Bisbee daily review., 1913-03-22


&y=5 In PRINCETON early in Septem-
&ky Der 1879. one of 1874 new
COMETS. he found himself 10 a charm
ing old town OF naples. elms anc catal-
pas, among which stood the college
buildings. dating. one of them. back TO
lT56
The place. full of traditions OF the
Revolutionary war. had been a favor
lite resort of southern students IN TO
1861. The first war had battered the
front of Old Nassau hall. and the sec
ond had done more substantial If less
picturesque damage in withdraw
from the institution large part of its
southern patronage. The south could
I'll afford to send its young men far
away to college now. This year, in
deed. there came twenty men from the
southern states. 1t is remembered that
some of these youths needed recon
structon.
Wilson is remembered in no such
way. BE was known as a Democrat
of stout opinions from the day he first
opened his mouth on the campus. but
no recollection remains OF his having
displayed any sectional passion. A
classmate remembers. however, that
on one occasion when a group OF fell
lows were talking OF the misfortunes
that follow in the wake OF war Wilson,
who was in the group. cried out, You
know nothing whatever about itr' and
with face as white as sheet OF paper
abruptly left the COMPANY.
All testimony goes to indicate that
Tom Wilson Immediately took his
place as leader In the class He ap-
peared as a young fellow nf great ma
turity OF character. blended with I'M
usual freshness Of interest In all things
pertaining TO college life. he had the
manners of young aristocrat. His
speech was cultured. lie soon Won the
reputation of already wide reading and
sound judgment There is abundant
evidence that be was from the start
marked figure among the men who
now constitute the famous class Of
r. There have been more famous
Prsrceton graduates than these. but
there has never been class of so high
an average OF ability. Robert Bridges.
one OF the editors of Scribuer's Maya
zine. the Rev. DIR. A. s Halsey, secre
tssy of the. Presbyterian board of for,
eigu missions: Charles A.. Talcott, M
c.. Mshlpn Pltney. justice OF the. So.
preme court Of the United States:
Robert Il McCarter. ex-attorney gen
eral OF New Jersey; Edward W. Shell
don. president of the United States
Trust company: Colonel Edwin A.
Stevens of New Jersey and Judge Rob
ert II. Henderson of Maryland are only
typical sn1embers of a class of unusual
mental capacity. Among such, men
Wilson from the start ranked high.
Not as student perhaps. He was
never a bright particular star In ex-
aminatious. Princeton graduated as
honor men" such students as bad
msiptaiDed throughout their four
years course an average OF 80 per
cent Not less than forty-two out Of
the 122 graduates of 70 were honor
men.e Wilson barely got in among
them. He ranked forty-hrst-
The fact is that this son Of clergy.
men and editors hadn't come to school
TO pass through a standardized cur
riculum and Gil his head with the
knowledge prescribed 10 college cata-
legue. He had come to prepare him
self for a particular career. and before
he had been at Princeton three months
he bad finally determined on what.that
career should be-
The class historian, Harold Pete)
Goodwin. celebrating the advent in
Princeton of the members Of the class
that graduated in 70. declares that on
arrival Tommy Wilson rushed to the
library and took out Rants 'Critique
cf Pure Reason"
no the library Tommy Wilson I'D
questienabIy did rush. but not to read
Of pure reason. II ever there was
stadent who demanded facts, concrete
subjects. applied reason. It was this
same Wilson. even in his college days.
The truth is that. proving in the al
coyes OF the Chancellor Green library.
new then. one day early In the term
the boy stopped at the bead OF the
south stairs. where the bound mass-
zines were kept. and his hand fell
upon a file OF the Gentleman's Maya
zine. that ancient and respectable re-
pository OF English literature which
DR.. Samuel Johnson had helped to
start away back in the middle Of the
eighteenth century. with his reports Of
parliamentary debates. When johnson
lag on his deathbed be declared that
his only compunctioD was those 3arlsa
mentary reports. for. Of course. they
were foxes"
Now. Il happened that in the seventies
the editor OF the day. feeling round for
an attractive feature. hit upoo the idea
Of resumiug the parliamentary reports.
keccrdingiy there began IN the num-