The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-15
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of the way Americans actually do gov.
ern themselves
The book met with instant success.
1t was at once recognized as final,
! standard work, and is so recognized to
! day.
After receiving his degree at Johns
! Hopkins DIR. Wilson was called to q
! professorship in the new college for
/ women at Bryn Mawr.
Weds Ellen Axson,
However, he took advantage of his
vacation that summer to journey tc
| Savannah, Ga, and marry Miss Ellen
! Louise AXson, the daughter of long
line of Georgia clergymen. The next
| three years DR. Wilson remained at
Bryn Mawr teaching history and po.
| liticnl economy. But he spent the two
| years following at Wesleyan univer.
| sity ut Middletown. Conn. teaching the
same subjects.
During his stay at Wesleyan DR..
! Wilson published another book, THE
State" in which again was revealed
that amazing grasp on governmental
affairs and the history of all govern.
ments from the very beginning.
The trustees OF Princeton. finding
the chair Of Jurisprudence and politics
vacant in the autumn of 1890. at once
| turned to the now distinguished alum
nus of Old Nassau and offered him the
chair. He accepted with pride and joy.
For the next twelve years, 1890 to
1902, DR.. Wilson lectured to his class,
es at Princeton. worked on his history,
"a History Of the American People"
I and added daily to his reputation at
home and abroad. Princeton had nev
er before seen anything like his classes.
His lectures were so popular that near
! ly every student wanted to take his
course. 1t was a daily occurrence for
| the members of his class to rise to
! their feet at the conclusion Of his lee.
ture and cheer him to the echo until
| he passed out of hearing.
Elected at princeton.
In 1902 DR.. Wilson was elected pres
ident of Princeton. A change was
needed in the administrative affairs of
! the university, and the trustees recog-
nized DR. Wilson as the man to effect
| them. But he had hardly assumed his
new Office before he found himself
confronted with a trying situation.
Princeton has been called a country
club for rich mems sons. However
much or little it deserves this appella-
ton, the fact remains that it possesses
| more exclusive clubs than any other
great institution in the country. There
is a whole street Of them, and yet their
total membership is confined to $50.
| These clubs are composed exclusively
of the two upper classmen.
This caddish aristocracy, abhorrent
to the American spirit and equally alb
horrent TO President Wilson, had -four
! ished at Princeton for years until that
institution was little more than loung-
| ing place for the gilded sons of the
rich. Dr. Wilson went in to change
the whole thing. He proposed the es-
tablishing of the students in quadran-
! giles and "quads," each one to be com
J posed of a certain number of students
! from each class, together with precep-
| tors. In other words, he tried to inject
democratic spirit into the university
life.
Immediately he was denounced as a
"leveler," Socialist" a man who
wanted to make a gentleman chum
with a mucker" At first the trustees
had approved the quad" plan by vote.
but when this storm Of protest and
abuse broke they were frightened into
withdrawing their approval.
Then there was the long fight over
the graduate college, in which instance
a donor wanted to dictate to the trus-
tees how his money was to be used.
| DR.. Wilson caused the trustees to re-
fuse the donation, and then another
storm broke over his head for daring
to refuse money for Old Nassau.
Efforts Went For Naught,
But his efforts went for naught. An
old graduate of Princeton died and
left the college 100000 for q grad
uate college to be built away from the
main buildings, just as the other donor
had wished, and because the man was
dead his wishes had to be obeyed, and
| President Wilson was defeated.
But his splendid stand for democracy
and work at Princeton was not over
looked by the people Of New Jersey,
and 80 they called him away from the
rksome affairs at the university to be