Evening star., 1912-07-03
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GOV. WOODROW WILSON of New Jersey.
editor of the college paper and was
prominent in undergraduate activities.
Specialized on Government.

Specialized on Government.
He spent a great deal of his time in
| the college library, specializing on gov
eminent, the theory of it and the lives OF
political leaders To this he added as
siduous practice in writing and extern
poraneous speaking. He belonged to
Whig Hall and the Liberal Debating
Club.
Wilson is not recorded as a prize de-
batter, but he did score as second soph-
omore orator.
At the age of twenty-five he sfgnalized
the closing of his undergraduate days at
Princeton by breaking into the lnterna-
tional Review. In its issue OF August,
1879. with an article entitled cabinet
Government in the United States" The
article contrasted British and American
systems of government, pointing out ad-
vantaEes in the British.
+! In the fall of 1879 he took up the law
course at the University of Virginia,
where he indulged in long. dropping
| mustache and in membership in the glee
| club '.She Sleeps. My Lady Sleeps, is
shown by old programs of. university con-
certs TO have been one of Wilson's tenor
| solos.
| In May. 1852, he carried his law di-
ploma and an oratorical prize to At
the practice of law. The Office. however.
did not prosper, and after eighteen
months he quit.
The Atlanta experiment. however was
far from eventless Although litigants
gave him nothing to do, ne was not idle.
He improved his time by securing the
promise of Miss Ellen Louise Axson to
be his wife. The Axsons were prom
| inent Georgia lowlands family. The
young couple were married June "a, 1885.
| In 1885 appeared Congressional Gov
| eminent, Study of Government by Com
mittee." by Woodrow Wilson. The bulk
l n In an h htn
| during Wilson's twO-year course in
| science of government in Johns Hopkins
! University, which accepted the work as
thesis and conferred upon the author
| the degree of Phi. d.
Elected President of Princeton.
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. Here he
helped to coach the foot ball team which
in 1850 defeated Pennsylvania and scored
on Yale. where he remained until called
| to Princeton in 1890. to occupy the chair
| of Jurisprudence and politics. In 1902 he
| was elected president of Princeton.
President Wilson made it clear at the
/ start that conditions at the university
were to be changed, and. whether for bet
| ter or worse. to be changed radically. He
stated that colleges needed to be revolu-
| tionlzed, and went so far as TO say he
would endeavor Ito graduate students as
| unlike their fathers al possible
| His policies kept him in almost con-
tinuous conflict with the university trus-
| tees and professors. In fact. the bitterest
| controversies in the institutions history
marked his term. Wilson's friends say 1t
| was conflict between a progressive and
democratic president and the forces of
! privilege and aristocracy.
| In May. 1910. the Graduate College Of
Princeton University became the legatee
| Of million-dollar estate. which
| could not be accepted without sacrificing
| Wilson s policies. The money was accept
| ed. The presidents resignation did not
| come. however, until after the New Jer-
| sey state democratic convention, Septem-
| Der H. 1910.
! Refused Carnegie Pension.
Gov Wilson's twenty-five years of
teaching had qualified him. he thought, to
be a beneficiary under Andrew Carnegie's S
| fifteen mills on dollar foundation fund for
the support of retired college professors
He applied for the pension. but did not
get It. When the news of the application
and its refusal became public Gov. Will
son made this statement:
/ The Carnegie foundation for the ad-
vancement of teaching is not a plan for
old-age pensions but for the granting of
retiring allowances on the ground of
length and quality OF service. When
had just entered the uncertain field of
politics, l applied to the foundation for
a retiring allowance, to which | under
stood myself 70 be entitled under the
rules adopted by the trustees
/ Il have no private means to depend
upon. A man who goes into politics
bound by the principles OF honor puts
his family, and all who may be depend
ent on him for support. at the mercy of
any incalculable turn Of the wheel Of
fortune. and ! felt entirely justified in
seeking to provide against such risks.
particularly when l was applying for
what l supposed myself to be entitled TO
by right OF long service as a teacher un-
der the rules Of the foundation and not
by favor.
II understand that upon receipt of my
application the executive committee of
the trustees of the foundation restricted
the Interpretation Of their rule ana de-
clined to arant the allowance"
| Mrs. Wilson is a musician and painter
of ability. There are three Wilson chill
dren. all girls. Margaret. Jessie and
Nellie.
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