The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-14
WILSON, AGAIN A
MEMBER CLASS 70
PRESIDENT TAKES HOLIDAY SUCH
AS MEN READ ABOUT. BUT
SELDOM GET.
ED AS TOMMY
Walks AROUND GREETING OLD
sCHoOLMATEs ALL FORMAL
TY LAID AsIDE--wAs FOURTH
CHOICE For OFFICE.
AS TOMMY

Princeton, N. J., June 13.-The on
~ men in the world who can call the
president OF the United States Tom
my Wilson and get away with 1t,
made It possible for him to come here
today as a plain citizen and enjoy
such a holiday as the president may
read about, but seldom can have. In
the company of his classmates OF 10
he put aside his rank and his respon
sibilities He escaped from the for
mality and harassments Of the office.
He laughed and shook hands with
men who hailed him as Tommy, and
he promptly called them Cy. or Bill,
or Pete.
He came to Princeton at f2145 P.
VI. and left regretfully twelve hours
later. after walking for miles arm-in-
arm with the boys Of 10, lunching
with them in Seventy nine" hall,
marching with hem in the rollicking
parade OF the classes. cheering with
them for the varsity nine which was
soundly licked by I ale, having his
picture taken with them. speaking TO
them in the class dinner. and finally
walking with them 10 the special train.
It was curious experiment that Mr.
Wilson tried. that Of attending the
~. and not as the president. That IL
was successful was due very largely
to the atmosphere Of the university
town Citizens, alumni. and under
graduates entered into the spirit Of
the thing. While the utmost respect
was displayed, the fact was always
forward that Mr. Wilson should be
treated as one of the old boys. that
he should be taken into the fun and
celebration a. much as was possible
1t was the presidents desire that
there should be no formalities, no re
ceptions or speech making, and his
wishes were observed by everybody
from the president Of the university,
John Grier Hibben down TO the KIDS
Of the freshman class. DR. H{bben
merely called on him in his head
quarters In Seventy-nine hall. and
then left him to the class of TO. When
the president coined in the parades
or appeared on the campus, hats were
lifted. but there was no bowling and
scraoing He was "a free as the
youngest alamnus TO do exactly as he
pleased.
1t was 10 naturally that made
the most of him, and this story must
60 back really, 10 q night IN 1875,
when half q dozen Of the freshman
class met In the rooms Of Frank Pres
brey. and talked about the things they
wanted TO do when they went out into
the world Cv McCormick--it vas Cy
today. although he Is Cyrus II. Nc
CorTntck, president Of the Information
al Harvester company. when ne Is
home In Chacago--was there. so was
Robert Bridges the editor Of Serb
ner's, Pete Hamilton, now chief Jus.
tice Peter Hamilton, OF Porto RICO:
JcA New FORK ana
two or fhree others.
There ought TO be brains enough
in this class 10 turn out a president
Of the United States. said young
Presbrey Who's the most likely
man p
The talked IT over. The first man
they picked died some years ago. The
second man was Nathan Pitney. now
of the Supreme Court OF the United
States The third, as one OF the class
az 10 said today. newer got very far, =
but the fourth way Tommy Wilson,
Although Mr. Wilson was fourth
choice, 10 is proud Of its perspicacity
In those days nobody at Princeton
bothered 10 call him woodrow Will
son. His fun names, as everybody
knew, was Thomas Woodrow Wilson,
but that was too much for the under
graduates 10 handle. So they made It
4OHiuly d2+A 4Gl IT. Ec a. ~4iaN
One hundred and twenty-four OF
these men we're graduated and nj lety-
one OF them were here today TO greet
Tommy W!lscn
For their thirty-nfth reunion at the
one hundred and stxty-seventh Gem
mencerent of the university the
members of the class OF 70 uniformed
themselves In straw hats with orange
bands bearing their class year, blue
serge coats, with an orange and black
rosette at the lapels, white flannel
when they were making their prepara-