The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-02-01
Young Men Of the Country May
! Well Look Up to Him as
: Master Of His Calling.
AS EDUCATOR AND EXECUTIVE
In Particular, His Record as the Gov.
ernor of New Jersey Shows Him
! Worthy Of Highest Position in
the Gift Of the People.

1t would be hard to find a school
boy over the age of twelve years who
has not heard of the name of Wood.
row Wilson.
" Woodrow Wilson was born in
Stanton, Virginia, December 18th,
1856. His father was the Rev. Joseph
r. Wilson and one of the most in.
'fluential churchmen of the south.
At the age of two years his father
moved to Augusta, Georgia, where he
took charge Of one of the largest and
most influential churches in the
south. Augusta was then q city of
about $4,000 Inhabitants, and it was
here that the boyhood of the future
governor Of New Jersey and presi.
dent Of Princeton was spent.
Rev. Wilson moved to Columbia.
South Carolina, in the Autumn of
1870 and became . teacher In
the Southern Theological Seminary
which position be held for four years.
Woodrow continued to attend school,
but most Of his training was under
the direct supervision Of his father,
and In spite Of his late years to
start 1T books he soon qualified for
college and at seventeen he was sent
to Davidson College. North Carolina.
In the autumn Of 1876 he entered
Princeton, where he graduated with
the class Of 1879. His going north
to college was fortunate, for it gave
him at an impressionable age an op-
portunity to understand the north.
ern, a. we'll AZ the southern, point
Of view.
In the autumn of 1885 he was
called to the chair of history and 20
litical economy in Bryn Mawr Col.
lege. This he held for three years,
when he was called to q similar DO
sition in Wesleyan University. He
remained there two years and was
called to his alma mater, Princeton. an
professor Of Jurisprudence and DO.
1itical economy. Later in 1902 he was
elected president Of Princeton-the
second Oldest university in the
United States. He took his Phi. d.
degree on examination in 1886, sub.
hitting as his thesis Congressional
Government" This is considered the
highest degree conferred by institu.
lions Of learning.
When DR.. Wilson came to the
presidency Of Princeton he had been
known as . scholar, author and pub.
lie speaker, but he was INFESTED az
an executive.
In his presidential office he carried
out the idea Of leadership which he
pronounced in his first book, and has
held ever since, in office and out OF
ONCE. He proposed something al
Princeton that was a radical change
from the old way; it was the com.
plete reorganization Of the university
in such a way as to bring into daily
communication and companionship
representatives of all classes and al
the faculty.
Woodrow Wilson has been an in
SEPARATION to many young men who
have looked up to him as a maste,
Of his calling-always helpful to 9th
ers, as individuals and as a body mol
itic. He copies after no one and in
dividual thought ia traceable in every
essay and book that he wrote, blu,
always regardful Of the rights of 9th
ers. The reforms he has inaugurafed
since he has been governor of New
JerseyAprobably the worst corpora
tion-ridden state in the union-has pu,
him prominently before the world. All
over the country thoughtful men are
writing and saying that he will be
the Democratic nominee for the presi
dency when the convention convene,
next summer. He is by nature and
adaptation the fttest man for that Of
nee to be found in the United States