Warren sheaf., 1912-07-04
was annexed BY New Jerseys gover-

ministers of the South. Tommy,
4 Wilson, the Augusta schoolboy, is de-
i sc1ibed by Prot. John T. Derby. one
OF MS teachers. as quiet and exception
1 ally studious The most important IN
structor OF young Wilson, however.
/ vas his father.
The Wilson's moved from Augusta
i 20 Columbia, S. c., in 1870, DR.. Wilson
Tessgning his pastorate to take the
oas,4f Of pastoral and eVangelistic tie
/ ology in the Southern PRESBYTERIAN
\ Theological seminary. At Colunllt3.a a
Tommy attended Charles @Parnw 81 II l
private school. At the age of IL he
entered Davidson college at Davids son,
/ N. C.
Ee did not finish the year at David
1 so., for he fell i'll before exan1ina.
tons came on and was taken to his
home, now at Wilmington, N. lC.,
where his father had taken pastor.
ate. Here Wilson took things com.
| paratively easy for year. Except for
! toring in Greek and a few other
! studies that he thought might be nee
essary for entrance to Princeton he
busted himself with reading, looking
UP the historic points of the city and
] with the social life of the city.
! Woodrow Wilson attained pron1i-
nence among his mates in the ia
nous class of 70" Of Princeton. No less
than 42 Of the 122 graduates of '7e
were honor men, having an average
OF 80 per cent or better for the four
years course. Wilson barely got in
among them; he ranked forty-frst. 4
Besides being O. good student at
Princeton, Wilson became managing
editor Of the college paper and was
prominent in undergraduate actiyi-
ties.
At the age of 22 he signalized the
closing Of his undergraduate days at
Princeton by breaking into the Inter
national Review, in it's issue of Au-
gust, 1879, with an article entitled
cabinet Government in the United
States. The article contrasted Brit
ish and American systems Of govern.
nent, pointing out advantages in the
British
In the fall of 1878 Wilson took up
the law course at the University of
Virginia, where he indulged in LONG,
dropping moustache and in member
ship in the glee club. "She Sleeps, My
Lady Sleeps" is shown by old pro
grams of university concerts to have
been one OF Wilson's tenor solos.
In May, 1882, he carried his law di-
ploma and an oratorical prize to At
lanta, Ca, where he opened an office
for the practice of law. The Office,
however, did not prosper, and after IS
leisurely months he gave up. The At
lanta experiment, however, was far
from eventless. Although litgants
gave him nothing to do, he wis not
idle. He improved his time by secur-
ing the promise of Miss Ellen louise
Axson to be his wife. The AxoEs were
a prominent Georgia lowlands family.
The young couple were married in
1875.
In the fall of 1885 Mr.. Wilson began
teaching political economy to the girls
OF Bryn MaWr. From this Institution
he went to Wesleyan university, where
he remained until called to Princeton
in 1890 to occupy the chair of jurispru-
dence and politics. In 1902 he was
elected president of Princeton
President Wilson made it clear at
the start that conditions at the univer-
sity were to be changed, and, whether
for better or for worse, to be changed
radically. He stated that colleges
tn hn
SO far as to say he would endeavor
ITO graduate students as unlike their
fathers as possible"
His policies kept him in almost con-
tinuous conflict with the university
trustees and professors. In fact, the
bitterest controversies in the institu-
TONS history marked his term. Will
sons friends say it was a conflict be-
tween Progressive and Democratic
president and the forces of privilege
and aristocracy.
In May, 1910, the graduate college
Of Princeton university became the
legatee Of $3,000,O0O estate, which
could not be accepted without sacri-
fcing Wilson's policies. The money
was accepted. The presidents resig-
nation did not come, however until
after the New Jersey state Democratic
convention on Sept. Is, 1912, had nom
mated him for the governorship. In
the following November New Jersey
went Democratic for the first time
since 1892 and elected Wilson by a
large majority.
The earliest recorded mention of
Woodrow Wilson as presidential pos
sibility is in the form of letter writ
ten by some one in Indianapolis to the
News of that city at the time of Will
sons Inauguration as president Of
Princeton. This faint boom was re-
vived on Feb. 8, 1906, at the Lotus
club, New York, where Mr.. Wilson was
the guest Of honor On that occasion
Col. George Harvey mentioned him as
q possible candidate for the presiden-
tial nomination. a #
Colonel Harvey's magazine, Harp
er's Weekly, for a time gave ardent