The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-12-05

time was writing his famous book,
1.-THE American Commonwealth. y
found his most valuable aid in
the work of Woodrow Wilson. In
1885 Mr.. Wilson had finished his
book on the Congressional Gov
eminent. It met with instant
success, and today, even if it is
twenty-seven years old, it remains
unsurpassed.
i In 1885 Mr.. Wilson was called
to Bryn Wawr college as teacher
of history and political economy.
That summer he married Miss Ell
len Arson, the daughter of a Geor
gia clergyman. In 1888 he taught
the same subject at Wesleyan Uni
versity, nonsectarian college at
Middletown, Conn. During these
years he acted as a lecturer on
the John Hopkins faculty. His
fame as speaker spread and he
came to be in constant demand
for addresses on public questions.
1t was while at Wesleyan he pub
lished his second book on 1.-THE
State" This was a book display
ing a simple prodigious know
ledge of the history and princi-
pies of government from the ear
Hest time down to the latest. In
September, 1890, the Office of jur-
isprudence and politics at Prince
ton became vacant and he was
Immediately asked to fill the place
He was now teaching in the place
that fifteen years before had seen
him as a student. Prof. Wilson
continued to fulfill his duties at
Princeton till 1902. It was at
this time that Mr.. Wilson gave
a new meaning to the word teach
er. He did not mean teacher in
the ordinary sense that he in
structed classes. For he had
none, he made daily addresses
before enthusiastic crowds of
young men who eagerly grasped
his words and cheered him. His
addresses went out all over the
country, for they were apprecia-
ted greatly, and especially by all
his pupils. In 1902 he was cleo
ted president of Princeton Uni
versity. The time had come for
a change. The college needed a
new leader. There was much work
to be done. There were many
new problems before the school.
They doubted that President Will
son could master them all. But
the college prospered from the
day of his Inauguration up to the
present time, and no doubt his
influence in the school will be
felt for years to come. He was
not satisfied with material sue
cess, from the start he lifted the
tone and scholarship of the uni
versity. His first step was to re-
wise the course of study; the Sec
ond to revise the methods of in
struction.
President Wilson holds degrees
from thirteen leading American
universities and colleges. Mr..
Wilson always considers thirteen
his lucky number. He has thir-
teen letters in his name and in
his thirteenth year as a professor
at Princeton he was elected its
thirteenth president.
| On September the fifth, 1910.
the democratic state convention
met and Nominated Mr.. Wilson
for governorship. He was in his
study of the presidents house at
Princeton when he received the
news. He climbed into the motor
car and in twenty minutes he was
standing on the platform of the
convention hall before a cheering
throng, vowed his energies to the
bigger fight to which Che people
of New Jersey called him. While
he was giving his speech repub--
lican handed him nineteen ques-
tons carefully written out, but
Mr.. Wilson gave the answers
instantly and gleefully. While
he was governor of New Jersey
he had law passed which was
called the employers liability OF
workingmen's compensation law
Along these lines he has always
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