The Washington herald., 1913-03-04

any dazzling mental feats at Davidson
In fact, about the only Davidson tradi
tlon that has persisted in the alaCritN
with which he would jump ont of bed OF
the ringing of the chapel bell. get into
| his clothes, seize his hat and his books
| and reach his seat on the other side Ot
the campus before the bell quit ringing
| Not knowing how long the bel rang
| the achievement has never been brought
| to the attention of the Amateur Athletic
! Union. But the significant part about
the matter is that he go there.
| After this one year at college, Wood
| row remained at home during the next
twelve months transferring to his young.
er brothers part of the learning h.
had brought with him from Davidson
This brings his biography up to the
! year lNIJ-a momentous year for Wood.
row Wilson and for Princeton Tniver.
sity. 1t was the year he entered Prince
| ton.
| Enters Princeton.
Young Wilson entered Princeton with
his mind in a somewhat nobulous state
as to his future work. Being of Scotch
| descent and possessed of a strong indi-
viduality. he instinctively shrank from
the thought of simply going into the edu-
Cational hopper and being ground
| through
Early in his college career. however
he became imbued with a love for po-
litical research and from that day he
has been training and discipling himself
FOR craftsmanship.
He realized that one Of the most inn
portant adjuncts to a public career was
the ability to stand on ones feet and
address an audience clearly and forcibly.
| He. therefore, entered with great gustO
| into the debating tournaments mt Prince
ton. and il was not long before he was
recognized one of the ablest extern
pore dehaters in college.
He also sought honors along the line
of composition. He wrote incCssantlv
| He studied shorthand in order that he
might take down lectures in toto and
, copy speeches and articles of moment
without taking up too much of his time
About this time there occurred a bit
! 'er clash between his ambition and his
stern Scotch Presbyterian conscience II
was in connection with the Lynde de
batting prize. THIS prize was and is the
most coveted hOnor at Princeton At
least by those students sICh as Young
Wilson. who are ambitious along literary
and oratpTiCaI lines
The LYHde priZ" is awarded annually
to the winner u' ihe Joint debate h,tNvrrr
Princct"ns TWO rival debating societies.
Wing Han and clio ITan This debate
IS an eNt"mpor" affair. aud tn" partici-
pants ar" tn" winners of I.roliminary do
bates Or elimination contests. conducted
10y the respective Sorictics
Wilson easily qualified to rcrrcs.rt his
society. bit on II" night If ne final de
hat" for tn" rriz". when th. suhic,.;
for debate. ''Protertion versus Free
Trade. WAS handed to him he saw that
he vas placed on the side of protection.
He tore up the slip of paper am left the
platform with tFr explanation that moth
ing under he; IN could induce him I,
argue FIR cause in which he did not
believe. This was no litt1r sacrifice for
him. for the Lynde prize was the honor
he coveted most
Later young Wilson began a searching
investigation into the nature and charac-
ter of the Senate and the House The
result Of his inEes legations was a very
able article published in the Interna-
tional Review, in which the young Prince