The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-02
CAN TURN A RHYME
OR MIX A DRINK
TO SUIT
Literary MixolOgist Comes
to St. Paul to Make His
Home-One of the Odys-
sean SOnnets Which Won
Him a Coveted Prize.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
MADISON, Wis, Feb. 1.-Arthur
Stanley Wheeler, who was forced to
resign his place on the faculty Of the
University of Wisconsin, where he was
instructor in English, on account Of
extensive gambling and drinking pro-
penSitieS, has accepted position in
a railroad office in St. Paul and left
for that place this morning. He wind
ed up his stay in Madison, after leaV-
ing the university, by working several
days in the bar-roOm of a Madison
hotel, the Avenue, where he served and
mixed drinks like an old hand at the
business. The news that a college pro-
fessor had become a bar keeper Gre
ated quite a stir in the Latin quarter
in this city, and pressure was brought
to bear from the university to induce
him to desist and leave the city.
Wheeler was an exceptionally bril-
liant man, although only twenty two
years of age, graduated from Yale last
spring with high hOnorS, receiving the
degree of bachelor of arts. EHis father
is at present a professor of history in
that college. Just before his gradua-
ton he won the Cook prize for the
best unpublished poem, and his record
as a poet and literateUr preceded him
when he came to Madison. At the
university here he was a member of
the English club, an exclusive organi-
ZatiOn of literary men of the institution
but took to gaming and flushing at
the local resorts. The discovery of
his actions here was made when the
investigation into student gambling
was instituted. William w. Atwa-
ter, a student, told the faculty of see
ing Wheeler in resorts of a question
able nature, and this resulted in the
hurried resignation of the talented in
stTuctOr. A tremendous sensation has
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the facultys investigation, and when
1t became necessary for Wheeler to
leave the city his friends, of whom
there were very many, raised a purse
of $3.50 to start him on his new career
in st. Paul He declares that he will
never resume teaching, and says that
since resigning from the university he
has not touched a drop of liquor nor
played at any game Of chance, and
does not intend to in the future.
book of poems from the pen Of
Wheeler is now on the Grafton Press,
of New York. and will be out in a few
weeks. The poems with which he
won the Cook prize are called Odys-
sean sOnnets, one of which he consent
ed to write for T h G before
leaving for st. Paul. The sonnet fol-
lows:
The skies Ger Scheria are always blue
Because of one fair presence on that
isle.
One heart that knew nor evil thought nor
guile
A maiden ever innocently true;
No aftermath Of rosemary and rue
Is thine, Nausicaa. No lurking vile
Lies hid behind the charm of that sweet
smile,
That fades as lightly as it lightly grew.
Thy lamp once cast a soft and siIvery
beang
Athwart je wanderer from DER seas,
Who tastk,g bitterly his soured lees
ForbOre to mar thy delicate, pure
dream:
And so departing left the lily maid
A memory to cherish unafraid.
This, with a great many others, is a
specimen of the work of Mr.. Wheeler's s
pen. He said yesterday he did not ex-
pect to remain in the railroad service
long, but expected to earn his living by
his pen.