The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-02
Town and Gown Mingle
in Enthusiastic Dem
onstratiOn.
BID HIM GODSPEE.D
TO WHITE HOUSE
Brass Band, Fireworks and Roar
of Cheering Bring President
Elect to Door Of Bungalow,
Where He Tells Ncighbors
How Sorry He Is to
Leave Them.


nnds of the hon,c-folk Of Princeton. and
with them fhc students OF Princeton
University. gave Woodrow Wilson
farewell demonstration Tonight ms they
badc him God-pocd TO the White
Itousc. u uas n unique tribute to the
man, who. after twcnty-scvcn years of
residence In the historic town, had
been elevated TO the presidency of the
United States, In that both students
nnd tovnfoIk joined In cheering him. 1t
rns the first celebration In whic',
't"wn md gown" mingled I'm sut
grcnt numbers and with 80 much ci-
thusinsm.
y ass band, 4 glare of fireworks
and continuous checrinc brought the
President-elect to the door of his bun
galow just as the procession of stu
dents and residents turned the corner
OF Cleveland Lane. marching by tho
house where Grover Cleveland lived
and died. The streets were muddy but
the marchers trudged mcrrily along.
When they reached the Wilson home,
( = great cheer went up.
Presented with Loving Cup.
c. :. Robinson, n Republican, and y.
:. Leigh, 81 Democrat bore silver low
ing cup. Colonel David M. Flynn pre-
sented il in a brief speech The Presi-
dcnt-elcct stood on a box just outside
the portico Of his home and said good
by 10 his fellow townsfolk
Tho President elect said he meant
to enjoy the three days between his
resignation OF the governorship and
Inauguration day, in which he was a
! plain and untitled citizen" not he
cause he had no particular responsible
; ity. but because OF the reIniniscence of
/ the years that had preceded.
/ Il want YOU to believe me-" he said
when say shall never lose the con
EclOugncSS I he
q very poor President If did lose it, /
have always believed that the real root
ages of patriotism were local, that they
resided In ones consciousness OF an
intimate touch with persons who were
watching him with a knowledge of his
character.
You cannot love country alb
stractly you have Sot to love it
concrcteiy You have got TO know
people In order TO love them. You
have got to feel as they do in order
TO have sympathy with them and any
man would be II very poor public SER
want who did not regard himscif as
Part OF the public himself. No man
can imagine how other people arc
thinking. lie can know only by what
Is going on in his own head and if
that head is not connected bv every
thread OF suggestion with the hcaQs
Of people about him he cannot think as
they think.
- am turning away from this place
in body. but not in spirit, and ! am
doing it with genuine sadness. 1ie
real trials OF life arc the connections
YOU break. and when man has lived
in one place a long rs ! have lived
in Princeton and has had as many
experiences as l have had here. first
as an Undergraduate and then as q
resident he knows what il means TO
change his residence and 10 go into
strange environments and surround
ngs
White House Strange 10 Him.
II have never been inside or tho
White House. and | shall feel very
strange when I get inside OF it.
shall think OF this little house be-
hind me and remember how much more
familiar ii is to me than that is likely
TO be. and how much more intimate
Il sense OF possession there must bo
in the one case than in the other.
One cannot be a neiShbor to the
whole United states. | shall mss my
nciGhbors. ] shall miss the daiiy con-
tact with the men ! know and by
whom ] am kncwn, and one OF the
happiest things In my thought will be
| thht your good wishes go with me
with your confidence and the con-
iidcnce of men like you. the task that
lies before me will be gracious and
agreeable. 1t Will he a thing to be
proud Of because am trying to repre-
sent those who have so grdciousiy
trusted me-
An outburst of applause arose from
the crowd after the speech. nnc
was formed and Mr.. Wilson shook
hands for nearly an hour
II was the climax of a busy dav for
Mr.. Wilson. He had witnessed the in
auguration of his successor in Trenton
and spoken farewell to the members
of the Legislature.
The afternoon he devoted to packing
Just before dinner all the Princeton
mall carriers who have borne tho heavy
mail OF the President elect since, he
first entered public life came in n BODY
10 say Sood-by. Friends called in a
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