ABSTRACT
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was at the height of his popularity at Princeton when he made his "Quad" proposal; and the mere circumstance that it was his proposal was sufficient to obtain for it considerable support in the university. At once civil war broke out in Princeton, and Wilson was horrified to find that John Grier Hibben, "the friend he had taken to his bosom," opposed him. Wilson did his best to persuade Hibben to remain Tommy Wilson; but Hibben possessed that unendurable thing, a will of his own. On September 26, 1907, at a faculty meeting Hibben rose and seconded van Dyke's motion opposing the adoption of Wilson's proposal. The conversion of Hibben into a Judas was doubtless made easy for Wilson by his unconscious identification of himself with Christ. Hibben did everything possible to preserve the friendship, and Wilson for a time continued to speak to Hibben.
