" Young slave T"akle
WALLACE. wa . Kind master aud for almost
,v,.,,v wear. jimmy -"r,cl hum
fathfullN
lii determination to gam hI~ freedom
Jimmy attributed 10 his a"quaintauc"
with Fred Douglas. which began when M"
vns Nrry Young. Douglas t"lug a -laN" on
nm A iuing Plantation and about four
months vouur"r han jimmy accord.
,ry ., 'h. Princeton neguu. Douglas and
Le yer. -uI-plplaN hny- to-'u-'n-gcin"r .
lie told how puugla-- g-'Si '" ac""trIanN
III m4st.T- ut'l" -uu To- iu" ~lhon~'
i'm the morning and how, u"' t"iug allowed
,o enter IA. huilitug. u" would wait All daN
ont side. ns1ffIlnt fI'NlNNN ~ wv 't"' w
ma wa. Icing said Nithin fvcn when he
Ma y.rv Young. jimmy ass"rt'Si, Doug
la. was continually telling hi dreams
about liberty aud devising 'h"in"- to
.-caV" to the North
III irfu.ur, over 'ul Wallace -lav"
had l.-rpmr 49, great hat In iS's. when
Urusla.- t~it"l hi- ma-'"r'S plantation,
after having hs.'n absent IN baltimore Tor
.,,.tel YEAR. Jimmy agreed in meet
him and rIu away Bu the young -laN"
had not rock"u'd with an ohstacl" that
law In nj path To- fr'--ium A. the age ~
p, h, Lad married u du~kv girl oi the Nru'h,
and when the time 9 parting with his
wife came. h" could not GO, -" ft-tr-tf-
Fred went on a-a- alon"
ma, j. 'JimmN'r- explanation 81 hi-
f.ilur. tn ~ with Douglass. and " mo
.mo'ional s,te 80 his life A. "Nempl',od Nv
M l,,nduct since can ~" taken n A'ii.ti'n,
'he .,cus. H. prui,shlv = very ir''hin ono
a., tho nld man n utrricd 'ht"e l'tn'~
arct s.t'l,ns here. aud = survived nv /"
al. ~ ~ odd war, whom h" l"d '" W."
altar IN $3.50
Time. hoM.yrr. will work ~ondrou-
change. A year ATE Douglass had CO.