signed
by WOODROW WILSON
WOODROW WILSON (1856-1924). Wilson was the Twenty-Eighth President. TLS. 2pg. 6” x 8”. March 29, 1910. Princeton. A typed letter signed “Woodrow Wilson” as president of Princeton University. He wrote to Professor William B. Scott, an expert in paleontology and geology. Wilson wrote: “I have been thinking over the matters you mentioned to me on behalf of the Committee on Outdoor Sports. On the whole, I can see no objection to allowing the crew of the Central High School of Philadelphia to come up and row a race with a freshman crew on Carnegie Lake, though of course I think it ought to be very distinctly understood that it involves no obligation on our part whatever to row a return race with them away from Princeton. The other proposal does not recommend itself to my judgment at all. It seems to me clearly, particularly at this juncture, a mistake to allow any crew to go away from Princeton, and I have always thought it a mistake to allow irregular crews, that is to say bodies of men going away as individuals and not as responsible representatives of the University, to undertake contests of any kind away from the college.” The letter has a small brown tape strip on the second page, well below the Wilson signature. It is in fine condition. (Inventory #: 4644)