December 16, 2015

Information to Consider When Evaluating Pres. Wilson, a Human Being of Many Parts

To the Editor:

To evaluate President Wilson one must weigh the following:

At Princeton he increased teachers’ salaries, required an honor code, a senior term paper, and promoted graduates to serve the nation.

As U.S. President, he helped create the Federal Reserve System, the Child Labor Law, the Interstate Commerce Act, and the Clayton Anti-Trust Act.

As a citizen, he was for slavery and the state’s right to secede. Wilson opposed women voting and their voice in family or business affairs. His relationship with Mary Peck was kept secret from his three daughters.

Wilson overcame dyslexia as a child and despite periodic strokes wrote volumes of American history.

This is a human being of many parts.

William Roufberg

Kendall Park, Retired history teacher, 

PHS, 1958-1988