The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-07-12

by Committees, by Woodrow Wilson.
The bulk of the labor on this volume
was done during Wilson's two-year
course in science of government in
Johns Hopkins university, which ac-
cepted this work as thesis and con-
ferred upon the author the degree Of
Phi. d.
In the fall of 1885 Mr.. Wilson began
teaching political economy to the girls
of Bryn Wawr. From this institution
he went to Wesleyan university, where
he remained until called to Princeton
in 1890 to occupy the chair of juris-
prudence and politics In 1902 he was
lelected president of Princeton.
Changes at Princeton.
President Wilson made it clear at the
start that conditions at the university
We're to be changed and whether for
better or for worse, to be changed rad
ically He stated that colleges needed
to be reyolutionized, and went so far
as to say he would endeayor "to grad
uate students as unlike their fathers
as possible,
His policies kept him in almost con
tmuous conflict with the university
trustees and professors. In fact, the
bitterest controversies in the institu-
tion's history marked his term VIII
sons friends say it was a conflict be-
tween a progressive and democratic
president and the forces of privilege
and aristocraey.
In May 1910, the graduate college Of
Princeton university became the 1ega-
tee of $3,OOO,0OO estate which could
mot be accepted without sacrificing
Wilson'S policies. The money was ac-
cepted. The presidents resignation
did not come, however, until after the
New Jersey state democratic conven-
ltion, on September Is, 1912, had nom
Iinated him for the goYernorship. In
the following November New Jersey
went democratic for the first time since
t1S92 and elected Wilson by a large
majority
Campaign for Governor.
The square, well-formed, gray-eyed
imam started his campaign by ordering
Ithe state chairman Of his party out Of
Ihis Office, never to return. He also
forced through a democratic assem-
Ibly and republican senate a direct pri-
mary and election law which takes the
Organization of both parties in New
Jersey out of the hands Of the bosses.
Governor Wilson's twenty-five years
OF teaching had qualified him, he
thought. to be a beneficiary under An
drew Carnegies fifteen million dollar
foundation fund for the support Of re
tired college professors He applied
for the pension, but did not get it.
When the news of the application and
its refusal became public, Governor
Wilson made this statement;
The Carnegie foundation for the ad-
lvancement of teaching is not plan
flor old age pensions, but for the grant
ling of retiring allowances on the
Iground OF length and quality Of serv-
lice When I had just entered the UNI
certain field Of politics, | applied to
1.-THE foundation for a retiring allow
lance. to which understood myself to
lbe entitled under the rules adopted by
1.-THE trustees.
Safeguarding His Family
Il have no private means to depend
upon. a man who goes into politics
bound by the principles OF honor puts
his family, aud all who may be de-
pendent on him for support, at the
Imercy of any mcalculable turn Of the
wheel of fortune, and ! felt entirely
justified fn seeking to provide against
lsuch risks particularly when was ap-
plying for what ( supposed myself to
bs entitled to By right Of long service
las q teacher under the rules of the
Foundation and not by favor
- understand that upon receipt Of
Iny application the executive commit-
taa Of the trustees of the foundation
1cs.rieted the Interpretation Of their
nd declined @ grant the allow