The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-01
PRINCETON S
Continued from Page One.


H. the matter of the quadrangle sys-
tenn Of residence for the undergrad
yates in the matter of a location for
the Graduate school. These matters,
although they seem definitely settled
now, figure extensively in the trustees
deliberations on the presidency. Per-
.haps because of this, and Of a possible
knowledge that the opposition to him
or the board was centred in those
who stood by DR.. Wilson. Dr. Hibben
had only this to say by way of prop
hecy:
THE university has never been in
better health than 1t is now. Its op-
portunities We're never greater and its
ambition never more alive There is
"a splendid company of young men on
the faculty, and to their hopes and
purposes there is added an extra
ordinary close and sympathetic rela-
tion with the students. In that. be-
leve, lies our greatest strength.
II cannot pretend to be blind to the
| evidences OF good-wl.. toward me on
the part Of the students. cannot
Pretend that there is anything in this
choice Of me for this office that has
touched me more deeply than this
goodwill. can only ask that il
may find a place in others than the
undergraduates"
Is Beloved by Students.
This goodwill on the part of the stu
dents Is no affection. They look. in
deed, upon Jack Hibben more as
one of them than as one over them,
He gives them many reasons for feel
ing so. and when the football celebra-
tion came at the end Of last season
l. was DIR. Hibben who presided over
1t, and who made the most fellcitous
speech of that veritable orgy Of feIici-
tation.
He made to them much such a
speech in his frendliness and frank |
ness. when he was serenaded Thurs
day night. He said then:
Il take the presidency of Princeton
at this time with hope and with cour-
ege, and / may say with confidence
not, however, confidence i'm myself.
but in the great body of Princeton
men. You men stand not for your
selves alone in my mind, but for all
the undergraduates with whom | have
come in contact in years past, and 1
say that I look forward with conf
cence' as I know what spirit you are
of.
at is a spirit of youth, which is es-
sentially spirit of sincerity, free
nom cynicism and free from pessi-
mism' And 1t is not only the spirit of
outh' 1t is the spirit of Princeton.
Above everything else IL is the spirit
OF fair-dealing man to man, and, above
everything else, 1t is the spirit of de-
mocracy. That spirit is here and has
been from the beginning believe
that II will continue until the end.
Undergrads To Make Good.
This Is not to he my administration.
IL Is to he our administration, and by
that / mean yours. When we analyze
Princeton 1t comes down to this, that |
u is the undergraduate body. The |
world Is to judge of Princeton by.your !
standards of honestly and the dignity |
Of your manhood.
"In the future I believe that you
and I will work together, mind to
mind, in this one cause OF maintaining |
manly living, manly thinking and
manly doing Let me say goodnight
W Spu WIN lneSe words OF ElChte
to the students of the University of
Berlin, which he founded
Let us rejoice that It is our lot to
till the fields that are before us, and
lat us rejoice in the power we feel
within us, and in the problem that is
Ours, that has no end"
DIR. Hibben's present home in Cleve-
land Lane is an attractive Colonial
house that stands, oddly enough in
the present juncture, next To that oc-
cupied by Gov. Wilson. There the new
president lives with his wife, who was
Miss Jennie Davidson of Elizabeth, n.
j., and one daughter Elizabeth, a re-
cent graduate of Bryn Wawr With |
the coming of spring DIR. Hibben win
remove to Prospect, the presidents
house on the campus.
No plans have yet been made for DIR.
tlibbens formal installation. That will
come, however before commencement,
when, according TO plans that are al
ready under way, there are to be some