Evening star., 1924-02-27
CHAPTER III.
" oOdrOw Wilson's First Defeat and
It's Influence or His Career.


Nineteen hundred eight and nine
ere two ev.ntful years in the life
Of Woodrow Wilson. They were
cul iouSly like the years of his later
battle for the l"'Gue OF nations. In
a"rimony and bitterness the contro-
'crSy az Princeton over the kind of
. graduate school 10 be established
raa more intense, perhaps, than the
legislative dispute which led to Pres
iGent Wilson'S physical breakdown.
There is an interesting analogy in
th" Circur!s .auces of the two fights,
Doth If 'iich made him taste the
urcg3 81 d"tcat
Personal tIicr.l&hIps were severed
g. ltln n,ricu which time never re-
Luire1. Chs~zos and counter charges
rore nAJt on the me2nirE of phrases
arJ aLtisuuur uttcra1ceH. pr. Will
s"n's opponents did rot hcsitate TO
&'"uSt h!m ot species Of ''intellec-
i.%l dishonesty. And he. ON mis- part,
attrlbuted :" them motives of per-
:"nal exploitation rather than the
P"St Interests of the university.
bitterness Ends Friendship.
Tor thirty wears there had been an
>Hhro!len intimacy between the late
N"&cs Taylor Pyne and Woodrow
wilson. No friendship OF later days
r compared with II. Mr. p.ne was
s':irnan of the graduate school
s-"Himittc" of the hoard of trustees
go isg4'l :. .t2t@mert announcing
j.. r"gFrtful opposition t. DR.. Will
- rlIn Bet"r" il was printed.
-',,i: III" statement 10 Or. Wilson 10
n's!'t r.. II was iSlbl% affected, but
'''Hjd not .av q word for publication.
u NEu Eltc the other side rope
Ugh, h. remarked. they'll al
T. hang themselves. 1t was a
.Tst3"i'r!S,iC comment. He was fear
: - aud uureirutuC. He believed in
N'tn@att tindic2tion. The graduate
h@ul controversy came to head
tn VI !lii3m Cooper Proctor of Gin
t "uE-' soap, and himself an alunuuS
- rlNceton, offered $500, 600 tor the
ln5'id,ng or graduate school pro-
''d'! tht trustees could raise an
.',";l amount. Woodrow Wilson
1u'-lsd II" gift down. His defense
Nps that the gift had strings tied
~ ii Ic thought the reservations
,"1"rf"rr1 with the authority of the
board pt trustees to administer the
university. one Of the conditions Of
It" gift was that Dean West should
r."2!n a the head OF the graduate
e. iIopl. f't3n VI TSf was a close friend
al MIR. Proc or, and was instrumental
~ having the offer made. He was an
energetic champion of the graduate
.rhpol and waS always purSuading
lm"n Of wealth to give their money tc
iTiuctton.
Faced Hostile Audience.
When tha Proctor gift was rejected,
alumni sentiment l2Came hostile.
The Princeton Club ct New York wa
sp antag"nistic that for i. time it
!oct"d a5 II an Invitation t. speak.
Y hich had been extended to DIR. Viii
:.oit before the Proctor incident be-
Came acute. would te withdfa WI.
Woodrow Wilson waS not in the hest
OF health and took u needed rest in
bermuda early in the Year 1910. When
hc returned the Princeton Club did
rtut withdraw the invitation. Neither
old Dr. Wilson seek TO avoid il. He
went straight t. The camp OF the
In.'nT.
The tension that evening was in
dtS"rlhatle Never in his later ca
T.c~ did Woodrow Wilson face al
audience more hostile to him. The
perfunctory cheers at the opening
at the meeting We're not as usual
1or Wilson" but for the President
"f Prineeton'-the irony of which
did not fail to escape his notice.
You want 70 know why / turned
Gcwn million dollars wi.a pr. Will