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The True Story Of Woodrow Wilson U) DAVID LAWRENCE (CoyrttM IW4 by t*? G?o r%* M. Dacan Cawaany I" th? United Stataa. Canada. S*?tti Aairka, Wotltf pufelicalian rtfhti r.mv'd by Currant Ne?? Faatyraa. IM.) Chapter II Turning back to those college days where as a student and a news paper correspondent representing the Associated Press, the author! came in constant contact with Wood row Wilson, lecturer on constitu tional government and President of Princeton University, there were un mistakable signs o-f the power of a great intellect bursting with a desire break the fetters of convention and project itself into the controversies of the hour. As if with peculiar an ticipation of later day events, the thesis which Woodrow Wilson had written when he received his degree of doctor of laws was a book on I "Congressional Government, " sup-! p.einented later by another work on I "The State", both of which have i been the standard textbooks of many collego courses. His inaugural ad I dress in 1902 as President of Prince ton University was a curious coun terpart of subsequent appeals lor' service to humanity ? he asked tliatj Princeton dedicate itself tu the na tion's service. He was beginning to j I think more of a broader sphere of j usefulness than the narrow confines of academic research. Himself a so ciable person, popular with his class mates as a student, and later 'very highly respected as a professor and. 1 lecturer, Mr. Wilson veered con stantly to the serious side of educa tional matters. His dissent with the modern college method was that it prolonged to an extent the era of boyhood and did not always begin soon enough the earnest teachings of manhood. I can see him walking slowly across the campus of Princeton at tired in academic gown, meditating as he walked that autumn day of 1907, his eyes on the gravel path that led toward Nassau Hall where the formal exercises opening the Un iversity for the year were to be held. Suddenly like a bolt from the blue clutches of a sophomore who was pursuing him collided head-on with the University President Just as he was crossing, in front of Marquard Chapel. "I should think," he burst forth angrily, "that you would respect this sacred place and perform your pranks elsewhere." Not long afterwards Dr. Wilsom, as he was then called, proposed that this mild form of hazing or "hors ing" freshman (a name derived from "horse-play") should cease. It did not. Student opinion brought about some modifications, but not until af ter Dr. Wilson had resigned was the custom abolished, altogether. It was during Woodrow Wilson's days as a student forty-five years ago that Greek-letter societies were for bidden at Princeton. Dining clubs In luxurious buildings came as a sub stitute but only members of the two upper classes were eligible. Wood row Wilson's aspiration for a more serious application of students to the teachings of their elders turned him toward an analysis of the social system in Princeton. He argued that all classes, ycrung and old, should mingle and that the influence of the tutors should be constant. Prince ton had accepted with enthusiasm his reform known as the Preceptor ial System whereby students were divided into groups of a half dozen members and given at least an hour a week of Intimate study with a pro fessor or preceptor In each course. But when Mr. Wilson proposed that the social life of the University be altered and that the Oxford "quad" system be instituted, the whole stu dent body to be divided into a few units and each unit consisting of an equal number from the four classes, he encountered a stubborn resis tance. The Board of Trustees at first gave their tentative approval but subsequently held the matter in abeyance to canvass alumni senti ment, Prom that moment on it seemed as if Woodrow Wilson had found a greater opportunity than had been vouchsafed him thereto fore. He made speeches to the stu dents and before alumni bodies out side of Princeton and before audien ces of various kinds throughout the United States discussing the needs of higher education with all the fer vor that was later his In political life. He assailed what he called the "side shows*' in the colleges and cried out that they were swallowing up the "main tent." He gave no quarter after that. He drew away from those who opposed him. Fac tions developed not only In the fa cuty -1>ut in the alumni associations of Princeton throughout the coun try. In and around New York City lived a large number of influential alumni who had contributed by gift quite liberally to the support oi Princeton University. Dr. Wilson ac cused them of "proprietory inclina tions" and of wanting to impair the natural democracy of Princeton He saw what In politics might hav? been called "vested Interests" crush ing <rut those who would Invade ex clusiveness. Enmities developed which to his dying day were not for Court and legal docu ments photographed hy ZOELLER 'S STUDIO Orrr Flr?t M dUaeaa Nat l Bank gotten. One might have imagined from a reading of the diatribes of both sides in that controversy that Prin ceton was unlike other colleges yet, indeed it had a social system admit tedly more advanced than some ol its rivals with the Greek-letter fra ternities. Dr. Wilson's ambition nevertheless was to make of Prince ton un institution rivalling the un iversities of the old world. To him Oxford and Cambridge were produc tive of more serious minded stu dents. He saw no objection in cre ating artificial social units. To him a college was not a social club but a place for earnest study with the social side an incidental consider ation. To bring teacher and student into social relationship was his aim; but the American youth, his oppon ents said, wanted to choose his own social companions and did not re lish the constant presence of his masters. So the battle raged when on top of it all there suddenly broke out another controversy. Princeton had always wanted a greater Graduate School. Two plans had been sub mitted, one by Dean -Andrew F. West, providing for the building of it college about a mile away from the University and subject to a separate administration, and tho other by Dr. Wilson whereby the Graduate College would remain an integral part of the University itself. The bitterness of the "Quad" dis pute persisted and almost the same lines of cleavage developed In the faculty and the alumni and the Board of Trustees. Grover Cleve and had been elected a member of the Board of Trustees shortly after he took up his residence in Prln :eton. Dean Andrew F. West of the Graduate School was Instrumental In bringing Mr. Cleveland to live in Princeton. They were fast friends. As next door-neighbors they saw a good deal of each other. Dean West was Dr. wiTsotTs principal opponent. Grover Cleveland imbibed many of Dean West's ideas, in fact Mr. Cleve land was a member of the special committee of the Board of Trustees charged with the problem of plann ing a greater Graduate School. IVoodrow Wilson as presiding offi :er of the Board of Trustees had oc casion more than once to clash with Mr. Cleveland. At one historic meet ng, Mr. Cleveland delivered a bit er attack on Dr. Wilson's proposals. 3r. Wilson stood for a minute with Hashing eyes but controlled the em per within him. "You will live to regret what you lave said," he remarked bluntly and :urned to the discussion of other natters. When Grover Cleveland died i ft [he summer of 1908, Woodrow Wil ion was in Europe on a bicycling our through England and Scotland. Dn his return In the autumn, there vas a noticeable omission of any ?eference in Dr. Wilson's speech it the opening of the University to he death of Grover Cleveland. Ncrr lid he order memorial exercises. It aused talk. It was characteristic >f Woodrow Wilson. He lavished 10 praise where at heart he felt he sould sincerely give none. He rare y if ever mentioned Grover Cleve and in public addresses. Although VI r. Cleveland was the last President of the United States who had been elected cm a Democratic ticket and measure of popularity with the measure of poptfkarlty with the Democrats of the nation, Woodrow Wilson never sought to win the Cleveland Democrats as a legatee of Princeton affiliations. Only once did Woodrow Wilson fear that his relationship with Grover Cleveland might work to his disadvantage politically. Grover Cleveland had written a let ter to Dr. Henry van Dyke, then pro fessor of English literature in Prin ceton University, denouncing Dr Wilson and calling him a man ol "an ungovernable temper." Th? Republican strategists in 1912 triec hard to get possession of that lettei hoping to have it published so as t< wean away the Cleveland follower! In the Democratic party and as at index of the Wilson character. Dr. Henry van Dyke never gavi up the letter. Woodrow Wilson an< l Lincoln Wore These Clothes The suit of clothes worn by Abraham Lincoln when he was shot? 'torn and stained with blood ? Is shown here held by the man who will auction them off In Philadelphia to the highest bidder. PRESBYTERIANS SEND OUT CALL Appeal lo Every Member to Become a Tither and Thus Make Funds Adequate for Progressive Program. The membership of the Southern Presbyterian church is 428,292, ac cording to statistics submitted to the general assembly of the church of 1923. It is safe to estimate the total income of the members of this church during 1923 at not less than $300,000,000. The tithe of this income is $30,000,000, and this tithe alone is more than six times the amount that is being asked of this church for next year in support of Dr. Henry van Dyke had some dif ferences of crinion on the Graduate School question but Dr. van Dyke refused to be a party in Governor Wilson's political downfall. On the contrary he was one of the first of Princeton group to ccraie out in sup port of Governor Wilson's candida cy for the presidency of the United States. Wood row Wilson never for got thfft. He later chose Henry van Dyke to be minister of the United States to the Netherlands, a post at which ho acquitted himself with particular skill in the trying days of I neutrality from 1914 to 1917. (Tomorrow's chapter tells how l Wood row Wilson was forced out of I Princeton University and into poli | tics.) SILVER TEA THURSDA Y A silver tea for the benefit of the Axillary of Christ Church will be Klven at the home of Mrs. C. H. Itoblnson on Kast Main street, Thursday afternoon, from 4 to li o'clock. The public Is cordially Invited. T the benevolent causes of the general assembly- ? foreign missions, home missions. Christian education and ministerial- relief, publication and Sabbath school work, the general assembly's training school at Rich-i mond, Va.r and the American Bible] Society. If the membership of this church; would contribute the coming year 35 cents toward the evangelization! of each of the 32,000,000 people in heathen lands, for whose evange lization Southern Presbyterians are responsible, and sixty cents to aid in the evangelization of 5,000,000 people in the home mission terri tory. and if the salaries of all of the pastors of the church should be made what are recognized as living salaries, the annual budget of the church would amorunt probably to not more than $12,000,000, which is but little more than one third of the tithe of the Income of the mem bers of the church for one year. The progressive program of the church, directed by the stewardship committee of the General Assembly, is calling upon the church for $4,750,000 for benevolences for the coming year, less than one sixtieth of the total income of the member ship for one year, and. as stated above,* less than one-sixth of the tithe of this annual income. Special effort is being made to get each member of the church to Tecognlze the duty of setting aside the tithe! of the income for the work of the Lord, in keeping with the scriptural injunction in' this connection, and to recognize that giving upon the! part of the Individual does not be-l gin until this has been done. Re-; ports from all of the synods of the general assembly show that the num ber of tithers .is increasing rapidly, and due to this fact the financial ob-i ligations of the church will be the more easily met. 1IIDK THICKS ADVANCING | Fort Worth, Feb. 26. ? Advancing i prices for hides are affording Texas stock men a market at a profit. In the last ten weeks prices on steer hides have increased . five to ten cents a pound and calf skins even more. i H. C. 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The volume may be due to a vuriety of conditions, and those conditions may be temporary, and may be entirely out of the control of those who enjoy them. Tlie only Mtrc foundation upon which a big business can be successfully built if* an undisputed consumer pref erence. I-et that Im- present and it matters not how quickly a business grows, or how big it grows, you have the assur ance that it is solidly built and that it will not topple over when the first wind blows. * Advertising is the corner stone of the structure of con sumer preference. No conspicuous example exists where there is a steady and sure consumer demand for any prod uct that is not properly advertised. Every instance that can be cited of a consumer demand that is strong enough * to offset changing market conditions may also lie cited an % an example of the effective use of advertising. 4 I The present business condition is a challenge to every 4 business that is huilt on the uncertain foundation of a de- % tnand due to a favorable state of the market. Assuming ? that the strong demand of the past few years, prior to ( 1920, was a permanent thing, many manufacturers made provisions to supply the demand and reap a harvest of prof its; but they overlooked the importance of insuring their share of the demand. Now the great lesson has been learned ? at a prodigious cost. The disposition today is to build strong, to make sure of the foundations before rearing a great superstructure. In | the long run it will mean that all business will be on a more solid basis, and less likely to be upset by changing condi tions. This will he the great compensation for the stress of the present period.
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