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Show uu PRINCETON flAS ABAD NAME Princeton, N. J., Jan. 29. That tho publicity of having Prlncoton university univer-sity used as campaign literature by tho friends and enomloB of Governor Woodrow WIlBon is far from welcome to Princeton men here has been emphatically em-phatically shown of late by the storm of Indignant protoBts from the undergraduates, under-graduates, and by the communications and editorials in tho college paper, tho Daily Princetonlan. Tho students are willing enough to havo their social systems or any other part of their undergraduate life examined ex-amined and published as long as truo facts alone are told and when theBO facts are not used solely for tho purpose pur-pose of furthering or hindering tho political ambitions of an ex-president of the unlvorslty. Not only ha6 tho graduate school of the university been the targot for numerous magazine and newspaper articles, but tho social sys-tom sys-tom and even the private llfo of tho undergraduates have been discussed from every angle and viewpoint. At ono Umo tho university is painted paint-ed as the most aristocratic and snobbish snob-bish place in the country and tho next morning tho students road in somo nowspaper that "a largo numbor of tho members of tho most exclusive and wealthiest clubs in Prlncoton are working their way through, college by shoveling snow and sweeping walks " As a matter of faot neither of those statements are truo, but tho latter comes much nearer to being the truth than tho former, for It is true that every ev-ery club in Princeton has from one to six members who aro working their way through college entirely or in part All of these clubs have a sys-tom sys-tom of managerships whereby a man who Is unablo to pay hiB full club duos can receive a managership and a reduction. Nothing Is tolerated less at Prlncoton Prlnco-ton than tho snob or the man who tries to make his way socially by toadying It has for years boon the pride of Princeton that wealth and family position did not either help or hinder a man and that It was ability and personality alone that countod. It is also a fact that tho making of an "exclusive" upperclass club is not by any means conBidorod the thing most worth whllo at Princeton Over 75 per cent of tho students make clubs which is far in advance of the percentage of fraternity members mem-bers in moBt of the other oastern universities. uni-versities. To add to this, according to a recent statement by President HIbben, as many as 115 froshmon. or almost a third of tho entering class this year, came to Prlncoton with less than $400 from homo, a sum which was to last them tho entire year hardly the allowance of a millionaire's million-aire's son Many, who have been tho most popular and "biggest" men In Prlncoton, entered in tholr frOBhraan year from some obscure high school or academy, unknown and without friends only to become leaders in tho university in their senior year The democrat of Princeton is shown in no "better way than by the fact that Dr Wilson, with all his plans for social roform and democracv. was ono of tho most popular presidents with the undergraduates that Princeton Prince-ton ever had. His plan for doing away with the clubs was not popular nor considered feasible, but that is no reason for Dr Wilson's political supporters sup-porters taking it for granted that Princeton Is a "college for millionaires" million-aires" and in doing so thoy aro not only doing Princeton an injustice but Governor Wilson as well. Baby won't suffer five minutes with croun if you applv Dr Thomas Eclectic Eclec-tic Oil at once. It acts like magic. - oo . |