Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-22

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younger brothers a part Of the learn
ing he had brought with him from Da-
Wilson.
This brings his biography up to the
year 1S75-a momentous year for
Woodrow Wilson and for Princeton
university. 1t wal the year he en-
tered Princeton.
He had not been at Princeton long
before he found out Just what he want
ed to do. And that thing was to be
a public man; to devote his life to the
service of his country.
This determination came with q
thrill upon reading in an English mag.
azine a series of articles on the British
parliament, presenting in graphic IAN
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 1t,
and 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
in the affairs of his country.
No man ever subjected himself to
sterner discipline or worked more
steadfastly towards a fixed goal. He
first taught himself to write shorthand
in order that he might make rapid d.
gests Of what he read and heard. He
also practiced composition a~ssiduOusly.
and extemporaneous speaking that he
might be skilled and ready In offhand
debate.
Graduated With Famous Glass.
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 signih'
can figure at the Virginia university
He won both the "Oratorical" ant
writing" prizes, and under the infu
ence of his ardent classmates of the
South he took a more active interes
in college athletics than he had taker
at Princeton, although he was nevel
what might be called an enthusiast il
these matters.
After W 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 a youns
i. man named Renick, and the two wen
!, to the Georgia capital and opened Law
offices under the firm name of "Renicl
: & Wilson," Young Wilson soon dis
covered that he was sitting in at
waiting game, and during the follow
> ing year, 1883, he entered Johns HOP
kins university, studying history an
: political economy under Herbert F
Adams and Richard T. Ely.
+ Professor at Bryn Mawr.
His next field Of activity was a
t Bryn Mawr, the famous college, whic
D had just been opened. But as a sor
l of preparation for his Bryn Mawr pre-
fessorship he j~ourneyed to Savannah
e where he married Miss Ellen Louis
q Arson, one of Savannah's flares
= daughters. She died at the Whit
h House August 6, 1914. December
e 1915, Mr.. Wilson married at Washing
It ton Mrs. Edith Boiling Gait Of ths
city.
The president has three daughter
Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson
e mTS. fTduCeS DOWeS OuyIc anu MI
IS William Gibbs McAdoo.
d Mr.. Wilson remained at Bryn Nav
e. three years teaching history and ecol
omy. His work had won him an el
y viable reputation as a college instru
tor, and his services were next S
S cured by Wesleyan university, at Mi,
G dletown, Conn. While at Wesleya
l. university Doctor Wilson publisht
N another book, "The State"
He again Joined his fortunes Wi
Princeton when in the fall Of 1890 ]
took the chair of jurisprudence al
politics at that institution. He he
It. this chair at Princeton for twel'
r years, writing during this period h
t. famous work, "A History Of the Anne
m lean People"
u Made President Of Princeton.
e In 1902 he was called to the pre-!
d dency of Princeton.
al He was holding this office when Il
Democrats of New Jersey chose hi
u as their candidate for the governC
ship. He accepted, and was elect
after a sharp campaign.
at Within six months after assumil
! the ~governorship he had induced t
y legislature to pass a series of laws
the most advanced type, such as. t
Sc primary election law, the CORFU
:, practices act, the employers liabili
IL act, a public utilities act, a municiI
commission government law a
sterilization or anti-procreation ac
To- The Wilson's in America date abe
IN, a century back, when James Wilst
an grandfather Of the president, cal
a over from Scotland and settled
re Philadelphia. From there he went
S~tnuhenville @. which was then