Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-03-03
Uncomfortable in His
High Hat, Presi-
dent-elect Sped on
Way by Students.
500 PRlNCETONIANS HIS
ESCORT TO WASHINGTON
At Least 100000 Persons Are
There Waiting to View the
Inauguration of First Demo-
cratic President in 10 Years.

fRlNGhION, n. j., March 3.-An-
other page was added to the history
or Princeton when it sent forth
Woodrow Wilson to the White House
shortly after II O'Clock today.
The longest special that has ever
rolled out of Princeton carried Mr.
Wilson and his family and their
escort away. AS 1t pulled out the
President-elect stood on the platform
of the last of the fourteen cars. SILK
hat in hand he looked down on
mass of futtering handkerchiefs and
banners The smile on his lips
vanished as the train gained head
F., way. His lips were moving. The
crowd at his feet heard him join in
the singing of the college anthem:
Her sons shall give while they
shall live
/ Three cheers for Old Nassau"
As the train disappeared Princeton
saw him still standing uncovered, his
six hat waving rhythmetically to the
! chorus of the song
Long before the hor set for Mr.
Wilson's departure the students were
trooping from the campus through
Blair Arch to the station. They
gathered. nearly a thousand strong,
those departing and those re-
naming behind. around the long line
of steel cars. The townsmen We're
there in greater numbers
A crisp, sharp wind that set the
banners fluttering merrily and the
s Aat flag over Nassau Hall cracking
chilled the crowd, but they waited
till he arrived without murmnring. 1t
was 1890 when the President-elect
walked out the front door of his home
with Mrs Wilson on his arm and his
| daughters close behind Ten minutes
later they reached the station.
| Three automobiles carried the
| President-elect and party from their
! home to the station Mr.. Wilson was
wearing his new silk hat. purchased
especially for the Inauguration. and
/ togra piers before he was whisked
away
! The bright sunshine took away
none of the sting of the breeze and
| the President-elect buttoned his black
| overcoat tightly about him.
] A great cheer went up when the
cars reached the station Almost be-
fore Mr. Wilson had gained the plat
/ form a dozen hands were outstretched
| to grasp his. Before he had taken
two steps the town of Princeton was
filing by. wishing him godspeed and
all manner of good luck. This kept
up until his arm was tired
Students Give Yells.
AS the President-eect stepped
aboard the train the students gave
him a locomotive" yell. That was
the beginning of a long series of
yells. The President elect smiled at
each cheer, said that he wished he
could give as good a cheer in return
and Joined in some of the college
songs.
| After thirty minutes of cheering,
handshaking and singing leather
lunged Princetonian. who seemed to
| be in charge of affairs. grabbed
mega phone and gave the order "All
Aboard. The three locomotives at
| tached to the heavy train began puff
| ing; the long line of cars inched
slowly out of the yards; the wall of
students uncovered and five hundred
voices joined in "Olr Nassau" Off
came the silk hat from the President
elects head. he stepped near the edge
of the platform and thrust his hand
| far out, waving his hat as he sang.
! After he passed from the gaze of
1 the crowd they still saw his right
hand, protruding from the side of
the train and grasping his new silk
| hat with its white lining glistening
in the sunlight.
In the baggage car of the special
were twenty-five suitcases, grips and
trunks belonging to the President
elect and his party, On the personal
baggage of the next President was
written in his own handwriting:
Woodrow Wilson, White House"
There was no other address. and
Mr.. Wilson laughingly let it be
known that he considered this quite
sufficient.
The only thing that seemed TO an
noy the President-el was his high
hat. He has repeatedly said he would
never wear one when he could avoid
IL This was the unavoidable oc-
casion
L ne SluutHtS VI illnCcNoii Jbiiitu
with the townsfolk today in giving
Mr.. Wilson a farewell demonstration.
They cheered him at the station and
sped him onward with college songs
and yels. Five hundred students are
escorting him to Washington on a
special train. Other students and
many residents of the town are leav-
ing on other trains throughout the
day.
At Capital This Afternoon.
The presidential party is due in
Washington at 3:45 p. m.
With the President-elect and Mrs.
Wilson are their three daughters.
Fitzwiliam MacMasters Woodrow, a
cousin: Professor Stockton Axson, a
brother of Mrs. Wilson, and Miss
Helen Woodrow Bones who has been
acting as Mrs. Wilson's secretary and
who win make her homein the White