Bisbee daily review., 1913-03-16


Of the retloubtabie admiral. played a
truly heroic part in the destruction of
/ the pirates.
There are two things worth noting
/ about this story: First. the length Of
| time-seyeral months-in which the
| hoy lived the greater part of his wax
| ing hours in the character which he
| had invented. and. second. the .vsrl-.
simiIitude with which the dptaiis r.
| Iatlng to the great adventure were SCI
forth in the daily reports"
/ About this time Woodrow was read
/ ing Cooper's sea tales aud MaFr!at'S
yarns, and. though he had never seen
1 q ship in his Iife-never even seen the
ocean-he knew every particular ot
every class OF type Of sailing shin,
the name. place and use of every spar.
sheet and shroud.
At Columbia Woodrow, as be began
now to be commonly called, attended
the school kept by Mr.. Charles Hey
ward BaruwelI But his real education
continued TO be conducted by his ia
Their
He was now approaching tire age for
college. In spite Of his late start ut
books. he had rapidly qualified in the
ordinary preparatory studies, aud ut
seventeen. in the autumn of 1873. he
was sent of to college.
Davidson college. in famous Meckleu-
burg county. y. e. Is a prosperous in
stitution now and forty years ago was
e stnuch school The fact that DIR.
Wilson had been approached in conuec-
ton with its presidency may have had
something TO do with its choice for
Woodrow.
Living was rather primitive: the boys
Kept their own rooms. filed their own
lamps. for they had only kerosene; cut
up and brought in the wood for their
own fires and carried in water from
the pump outside. Wilson'S roOin was
On the ground floor. luckily: il was
rather a job 10 carry arm loads OF wood
to remote rooms on the upper floors
| There stiU fingers at Davidson the ira.
dition that Tom Wilson established a
record in the minimum time necessary
to dress, cross the campus and be In
his seat when the before breakfast
, chapel bell stopped ringing.
instruction at Davidson was rather
better than was common at small col
i1eges IN those days Still, it can bard
| r Bs said that Wilson received much
IfuIellsctuaI impulse here. although he
= probably added something to his stock
Of know ledge. His college mates IN
ciuded a score or more who afterward
p made regulations 81 the world. per
: hsps the most eminent being Il. b
: Glenn. who became governor Of North
!, ! Carolina His classmates remember
, nsthinC unusual about Wilson when
/ at Davidson college. They say be bad
, an open, engaging face. pleasant man
ners and was very generally liked
+. They agree that he was not very much
, interested in games. which then con
, sisted OF baseball and Shiny. How
, ever, he played baseball for awhile
on the college nine and had the pleas
, IRE Of hearing the captain say, Wi
, son. you would make dandy playel
! ! il YOU NtIt Npt ~ u ahNF
was great walker and at tines
seemed to like TO be alone. walking
/, the country about apparently wrap
/, ped IN thought Still he was. as {
rule. a very social animal and a great
talker In congenial company. WheI
the fellows repaired TO his room they
would generally find him curled up OF
the bed with book in his hand. read
ing. He Joined one Of the literarI
/, societies. the "Eumenean."
Once a year. in February. holidaI
was given TO every student on which
, he was 20 plant a tree. so. whethe
| Wilson did IL TO get the holiday o.
because he wanted to do somethin:
useful. be planted an elm on tn
, campus at Davidson. and II stand
, there strong and upright today.
Early in the year small ineiden
, in class fastened upon him q MIX
name The rhetoric class being en-
gagged upon that well. known part o
Trencbs -EIsglshf Past and Present.
which sets forth fmuch after the mar
. ner Of the Wanda in the opening
chapter in "IysnhOe'D how good Saxol
beasts take Norman names when the.
/ ceme - the table. the professor aske'
: woodrow. "Whatis calves. meatwhel