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Show WIT OF PRESIDENT WOODROW. New Head of Prlndeton Makes Himself Him-self Popular With Students. A Princeton man tolls of an Incident of Dr. Woodrow Wilson's elovntlon to tho presidency ot Princeton which ho regards as tndlcatlvo of tho way In whitii ho will hold tho Btudcnts In leash by ready wit and a genial smllo Instead of trying to awo them with his dignity. When darkness lent cover to tho project, on tho evening of the dny on which tho announcement of Dr. Wilson's Wil-son's election was made, some ot tho moro boisterous spirits organized a celebration, and having requisitioned horns and a green grocor's stock ot head lettuce, descended upon tho now president. At tho first toot of a horn ho know what waB coming, but boforo bedlam could break loose, Dr. Wilson was out among tho scronadcrs, grasping each ono by tho hand and thanking them Individually and collectively for their congratulations, pretending not to seo tho lettuco heads which tho Btudcnts mado desperato offotts to keep out of vlow anil to get rid of. When tho students recovered from this unexpected ovorthtow of thclr,v plnns bo mo ono shouted: "What's tho mutter with Woodrow Wilson?" And tho answer cama loud anil clear: "He's all right. Ho's a brick." Tho students then murched nway, singing, "For ho's n Jolly good fellow," nnd carrying their lettuco heads with them. |