Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-04-02
president Of tie &C filetic commit tee. a
another time OF the baseball associa.

PRESIDENT Of tie athletic committee, at
another time of the baseball associa.
ton.
NJ His classmates and o0lmates con-:
cur In describing the college lad as d
fellow Of dignity. vet perfectly demo-
cratic. The picture Is that Of youth
OF unusual mental and moral maturity
"a well poised fellow, never a. roister.
er, yet always full Of life and Inter
ested In every thing that was going on.
He was popular-of that there can be
no doubt. The young man had q Ger:
tain charm Of manner and sweetness
Of soul that forbade anybody 8 dislik-
Ing him, although he was generally
felt to be "a little above Il, crowd"
He never belonged to a clique. He was:
a normal college boy, not a prig nor q
dig" nor grind. !" but healthy,
hearty, all around chap, interested in
everything that was going on, wingling
with every body. though cherishing
some particular friendships that have
endured. M. y
The years passed. REGULATIONS were
attended, examinations duly passed,
The library yielded up its secrets to the
mind: life In the little commonwealth
Of young men matured the character;
intercourse with kindred spirits aWak.
ened generous enthusiasms. In ~
Tom Wilson went on the board of edi-
tors Of the Princetonian, the college
newspaper, then biweekly. In rs
he became its managing editor. On
der his management it continued
about as before-not overwhelmingly
interesting to the outsider, though here
and there is discernible a little bright
ness scarcely to he found in earlier
issues. ss.,. ss IS NJ !. 6 *
A department headed Here and
There was the Princetonian's best
feature. Once in awhile its writer
broke into rime-not always SO tragi-
cally sad as this: =,
IT win work out rime
If only have time,'' sss~-.,.-.s.
Said the man of Here and There.
Z -..r
Result-a loose pile :T..~ r..
Of his beautiful golden hair.
During his senior year Wilson threw
into the form Of a closely reasoned
essay the chief results of his thinking
on the subject of the American con-
trasted with the British system Of
government. This article he sent to
what was regarded as the most serious
magazine then published in America,
and it was Immediately accepted for
publication. The author was twenty
two years old and an undergraduate.
In the files Of the International Re-
view, issue of August, 1879, may be
found an article entitled cabinet Gov
eminent In the United States,'' signed
by Thomas w. Wilson. It was an i'm
parchment Of government by "a legis-
lature which is practically irresponsi-
BILE" and plea for reformed meth
cd under which congress should be
again made responsible and swiftly
responsive in some such way as is the
British parliament. The authors
quarrel is with the practice Of doing
all the important work Of congress in
secret committees. Secrecy, he says,
Is the atmosphere In which all cor
ruption and evil flourish. Congress
should legislate as If in the presence
Of the whole cOuntry-in open and
free debate" (These words were writ
ten thirty-three years ago. He at
tributes the growth Of the committee
system to the lack Of leaders In con-
gress, and his plan for the creation Of
leaders Is that of giving cabinet min
listers seat in congress. He quotes
Justice Story to the effect that the
heads of departments, even If they
were not allowed to vote. might with
out danger he admitted to participate
in congressional debates. =-<.+.---
, With this achievement Of breaking
into high class magazine Woodrow
Wilson closed his undergraduate days
at Princeton. During his senior year
he had concluded that the best path
to public career lay through the law.
In the autumn, therefore. he matricu-
lated In the law department Of the Uni
versity of Virginia. that seat Of liberal
learning organized by Thomas Jeffer-
son. - -. n.
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