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Woodrow Wilson 1879
Wilson served as president of Princeton, governor of New Jersey, and president of the United States, but his controversial history of racism led the University to strip his name from its policy school and a residential college in 2000.
How Should Woodrow Wilson Be Remembered? A Biographer’s View
‘History keeps evolving, and so must institutions’
President Woodrow Wilson's ’79 Address to the Board of Trustees
“The plan in its briefest terms is this: to draw the undergraduates together into residential quads in which they shall eat as well as lodge together, and in which they…
A Letter from Alumni to President Woodrow Wilson ’79
Such is the man, and such a man is needed by the country, from whatever political party he may spring. We have no hesitancy, therefore, in inviting serious consideration of…
Woodrow Wilson's ’79 Preceptorial Experiment
As an experiment in teaching, Mr. Wilson’s effort has been a distinct success and educators throughout the country recognize the immense value that his administration has already been to Princeton.
President Woodrow Wilson ’79 Reports on Material Growth and Financial Condition
The total invested funds of the University amount at par value to but $2,705,500, yielding an income of $185,261.65. The total income of the University, from all sources, is but…
President Woodrow Wilson ’79 in the Northwest
“A university which one goes to in a street car cannot, it seems to me, fulfil the true ideal of what a university should be.” - President Woodrow Wilson ’79
Woodrow Wilson ’79 In Philadelphia
“What Princeton Stands For and Should Stand For” was the subject of Dr. Wilson’s speech.
President Woodrow Wilson ’79 at Reunions
"My Scotch-Irish temper got the better of me, and I told him that Princeton did not follow in the footsteps of any university, but beat her own trail as she…
President Woodrow Wilson ’79 Campaigns For Preceptorials
"Wherever you have a small class and they can be intimately associated with their chief in the study of an interesting subject they catch the infection of the subject; but…
President Woodrow Wilson ’79 in Chicago
In his address President Wilson said that the university needs $12,500,000; that this need is immediate, and is based upon a careful and detailed calculation; half of it, he said…
The Schedule of Events for President Woodrow Wilson ’79
President Wilson is to make many public addresses during the year.
The Inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson ’79
The administering of the oaths was an impressive ceremony. We print below the full text of the new President’s vows. He made his responses as if he meant them to…
Paw in print
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