El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-03

row Wilson was born at Staun-
ton. Va, December %, 1853. He
is the son of Dr.. Joseph r. Wilson, i
Presbyterian minister, ana the grand
son of Judge James Wilson, an irish
man Of Scotch descent who migrated
from county Down TO Philadelphia IN
1897. James Wilson prospered and be-
came manager Of the Aurora, a leadlhS
Democratic journal, Philadelphia then
being the national capital
It was at Steubcnville, Ohio, that Jo-
seph RUggles Wilson, the father OF
Woodrow Wilson, was born on tep.
IS. 1922. He was the scholar OF James
Wilson's family. jefferson college
graduated him as NaledlcJorlan N
1874 after which he taught school and
prepared for the Presbyterian ministry
at the Western Theological seminary
and Princeton seminary. In 1873 Jo-
seph u. Wilson married Janet W ood-
row, daughter OF DR.. Thomas WOOD
row, a famous Presbyterian minister
OF the day, who was a descendant from
ancient English stock The Rev. Mr..
Wilson became the father OF two
daughters before he was called as pas
tor to Staunton, Va, where a thlrG
child, a son. was born and chrlStene1
Thomas Woodrow
Father Noted As Southern aIinister.
When Thomas Woodrow was two
years old his father took a pastcrate
in Augusta, Ca, and soon became one
of the most noted ministers OF the
south. Thoroughly equipped as
theOlOgian, and a pulpit orator OF
power, he early reached and long
maintained a position Of much 1ntlu-
ence in his church. When the civil war
broke out he embraced the confederate
Tommy Wilson, the Augusta school
boy, is described by Prof. John T Der.
by, one of his teachers, IS quiet and
exceptionally studiOus- The most I'M
pOrtant instructor Of young wilson,
however, was his father, man or
wide Information on tho affairs OF the
world His father believed that no
BODY had grasped a thought until he
could put il quickly and definitely into
words. This he did himself, and this
he taught his son TO do. As result
Tommy came to learn the written sy m
bOls in which speech is set down. he
was learning only a method of re-
cording and transmitting language
which he was already well able 10
Enters school md College.
The Wilson's moved from augusta 70
Columbia S c., in $50, DR.; Ni4son re-
signing the pastOrate to take the chalr
OF pastoral and evangelistic theology
In the Southern Presbyterian TheoIogl-
cal seminary. At Columbia Tommy at
tended Charles PaTnWelIs private
school. At the age of II he entered
Davidson college, at Davidson, n c
Living at the college was rather
primitive the boys kept their own
rooms, filled their own lamps, cut up
and brought in wood for their own
fires, and carried in water from the
pump. Young Wilson Joined literary
society and played on the baseball
nine, once having the pleasure Of hear
ing the captain say, Wilson, you'd
make a dandy player if you weren't SO
blamed sleepy"
He did not finish the year at David
sen, for he fell i'll before examinations
came and was taken to his home, now
at Wilmington, y. C, where his father
had taken-a pastorate- Here wilson
took things comparatively easy for q
year. Except for tutoring in Greek
and a few other studies that he though
might be necessary for entrance to
Princeton, he busted himself with read
ing, looking up the historic points OF
the city, and with the social life OF the
city
Dr. and Mrs. Wilson's popularity had
made the parsonage soelaI center IN
the city, so that young wilson's asso-
ciates. who were practically all older
than himself were men and women OF
culture and brilliancy. Because OF
these associations it was an urbane
and amply self confident young man
who left Wilmington one day IN sep
TENDER, 1875, to enter Princeton col
leSe- About this time he dropped MS
Christian name Thomas and became
known as Woodrow Wilson
Prominent in Honor Class.
Woodrow Wilson attained prom
inence amOn~ his mates in the famous
class of 20" No less than ~ Of the
122 graduates OF 70 were honor men,
having an average of 90 percent or
better for the four years course VIII
son barely got in among them; he
ranked 41st.
BESIDES Deln& a 2OOQ SLuQelL 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 gov
eminent, the theory of 1t, and the lives
of political leaders. To this he added
assiduOus practice in writing and ex-
tempOraneOus speaking He belonged
to the Wing hall and the Liberal De-
batting club
Wilson is not recorded as a prize de-
batter, but he did score as second soph-
OmOre orator.
Gets Into International Review.
At the age of - he SignaliZed the
closing Of his undergraduate days at
Princeton by breaking into the Inter
national Review, in its issue Of August
1879, with an article entitled cabinet
Government in the United States" The
article cOntraSted British and Anerl-
can systems Of government, pointing
out advantages in the British.
In the fall Of 1879 Wilson took up
the law course at the university of Nir-
ginia, where he INDUCED in long,
dropping mustache, and in membership
in the glee club. 'She Sleeps, My Lady
Sleeps is shown by old programs OF
university concerts to have been one of
Wilson's tenor solos
becomes Lawyer.
In Nay, 1882, he carried his law di
ploma and an oratOrical prize 70 At
lanta. Ca, where he opened an office
for the practice of law. The office,
however, did not prosper and after Is
leisurely months he gave up.
The Atlanta experiment, however,
vas far from eventless. Although lit
iSants gave him nothing to do, he was
rot idle. He improved his time by Sc
curing the promise of Miss Ellen Lou
Use Arson TO be his wife. The Axsons
were a prominent Georgia lowIands
family The young couple were mar
ried in 1885.
His First Book and Degree.
In 1885 appeared Congressional Gov
Crnment; a Study of Government by
Committee" by Woodrow Wilson. The
bulk of the labor on this volume was
done during Wilson's two year course
in science of government in Johns Hop
kins university, which accepted the
work as a thesis and conferred upon
the author the degree Of Phi. D
In the fan of 1885 Mr.. Wilson began
teaching political economy to the girls
of Bryn Mawr. From this institution
he went to Wesleyan university. where
he remained until called to Princeton
in 1890 to OccupV the chair Of iuris-