Evening journal., 1912-11-06
WILSON is REAL COMMONER

! Presidency, and That one ne wrote Ma
shorthlnd When he delivered 4 he ioh-
inely hewailed IN humorous side speeches
that ho bad GO 'eticl to copy
GREAT STUDENT DEBhTER.
Asa Princeton student Woodrow VIII
con wis IN hia Glory as dehater Tor tho
American Wing Society. both within the
society and in its behalf, 1gainst the
q Cnosophic Society The annual Lynde
debate between Nhip Hail aud Clio hqh
was Irmcetons greatest contest Wilson
was the best DICTATOR by far for Wig
Hail and il was conceded thit he would
take tine prize.
IN the necessary contestv his own
society TO select the three champions
against Clio Hail he drew tire slips which
would have nude him argue for protec.
ton as against free trade We tore the
slips 70 shreds. declaring that nothing unr
der heaven would induce him to advance
arguments for thing IN which he did
not believe He. therefore, could not be
selected and did not get the Lyndc prizc.
Wilson was graduated in the class OF
1874 and ranked only forty-lirst IN a.
group of l22 He had been popular, had
been active in college sports and was .
leader In spite of the fact that he had
strNcn for no special hrillinncy ~ the
regular college course lie had also been
managing editor of the princctonian ana
as such had so impressed his fellows that
his co-graduates on commencement day
believed he would rise above them all.
ANALYSIS OF CONGRESS.
It was in August. 1870 while still an
undergraduate. that he contributed TO
the international Review a remarkable
article on Congressional systems. In this
he made the first accurate analysis of
) the Congressional manner of conducting
the nations business through commit
tees and practically in secret. Thus 80
years ago he protested that secrecy per
i mitted corruption TO flourish and de.
manded publicity at every point as the
safeguard of the peoples rights.
From Princeton Woodrow Wilson went
to the University Of Virginia for year
, studying in the law department under
= Dr. John 3. Minor. There again he was
an acknowledged leader, and a genuin,
young American frank. free and unin
, faied He sang with the glee club, en-
! gagged actively in manly sports, forme,
a debating society and won the writer's
= prize and the orators prize Vet he
: loved fun and nonsense. wrofe limericks
u PLAYED practical Jokes and skylarkc,
with his fellows Here again he Shove,
little disposition to gain distinction il
u his regular studies.
+ LAWYER WITH NO CLIENTS.
!, Wilson neN went to Atlanta, Ca. e
y prcatice law. lie formed a partnership
= and the firm was Remick and Wilson
e There is no record of his ever haNin,
; had a client persuading himself tina
he was waiting for clients, he plunged
G into the writing of 4 book. the germ o
r which was his magazine article on gov
r eminent. Lacking facilities in Atlanti
T for the historical research necessary u
!. the work, he gave up his law Office
u He next came 20 Baltimore ana in th
autumn Of 1883 entered Johns Hopkin
University TO pursue his studies in his
= tory and political economy under tn
l. latte Herbert b. Adams and DIR. Rchar
O H. Ely.
3 The influences here were wonderful
l. potent in the making Of the fuisbe
l. Woodrow Wilson. OF his immediat
4 group of fellow-students everyone he
r. become distinguished james Brice. II
rs present British Ambassador. WIS pr
lr pairing TO write his immortal work, 1T
In American Commonwealth which ha
D. told Americans more about their ow
country than they ever knew befor
It Brice found his best aid in tina group ,
N young men at Johns Hopkins Of whol
Woodrow Wilson was the leader aud I'll
&, intellectual superior
% HE DUG OUT FACTS.
y These young men sought out facts fC
l. Bricc. and Wilson's department of fact
J. was that which showed how the govern
le ment of this country actually worke
!. Il finished his part IN 1855 and now
II belongs TO the people under the title I
Congressional Government. A Study
Government by Committee
ne To this very day. p years later, 1t sti
to remains a standard unsuperseded work
or the last word on the subject And unde
ed meath il lies Wilson's constant strugg
as a student for his people upon Il
Ie- deepest. most intellectual. most compr
to hensive writing ON the subject.
In the summer of the publication
IN this work Woodrow Wilson married.
ne Savannah, Ca, Miss Ellen Louise Axso
he and in the following autumn he WI
ia made the professor of history and polit
en- cal economy at Bryn Nawr College Il
on Women, near Philadelphia.
Nv. For two years he taught there and q
dl. next two years at Wesleyan Unversit
lie at Middletown, Conn. During these yea
he was lecturere of Johps Hopkins IN
49,. Versity. While nc Wesleyan he pu
W lished his second book. ."The State"
w AS PRINCETON PROFESSOR.
~, In September, 1890 Is years after
,ns studentship there, Woodrow Wilson W
far given the chair of jurisprudence and po
m, tics at Princeton. His lectures the
~ caught like wildfre and the attendan
!, outstripped any others before his tin
~, so that 400 students were found TAXI
e.h Wilson's COURSES AS professor of iur
~" prudence and politics he continued
80. years. Hard as was the students wo
o' under him, they chung 20 him. Temper
by humor and made plain by the clel
nc ness of his own insight into both his 81
- iect and his subjects, Wilson's lectui
never lost their great proportion OF 81
IL dent adherents.
IN And then, 10 years ago, Wilson "
made Princeton's president.
Here he showed himself a giant in
new form. He revised the course
study and then the method of instr
ck- ton. For five years there was moth
ma but success for him and Princeton. CT
LIE and endowments were added by tn
18th who had obtained new views of Old n
sau through the learned modern
,nd now teacher but-executive.
81, A SCHOOL DEMOCRAT TOO.
on, Ai' t ahs came Nallsls' pein9c
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