The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-14

Woodrow Wilson parading with Il
mense corporations or stand at the head
OF their professons-was the facility with
which they cast aside their workaday
habit OF mind and flung themselves into |
the joys OF reunion and commencement.
At half past IL a committee In auto |
mobiles drove from Seventy nine Hall to |
the Pennsylvania Railroad station near
Blair Arch. The reception committee was
supposed to be restricted to classmates, |
Waller, Larkin, Presbrey. Mccormick, |
Halsey and Bridges. but when the Prea |
dents special train pulled In at l2t5
i. NJ. half the class was waiting to grip
Mr.. Wilson by the hand.
One Formally Compulsory.
First out OF his car were the secret
service men. Jimmy Sloan. who has
| guarded four Presidents, and his aids.
| II Mr.. Wilson could have had his way
there would have been no secret service
men to tag at his heels to-day. but in this
matter the word OF the President Is not
law In Princeton. OF all places In the
world, annoyance or danger from cranks
was least likely. but they take no chances. Z
The Presidents secretary, Joe Tumulty.
next hoped to tne ground, smiling the
Irish smile that translated him from a
Jersey law practice to being the real
assistant President OF these United States.
Then Mr.. Wilson appeared In blue serge
and white flannel His face was eager
and happy. Men who hadn't seen him
for several weeks thought he looked better
than he has AT any time slice he went
to the hite House. With Washington
behind him and the Joys OF commencement
in front OF him lines disappeared from
his face and smiles came easily. The
Presidents physician. Dr. Cary Grayron.
was at his side. Last to appear were
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and
Mrs. McAdoo who was Miss Eleanor VIII
son. the Presidents youngest daughter
They hurried away TO Join friends and
left Mr.. Wilson to his classmates.
Tommy Wilson Hikes IL.
It's n quarter OF mile walk aloLg
dusty road and grassy campus TO Seventh
nine Hall, and Mr. Wilson and his class
mates took II briskly. Often his arm was
around the shoulders OF the man who hap
pened to be nearest and sometimes he
was shouting replies to questions that
came from far back in the column. No
body talked to him then or thereafter
about politics or Mexico or Administra-
ton problems. But everybody tried to
| talk at once about the days when they
were youngsters in the university. As the
| party crossed the campus DR.. Halsey
c,rcled Mr.. Wilson's panama with an
orange ribbon bearing TO and pinned
I 70 rosette to the lapel OF his coat
One OF the first men who shook han 3
| with the President when he reached
| Seventy mine Hall was Johr X. Silliinan.
| who was Consul at Saltillo Mexico. and
! who was In great danger OF death for
days before his release from prison was
| compelled by this Government Mr. Sill
man In n big man, tall, broad shouldered
! and largely girthed. His complexion
| after seventeen years residenc' in Mexico
| Is not much lighter than that OF the ms
J tives OF the country. When he greeted
Mr.. Wilson he did not. II may be re-
marked. address him as Tommy. That Is
| not customary OF Consuls who are speak
ing TO their bosses. He said Err. Presi-
dent. and the President called him Mr..
| Silliman.
The President escorted by the officers
OF his class. took his place at the head
| OF the class column, Headed by band
| Seventy Nine marched from Seventy Nine
| Hall along McCosh Walk. through the
! library arch around the cannon and
finally found its proper place In the pee
rade The classes marched In the order
OF their seniority, 81 leading the way.
As the long column made its way through
the campus at least 5000 persons greeted
| Mr.. Wilson with lifted hats or fiourished
| handkerchiefs. Often he identified old
friends or saw I'm the crowd young men
who had been graduated from Princeton
| during his headship of the university.
There was no press of crowds to get near
the President
The column turned into Osborne Field
at about 2: 40 y. NJ. Fourteen thousand
persons were In the stands watching the
Princeton and Yale mines at batting and
fielding practice. But the baseball prac-
tice and the baseball game were minor
features of the show on the athletic
field. The great thing was the peerade,
the march of the classes In their fan
tastlc costumes, the pranks and monkey
shines that tho old boys performed. Mr..
| Wilson, seated In the west stand with
his classmates. had an opportunity to
observe the annual show at his leisure.
He enjoyed IT,
At the head OF the column were the
alumni OF the oldest classes. who carried
an orange banner with the old guard"
inscribed upon IT, The flag OF the uni
versity was borne aloft by Big Bill Ed
wards, without whom no Princeton cele-
bration would ever he complete. while
Park Davis carried the American flag
The class OF 'S2, at Its head an auto
mobile. was carrying an enormous papier
maohe tiger, which opened horrendous
Jaws at spectators The sacred bird OF
'99, a mysterious fowl, whose significance
and reason for existence Is not clear to
any human beings save Miners.
swayed at the head Of the class column,