The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-04-23

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"But what will that cost you?"
"Six per cent
'That will never do. It's too much,
I'll discount it myself for four"
"And he did," added President Will
son, ''although he had no ready
money!
Graduates Two Offers.
Meeting new graduate on the
Princeton campus one day, DR.. Wilson
congratulated him and asked him what
he intended doing now.
II hardly know yet. sir. I have two
offers.''
1.-TWO? Wonderfully
Eyes, sir. One is from a scientific
society Offering me a secretaryship at
S. a week, and the other is from a
baseball magnate Offering me a five
years contract to pitch at $4,000 a
| season."
The Princeton president tells this
with all the more enjoyment because
he himself when a student was en-
Enthusiastically devoted to athletics
For a staid and dignified university
president this repertory is not so bad,
and it could be extended indefinitely.
A Princeton man now located in New
York tells this story of a chance meet
ing with DR.. Wilson:
Going into Scribner's bookstore one
morning, he saw smooth faced mid
die aged man in glasses and without
hat and naturally took him for a
clerk. Woodrow Wilson had just been
elected president Of his alma mater,
and the former student wanted to find
out something about him.
OF the supposed clerk he asked for
some book by Wilson containing his
portrait.
'There is no portrait of Wilson in
any Of his books" replied he of the
glasses, but if you will look in a GER
tain magazine" naming the month and
year, you will find a fair likeness of
him."
Then, picking up a hat, he bowed
and went out.
do you know who that WASP" asked
the mystified Princeton man of a real
clerk this time.
professor Woodrow Wilson," was
the answer.
In view of the mention Of his name
for the presidency it is not without in
terest to know that Wilson originally
went into the practice of law at At
lanta, intending to devote part of his
time to politics. He found, however,
that the two would not go together;
that one or the other must be neglect
ed. He therefore abandoned both for
the study of political economy.
Called "Tommy" at College.
Woodrow Wilson was born in vir-
ginia in 1856 and graduated from
Princeton at the age Of twenty three
He was christened Thomas Woodrow
and in college was called Tommy"
Among his classmates were such well
known men as Robert Bridges. the
writer; Edward Parker Davis, the ply
sician; Thomas Hall, the religious au.
thor; Judges Mahlon Pitney and Rob-
ert McCarter
President Wilson says he was not an
honor student II believe" he adds
humbly, II ranked about fortieth in q
class of 1875"
After leaving college he studied law
In the University Of Virginia, after
which he practiced for two years in
Atlanta. While there he was married
to one of the bellies Of Georgia, Miss
Ellen Louise Arson, of Savannah.
Shortly after his marriage Mr.. Will
son entered Johns Hopkins for a post.
graduate course and took the degree
Of Phi. D. He then became professor
of history and political economy in
Bryn Mawr college and afterward oc-
cupied the same chair in the WESLEYAN
university. From 1900 to 1902 he was
professor Of jurisprudence and politics
at Princeton. He was offered the
presidency of several colleges, but pre-
ferred to remain with Princeton, of
which he was made the head in 1902.
Professor Wilson is the author Of
many books, among which the best
known are Congressional Govern.
ment" 1.-THE State" George Washing.
ton" and "A History Of the American
People," He is not only standard
author, but popular lecturer.
As between the two schools of so
called reactionaries and radical Demo
Gratis Professor Wilson would scarcely
be c]assed with either, although men
ton of him has been chiefly confined
to conservative sources. Being at
Princeton, he is Of course friend of
Grover Cleveland. He is funda-
mental Democrat, however, who be-
lieves in Americanism and in the pecul-
lar and distinctive spirit of American
ism that animated the Virginia Demo
Gratis Of an early day.
President Wilson's voice is said to
resemble that Of Henry Ward Beecher.
If voice denotes the quality of the
man, that fact should denote a rich
culture and warm heart Add to
these a sturdy individuality, high
moral standards and devotion RI ho.,o