Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-12-18

It Is an art, is one of the lost arts.
:. A. few, years after the, war the VIII 4
sons went IT, columbia, S. e; and
while here Woodrow, or Tommy. as
he was attn eafed. ENTERED Da wilson
college. Now Davidson was ONE: Of
those grand old Institutions OF learning
ifn 81 icD -thH boys swept theh 6wn.
rooms. made their own fires. carried
their own water and generally made
themselves useful. have certain
shiyery. memories OF, that sort Of school
myself. IN which the boys TOOK rurn'
about getting up AT o. O'CLOCK In theG'
merning' to ring the bell a dp not 1
kKow whether lhe future president OF q
the United States had to take his turn
ut early morning bell ringing: or not.
but hope he escaped that particular
form of punishment. he spent but one
year at Davidson. iii health compelling
him to- quit During that one year ~he,
did not make any particular marx. He!
Ii remembered as PLEASANT spoken
young man. who was good In his de-
batting. society. Former Governor nor.
-tslpnn of NORTH earnltna~ was- bis" 'ctassr'
mate and Is reported to have said to
Wilson that he would make good
ball player If he were not so lazy.
That sort Of story makes interesting
newspaper readings whether 1t ever
happened OF not. do not know how
t. verify this cparhenlar :.1ope without:
calling up Governor Glenn, !op the long
distance or. wireless. and probably he
would deny it. Calling a president:
elect Of the; t7nite1 States lazy do+a
not sound nice unless be belongs to the
other political party. Then it is too
mild. ....>.r, il 40
The Original IWilson Man."
1t was ut about this time that Dr.:
Wilson pere became. himself a college
professor. holding tie chair Of theolo-'
.gy.. He did not like the. change; how.
ever. and in fewsyears was back. in
the spn'pit. BEFORE the son rethrhed
from Davidson the: family had moved
to Wilmingt0n. n. C.. where the lad;
spent year ut home. recovering hts
health and being tutored for bis en-
trance into. Princeton. 1t was at this
time aIso-so runs! the storx>1thnt 10
prophecy was made that be would one
day be president of the United States
A similar prediction lis made for many,
boys; but the interesting thing about
this one is that it came true. Another
valuable feature ofsthe story is that it
determines tile Identity Of the original
Wilson man. = 3SE. ....:...,
'Yon know how it: is: Whenever
man is elected to high Office there Is
not only the II told you 80" brigade.
hut the, regiment :0f the ''originais'
who doomed him for this particular
job before anybody else. There, were
9ti7 of these original Wilson men at
last acrouilts and; the returns were
not all ill., -;>Strangts as it may, seem
many Of the originals we're looking Tor
jOts under the new administration
They, were not office seekers. you
know nothing so Vulgar as that-but:
felt that they owed their services as
patriotic duty to hesrountry.. -.ni. liz,
At one time / thO,'gbt a bout, trying
to u,rilify AS the original Wilson man
myself. but the dream vas. ;;shatteEed1
by this story from wilmington Ac-
cort'ing to the tale Mrs. 1Mary Russell
taught Woodrow. or :'"rommy"-always
getting those names mi1ed-whe he
was ten years old. sShe then predicted
that he. would be president This set
tied tile question not only for yours
truly: bit for all the rest Of the o6kst
boomers. The original Wilson man
was not man ut all. She was a wo1
man. :. She is dead snow,and e5eEIr
alive would probab bly, not be looking
Ter an Office. i ~ '5:::"]
An 1ndulgent Brother: $40 j
AS Wilson was dorm in 1856. thfs
must have happe,ltd in 1866, which
knocks my chances of being the orfg1::
nal Wilson man ski high. That was
three years before Twas born; SO they
w"nld. have no trolible Improving, IAN
alibi on me- But hold on minute! This
was supposed: to dave Jihaprenedo IN
Wilmington. and Wilson. did mot 60, to
Wilmington tin long after ne was ten
fss thdt
story There may be 4 chance for lit
tleaNtllie after all. - So "a ~
" th this connectionsslsva shfs "a
Tace by Joseph afiso1h seafotR
@el.the prsk,d.s y. <.ss.r
as follows:
! MY first distinct recollection of my
wilson college early III June. 1874. We
were then living in Wilmington. N. G..
having moved There from: Columbia
the previous year, 81 was eight years
| old. Tommy, aso my brother was then
called, was eighteen" ',5y,l- .,...:J
Yet the NEWSPAPER item telling, Of
Mrs Ru$se1l Says distinctly that she
taught IN the: ''rtlestoii school in vii:
| mington.'' II Su: it s.npst:ih have .beenlthat
| the excellent, Mrs. Russell taught, >Joe
| md not Tommy. In that event she
must have predicted that Joe would be
president 81, the Tinted States and be
u 'odly city editor Of d paper IN NASH.
Vile: There M again Sollofe; for'sthe
loriginal Wilson men.
This article By Ioaeph B. Wilson Is