Evening star., 1922-05-28
PRINCETON, N. J.. May 81.
RINCETON UNIVERSITY II

and for It's alumni Tne mans
OF Old Nassau have been open to
nation. Representatives of every
community and district of the United
States have entered the wide portals
and, in turn. have gone forth. leav-
| ing the tradition enriched and the
spirit stronger. Men of whole ma
tion have come and gone. yet none
have made it richer or left it greater
than the men of Washington. and
none are held more dearly by the
old New Jersey college than these
same men from the nations capital
| There are now listed 232 in the
directory of living alumni who claim
as their home the Capital city. In
addition to these, there are forty-odd
more in the undergraduate lists OF
the college.
! These men from Washington have
played and are continuing to play
| tremendous part in the development
and expansion of Princeton.
IN times past It has been the Gus
tom of many of the old and promi-
nent Washington families to send
their sons exclusively to Princeton.
Among the moro outstanding repre-
sentatives during the last genera
tion have been the families Of the
Kings. the Dunlops. the Phillips, the
Blairs and the Kauffmanns.
| There are at present five living
alumni of the King family, all resid-
! ing in Washington and representing
classes from 1898 to 1919. In num-
| bers the Kauffmanns stand second,
with four graduates Of Princeton.
while the Dunlops. Phillips and Blairs
have three each.
| Foremost in the list of Washing
toms alumni. and 1t might well be
said In the nations alumni. stands
Woodrow Wilson. Most people know
him as the great war President.
Princeton University remembers him
| as her owr president.
| A member of the famous class of
1879. Woodrow Wilson was elected
to the presidency of the university in
June. 1902. and was inaugurated the
following October. During his admin
istration the undergraduate course
of study was revised, the famous pre-
|ceptorial method of instruction was
established, the faculty was strength
ened immensely and a set of new
buildings added. including new
recitation building. laboratories for
physics, electrical engineering, BIZ
ology and geology. and several dormi-
tories. The great mind gave it's best
to Old Nassau and rendered services
that are well-nigh invaluable.
| As one of the younger alumni, Henry
s. Breckinridge of the class of 1907,
| cess. Having practiced law for a lit
tie less than three years, he became
| in April, 1913. the youngest assista
Secretary of War the nation has ever
had. He handed in his resignation in
| 1916 and offered his services for over
i seas duty. taking part in the fighting
at ST. Mihiel. the Argonne and at
| Aimens. After being cited. he was
| placed on the general staff of the
5th United States Army Corps and
served with this to the end of the
! war, returning to Washington to re-
| sumo his practice of law.
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NIASHINGTON'S boundaries in
w close numerous other Princeton
men well known in both public and
private life. Among these are: Ed
ward Arthur Bailock, 1877. one time
dean of the medical department of
Howard University and ex-president
of the Medical Association of the
District Of Columbia: Richard d. Har-
Ian, 1881. well known educator and
ex-president of the Lake Forest (Ill.)
College; James s. Harlan, 1888, broth
er of R. D. Harlan, formerly attorney
general of Porto Rico, and a member
of the United States Interstate Com
merce Commission; Victor Kauff-
mann, 1889. treasurer Of the WASH
ington Star; Mahlon Pitney, 1879, ex-
Representative in Congress and As
sociate Justice of the United States
Supreme Court, and Robert Sterling
Yard, 1888. editor Of the New York
Herald from 1891 to 1900, and for
mer chief of the Century
Magazine.
But this story Is not about Wash
ington's past with regard to Prince
ton, but concerns primarily the pres
ent generation, the undergraduate
classes of 1922. 1923 and 1924.
At the beginning of the academic
year there were forty-seven Wash
ington boys at Princeton. When COM
pared with the total enrolment of
two thousand, this number seems
small. However, 1t is not by quantity,
but->b quality that the Washington
boys shine. The District of Columbia
ranks ninth among the. states in the
number OF her sons sent to Princeton
| this year. New york, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohio. Illinois. Maryland
Missouri and Massachusetts, outnum-
ber her in the order named. But none
Of these states. including New York,
| with it's 553 men in the college, out
| ranks Washington in the quality of
| her sons. In other words. in the num-
ber of men who "do" things around
| the campus.
1.-THE Versatility OF washinston's
= sons Is ably shown in the wide
| scope of their extra curriculum activi-
ties. which embrace nearly every one
Of the athletic and athletic In
! terests. Men from the capital city
are to be found on the Daily Prince
tonian. the Princeton Tiger and the