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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
WOODROW
WILSON
, ¥
The Story of His Life
From the Cradle to
the White Ifouse
- •
By WILLIAM BAYARD RALE
Copyright. I*ll, MIX by Doubleday, Page
a Co.
cent. Not leas (ban forty-two out «n
tbe 122 graduates of '79 war* "honor
men." Wilson barely got to among
them. He ranked forty-Oral
Tbe fart la that this aotf of dergy>
men and editor* hadn't come to school
to pass ttirongh a standardized cur
ricoium and flit bis bead with the
knowledge prescribed in a college cata
logue He bad come t6 prepare him
aelf for a particular career, aod before
be bad been at Prlsceton three month*
be bad Anally determined on What that
career abonld be.
Tbe claaa historian. Harold (Pete)
Godwin, celebrating the advent In
Princeton of the members of tbe elaas
that graduated In 79, declares that on
arrival "Tommy Wilson rushed to tba
library and took out Kant'* -Critique
of Pnre Reason.""
To tbe library Tommy WUaon an
questionably did rash, bat not to read
of pare reason. If ever there was *
student wbo demanded facts, concrete
subjects, applied reason. It was tbir
aama Wilson, even in bis collet* days.
Tbe tratb Is that, prowling In the el
covss of the Chancellor Green library,
new then, one day early in the term
tbe boy stopped at die head of the
south itslrs, where Jtoe bound maga
zines were kept afcfl hi* band fell
upon a III* of the Gentleman'* Maga
zine. that ancient and respectable re
pository of Engllah literature which
Dr. Samuel Johnson had helped to
atart away back In tbe middle of the
eighteenth century, with his reports of
psrllsmentary debates. Wben Johnson
lay on his deathbed be declared that
bis only compnnctlon was those parlia
mentary renorts, for. of course, tbsy
were "fakes.*'
Now, It-happened that In tbe Soveotlee
the editor of tbe day, feeling round for
an attractive feature, bit npon tbe Mas
of rftsntqfng tbe parliamentary reports
Accordingly there Began In the num
her for.January, 1874, a series of ar
tides entitled "Men and Manner In
Parliament." by "Tbe Member For tbe
.Cblltern Hundreds."
Thomas Wood row Wilton happened
to pick np this volume of tbe Gentle
msn's Magazine and to turn to the
pages occupied by "Men and Mannar
In Parllament"-and from that moment
his life plan was fixed.
It was an era of brilliant oar Ita men
tary history. Thers were giants In
those days-John Bright D Israeli.
Gladstone, Earl Granville. Vernon
Harcourt. Tbe personnel of the bouse
of commons bad never been more pic
turesque, the atnvnephere mors elec
trical.
Nothing could have better screed to
awaken In a young leader s sense of
tbe plctureeqneneee end dramatic In
terest of politics, and Mr. Wilson hss
said to the writer of this biography
that no one circumstance did more to
make public life the pnrpose of bis e*
Istenre nor more to determine the
first cast of hi* political Ides* The
young sum turned back to tbe 4 first
volume of tbe Gentleman's Magadne
Then, going to other aourcee, be took
op in earnest the study of English polit
ical history. Be bees me saturated
with the spirit o* the life and practlcss
of tbe British parliament; tba excite
ments of political life eoehsnted him.
The characteristic tbing a boot WIK
aon's undergraduate days at Ptiawliß'
waa that bis- work was done In practi
cal independence of the ordinary col
legs routine of Instruction, at which
even in those days bs was sometimes
beard to rail. Ills mind bad now set
tled definitely upon a public career
His purpose in I'rlncetoo was hence
forth tbe dear and single one of pre
paring himself for public Ufa Always
be was reading, thinking and writing
sbout government He was la no
sense a "dig" and sesmsd to bare no
particular smbitlon Is tbe college stud
ies. but be devoted every energy to tbe
famishing and tbe training of hi* mind
aa an authority on government, the
history of government and leadership
In public life. He begaa to practice
tbe elective system ten years be for*
Princeton did. Bis most Intimate
classmate. Robert Bridges, says of
him that his college carter was re
(ts ksble for tbe "confident ssteeUea"
dev. Dr. Themes Woedrew, M stems!
o«endfaWtor ef Wesdrsw Wltssw,
ef bis work sad hie- "easy indiffer
ence* to sll subjects not directly la
pee whh Ms DoreMk. His bast—as
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21), 19131
• In college sp|«Teu£l>Tias to train ni*
1 mind to do wlmt be wanted It to do.
and what be wanted It to do be knew
' He bad already made blmaelf profi
dent In stenography, finding H of
graat value In making digests of what
be read aad quotations which would
otherwise have occupied him long.
Princeton wss not then remarksble
tn tbe teaching of English. But tbe
men trained fhemselvee In literary so
detiee. Tbe body of the students was
divided- Into two "halls." *o called ae
erst societies, but really debating clube
—tbe American Whlg'eodety and the
.Clioeopblc society Wilson belonged to
Whig Hall, an organization wbose con
stltutlon hsd been written by James
Madison.
Here tbe young men waa In his
glory.' He entered eagerly Into Its tra
dltlona and became almost Immediate
ly one of Its leading apliita. To rend
) ing and writing day aod night upon
i his fevorite tbemes he began to Hdd
, practice ia elocution. One of bis class
mates troubled with s weak throat
, wbo was sent down to Potter's woods
• to practice exercises, .often saw Wilson
1 In another part of the woods declaim
ing from a volume of Burke On va
I cations be was known to spend a Rood
dsal of time reading aloud and de
claiming In hla father's church at Wll
I mlngton. Another debating sodety or
ganixed by Wllaoo bimaeir. called the
» Liberal Debating club, was fashioned
' after the Brltlab parfnmeut.
Wilson doee not appear as s gresi
• prize winner. However, he did scor*
> as second sophomore orator In the Wlil*
1 Hall contest snd was one of the ill
erary men of tbe class, an oration
I on Cobden nnd an essay on l.ord
» Chathsm being espedslly recorded
i Connected with tbe two big prizes oi
> tbe college are two stories which throw
» light upon Wilson'* character a* a stu
• dent The English literary prize ot
$126 bis classmates thought ilmi Wll
son might easily win. but when h*
I learned that to compete meant to s|*nd
I time Studying Ben Jonson and t«.
> plays of Shakespeare be refused to g>
" into It aaylng be bad oo time to "par.
from tbe reading that interested him
The other big prise, that of th*
. Lynde debate, had been foumW tie
i year of Wilson'* entrance to roliec
i and be had undoubtedly looked t»
- ward to Winning II throughout hi.
I course. Tbe tynde waa an extern
■ poraneous discussion pnrtlolnan-d li
• by three representative* from ein-h
i the two halla. The halls' represents
i tives were thn* chosen, a subject wn«
i proposed by s committee, and en ml
r dates were required to srgue on »
i ther side, es waa determined by tot
t By universal consent Wilson waa now
tbe star debater-of the Whin society
> He wss quite In s class by himself
and there was no doubt In sn.vhndv*
,i mind that he would represent the hsii
. and win the prize. Tbe subject for
! the preliminary debate In. Whig llali
waa "Free Trade Vereus Projection
WUaon put his band Into the hut and
frew out a slip which required him to
, argue In favor of "protedlon. He tore
, up the allp and refused to debate.- He
waa a convinced and paaalonate free
. trader, and ootblng nnder heaven, be
awore, would Induce blm to advance
arguments In which be did not be
) lleve
r It will not be supposed that life was
all work even for this rather aertoua
minded youth.
Princeton waa famou* for the pranks
. ef Its students. On one occssion they
i bed taken a donkey to tbe cupola of
i Nassau ball. Every claaa considered
Itself dlagraced unleaa it had made
> way wttb tbe clapper of the college
bell. Tbe 78 class wore tbe mortar
> board; tbe '7o** did not Wllaon ridi
culed Wa headgear.
Wllaon lived first at tbe house of
i Mrs. Wright On* of bl* clasamatea.
Bob McOarter, wbo alao lived at Mrs.
> Wright's, tells of a certain svenlug
wben tbe two were engaged In Wll
' son's stnjly In s quiet game of euchre,
a forbidden pastime In those daya.
> On tbe table, as It happened, lay a Bi
ble. A knock was heard st tbe door.
; McCsrter swiftly swept tbe cards out
, of sight under the table and went to
I tbe door. Before be opened It be tarn
, *d hi* bead for a moment tbe thought
. flashing over blm that tbe consden-
Uons Wllaon might bsvs put tbe cards
. back In plain view on the table. But
. what he saw was—Wilson reading tbe
' Bible.
At tbla time It Is rscorded tbst be
i weighed 160 ponnde and stood flvs feet
, eleven
While without particular Inclination
. er ability la athletics and while back
. In TM athletics did not play tbe pert
. Is college life thst it now plays. Wood
row Wilson was a leader in tbe encour
agement of eporte snd In 78-9 wss
president of tbe athletic committee, at
another time of the bassbsll sasods
tton.
Hla elassmstss and schoolmates con
ear ia describing tbe college lad aa a
fellow of dignity, yet perfectly demo
era tic. Tba picture Is thst of a youth
of unusual meats I and moral mstnrity
well poised fellow, never s roister
er, yet alwaya full of life aad Inter
ested la everything that wee going on
•• Be waa popular—of that there can be
' ae doubt Tbe yoaag man had a ear
lata ebarm of manner end sweetness
ef eosl thst forbeds soy body's dislik
ing blm. slthongh be wss generally
felt to bs "a little above the crowd.' 1
He never belonged to s clique Hs wss
a normal college boy. not a prig nor s
"dig" nor a "grind." but a healthy
hearty. all around chap. Interested In |
everything thst waa going oa. mlagtlua
with evsrybody. though cherishing
some particular friendshlpe tbst have
•MJlfffl.
The years paaaed Redtslions were
att*afl*d. examination duly passed
Tbe library yielded up Ms secrets to the
adrii ufe la tbe little commonwealth
of young mm entered the character I
Isfeouiee with klndrsd spirits ewak
. aasd gasawiaa eatbastaaps In ~
Tom WUeoo west oa tbe board of edi
ton of tba Princeton Is n. tbe collage
newspaper, then a biweekly. In 7a
be become Ha sasasglng editor. On |
dor his amasgement It cootloord
about as before-sot orerwbdmlnglT
toteeeettng to tbe outstfsr. though here
aad theie is discernible e little bright .
, aeaa scarcely to he found la earlier
A department beaded "Here aad
new" wee tbe Princstonian's beat
1 feature.. Once In awhile Ha writer
broke Into iTme not aiwayt ao tragi
calif aad ns this:
"1 will work out a rime
If i only have iimi,"
■aid ths man or "Mara and Tbara,"
Bo- he tried for awhila.
Keault—a looaa pile
0» hla beauttryl cold en hair.
During hla senior year Wllaon threw
Into the form of a clonely reasoned
essay the chief results of hla thinking
on the subject of the American con
trasted with the Rrltlxh system of
government This'article he eant to
what was regarded aa the moat aerioua
magazine then published In America,
and It was Inimi-dlutely accepted for
publication. Tbe author waa twenty
two yeara old aud an undergraduate.
In the flies of the Inlernatlonal Re
view. Issue of August. 1870. may be
found-an article entitled "Cabinet Gov
ernment in the United States." signed
by Thonuis W NVllson. It waa an Im
peachiueni of government by "a legls
lature which Is priictlcally Irresponsl
ble" and a plea for a reformed meth
od under which congress should be
again made responsible and swiftly
responsive In some auch way as la the
British parliament.' The author'a
quarrel la with the practice of doing
all the Imimrtnnt-'work of congress In
secret committees. Secrecy, Ke saya.
1a the atmosphere In which all cor
ruption and evil flourish. "Congress
should legislate as if lu the presence
of the whole Country—ln open and
free delrnte." (These words were writ
I ten thirty three yeara ago.i Be at
tributes tl>e growth of the committee
aystein to the, Inck of lenders in con
gress. aod his plan for the creation of
leaders Is tlint of giving cabinet min
Isters a sent In t-ongreas. He quotes
Justice Story to the effect that the
bends of departments. even If they
were not allowed to vote, might with
out danger i*> admitted to participate
In congressional deliatea.
With this achievement of freaking
Into a high class magazine Woodrow
Wilson closed his undergraduate days
at Princeton During his senior year
he had concluded that the best path
lo a public career lay through the law
In the autumn, therefore, he mntrica
lated In the Inw department of the Unl
verslty of Virginia, that seat of liberal
learning organized by Thomas Jeffer
lon.
CHAPTER V.
Still Studying Law and Politics.
SWI and reconstruction had re
dttced Hie iiumlier ot students
ut Charlottesville to In
the session of IH7II-MO. lint
war and reconstruction hml not low
ered Virginia's lofty standard either ot
scholarship or of honor Wilson s life
here was In utany resists a relict)
Hon of thnt m I'rlnceton Here, too
he Immediately look Ills place as a
leader Htudy WHS father more neces
tar> than at I'micetoii in thus* IIHTI
A man had to work to pasa hla exam
lnatlona. Still there waa a guy aet aa
well aa a ateudy aet. and Wllaon bad
friends among botb.
S|iorts were engaged In to the extent
of an occaalonal buseball game among
tbe atudenta or with a nine from •
neighboring town, a foot race or two
ID tbe autumn and some boat racing
Wllaon played a little baaeball and
took long walka through tbe pleaaant
country lying about, often alone,
though sometimes with a favorite com
panlon. At Princeton Creek letter fra
terhlties were illegal, but they exiated
witb the approval of the faculty at tbe
University of Virginia, aud Wllaon wrf*
Initiated Into tbe l'hl Kappa Pit
He Joined tbe cbapel choir and tbe
glee club. Tbe latter circle of bar
mouloua spirits made serenading ex.
curslona in the country roundabout
two or three timet a week, winding
up Its pleasure Imparting career wltb
a grand concert In the town hall. Wll
aon many a night atumbled along the
rocky roads with hla fellow gleemen
to arrive at last nnder tbe balcony of
some damsel and lift bit One tenor
voice in "She Sleeps. My tady Sleepa,"
and "Speed A way." At the grand con
cert, which was given on the evening
of tbe flnul ball, a brilliant audience
that crowded the bill I beheld (be prlza
orator and prize winter ttep down to
tbe footlights and render a touching
tenor aolo. Wllaon la beat remembered
aa a linger, however, by the thrilling
effect with which he nanally achieved
tbe hlgb note near tbe end of "The
Star S|iaiigled Manner."
Wllaon did a good deal of writing
while at Charlottesville. From tbe
road in froot of "Dsn-sun's row" past
ersby would see him sitting at tbe
window in tbe southeast comer of
"House V." darkly engaged wltb an
Ink bottle, out of which be bad con
Jtired before a year waa up tbe writ
er'a prize.
In March. 1880, the Oolrerslty Mag
azine printed an article by him on
Jobu Rright. In tbe following mootb
another on Gladstone. Tbe young
man's mind "till ran. as It bad ran at
Princeton, on (he personality of tbe
great political leaders
Tbe John Bright article waa really a
version of an oration which Wllaon
was delivering that month. So great
haft ills reputation grown lo all
months (list there was a considerable
demand from oat aide tbe unlveralty
for admission. md the occasion was
thniwn i«|e-u to tbe public.
41 ( hnriotteavllle. aa at Princeton,
tbe student body waa divided Into two
itersM *nd debating societies—the
>\ •■•Miigtonlaa aad tbe Jeffeisonlan -
'ite -oitimoo tongue, "Wash" and
eit I'lte fortune* of each alternate
•IH.I and waned. "Jeff" waa the
mutfrr in 1870. and Wllaon joined It
n» intent* at one* won recognition.
I>UI ne round a competitor to respect
in Hi»•« her -Jeff" man. William Cabell
Hrur?. a young orator of extraordinary
ability
lite chief annual event al Charlottes
ville waa a debating contest In the
Jefferson lan society, al which two gold
medala were awarded, one for debet
lug. tbe other for oratorical a Witty
Bruce was (riven the debater's gold
medal, while- tbe orator's prize went
to Wilson Tbe opinion of pretty near
ly everybody, aside from tbe Jndgee
waa that tbe awaed should bar# been
reversed. Brora waa ornate to atyle,
Wllaon simple, direct and logical.
In a wholly different vain from hla
apairhse in tbe "Jeff" society waa one
notable effort In which tbe university's
favorite appeared when be delivered
medals to tbe winners In athletic
aatnea. Having agreed to make this
& -
• presentation. Wilson waa very tmirb
exercised as to what to -ear abd Im
parted hit perplexity to an Intlmnle
friend, who rattled off two pieces of
notixeuse which he suggested would
about suit the taste of the sudlence bi
tbe gymnasium. Neither piece contain
f «d the slightest allusion to stbletlc
1 sports. Vet the orator worked them In
I Tbe gymnasium speech represents
- one of tbe few occasions In which the
f young student heut very far from hie
> dignity lu public.- but In private be
■ fairly bubbled wltb bumor and wit
■ and was very" mncb given to monkey
f shines _ •
As he bad done at Princeton. Wilson
at Charlottesville also organised s
smaller group of thinking chnps for
' debate A memlier nf that group re
' members Wllsnn's unspeakable disgust
when l hey chose as the subject for one
night's discussion the question whether
there lie tiny fundamental difference be
I ween right and wrong.
| The Inw professors of tbe University
, of Virginia were Mr. Sontbnll, who
t beld (he chair of International aud
t common Inw, an easy going and much
beloved man. snd l»r. John B Minor
, who tsugbl everything alae In the
courae and wits In ract tbe college ot
law.
, Dr. Minor probnbly Influenced Wit
, son more than did any other teacher
I he ever bad He waa Indeed an able
and forceful man. a really great tench
. er, who grounded bla pupils beyond
( all possibility of ever fretting adrift in
the broad princlplea nf law.
r As a young man Wilson suffered j
mncb from Indigestion, an 111 which
, later he entirely outgrew. Just before
I'hristmns. 18*). he fonnd blmaelf en
ill thnt -fee left Charlottesville, The
next year he spent »t home In Wll
. mlngtoii. y, C., nursing bla health and
rending , . j
In Mnv. I*G. Woralrow Wllaon
went to Atlnntn to enter ou the prsc- ;
tice of Inw Atlanta waa cboaen for
this experiment simply because It waa
'be most rapidly growing city of tbe
aontb. The young man knew nobody
there. He met another young man.
like himself a stranger In the ity. !
I whither he. too, hud come to oracti!*
law—Kdward Ireland Rentck. The
two agreed on a partnership; on mu
tual Inquiry Renlck proved to be alight
ly the older, ao that tlB abingle wai
lettered "Renlck ft Wlfcon." It was
bung out of tbe window of a room ot
the aecond floor, facing tbe aide street,
of the building 48 Marietta atreet
' Atlanta lltiganta did not ruah en
maaae to 48 Marietta atreet In fact
they never came.
Wllaon'a.aole Idea bad been to use
tbe law as a atepping atone to a po
litical career. Moat of the public men
of tbe aontb bad come from tbe ranks
of tbe law. In eighteen montha In At
lanta be learned that It waa lmpoaalble
for a man without private meant to
support himself long enough in law to
get Into public life; Impoealble certain
ly to establish a practice witbont giv
ing up all Idea of atudy and writing
not atrictly connected with tbe pro
feealon. The law waa a Jealous mis
tress. He bad begun writing a book
on congreaalonal government and be
found tbe work fnll of Joy.
Bjit tbe Atlanta experiment waa not
without ita great good fortune.
During tWftyimmer of 1888 Mn Wll-'
son founatime to make what turned
out to be a momentoua vialt Hla old
playmate and couain. Jessie Woodrow
Bones, with whom he bad played In
dlan on tbe sand bills near Adguata.
waa now living In Rome, Oa. To
Rome bad come also another family
witb whom the Wilsons had been In
timate In Augnstn-the Axaons. The
Axsons were a Georgia lowlands fam
ily. The Rev S. Kdward Axeon'e fa
tber waa a distinguished clergyman In
Savannah, and bla wife's father, the
Rev. Nsthnn Hoyt- wss long haetor of
the Prcabyterinn church at Athena. Ga.
The calls upon his time not being en
tirely occupying, aa bua been hinted,
young Wllaon went to Rome to see bit
cousin, and etayed t> "** #»ors
Mlaa Kllen lonise Axson. The meet
ing waa on the pluzzn of the Bones
home In Bast Home. To be accurate.
It waa not quite the couple'a flrat meet
ing. He had been a paaalonate ad
mirer of the lady when be waa a boy
of eeven and she waa a baby. Tbe
sentiment of those dsys, beyond the
recollection of either, revived. He
took her home that evening. She lived-
In Rome across tbe river. She must
have been captivating, for aa he came
back across the bridge he clinched Ms
band and took a silent oatb that Ellen
Louise Axson should be bis wife.
Which also In due time came to paas
They had seen eseb other eleven
times licfore be had peranaded bar to
ssy "Yes." There waa no Idea of an
i Immediate manage Already, per
i celvlng thnt the practice of law was
t not (lie path for him. be had settled
I upon tbe plan of going to Jobna Hop
p klna unlveralty to spend two or three
years more studying tbe science o!
i government
i The partnership of Renlck ft Wilson
I waa dlasoived. The young man I.
i whom tbe people of Atlanta gave *
. little encouragement but who bad won
r wbat made him inestimably liapplei
i than anything elae Georgia could linn
given hint, went north in Septemlwr
. About tbe same time Mlaa Axson. too
> went to New Turk to develop bar al
• ready recognized talents in painting
. as a memlier of tbe Art Students
I league
Tbe next two yeara of Woodrow Wll
i son's life were spent at Jobu Oopklns
university aa a atudent of history and
. political economy Hera he waa ooe of
I an unuaually Interesting group which
! Included Albert Shaw and B. R. U
Gould. John franklin Jameson, tbe
historian; Arthur Yager, now praaldent
f of Georgetown college. Kentucky, and
I Thomas Dixon, who writes oovets.
The advantage* enjoyed at Jobna
Hopklnajie tv'lson lay not ao much Hi
| toe nesting of lectures as In the optsx
, tnnlty of making rsstarchgs. Here In
got a valuable Impulae In the direction
of tbe careful and exact ascertaining
, of facta. Though always priding him
self on dealing wltb actualities. Wll
aon waa never a grabber after fact
, and. Indeed, never became on* But
, be undoubtedly did get bora i training
, that balanced tbe natural tendency of
i bla mind to work from within out
• ward
1 He remained two years, tbe aecond
year as Holder of the historical teiiow- 1
"hip The tl'iu- wits brightened by oc
casloiMl vb.ii*, to Ni.\\ York und bis
, flancee and lo Philadelphia. where 1
lived un lun-ie >t n«-r* whom she some [
times visited
There «#> tm glee club at Johns
Hopkins, hut Wilson set stniightwsy :
about orvuiihtllij: o'lie When It will
proposed to give n concert st Hopkins
hall and .charge tor admission In or
der to pay some ex|ieuxe of the organ
Htatlon. tile irrave ucntlemen who tt
the time presided over the destinies of
tbe university demurred President *lll
man uffetxl to donate (he necesaary t
ss
Rsv. Or. Joseph Rugg'es Wilson, Pa- ,
thar of Woodrow Wilton.
money provided the club would give Its
concert without ail mission fee. In tbe :
slight controversy that followed Wil
son appeared as an insurgent, protest
ing that (lie glee club had lis dignity to
; consider ss well as hsd the university.
| Tbe concert was given ss originally
planned, aud no oue felt that tbe
nlty of the university suffered lu tbe
least from the iierformßnce.
I One piece tf writing tlint Wllaon did '
; at.tbls period, s study of Adam Smith j
was recognized by all aa exceptional In
felicity and |wwer of expreaalon. It
waa given tuaguzliie publication and
later gave tbe title to a volume of es
says-"An Old Mnster."
Early lu 1810 was completed and
published-the result of the suggeetlon
made by the perusal of the Gentle
•Mian's Magazine articles (en yenrs be
fore and of constant thought aud atudy
ever since—a book. "Congressional
Government—A Study of Governnienl
by Committee by Woodrow Wilson." (
It was tbe first sccount of tbe actual ;
working of the t-onslltiillon of Ibe Unit
ed Ststea; an govern j
ment not ss It Is theoreticslly const!
luted, but aa It actually worka.
Tbe hook met with Insinui tucceat
A serious work seldom makes a ten
nation, and that word would he too,
strong to apply to the impression nro
duced by "Congressional Government,"
but It Is qulle true that It received an
enthusiastic reception at the lutiids ot
all Interested lu public mutters. Of Its
merits It is enough lossy (hat Mr
James Bryce. In tbe preface to "Ttie
American Comutotiweeltb." acknowt
edged hla obligation to Woodrow Wll
- eon.
It waa a great moment'ln the life of
tbe young man-Indeed, a great moment
for two young larsons. Success like
fbht meant thut life wilt at latt to be
gin. Ou the heels of the ftnuv won by
"Congressional tioiVriiiueiK" came In
vitations to several college chair*
There was more work still to be dons
for a I'b It. lint llie Johns Hopkins
faculty was to sccepl the Ixsjk aa a
doctor's tlie«)s. and Hie notbor accept
ed one of the i-i'ila-tbnt from Bryn
Mawr, wlilcb wanted him lu come aa >
aaaocluln In lilxl >ry and isilltlcal econ
omy
Woodrow Wlls'm aud Ellen lionise
Axson were mnrried at her grandfa
ther's bouse. In Knvnnnsb. on J»no 'M.
188 S. In tbe sultimn tbey came to tbe
protty Welsh tinmed village on tbe
"main lino" near Philadelphia, and a
now chapter of life began.
r.HAPTM VI.
Wilsex
H SCHOOLTEACHER'S exlsl
euce Is not. In the uiirrstlou.
a Ihrlllltig story. Tbe first
seventeen years of Woodrow
Wilson's life sffer be left Johns Hop
kins university were s|>ent In leaching
Tbey were years of usefulness. Thou
sands of atudenta will testify to the
still enduring ins|ilratl>u tbey owe to
tbem and lo him. Tbey were years ot
delightful living, nf cultured and gen
ill companionship
It wgs with tbe unrelinquished pnr
pose of baring bis part lo tha imbilc
life of Ibe nation I hat Woodrow W'laon
entered upon tbe prufeaeion of a teach
er of law and politico. It ran hardly
bo aald. however, (bat bis Orst position
was 000 wlilcb gave promise nf any
largo Immediate Inflnonco no public
' affairs A number of Jobna Hopkins
moo on the opening In tßHft of Bryn
Mawr college aocropted a« their drat
profeaaorsblpa placea in tha faculty of
the now Inotitnthm for womoo. Tbe
vulgar even referred to Brvn Mawr aa
"Johanna Hopkins" Some were so
Irreverent ao to suggest that the yoong
profeaaore wore "merely trying It on
tbe dog" Professor Wllaon. though
called to Bryn Mawr primarily to give
Instruct lon In poll tics and political
economy, tangbt a good deal besides
, those subjects. Ctt talcs I history aod
I tbe history of Ibe renaissance fell to
r blm. Ilia lectures «« aald on hlgb
, authority to bare boon "ninrvels" of
scboiarahlp. profoundly Impressing bis
cbMoea.
Professor Wilson worked very hard
to make bla lectursa Interesting One ,
of tbe faculty wbo lived next door tee '
' tides tbst tbe light l.q his atudy win
' dow waa Invariably' burning long *ft*r
] everybody elae bad gone to bed. Knn
the start of .his profosstonsl coreer
Mr. Wilson appoan to bare realized
, tha necessity of Imparting vivacity
aod reality to bis lectures There Is
tome ground to suspect tbst tbe Intense
young Isdlee wbo sat u'wlcr Mat did not
always spiirn-lste Ibe llgittef aide of
bla dlacourses. At all erenta. It la re
momberrd Hull lie appeared one day
In tbe lecture -room without tbe long
mustache which hsd up to then adorn
ed bla countenaiM-o-a sacrifice whlrb.
It wat hinted, lis had made In tbe hoty
or being tliere* rtermiutr nuie to rug
Rest to hi* clnxurti certain dcllcHcle* M
tliotiirbt uud tmicj- which they h»(i
i shown little sign* of apprehending.
| Bryo Ifawr collegia opened with tor
; tj-three studint* Three houses st tt>*
edge or the rurapus were occupied In
| the dean nod prnfesxtirs. inaur of »Ih
littler being ba helonk Ijiter Mr. Wll
'tou leaned a pretty cottage, the narstin
! ige of the little Knptlst church on the
1 old Uulf road. In the mldxt ot a loreit
I countryalde lit thla. their tint horn- .
'be Wllsniis took great pride pud «utt
lafaetlon In racattnn time they went
i back soutb n wong old rrlenrtx. it ws*
hi the Month that the Hr*t two children
were I turn
In J'lne. INXtI I'n.remti Wilson Oiok
bis I'h li nt John* Hopkins. the nnl
remit; accepting a* hi- tiiexls hi* nook
"Congre*«lotuil I ■•■rermiient ' During
hi* third year at Hrvn Mnwr I'mfe*
sor U'lleoli m-cvpied a lecttireahip al
John* Hopkln* I'lil* tonk him to Hal
tlmore once a week tor twenty live
weeks
Social lire al Itrvn Mawr waa ino«t
igreeatile An Inrltatlnn to an uldei
and larger Institution waa. n«rertb»
lata, not to be declined. Ampler oppor
tunity opened In a school attended by
young men. and In ISBB l'rofes»or Wil
son accepted an. election to tbe cbalr of
history and polltK-al economy at W»
leyan unirerslty. Middle town. Coon.
From tbe start. Professor Wilson's
courses were extremely popular. And
well Indeed tbey might be. for Ifew
England had rarely beard such Instruc
tion as was given In the lecture room
of Wesleysu's professor of history and !
economy. While at Middle- j
town be continued bla lectureship at
Johns Hopkins. Now, however. Instead j
of going down once a. week he bunch
ed hla twenty-fire lectures In a month
of vacation allowed him bf tbe Wee
leyan truatees. Hla fame aa a popular
lecturer alao was growing apace, and
be waa freqoenL'y called to give ad
dreases In New England and tbe east- ,
era states. It waa while at Ulddle
town that be wrote "Tbe Bute." a vol
j ume which, with leaa pretentions to lit-
I entry form than bla other "work, inrolv
' ed an enormous amount of labor."
I Mr. Wilson was a member of tbe atb 1
ietlc committee or Wealeyan and took i
I the keenest Interest in tbe college |
I sports. One student of the time re
-1 members bow Incensed be became at
1 tbe limited ambition of tbe Wealeyan
boys, who, when tbey played against
Yale, were aatlafled only to keep the
■core down. "That's no ambition at
III!" be naed to cry. "Go in and win 1
You can lick Yale as well aa any other ;
team. Go after their scalps. Don't ad- |
mlt for a moment that they can beat
yob."
Life at Mlddletown was pleasant
But Mr. Wilson's growing reputation ,
would not permit him to remain there.
When In 1800 the chair of Jurispru- |
deuce and politics in Princeton col
lege became vacant tbiWgb the death
of Professor Alexander Johnson the
j trustees elected to It-the Princeton
j graduate, wbo had so quickly dlstin
gulshed himself as a student of poll
tics.
September, 1800, then, fonnd Wood
row Wilson again domiciled In the
Jersey collegiate town. He waa now a
man whose renown bad begun to
apraad In the world, an author, a pub
He apeaker of enviable repute, the
head of a family, a figure of consld
eration, a doctor, If yon pleaae. both of
philosophy and of law.
Tbe Wilsons rented a bouse In Li
brary place. After a few rears tbey
built a borne for theinaelvee on an ad ,
Joking lot, >aa» attractive half tlm
fifed house designed by Mrs. Wilson.
Tbe new professor stepped at once
Intq the front rank, aa Indeed became
a Prlncetoc graduate, a member of one
of tbe most famous claases tbe old
college bsd graduated, a man tbor
ougbly Imbued with tbe beet tradl
Hons of the place. But hla lectures-
Princeton had no tradition that ae
counted for tbelr charm. Tbey In
atantiy became popular; the attendance
mounted until It aurpaaaed that evet
before or el nee given any courae ot
study at Princeton. Before long ver]
nearly 400 students, almost tbe total
number of Juniors and seniors rum
btned. were taking Wilson'a courses
and they were' no "cinches" either
Widely Informed, marked by a mastery
of fact even to alight detail. Inspiring
Id tbelr range and sweep and spiced
with a pervading sense of humor. Pro
feasor Wilson's lectures were furthei
marked by tbe greet freedom with
which be delivered blmaelf of bl>
views on current events. It waa hl>
custom to put stndenta on their bonoi
not to report him; there were alway>
likely to be in attendance student*
who had connections with city news
papers wbo might frequently bavt
made good "stories" out of tbe pro
feeeor'a lively comments on tbe poll
tics of the day. but none ever took ad
vantage of tbe opportunity.
Tbe claaaes were now ao large that
the work of a professor consisted al
moet entirely of lecturing. Aa we
aba 11 aee later. It waa not then the
Princeton Idee to gtvV the students
any particular oversight or Inspiration
eleewbere tbsn la the classroom Tel
the Wilson hone became and always
remained a resort hugely popular with
the young men wbo were so lucky as
to be admitted to It and Ita door*
were boepitably hung. Profeeaor Wll
son. In short, stepped Into the position
of first favorite alike with bis col
leaguee of tbe faculty and with the
mdergrada. Tbey |inve at Princeton
a way of voting at the end of each
year for all possible aorta of "popular
personages." For a number of years
Profeeaor Wilson waa voted tbe most
popular professor. He was able, he
waa genial. he. waa active, a member
Ol toe iscinty committee on outdoor
: sports and of the faculty committee
on discipline. In faculty meetings Mr.
Wilson soon bees me one of those most
attentively listened to.
Daring the twelve years, M 0 to
i 1002. Mr. Wilson continued to fulfill at
Princeton tbe duties of profeeeor of
Jurisprudence end politics. They were
twelve yeera of ateady yet pleaaant
labor—years of growth and of grow
tag Influence both In tbe university
and In the country. Poor new books
were added to tbe Hat signed by this
Kan who wrote history and politics
with ao much literary charm—"Dlrl
don and Itennton." "An Old Master."
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