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Show A College Professor Profes-sor 111 Punch In tho Amorlcau Mngazlno appears an articlo ubout Prof. Illclinrd T. Ely of tho University of Wisconsin, who Is responsible for a lot of tho best thought in tho United Stntas. Ho was a teacher of Woodrow Wilson's Wil-son's nnd many other public mon studied under him. Following Is nn oxtract from tho articlo: "It was at Johns Hopkins that Woodrow Wilson was ono of Ely's pupils. Scattered over tho country today aro thousands ot men In poll tics and governmental activities who aro doing things In a now way and who will toll you that they can trace tholr anglo ot view back to Ely. Just how mueh Inspiration Ely gavo Woodrow Wilson Is a question. Ely hlmsolt says that ho recnlls Wilson ns a very conservative pupil. And President Wilson's recollection is that ho and Ely differed In tholr opinions opin-ions most of tho tlmo. Yet on most economic quostlons Wilson and Ely would today doubtless bo fairly woll In accord. Just how many of tho seods Ely planted took root and came up later on In tho Wilson mind, nobody, no-body, probnbly not oven Woodrow Wilson himself, knows. "Ely wns in Clovoland ono day during tho tlmo that Tom L. John son was placing that city on the map with his now Ideas on the mannor In which a city should bo conducted "Ely," snys Johnson, "It scorns like a shamo that you should bo frittering away your tlmo as profossor In a collego, A man with your good Ideas should bo out doing things In tho world." "Well,' says Ely, 'I don't know that It muttors whether a man doos things himself or teaches othors to do them You may not know It, but most of tho young mon who nro helping you nc-eompllsh nc-eompllsh things horo aro my pupils ' "And ho was right Ono membor of Johnson's cablnot at that time was Nowton D. linker, prosont mayor may-or ot Clovoland, nnd intimate friend ot Woodrow Wilson. Ho Is a slnglo taxor and stands for a lot of other economic theorios that would havo causod thoughtful cltlzons to shun him as thoy would tho plaguo, a few years ago. Baker 18 frank to say that ho might not think along tho econo mlc lines ho does today except for tho teachings ot Ely. "Another of Ely's pupils, K. W. llcmls, was Johnson's superintendent ot tho water department; whllo Frcdorlc C. Howe, now Commissioner Commission-er of Immigration at tho Port of New-York, New-York, nlso u student of Doctor Ely's wns tho leader ot Johnson's support In tho city council. So tho threo chief lieutenants of Johnson wero Ely's students." . |