Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-06

StNdies thal ne thought might De nee
essary for entrance to Princeton, he
busted himself with reading. looking
mp the historic paints of the city and
with the social life of the city.
/ Or. and Mrs Wilson's popularity
I had made the parsonage social cen
ter in the city. SO the young Wilson's
associates. who were practically all
older than himself. were men and
women OF culture and brilliancy Be
cause of these associations 1t was an
nrbane and amply self confident
young man who left Wilmington one
day in September, 1875, to enter
Princeton College About this time
he dropped his Christian name Thorn
as and became known as Woodrow
Wilson.
Woodrow Wilson attained promin.
ence among his mates in the famous
class OF 70 No less than 40 OF the
I 1929 graduates OF 70 were honor
men" having an average OF 80 per
cent or better for the four years
course. Wilson barely got In among
| tneIl. uS fAHhtu ititN-HFSR
Besides being a good student AT
Princeton, Wilson became managing
editor of the college paper and was
prominent In undergraduate activities
He spent great deal of his time In
the College library specializing on
government, the theory OF ii. and the
lives of political leaders. To this he
added assiduous practice In writing
and extemporaneous speaking, He be.
longed to Wing Hall and the Liberal
Debating Club.
Wilson ia not recorded as prize
debater. but he did score as second
sophomore orator.
AT the age of 20 he signalized the
closing Of his undergraduate days at
Princeton, by breaking into the inters
national Review In It's issue of Aug.
ust 1879. with an article entitled,
Cabinet Government IN the United
States" The article contrasted Brit
ish and American systems of govern
ment pointing out advantages in the
| British.
In the fall of 1879 Wilson took M
the law course at the University of
Virginia. where he INDUCED in long
dropping moustaehe, and In member
ship in the glee club. "She sleep. My
Lady Sleeps" Ia shown by old pro.
grams of university concerts to have
been one of Wilson's tenor solos.
In May 1922, he carried his law dip
/ :. a. At
lanta, Ca, where he opened an Office
for the practice of law The Office.
however. did not prosper; and after
eighteen lesurely months he gave up.
The Atlanta experiment however was
far from eventless. Although litlgants
gave him nothing to do, he was not
idle He improved his time by &C.
curing the promise Of Miss Ellen
Louise Arson to be his wife The AK
sons were a prominent Georgia low
lands family. The young couple were
married in 1875.
In 1885 appeared Congressional
Government a Study OF Government
| by Committees by Woodrow Wilson.
The bulk OF the labor on this volume
was done during Wilson's two-year
course in science OF government In
John Hopkins University, which ac-
cepted the work as a thesis and con-
ferred upon the author the degree OF
! Phi. ID.
In the fall OF 1885 Mr.. Wilson be
gan teaching political economy to the
girls of Bryn Mawr From this insti-
tuition he went to Wesleyan UNIVERSE
Princeton In 1890 to occupy the chair
OF Jurisprudence and politics. In
1902 he was elected president OF
Princeton.
President Wilson made 1t clear at
the start that conditions at the Uni
whether for better or for worse, to be
changed radically. He stated that
colleges needed to be revolutionized.
and went so far as to say he would
endeavor ito graduate students as UNI
like 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 instltu
tons history marked his term. VIII
sons friends say 1t was conflict be-
tween 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 three million dollar es-
tate which could not be accepted with
out sacrificing Wilson's policies. The
money was accepted. The Presidents
resignation did not come, however,
until after the New Jersey State dem.
ocratic convention, on September Is.
1910. had nominated him for the gov
ernnrahin In the following NnVen-