The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-22

thosc WHO nave the desire for tho
studious life without proposing to
themselves permanently the scholars
career. But OH every point the policy
OF the college is to turn on the kind
| OF men who are to In IL.
DiIlctante Ideals
| !; wns "iso expected and hoped thut {,
'tpnsiierabic number VIII come not for th,
rnAe OF amy degree. but solely for the life
| ana studies OF the place The number
| should be restricted TO 100 forty OF them
| fellows, tho other sixty ne students Each
| student "as to have nm elaborate suite and
| ihctts We're 10 be served nj hts cony ncncc
fr"i. VESTS prospectus depicted charming :
= ~ me social lilo OF the group OF favored
, students.
resident wilson opposed the plan as soon
as ne harmed that Mr.. Proctor conditional
| MS Sit upon the carrying out OF id.alu
! winch he declared. would extend TO tho
Spher" Of the graduate life the game sr,it-
CHI and unsuund soclul standards thnt al
ready dominated the life OF the upderrrad-
yates 1t would discourage serious graduate
n,uathts from coming TO Princeton. he said.
! IL wound make the realization OF sober Ideals
0! sounh schoiersh!p more di0icu1 than
ever His ideals lnose OF genuin.
democracy and rorioua scholarship. Tho two
indeed seemed 10 him to 20 together md
any organization which would introduc. eic-
ucatH OF social cIclur!vcncks constituted
! ..c WORST possible soil for scrious intellect.
ITO, endearor' The new college. In his .ycp
was pinnned TO be the seat OF special privl-
IcSc. Ihe faculty committee on the grad.
u'ts school supported the president in a re-
pot' maze january 10. 1910. which deciar-
ed:
We cannot have srca, graduate school
without great graduate faculty and NC
cannot nave great graduate faculty unless
ns .o',a',ions here are Of such a charac-
l't ie 10 attract strong men And we can
hot attract strong men by adherent. to
1 dlllcthnt. deals
\ minority dissent 10 this opinion was
,eSorhGd oy Dean IVES, and PROF.. John
N nnIr
| eectsd TO the presidency Of Princeton This
opinion pointed TO the zine record in .cboi.
aaah.p MADE b. the s'udcnis MnrwicK'-
,ht nucleus OF tho new Graduate COLLEGE nj
LIBERIA! Aru. The Residential! yraduat. col.
.cse' inc minority report ran. should no,
! W p!aceu on any part OF The campus In close
proximity TO Undergraduate. coming and go.
! ms ont should be sufficiently removed TO
itake certain the development %: u di.,in-
sushed graduate tone by our graduate u,u.
dents In their community o; ,ntclilcrtuai in
iercs,B." But, OF courrc undrrrradu,,n
might come es visitor. and be wcIcomo
fuet's OF graduate students" IA the mum.
"sts 10 residences Increased. Dean West and
iIo h'ooch ccntsnd.d- the cost per student
would be lowered. and poor student. might
10 admitted to the Graduate College
The 'Gcnticmen" Couldn't Mix.
men the storm broke ntrcsh, and With :.
gam OF siolenca The trustee. were divid.
"a geographically. tho Western and South.
'rn members siding with Wilson tho Fast
eth hhetnprfs With Dean West. The board
maj! au"p'eu without comment III. re.
port OF Us special committee OF nve, I'm.
ho!dins President Wilson and inc ,acujty
! the majority OF whom stood with him Al.
,noush ne made specia! denia., President
nhsoh wac ihrD accused o.. reyviinr IN.
quad" plan. Successive issues o., The
! ffinceton Alumni Weekly were allied with
cNcof.atons % the erstwh!!c applaudoa
president, saying that he had again 80,
about 10 make gentleman chum WIN a
inuchcr nnd TO compel him 10 submit, IN
dieta'on as 10 his table companions"
NJ! Proctor, on February d 1910 anpoupc
ed from his home IN Cincinnati! that n. b.b
Withdrawn hiE .GNv.D yiit saying briefly.
NAch thc% asked tor fund. to nutId M,
hfaduste College, ] agreed 10 giv. .S.nnJ
plans" -'
NJ Taylor ryne. tho chairman Of IN.
uus'tce committee on the graduate school,
gave gu. gu, next day statement tho, "a,
!tast $4,000 has been lost to Princeton by
the treatment lac tHr. PROCTOR had rcceIy-
ca The statement continues:
rom the start h!s seneroLity la. INC,
with such an extraordinary reception. his
inotires have been so niscoastru.d nj. ma
tiehco hss been go sorc!y tried. that se!f.
retpeei has at last demanded the with.
drh"al o; bile princeiy gift
At the same time Mr.. PINE said th,. Mr.
Proctor had made every conce.siol TO Pres
ident Wilson, save 'tha, the building.
should be placed where they wouis haSa
room to expand. and where tho .tudioux
NE o! the college should not be subjected
10 undergraduate d!stractiou." A, this
.'ttt M she' VINO IL on. 0! the chief ma
irons OF Princeton. broke hi: lifelong friend.
.hsp with President Wilson. Other nnirno,t
,,es were ensendered. Indeed. Presden,
mison had aiienhtst the sympst hles OF
the most Influential body of the Princeton
alumni His visit to the Princeton clu5 In
New YORK on Apr!! !. 1910, was thus head
ihta In the news reports.
Dlsliked for Ills Democracy
princeton Alumni Cold TO Dr. wilson
Gathering at Graduate Club Here Disper,s,
n silence After PROCTOR Off Is Explaiaed
and Seemingly Approved at Meotin4-Morai
IT Gives is Take G!fi on the Juma.."
Prof Henry Van Dyke rose at an ALUMNI
dinner in Philadelphia to proclaim ,ha, m.
quad" plan had been found .mpractia.ahir
before his death by Grover Cleveland
saying:
As Grover Cleveland said. II has nclthe.
reason nor common 10 sustain n. II
has produced such effect at Oxtord "a
IS predicted Tor hero. Finally II Impe-li,
The class spirit al Princeton. breaks up the
class to distribute them. The old claeg Will
disappear and be lost, and the grand old
Princeton spirit will finally evaporate A,
"a, oxford, the student Will belong nrst 10
his college and then to Princeton. Even thr
alumni will be permanently divided hy This
quadrangle scheme. as they have already
been asitated and shaken II little apart bv
Meanwhile Woodrow Wilson reitcra,.a
publicly his belief that the ailments n.
Princeton were the ailments O! the nation
In his address at Pittsburgh on April Is 1910
he said:
81 have dedicated every power in me 10
Democratic reorganization. Tho American
college must become saturated In the same
sympnthes as the common people The col
leSes OF this country must be RECONSTRUCTED
from tho top to the bottom. The American
people Will tolerate nothing that savore Of
nHclusivencss. Thter political partie. are
going 10 pieces. They are buay with thelr
moral rcsenration. and they want lehdcrp
who can help them 10 accomplish It, Their
political parties going to pieces and
only those leaders who seem able TO prom
st something OF moral advance arc able
10 sccure n following. The people are tired
o: rrctcnse, Hnd ask you as Princeton
men 10 heed what Is going on
Then lie was accused OF seeking the lead
crshlp OF the Democratic party and IN.
presidency, and of sacrificing the interests
OF Princeton to his political ambition The
DEATH d month later. of Isaac c. Wyman
the wealthy alumnus OF Salem. Mass re-
leased several million dollars for the build
Ing of the Graduate College on the 9ols
links. Shortly after. President Wilson re-