Evening star., 1917-03-05
WOODROW WILSON. A STUDENT,
ROSE GRADUALLY TO POWER

inent Georgia lowlands family. The
young couple were married Juno "a.
1885.
In 1885 appeared Congressional Gov
ernment. a Study of Government by
Committee" by woodrow Wilson. The
bulk of the labor was done during
Wilson's two-year course in science OF
government in Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity. which accepted the work as
thesis and conferred upon the author
In the fall of 1885 Mr.. Wilson began
teaching political economy to the girls
of Bryn Mawr. From this institution
he went to Wesleyan University. Here
he helped to coach the foot ball team
which in 1889 defeated Pennsylvania
and scored on Yale. where he remained
until called to Princeton in 1890 to oc-
cupy the chair of Jurisprudence and
politics. In 1902 he was elected presi-
dent of Princeton.
A Reformer at Princeton.
President Wilson made it clear at the
start that conditions at the university
were to be changed. and. whether for
better or worse, to be changed radi
cally. He stated that colleges needed
to be revolutionized. and went SO far as
to say he would endeavor ito graduate
students as unlike their fathers as pos
sible." His policies kept him in almost
continuous conflict with the university
trustees and professors. In fact, the
bitterest controversies in the inStitu-
tion's history marked his term. Will
sons friends say 1t was a conflict be-
tween a progressive and democratic
president and the forces of privilege
and aristocracy.
In May. 1910, the graduate college of
Princeton University became the lega-
tee Of a hree-million-dollar estate
which could not be accepted without
sacrificing Wilson's policies. The
money was accepted. The president s
resignation did not come. however,
until after the New Jersey state demo-
cratic convention in September. 1910, at
which he was named for governor.
This was his first entrance into poll
tics. His election by large plurality
followed in the fall and placed the
first time since 1892. His election at
once made Of him a presidential possi-
bilfty. as 1t was considered by politi-
clans that democrat who could carry
New Jersey in an off year probably
could do SO in a presidential year.
Bests Democratic Machine.
Mr.. Wilson said during the campaign
for governor that the bosses would
have an uphill experience il he were
chosen to fill the governors chair. He
asked for the votes of New Jersey on
the explicit issue of his personal lead
ership. He declared that If the people
did not desire him to assume personal
direction of governmental affairs they
should not vote for him.
The fight between Gov. Wilson and
the machine soon after his election as
governor brought him into national
prominence and for weeks the eyes
of the nation were on New Jersey and
the fight over the United States SEN
atorship. James E. MARITIME had been
named in the primaries for senator
and the. legislature Of New Jersey was
democratic on joint ballot. James
Smith. jr.. former democratic senator
from the state. aspired to the senator
ship over MARITIME. Smith had been
considered the democratic boss of New
Jersey. Wilson insisted that the dem
ocratic voters had. through the pri-
mary. selected Mr. MARITIME and that
the legislature must obey the die
tates of the primary. Wilson won and
MARITIME became senator.
AS the time for the democratic ma
tional convention of 1912 drew near
friends of Mr.. Wilson were active in
his behalf and sought for him dele