The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-22
FINE ADDRESS
 BY DIR. WILSON President of Princeton in
 Montgomery. CHARMED GREAT AUDIENCE He Spoke on "The University
 and the Nation" MasterfuI Defense of Higher Educatien and the Thinking Man--He Leaves for His Home This Morning.

A masterful defense of the American university as a factor in the national and the international life was made last night by Dr. Woodrow Wilson, President of Princeton University. who spoke on 'sThe University and the Nation" at the Girls High School, cor ner of Lawrence and High Streets, be- fore a large and appreciative audience.
 Flashing arguments were used by Dr. Wilson in answer to the material ist of today. Men plodding on in the swirl of commercial life, he said, have either affected contempt for the clois- tered intellect or felt 1t. With the brilliant historian who is head of one of the leading universities in the re- public there is a different idea of the student. He expressed his firm belief that it is well to cloister the mind in the right pauses of life and view Qutet- ly the horizon of activity.
 Dr., Wilson carried to the hearts of his hearers that the freedom of America Is not alone for the accumuia- tion of fortunes, but, what is more sublime, the elevation of our motives
 Great fortunes are piled up in this free nation." said the distinguished speaker, but fortunes can be piled up as well in worlds that are not free. It is in the elevation of our motives that we can and must take advantage of this freedom"
 The historian almost spoke epigrams in his remarkable exaltation of the col- lege and its life. The historian on the platform is none other than the his- torian in volume. That was the opinion of those members of the audi ence who heard him.
 An Ideal Audience.
 The audience in a way was an ideal one It comprised some of the most cultured men and women of Montgom- cry. The feature was that not all were old men and women, but great many young ladies and young men were there to hear and to be charmed by the choice diction and forceful utterances of the distinguished teacher and writer.
 The speaker presented his message to the people of Montgomery in that incisive and hew-to-the-line style that marks his books. He impressed his audience that, being a philosopher and historian in one, he amply realizes that history is philosophy teaching by example," It was a message. however. not to Montgomerians, but to the world. Defended by pr. Wilson. 1t was the opinion of the audience last even ing that the university Is the citadel of the wor!d-at-large. In another figure of speech he himself called 1t "the vehicle of spirits"
 The audience began gathering as | soon as a fire across the street, which consumed a residence, began to smoul- der. Frank P. Glass of Montgomery | introduced the speaker.
 Prominent alumni of PrincetonS sat | In a semi-circie to the right and the | left of the visitor. Tn the number on | the rostrum also sat well-known citi- gems of Montgomery who are not alum | nj of that institution. but admirers of the great educator.
 Introduced by Mir. Glass. In his introduction, MT. Glass. of a l class of the seventies. lauded Princeton in all its long history. He told of the | beginning of the University 160 years | ago. He related how it's progress was | interrupted by the War of the Revolu- | tion, but arose in its vigor and advanc- | ed in the eyes of the nation ever after | wards The great percentage of South ern students in Princeton both before | and after the War between the States
 was referred to by MT. Glass. The won- | derful ability of Dr. Wilson as the head of the University now is being demon | strated by his successful performance l of the giant task of raising two and
 half millions of dollars for the further upbuildlng of the institution. This wal the amount he said he would raise | when he was inducted into the presi' l dency and he is on road 70 apparent
 ly sure success.
 In beginning his address. Dr. Wilsor
 expressed his appreciation of the op
 portunity to stand before the audience
 that faced him. He said his hearers
 were strangers to him in form until h.
 saw the orange and black festoon
 about him on the stage These color
 brought him 6ome, being the adopte'
 coIors of Princeton. He said there | no use in this land of ours in beint