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Maynard '88: Wilson 1879 battled to get rid of clubs
Published: Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
After failing to permanently shut down the eating clubs, Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879, took on the easier task of lobbying for world peace in his journey from Princeton to the presidency.
Barksdale Maynard ’88, a visiting lecturer in architecture ...
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As anyone familiar with Wilson's Presidency knows, he showed his true ambivalence about democracy when negotiating with the other Allied leaders at Versailles after World War I. His commitment to universal human rights and self-determination was largely limited to whites, and he refused even to meet with WEB DuBois to discuss the future of colonies and countries with predominant populations of people of color. He was a racist, and strokes do not explain this side of his life. Indeed, the otherwise awful Warren Harding desegregated Washington, DC, during his Presidency to undo some of the racist policies of Princeton's hero. Woody Wilson, someone who had contempt for all non-whites.