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The Wilson Handshake.
. CHAPTER I.
Background and Boyhood.
IjSJ * IV was four .wars more than •
l%i»I '«nturjr ago that a restless
|ffi|sp| vonth or twenty, to wboae
*** •' eiir* had coiue amazing sto
ries of the opportunities to be found tn
a new Innd. forsook the home of his
Scotch-Irish fathers In County Down
aud sailed forth toward the paths of
the western stars. Perhaps be bad
heard of the fame of • Scotsman of his
own name and without doubt bis own
k'ln who, having migrated to America
only a generation before, had become
one of the founders of the new nation,
one of the signers of the Declaration of
independence, a member of Its const!
tutioual '"onventlon and a justice of Its
first supreme court. At all events. It
was on a ship bound for the city of
Justice James Wilson that young James
Wilson sailed.
The Inter emigrant may bare been
destined to no such eminence as was
the earlier, yet young James, too. found
his opportunity tn the new country—
fotind It In n little shop full of the
smell of printer's Ink and mysterious
with the upiuiriituß of the preservative
art—the shop at 16 Franklin conrt for
merly the home of Benjamin Franklin,
whence Issued to the enlightenment of
the good |K>ople of Philadelphia Wil
liam Puane's*dolly paper, tbe Aurora.
To tlielr enlightenment. It la to be
hoped, certainly very much to their en
tertainment and their agitation—and
not only theirs, bnt the whole country's
as well. William Duane was tbe earli
est inurkrnker In American Journalism.
James Wilson took aptly to the print
ing trade and tn bis employer, as bla
employer did to him. Tbe young man
prospered. And be married— married
Anno Adams, an Irish girl foar years
his junior, who bad come over on tbe
ship tbat brought him. James Wil
son's wife was a bluestocking of a
Presbyterian to tbe day of ber death
and brought up ber ten children in tbe
nurture and admonition of tbe Lord
in the strictest sect of Presbyterian-
Ism.
Wilson now became nominally pub
lisher of the Aurora. Duane, when tbe
war of 1812 broke ont. was made
yfc* fflJB
ft n i /
/' i
j
Judge James Wilson, Paternal Grand
father of Wood row Wilson.
adjutant general of tbe eastern district
of t'Aunsylvanla. and It srema tbat be
left the management of tbe paper to
Wilson.
With tbe peace of Qbent a new
movement westward set IP. Wilson
determined to try tils fortunes In tbe
hinterland. Ue went to Pittsburgh.
Just growing Into a city. Then Iris
fancy was taken by tbe little town of
Lisbon, J net acmes tbe Hoe tn tbe new
state of Oblo; but soon be found a
better location lo Meubenvllle. Here
be started a paper of bla own-tbe
Western Hern Id It waa called—and It
was destined to a long and measurably
Influential rareer.
James Wllsoa. first and last, most he
held rs*i**>«lble for a goodly portion
of tbe printed wisdom and folly of tbe
early nineteenth centnry. Be printed
In Philadelphia. He toonded a news
paper In Kteubeavllle, and la Its oflW
he trained every one of bla seven sons
to be an ejpert compositor, la tBXI
ha founded a paper at FltMwrgfe-tfee
Pennsylvania Advocate.
llr. Wilson started tbe Advocate
wtth the aid of four of Us aone and
two apprentice boye. feat when It waa
fairly on Ita feet be left It In the laa
medlate charge of bla eldest so*.
James WUaon waa a man of extraor
linarily poeJUre opinions, rather
more, be was very outspoken la them.
His paper was s very viforoos pobU
cation Indeed, dlscuaslng the questions
of the day-and tbey bad pretty Ms
question* In tbe flmt half of the nine
teenth century-with fearleaa convUr
tlon and Wnntness. The editor was a
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1'913.
WOODROW
WILSON
The Story of His Life
. From the Cradle to
the White House
By WILLIAM BAYARD HALE
Copyright, IMI, mi, br Doublsday, Pane
* Co.
was tor a term a member or tbe Ohio
state legislature. During' bia aliaeuce
at Cblumbus bis wife, wltb (he ad of
tbe son*, edited tbe paper and boarded
tbe bauds.
Judge Wilson died In Pittsburgh dur
ing a cholera epidemic In 1837. He had*
ten children, seven boy* and tlifee girls
' The daughters married well, and tlie
sons all attained considerable dlstlnc
tlon.
Judge Wilson's youngest son wan Jo
sepb Rnggles, through whom runs the
special current of this story.
Joseph was born at Btent>env!lle on
Feb. 28. 1822. He got bis first school
ing In his father's shop. I.lke all the
other sons, be learned tbe printer's
trade. Not one of (bem hut could to
the day of bis death "stick ty|ie" with
any Journeyman:
Joseph from the start was marked
for tbe scbolnr of the family. There
was s good academy at Bteuben«llle.
and be attended 1L At eighteen be
went to Jefferson college, a Presbyte
rian Institution at Canonsburg. I'a,
where be was graduated In IHW as
valedictorian. He engaged In teuehln?
(or a year, taking charge of au acad
emy at Mercer, Pa. Hut the call was
clear to a higher Hfe work. Before lie
had left home for college be bad made
a public profession of bis rnlth In the
First Presbyterian cburcb of his na
tive town. Now be .took hi* way to
tbs Western Theological seminary at
Allegheny. Pa., remalued a year and
tben went to apend another year at
Princeton seminary. He went borne
and waa licensed to preacb. although
not yet ordained. He taught for two
years In tbe Bteubenvllle male acad
emy.
To tbe fact that there was another
Steubenvllle academy I* dne. the necea
■lty of telling this story. Tbere was
another, not for males, and to It there
came among other girls of the Ohio
▼alley a damsel from Obilllrothe. tbe
pretty town wblcb waa Ohio's first
'capital. Janet Woodrow was ber name,
thougb most people called her Jessie,
and she wns the daughter of a great
and famous Preibyterian minister of
the day. One afternoon, tbe lessous at
Dr. Beanie's school being over. Janet
Woodrow took a walk. Passing by tbe
Wilson house she spied through tbe
pickets of the garden fence tbe youug
theolog raking In s pair of kid gloves.
On the 7tb day of June. 1840. Joseph K.
Wilson and Janet Woodrow were le
gaily Joined In marriage by Thomas
Woodrow, minister of tbe
We bars another Immigration to ob
serve. Tbe Woodrows are an ancient
fsmlly originally oat of Kngland. who
trace their B-otMab history Inick *IOO
years. Among them flourished minis
ters, scholars -snd men of substance
wltb s Presbyterian martyr or two
Tbe Rev. Dr. Thomas Woodrow. 60rn
at Palaley In 1783. a graduate of olas
gow university, recrossed (IN> Tweed to
become minister of the Independent
Congregation al Carlisle. Kngland
After having served there sixteen yeurs
snd begotten eight children be fell (he
csll to become a missionary lu (lie new
world.
Two weeks sfter bis marriage with
Jessie Woodrow. Joseph Buggies Wll
son ws* ordained by ibe preshyiery of
Ohio. It wss several years, however
before be undertook s pastorsle of any
consequence, serving for a year as
"professor extraordinary" of rhetoric In
Jefferson college and for four years as
professor of chemistry snd nutura
sciences is Hamndeo-Bydney college
Virginia, In tbe meantime supplying
small neighboring cburcbe*. Tlie llev
Mr. Wilson bad become tbe father ol
two ds ugh ters. Marion snd Auule Jo
sephlne, before he wss csiled as pnstor
to Btsnnton, Vs.. In Iffift. Msuuton
where be remained for two years. wa>
S town of 5.000 population, beautifully
attested In the famous vslley of Vlr
gin la.
Here It wss tbst oa Her. IWS
Thomas Woodrow Wilson wss born
Tbs tnfsnt Wilson ito spend s mo
ssent reviewing his parental history
was born to sa suspicious brrttsge
His Mood wss Scotob lrtsh. a strain
psrbsps tbe most vigorous physically
tbe most slert mentslly. tbe most ro
bast morally of sll (base that have win
gled is tbe sbsptng of tbe Americsn
cbsrscter. Bis forbears were men end
women wbo bad conspicuously dis
plsysd the qualities of a sturdy race:
tbey were people Imaginative, bopefsl.
venturesome, stubborn, shrewd, Indus
trioua. tadinwi to learning, strongly
tloctarsd with piety, yet practical snd
thrifty. Oe one side tbey were sn an
cient family wbo had preserved tbe
mscsory of s psrt la large sffslrs. wbo
tot genera MOBS had carried tbe banner
ef religion and iesrnlng-tbe psra
mount eoaesms ef Scottish men. Oe
the other *4e tbey bed bad tbelr s lis re
hi tbs pebMe sffslrs of s more modern
nation. Tbe newborn wns descended
from eisrgyisen end editors; men of
strong opinions, men likewise sccus
tomed to give free leeve to their o|4o
lons. Tbey war* Protestants In rail,
giou sad la pontics radicals, ploosera, s
stoat besrted breed.
Such wss tb« ancestral preparation
for life of the Utile son ef the Prasby
terisn pastor who came Into tbe world
Christmss week, 1886. lu thefrwn of
sa staple day of national evolution end
woflict
CHAPTER 11.
Boyhood In Georgia,
Bwl\ tbe spring of 1858, Thomas
1J Woodrow Wilson being then'
Jjjl two von r* old, the family
moved to August*. Oa.. where
Ibe fut|ier wus to lie pastor of tbe
Presbyterian ohurelt for the next four
years.
With bin entrance u(>on (he Augusta
paatonite. the Itev. Mr. Wilson bccarii*
one of tlx- must noted ministers of tbe
south. Thoroughly equipped In tbe the
ology of hi* pulpit.ora
tor of great iiower und a iieinoiinllty of
extraordinary force, hp early reached
and long maintained a |iosltion of murb
Influence When the war came on he
embraced with nil the strength of hjs
character the southern side. At tbedl
vision of the Presbyterian church Into
nortlicrn and southern branches lie in
vited the Brut general assembly of tbe
latter to meet In Ills church and became
Its permanent clerk.
In 1806 Dr. Wilson was styled "stat
ed clerk" of the southern Presbyterian
general assembly, and he continued to
be such until IMOB. when be resigned,
being then seventy-seven years old and
having kept the southern Presbyterian
records for nearly forty years. He was
moderator of the assembly In 1870. lie
died at Princeton, X. J., In bis eighty
first year
Mr. Wilson hnd been a professor of
rhetoric, and he always remained one.
taking very seriously and practicing
with a sense of its sanctity the art of
words. He read his sermons, every
one of which' was marked by high
llterar.v finish: although In no sense
unduly rhetorical.
Mr. Wilson nsed to speak with con
tempt of tbe florid stylo of oratory,
and even early In life his son was
trained to consciousness of tbe ab
surdity of hlgbfntntin rhetoric.
Tommy Wilson's earliest recollected
Impression bud to do with the break
ing out of tlie civil war. Ou a certain
day In* November. IBHO. the little boy.
playing on the gate before his fntber's
bou:e. saw two men meet on the side
walk and beard one of them cry, "Lin
coln Is elected, and there'll he wart"
This Is the earliest recollection of
Woodrow Wilson Homething In tbe
■brill tone of the s|>eaker struck for
tbe first time a chord of lasting mem
ory.
Yet Woodrow Wilson remembers lit
tle. almost nothing, of tbe war. Au
gusta was on au island around wblcb
flowed the current of the conflict. It
was never occupied by Federsl troops
until reconstruction days. No refu
gees ever fled to It The man does re
member that Ibe isiy saw' a troop of
men In every sort of pnrh mounted on
every sort of horse ride pnst the liouse
one day on their way to Join the Con
federate army. They Were not a terri
fying or glorious spectacle. Tbe boy
cripd after them In a slang exclnma
tlou of tbe day. "On get yoitr miller
He does remember the scarcity ol
ibe food supply that came on as the
war progressed not that there was
not enough food, but It was greatly
re*tri led lu variety.
There wus another war event that
made its Lmpresslun upon tbe l>oy— In
tbe summer of 18H."> he sow Jefferson
Davis ride by tinder guard on his way
to Fortress Monroe
After 18UR Dr. Wilson's church was
occupied tcin|K>rarUy by Federal sol
dlers However, such hardships as tbr
city or Augusta suffered through tbr
war were nothing compared with those
endured In most parts of tbe south II
Is to this frn-t thai is to be attributed
the small purl In Woodrow Wilson's
education played by the passions ot
tbe great conflict. He was only nine
year* old when the #nr ended He
was. too. apparently a boy who aArfiP
What lariiilv developed strong convic
tions lu short, he wus a real bo?
while he *:** a isiy, more concerned
In lite games of his crowd ihan lu llu
principles of a war of which tbey sun
little
The Wilson lioy was. his companion,
say. an active 111 tie fellow. It was i
peculiarity thnt he was always run
nlng He seemed incapable of'proceed
Ing from isilnt to |s>int otherwise, lit
ran scarcely lie said to have waikeo
until be wna fourteen or ttfleen yean
■ld.
Una of the thrilling moments of the
boy's early life wna the day and even
Ing when the first street car enmt
down tbe street* of Augusta The
cars were of the holdall variety will
s box for nickels up In front Hr nigh)
—the electric light had not then turner'
nig In Into day the glimmering fed
purple and green fights cnrrled by (IK
oars afforded endless pleasure as tlie
spprisn-tu-d nnd receded Tlie' boys
too. uuide friends with the driver* ano
•rent along with lhem ou their trips
being allowed sometime* to work tfc*
brakes and to turn Ibe swltcbee.
A llltle later Tom leu rued the delight
sf the Middle. Dr. Wilson kept s big
black buggy horse, which Tommy useo
lo ride "couservsdtely." says bis old
pisyiuale, Pteiisaiil A. Xtovsll, BOW
editor of Ibe Xnvanusb Press.
Tbe stable or. barn and lbs Idt la
dosed by (lie imrwsisge offices were
favortlr resorts for all tbe boys of tbe
neighbor his id. among whom Wilson
was s natural leader. He slid Pleeasnt
Stovsll organised s club among Ibe
bids and called It the iJgbtfoot dub.
The chief activities of Ibis fellowship
•eeiu to have been tbe playing of bass
tsill with other nines town boys snd
the bidding of meetings characterised
by much nk-ety*of parilametitsry pro
• edurc l>ery one of tbe Hide chaps
knew i-orfectly well Jnst wbst the "pre
vious iiueKtlpn" wss; knew tbst only
two amendments to s resolution could
be offered; that (base were to be voted
on. In reverse order, sod tbe rest of It
lu tbe neighborhood ef tbe town wss
a delightful subnrben spot, (ben known
mereiy ss (he "ssnd hills." wbere Wil
son's uncle. Js roes Bones, wbo bsd
married Marion Woodrow. Woodrow
Wilson's sunt, hsd S country bouse
Wilson snd lleasant Stovsll used to
fide out lo tbe ssad bills on horse
back snd spend a great deel of their
time in the pleasant country. Mrs. Wil
son frequently s|*nl s summer lu the
north, snd when she wss a way froth
heme tbe boy went ont to Uve with bis
aunt In tbe ssnd bills. -
The daughter ef tbe beuse, Jessie
Woodrow Bones (she 1* now Mrs. A.
a.- '4BB
The Msnae, Staunton, Vs M 'Where
Woedrew Wilson Ws* Born.
T. H. Itrower of Chicago), was a great
tomlsiy and Idolized her cousin, and
the two aiieut many a long, happy sum
mer day at play In tbe woods. Long
before she knew a letter be bad Riled
ber mind and Imagination with tbe
"leather Stocking Tales," and what
he read to her or (old her ID tbe twl
llght on the veruuda tbey acted ont In
tbelr play next day. Casting aalde all
the encumbrances of drlllxatlbu except
that which coiwervatlve authority In
(he *hn|ie of tlie aunt and mother re
quired. tbey stained their faces, arms
and legs with iwkeherry Juice and wltb
headdresses of feathers and armed
with hows and arrows crept out of the
bouse and statlo>ed themselves by tbe
side uf a lonely road leading from Au
gusta to a negro settlement In (be
piny woods. Here they would lie In
watt uudl chance brought tbsm their
victims iu ibe *ha|te of little darkles*
on tbelr way to town wltb bundles of
llgbtwood on their beads. TheU.wlth
bloodcurdllug warwlioops, they would
dash nut upou tbe unsuspecting prey,
brandishing wooden tomahawks In
frightful fashion.
Ou other occasion* the little girl had
to enact the part of various kinds of
game. Once she WAS supposed to be s
squirrel lu (he (op of a tree. 80 good
• marksman was her cousin that abe
was bit by an arrow and came tum
bling to tbe ground at his feet The
terrified Itttle hunter Carried ber limp
body Into tbe bouse wltb a conscience
torn aa It probably never bas been
since, crying: "I am a murderer. It
wuan't an accident. I killed her."
Young Dones are SUPQIS, and the little
girl had happily sustained no Injury.
Mr. Bonea' bonse atood next to the
Dnlted States arsenal, which after the
close of tbe war -was occupied by tbe
Federal troops. Tommy and Jessie
Dever tired of going to tbe guard
bouse, at tbe entrance to the arsonal
grounds, to look at the soldiers and
talk with them. One day, however.
Jessie's mother explained to ber that
those friends of theirs were Yankees
and bad fought against tbs sou(h. It
waa a great blow to tbe couple, and
tbey often discussed (be feaslblllly of
convening (he Yankees Into Presbyte
rians. all good people being Presbyte
rians and all wicked one* Yankees.
ttim Wilson, for one reason or an
other, was not taught bis letters until
long past the date at whlcb - most
youngsters have learned (o read. It
may have been (hat his mo(her, who
bad been strenuously taugbt In ber
young yoars in F.ngland and wbo used
In later life to apeak feellnglly of (he
folly Of having to learn Ladn In ona's
sixth year, had Ideas of her own about
forcing Ibe young Intellect It may
bave been his father, wbo was a man
of very great nosltlveness and orlgl
nallty of opinion, was averse to having
his roo gel Ills first gllin|isea Into the
world of knowledge otherwise tlinn
through himself. Hut. however It
rame about. Tom Wll*in was nut
taught his alphalief until be was nine
rears old j'liere wna a great deal of
rending aloud In the family, not only
his father and mother, but Ills two si*
•era. frequently rending hi.lll choice ex
tracts from standard Issiks Sir Wal
for Hcott and IHekens were made fa
miliar to.the lad In this way. He re
members SM III tbe pleasure which his
father showed In "Pickwick." rending
he Installments aloud, with Mrs. Wll
son as (lie special audlsuce, (hough
even at (he early age of elglil Ibe boy
remember* that he appreciated intleh
uf the humor of tlie young author
Tbs lad attended tbe best schools
Augusts offered. Public schools were
either nonexistent or so poor ss to be
worthless, so (he boy wss put st sn In
stitiKloq kept by Professor Joseph T.
Derry, with e habitation over the post
office. Later. I'rofessor Derry moved
bis school to a building on Ibe tirer
bank next to some coftoo warehouse*
Here (be Isiys made tlie warehouses
(heir playgrounds, exploring and play
Ing hide and seek among Ibe colloa
bslee.'
Joseph llucker Lamsr. now sn ss
sociste justice of Ibe supreme court of
tbe United KUlss. wss a pupil of Pro
fessor Derry st slmut tbs same time
Joe l-stnnr was the sou of another
minister In tbe city. Ibe Iter. James 8
Lamar, jiastor of tbe Christian cliurcb.
who lived In a bouse on Mcintosh
streel. next to (be Wilsons.
Professor Jobu T. Derry, much be
loved ot nil bis pupils, bad returned
borne from four years In (he Confeder
ate army to U-acb. He Is ibe aulhor
of several hooks snd Is now iu tbe
sgricultursl department of Ibe stsls
of Georgia. Mr. Derry says Ibst Tom
Wilson was s quiet, studious hoy. snd
be speaks with tbr greatest de lght of
tbe Auzuats days.
But youug Wilson's rasl Instructor
during tbe Augusts days wss bis fs
tber. before Ibe sge st which
boys sre Imbibing knowledge from
books he was already receiving from
Ute Hps of hi* father sn ed tics tlon
more varied, more practical end soupd
than any tbst cod Id othsrwlse have
come to him.
Father and son wars constant com
panions. but It was Sunday afternoons
that tbe elder devoted particularly to
bis son's (mining. Tben. sitting on
the floor, or. rather, reclining tbere
sgalnst an Inverted chair, tbe gifted
parson poured out Into Ibe ssrs of the
spellbound lad sll tbe stores of his ex
perience. learning end thought He
was s man of wide Informstion on Ibe
sffslrs of the world, s Judge ef good
literature, a master ef tbs queen ot
the sciences, theology, snd withal a
man of mucb Imaginative power.
Above ell, the elder Wtlaon had a
clean working mind. He/bad a way
[uf recognising facts, and ■» processes
/.« hi. ,lv.- At JMU », (_ ,v„
light of reason. If tjie lio.v bud learn
ed uotbluu else lie would Imve been
happy Indeed to lutve lieen guided
from the lieglnuliig Into the ways of
clear, cold thinking.
And Dr. Wilson wns a master of tbe
English language, lie Itelleved that
nobody had a thought until be could
put It i|ule|tly and definitely into
words. This he did himself, and this
he taught his son to do.
On Miiudiiys tlie father would almost
without exiepllou take bis son out
with blm ou sbuie excursion In tbe city
or neighboring country. On a Monday
(be two wot'ld visit the machine shops
Tom would l>e shown furnaces, boilers,
machinery, taught to follow the release
of power from tlie poal to the coraple
tlon of Its work lu a finished product
of steel or of cotton. He remembers to
this day the Impression made upon blm
then by tbe gigantic engine*, tbe roat
of furnaces or tbe d.irtlug up of sheets
of flame He remcnibens grcut forges
presided over t,i Amity faced Imps. In
tbl« fashion by a continual round Of
vislta of Inspection in which the sight
of visible things and vldble processes
was the text of running lectures on the
principles of nature, chemistry, physics
and of tbe ommlxntlon of butnan socl
ety the Isiy learned what he would
have bad great rilfll. ulty In learning
from IsMiks alone
CHAPTC'B 111.
Off to Collsgs.
HITK Wilson* moved from An
irii«tH to Columbia. 8. C.. In
the autumn of ISTO. the Itev
Dr Wll*on resigning his pas
torate In order to liecumo a profoa*or
In the" Southern I'resbyterlan Thoolog
leal seminary IIIm chair wm tliut of
pastoral nml evangelistic theology. He
retnlueil II four years
Tom upiienr*' to have retreated here
Into the more exclllng scenes of nn Im
aginative life Hp forsook In mind the
street*.of flip commonplace town and
the dreary hank* of the Congaree and
advbnlured forth In search of exploit*
In fariilT liiiiilx. All hoys do some
thing of tbf mirt. hut there ran be no
doulil that In the '-uHe ot.thls young
dreamer thi* exercise of Imagination
waa constant and vivid and tbnt dur
ing a great |uirt uf Ids dnjra he lived, NO
far a* hi* mind nn* concerned. In one
or another of the vnrloua character*
which iie had Invented and aasuuied.
Thua for many months he was an
admiral of the unvy und In tbnt char
acter wrote out daily reports to the
uavy department 111* mttlu achieve
ment In this capacity was the dis
covery and destruction of a nest of
pirates In the southern I'nclllc ocean.
It appear* Hint the government. along
with all the-people of the country, bad
been terrified by the mysterious dlsap
poar.ince of ship* wetting *all from or
expected at our western ports Ad-*
mlrnl Wilson wns ordered to Investi
gate with Ills fleet After nn eventful
cruise they overtook one night a pi
ritUcal locking craft with a black bull
add rakish rig. Again and again the
chase eluded the admiral. l-'lnally the
pursuit leo the fleet to the neighbor
hood of an Island uncharted uud hith
erto unknown. Here lay the shifts ol
Ihe outlawed enemy and the dlsmnn.
tied bulls of innt.y of their vlclliu*
And It may l>e believed that the brave
American tars, under the leadership
of the re.louiitahle admiral, pl.i.vcd a
truly heroic part la. the destruction ol
ibe pirates.
Tliere lire two thing* worth noting
about this story: nml. the length ol
time—several months In which the
boy lived the greater |inrt of bis wsk
Ing hours lb I lie ef-nrnefrr which lie
had Invented, mid. wmid. Ihe verl
similitude with which Ihv details re
lating to the grenl n lv"ii|iire were set
forth In the dally -report*."
About this time VVisnlmw was read
ing Cooper's sen lilies. 11l 111 Marry ill's
yarns. and. Iboitxti lie In.d never »ecti
a ship In his life never even seen the
ocean-lie knew every particular nt
•very class of l.v|ie of sailing ship,
the name, place und use of every spar,
■beet and sbroud.
At Columbia Wisidruw. as lie Is-gan
now to be ciiniiiniuly called, attended
the acbool kepi by Sir. Charles Hey
wan) Barnwell. Hut Ills real education
continued lu lie conducted by Ills fa
ther.
lie was now ii|iproucbluf Hie age for
college. In spile of Ids late start at
books, lie had rapidly |iiallfled lu Ibe
ordinary preparatory studies. and at
aeventeen. in the siiluum of 1H73. he
was sent off to college.
Davidson college. In funmus Sleeklen
burg couuty. N. C., Is s piosperou* In
etltutlon now and forty years ago war
■ stanch acbool. The fail that Dr.
Wilaoo had been nfiproached In connec
tion with Its presidency may have bud
something to do with Ms-chohe for
Wood row.
Living was rather primitive; Hie boys
bofit their own rooms, tilled tlielr own
Is tups, tor they bad uuly ker«oue; cut
Op and brought In Hie wood fur tlielr
own Urea and carried In water from
the pttnip outside. Wilson's room was
cm the ground floor, luckily: It was
rather s job to carry arm loads of wood
to remote rooms ou the upper floors
There still lingers at Darldson 'he tra
dition tbst Tom Wilson established a
record In the minimum time necessary
to dress, cross the campus aod be In
Ms seat when the before breakfast
chapel hell "topped ringing.
Instruction at Davidson was rather
hotter than wss common si smsil cot
leges In tlHise days. Will. It ran hard
ly be eakl that Wilson received much
Intellectual Impulse here, sltbough he
probably sddrd something to his stock
of knowledge. His college males In
cluded a score or mere who afterward
made reputations In the world, per
haps the most eminent betng It. It.
Oleno. who became governor at XortU
Carolina Ilia rlaaamates remember
nothing unusual about Wilson when
at Davidson i■"liege. They any be had
an open, engaging face, pleasant man
ners and was eery generally liked.
They agree that be -was not very much
Interested In games, which then con
sisted of iMselMll and shinny. How
ever, be played baseliall for awhile
on the college nine and had the pleas
ure of hearing the captain say, "Wil
son, yon would make a dandy player
If you were not so d— la**.' He
was a great walker and at times
seemed to like to he stone, walking
PC* In t'ywtcV-. WII 1, he wss as s
rule, a very soclnl animal and a great
talker in coinrenlal company. When
the fellows repnlred to his room ttiey
would generally find blm curled tip on
the bed with a l*>ok In'his hand, read
ing. He Joined one of tbe literary
societies, the "Fumenean."
Once a year. In February, a holiday
waa given to every student on which
he was to plant a tree. so. whether
Wilson .did It to get the holiday or
because be wnpted to do something
useful, he planted an elm on (he
campus at Davidson, and It stand*
there strong nnd upright today.
Early In the year a small Incident
In class. fastened upon him a nick
name. The rhetoric class helng en
gaged upon that well known part of
Trench's "F.nglish, Past and Present."
which set* forth tmncb after the man
ner of the Wanilm In the ntienlng
chapter In "Ivanhoe"i how good Nuxon
beasts take Norman names when they
come to the table, the professor asked
Woodrow. "What Is calves' meat when
served at tnlile?" and received the
haaty rppl.v. "Mutton!" Wilson was
"Monsieur Mouton" for the rest of tbe
year.
Indeed, he dirt not finish the year, for
be fell 111 Just liefore the examinations
came, on and was taken to bis home,
then at Wilmington. N. C.. to the pas
torate of tlie Presbyterian church to
which city Dr. Wlison had Jus( lieen
called
Woodrow remained In Ills father's
house at Wilmington throughout the
year 1874-fi. It had l>een determined
that he should pot return to Davidson,
hut' should go to Princeton, nrt'l he
spent the year tutoring In Creek and a
few other studies.
In truth, there wns a good deal of
play done that year too. The boy had
grown too fast and mis hardly lit for
the rigid schedule of college life. 80
be "took It easy." Wilmington waa an
old nnd historic place It was n sea
port; for llrt> first time Woodrow saw
a ship and caught the smell of the aea.
Talk was sllll full of tile adventures of
tbe blockade runners of the war lately
ended. Wilmington hying lieen a fa
vorlte port of the desperate men and
awlft ships that (lien made so many
gallan( chuptera of sea history. What
Imaginative youth from tlie Interior
but would have tiaunled (he docks and
made an occasions! (rip dowu (o (he
•ape. 10 return with the pilot of aa
futgolng ship—
For the first time here. too. the young
man begun to tuke part In the social
Hfe which Is so Important an element
of exlatoncc In the south, lie was real
ly too youug for die associations Into
which he was now thrown. Dr. and
Mra. Wilson Immediately achieving de
voled popularity, the parsonage swiftly
becoming a social rendezvous of the
city, it was 11 oily of gentlemen of
good company and women who would
bave been esteemed brilliant the world
over.
It waa a ehu|» vi+v different from ibe
raw youth of Davidson who one day In
September. IB7A. took the "Washington
and Weldon" train for the north to en
ter Princeton college
CHAPTER IV.
A Student at Prlno«ton.
HBKN Wood row Wilton rot oti
(be tralti at the little station
In I'rlneetou early lu Septem
ber. 1876, oae of 184 new
cuDjeni. be round hlui*elf ID a charm
log old town of maple*, elm* and catal
pa*. among which *tood the college
building*. during, ooe of them, back to
IJW
The place, full of tradition* of ttie
Revolutionary war. had been a favor
'lte renort of nonlheru atudeot* up to
ISfll. The llntt war bad battered the
front of Old Nnwiaii hall, and the sec
ond had done more aubatantlal If leu
(ilclurei«|iiM damage lu withdrawing
from the Inmltntlon a large pnrt of It*
southern patronage. The noutb could
111 afford to *end It* young men far
away lo college now. ThU year, la
deed. there rame twenty men from the
southern s'atea. tt I* remembered that
some of tlieae youth* needed recon
struction. i "
WIIHOU I* re mem lie red In no *ncb
way. fie wa* known a* a Democrat
of *tout opinion* from the day be Brut
tpened hi* mouth on (lie campu*. but
»o rwollectlon remain* of bl* having
tflwplnyed any *e-tlonal lunwlon. A
rla**m*te remember*, however, (bat
00 OD* oocaalon when * group of fel
low* were talking of Ibe mlxfortuoe*
that follow In 'lie wake of war Wll*on.
who wn* In the group, cried out, "Yon
know nothing whatever about Itr and
with face a* white a* a sheet of paper
ehruptlv toft the company.
All-testimony gne* to Indicate that
Tom WlUon Immediately took hi*
pla-* fin a leader In tlie claim, lie ap
peared a* a young fellow of great ma
turity of character, blended with un
mma) freehue** of Interest In all thing*
pertaining to college Ufa. lie bad tbe
manner* of a young aristocrat Hl*
apeecb wa* cultured, tie soon won the
reputation of already wide reading and
.aound ludgmeut. There la abundant
evidence I bat lie wa* from tbe (tart a
marked figure among tbe men who
oow rofiatliute tbe "famous claas of
"19." There have been more famoua
Princeton graduate* than tbeae. but
there ha* never tw-en a claaa of *o high
an average of ability. Itohert Bridges.
ON of tbe editor* of frrlhoer'* Maga
sine; the llev. Dr. A. R Q a lacy, aecre
tary of tbe I'renbrtcrlnn board'of for
eign mlaalnn*: Charlr* A. Talcott. 11.
a; VI all lon I'llney. justice of tbe an
preni» court of the United States:
Robert 11. MrCarier. ei-ottorney gen
eral of New Jersey: Kdward W Bhel
don. pmri'tent of tbe Onlfed State*
Trout ruuiimny: Colonel Kdwln A.
Steven* of X»w Jersey and Judge Rob
ert R. Uendenum of Maryland aiw only
typical member* of a claas of una*oat
mental capacity. Among each men
Wllaon from tbe *tart ranked high.
Not a* • student perhaps. Be wa*
never * bright particular star In •-
amlnallons. I'rlnceton graduated a*
"honor men" sucb student* aa bat*
maintained throughout their font
years' course an average at 9t i* •
[TO eotrriHuaal
Between aim,
"I believe I'll break my engagement
to Choliy. He can't realty love me."
"He write* me socb short letters.
NO.l
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