Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-06-23
public man; to devote his life to the


public man; to devote his life to the
service of his country.
This determination came with a
thrill upon reading in an English mag
azine a series of articles on the British
parliament, presenting in graphic lam
guage the dramatic scenes enacted in
the British legislature. He never for
got the picture. He hunted up every
thing in the library he could find bear
ing upon this subject and devOured it,
ana from that day to this has never
wavered in his determination to play
an active part in the stirring scenes
on his country's political stage.
Mr.. Wilson began his preparation at
once. He subordinated his regular col
lege work to the task of fitting him
self for public life.
He devoted all his energy and every
faculty he possessed to the furnishing
of his mind to the end that he might
be an authority on government and the
history of government and be a leader
No man ever subjected himself to
sterner discipline or worked more
steadfastly toward a fixed goal. He
first taught himself to write shorthand
in order that he might make rapid di-
geSts of what he read and heard. He
also practced composition assiduously,
and extemporaneous speaking that he
"a 81 in
debate.
Graduated With Famous Class.
He graduated in the famous Prince
ton class of 70, on whose roster were
many names destined to become more
or less famous. Among these was
Mahlon G. Pitney. who later sat on the
bench of the United States Supreme
court
When Mr.. Wilson left Princeton he
| had come to the conclusion that the
most direct avenue into public life was
| through the law. Accordingly, during
the following year he entered the Uni
versity of Virginia, becoming versed in
| the rudiments of the law under the
teachings of DR.. John D. Minor
| Almost at once he became a signif-
cant figure at the Virginia university
| He won both the "OratorfcaP" and
"Writing" prizes, and under the influ-
eT1ce of his ardent classmates of the
South he took a more active interest
in college athletics than he had taken
at Princeton, although he was never
what might be called an enthusiast in
these matters
After two years study at the Uni
versity of Virginia, Mr.. Wilson select
ed Atlanta as the field of initial prac-
tice at the bar He joined young
man named Reniek, and the two went
to the Georgia capital and opened law
offices under the firm name of "Renick
& Wilson" Young Wilson soon dis
covered that he was sitting in at q
waiting game, and during the follow
ing year, 1888, he entered Johns Hop
kins university, studying history ant
political economy under Herbert B
Adams and Richard T. Ely.
Professor at Bryn Mawr.
His next field of activity was a
Bryn Mawr, the famous college, which
had just been opened. But as sor
of preparation for his Bryn Mawr pro
fessorship he journeyed to Savannah
where he married Miss Ellen Louis
AxsOn, one of Savannahs faires
daughters. She died at the Whit
House August 6, 1914. December
1915, Mr.. Wilson married at Washing
ton Mrs. Edith Boiling Gait of tha
city.
: The president has three daughter;
: Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson
Mrs. Frances Bowes Sayre and Mr.:
William Gibbs McAdoo.
Mr.. Wilson remained at Bryn Nav
: three years teaching history and ecor
omy His work had won him an Ell
: viable reputation as a college instrut
t tor, and his services were next 81
: cured by Wesleyan university. at Nit
L dletown, Conn. While at Wesleya
l university Doctor Wilson publishe
: another book, 1.-THE State"
r He again Joined his fortunes wit
: Princeton when in the fall of 1890
took the chair of jurisprudence an
politics at that institution. He he
this chair at Princeton for twel0
years, writing during this period h
/ famous work, "a History of the Anne
: lean People,
o Made President of Princeton.
In 1902 he was called to the pres
o dency of Princeton.
It He was holding this Office when Il
It Democrats of New Jersey chose hi
t as their candidate for the governC
r ship. He accepted. and was elect,
il after q sharp campaign.
Within six months after assumil
% the governorship he had induced t
o legislature to pass a series of laws
o the most advanced type, such as t
4 primary election law, the CORFU
l. practices act. the employers liabili
d act, a public utilities act, a municiI
commission government law a
J. sterilization or anti-procreation ac
It The Wilson's in America date abO
is a century back, when James WilsC
a. grandfather of the president, cal
a. over from Scotland and settled
Philadelphia. From there he went
le Steubenville, O., which was then
or the frontier He published a newsI
IN per and practiced a little comm
a. law and was known as Judge" T
presidents father, Joseph r. .WilsC
lg was born in Steubenville and grew
t. amid the hardy and manhoOd-maki
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