Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-06-30
Graduated With Famous Class.

Graduated With Famous Class.
He graduated in the famous Prince
ton class OF 20. 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 rudlments OF the law under the
teachings Of DR.. John u. Minor.
Almost ut once he became n sIgnIf-
cant figure Mt the Virginia university.
He won both the "OratDrical" and
"WrltinE" prizes, and under the inilu-
enCe 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 Mt the Uni
vcrsity Of Virginia, Mr.. Wilson select.
ed Atlanta MS the field OF initial prac'
tice at the bar. He joined n young
man named Renick. and the two wen'
to the Georgia capital and opened law
offices under the firm name OF "Renicl
4 wilson" Young Wilson soon dis
covered that he was sitting In ut {
waiting game, and during the follow
Ing year, 1883, he entered Johns Hop
kins university, studying history an'
political economy under Herbert Il
Adams and Richard T. Ely.
Professor at Bryn Mawr.
His next field of activity was Il
Bryn Mawr, the famous college, whicl
had just been opened. But MS n sor
of preparation for his Bryn Mawr pro
censorship he journeyed to Savannah
where he married Miss Ellen Louis
Arson, one Of S%avannuh's flares
daughters. She died ut the Whit
House August 6, 1914. December s
1915, Mr.. Wilson margled ut Washing
ton lIrs. Edith Boiling Gait Of tina
city.
The president hns three daughters
Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson
Mrs. Frances Doves 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 er
viable reputation as Il college instrut
tor, and his services were next 81
cured by Wesleyan university. at MID
dletown, Conn. While at Wesleya
university Doctor Wilson publishe
another book, THE State"
He again joined his fortunes wit
: Princeton when In the fall Of 1890 h
took the chair OF Jurisprudence an
politics Mt that institution. He hel
this chair at Princeton for twelv
years, writing during this period h
famous work. "a History Of the Anne
= lean People"
!. Made President Of Princeton.
In 1902 he was called TO the pres
dency Of Princeton.
t He was holding this Office when II
I Democrats Of New Jersey chose hi
t as their candidate for the goverao
r ship. He accepted, and was elect'
after n sharp campaign.
Within six months after assumlr
0 the ~governorship he had Induced Il
o legislature to pass n series OF laws
o the most advanced type, such ms Il
primary election law, the CORFU
/ practices act, the employers llablli
d act, n public utilities act, a municip
commission government law al
/ sterilization or anti procrention act
It The Wilson's in America date abo
IS a century back, when James Wllso
4 grandfather Of the president, car
A. over from Scotland and settled
Philadelphia. From there he went
Ie Steubenvllle, O., which was then
,r the frontier. He published q newsr
per and practiced a little comm
4 law and was known as Judge" T
presidents father, Joseph Il. WilsC
lg was born In Steubenvllle and grew
/ amid the hardy sud manhoodmaki
De surroundings Of the pioneer COUNT