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Show PRESIDENT IS I GIVEN LOV- I ING CUP 1 I Thousands .of Princeton Citizens HHBJ Gather to Bid Townsman HHl Farewell. fHHHJ HB I Princeton, March 1. Thou- .SflflJ sands of thek homefolk of Prince- HHB ton, and with them the students flflflj of Princeton uutvcisity, gave HHB Wondiow Wilson a farewell dem- HHB onstiat on tonight as they' bade flflflj hhu (iod-speed to the White flflflj flflflj It was a unique tribute to the HHB man who after twenty-seven HHVj ,ears of residence in the historic HHfl town had been elevated to the HHfl presidency of the Uir'ted State's, flflflj I that both students and townsfolk flflflj joined m cheering him. It was HHfl the first celebration in which flflflj "town and gown" mingled in HHB such great numbers ami with so flflflj much enthusiasm, HHfl A brass baud, a glare ot fire- 'wflfl wc rKs. and continuous heering 'flVfl In (Miirht tlie president-elect to 'HHfl the door of his bungalow just as ,'HHfl the procession of students and iflVfl residents turned the corner of 'HBfl Cleveland lane, marching by the ' house where G rover Cleveland 'HHJ lived and died. The streets iflflfl were muddy, but the marchers HHfl l"iidgcd merrily along. When Hflfl 'lujy reached the Wilson home a HHB gieat cheer went up C. S. Bob- HBfl iuson, a licpiihlican. and A. S. Hflfl Leigh, a Demociat, bore n silver Hflfl loving cup. Colonel David M. HHfl Flynn presented it in a brief flflflj spech. The pres'ident-elect stood HHfl on a box just outside the portico Hflfl of his home and said good-bycto flflflj bis fellow townsfolk- HHJ Makes Farewell Speech. flflflj The president-elect said he flflflj meant to enjoy the three days be- "B tween bis resignation of the gov- IJH eruorship and inauguration day, JIJ in which he was "a plain eiti- IJH en." not because be had no par JIJ tieular responsibility, but be- flflj cause of the reminiscence of tho IJH years that had preceded. l IJH "I want you to believe mc." he IJH said, "when I say I shall neVcr IJH lose the consciousness of those IJH .ear.s. I would be a very poor flflflj president if I did lose it. I have flflflj always believed that the real rflflfl Mintages of patriotism were lo- iflflj ai: that they resided in one's flflj consciousness of an intimate flflflj touch with persons who were flflflj watching him with a knowledge flfl (Continued on ''aire Four) Jflfl PRESIDENT-ELECT IS GIVEN LOVING CUP (Continued from page one) of It's character. "You cannot love a country abstractly; ab-stractly; you have got to love it concretely. You have got to know people in order to love them. You have got to feel as they do in order to have sympathy sympa-thy with, and any man would ' be a very poor public servant who did not regard himself as a part, of the public, himself. No I man can imagine how other people peo-ple are thinking. He can know , only by what is going on in his own head, and if that head is not : connc.ted by every thread of suggestion sug-gestion with the heads of people . about him, he cannot think as 'they think. Leaver, in Sadness. "I am turning away from this ' lace in body, but not in spirit, and I am doing it with genuine 1 sadness. The real trials of life are the connections you break, and when a man has lived in outplace out-place as long as I have lived in Princeton, and had as many experiences ex-periences as I have had here, first as an undergraduate, and then as a resident, be knows what it means to change his residence and to go into strange environments environ-ments and surroun. lings. "T have never been inside of i the White house and T shall feel I very strange when T get insTde-of ) it- shall think of this little ! house behind me. and remember I how much more familiar it is to 1 nie than that is likely to he, and I how much more intimate a sense 'of possession theie must bo in the one case than in the other. "One cannot be a neighbor to the whole United State's. T shall . m:ss my neighbors. T shall miss ' the daily contact with the men I know and by whom I am known, and one of the happiest things in my thought will be that your good wishes go with me. Askr. for Confidence. . "With your confidence, and ,the confident of men like you. the task that lies before nie will be gracious and agreeable- It will be a thing to be proud of. because T am trying to represent those who have so graciously trusted me." An outburst of applause arose from the crowd after the speech. Line was formed and Mr. Wilson shook hands for nearly an hour. Tt was tho climax of a busy day for Mr. Wilson. He had witnessed the inauguration of his successor n Trenton and spoke a farewell to the members of the legisla ture. The afternoon he devoted to packing. Just before dinner all the Princeton mail carriers, wlio have borne the heavy mail of tho president-elect since he first entered en-tered public life, came in a body to say good-bye Friends cnlled in a continuous stream. Practically Prac-tically the whole town said goodbye good-bye to him tonight and the fare-w'olls fare-w'olls will be hontinued tomorrow. |