The Detroit times., 1912-01-23
FIGHT FOR SQUARE DEAL
IN COLLEGE IS CAUSE OF
ATTACKS ON GOV, WILSON
Social Set Never Forgave Him
For Insisting on Equality
In School Life
EXPLAINS SECRET THRUSTS
Alumni From Aristocratic Col
lege Clubs Are Hitting His
Presidential Aspirations
EXPLAINS SECRET THRUSTS

PRINCETON, n. j.. Jan. 23.-
Enemies OF Gov. Wilson among the
alumni of Princeton are apparently
becoming active In opposing him IN
his presidential ambition. The teel-
ing has been smoldering ever since
the end OF the famous controversy
over the plans for the Princeton
graduate College.
II Is recalled that Adrian II. Joline,
2ho made public, last week, Wood
sow Wilson's letter expressing the
wish that William J. Bryan might be
knocked into a cooked hat" Was one
of DR.. Wilson's opponents in the
Graduate College dispute. The di-
sulSence OF President Wilson's appli-
cation to the Carnegie Foundation for
a pension, which Was disapproyed af
Ter the committee had changed It's
rules, Is said to be another manifesta-
ion OF forces Immediately connected
with Princeton life that are working
secretly against his candidacy. There
are other indications, his friends say,
that the governors career at Prince
ton Is being searched for ammunition
TO be used before the assembling OF
the National Democratic Convention
AZ Baltimore.
A NlHG NJ lihNSNch A"S
never been perfectly understood by
1.-The public. Indeed, it had been kept
under cover from June, 1907, until
February 1910, when IL came TO light
in the announcement that the gift oil
$500. 900 offered by William Cooper
Proctor for the Graduate College OF
The university had been spurned by
Woodrow Wilson. To this gift a sup
Elemental offer of 100000. making
the total 81 100000 was conditionally
made by some of the chief alumni,
men who three years before had pre-.
vailed upon the Princeton board OF
trustees TO reverse its vote and de-
leat President Wilson's proposal for
he so-called "quad" system.
Opposed by Exclusive Set.
These alumni were the champions
If the aristocratic clubs at Princeton.
This town has many wealthy resi-
ients, and it is saia greater proper
ion OF rich mems sons are matriculat-
I'd in the college than at any other
university. Princeton's president, who
had brilliantly conceived and executed
educational reforms that developed
into the famous preceptorial system,
had at commencement time in 1907
outlined a proposal for the social CO.
ordination OF the university
A scheme of quadrangles or "quads'
was proposed to bring all sections OF
the college body into the same resi-
Dental halls and common dining
rooms, the intent being TO make the
Younger classmen mingle freely with
the older students and their pro-
fessors in their life spent out
side the classrooms. In this way,
President Wilson argued, friendly
and natural associations would
be formed under entirely Demo
cratic conditions; the influence of the
older upon the younger men would De
stimulating and the points OF beneh-
cial contact would be multiplied. The
board OF trustees, with but one dis
senting vote and two absentees out OF
lis total membership Of q, enthuslas-
tical adopted the proposal
Then II was realized by the alumni
who attended the 1907 commencement
that this fascinating plan broached by
their popular president would raze TO
the ground the elaborate social struc-
ture represented by twelve handsome
and sumptuous club-houses, which, lin
ing Prospective, and costing upward
nj 81 600 900. divided the two upper
classes In halves, according TO prin-
,iples OF social selection. The clubs.
averaging 80 members each, made de-
lightful homes for one-half the stu
dents. the other half that failed to
nualify being deprived OF decided ad-
yantages. Freshmen and sophomores
looked longingly upon the fair proper
ions OF the cap and Gown The
Tiger Inn" "The Colonial and the
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