The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-31
ALBERT srRoULL wHNrLhE.

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 Albert sproull Wheeler, who died yes- terday afternoon in this city. had an uncommonly long and useful career as
 a teacher, his work including service in
 Hobart College, Cornell University, the l Sheffield Scientific School and the Yale
 Law School. He had been connected with Yale for the last thirty-three years. He was instructor in German in the Sheffield Scientific School for twen-
 ty-five years, and.was instructor in Ro-
 man Law in the Law School for some
 time before leaving his place in the Sci ! entiffe School, and since then, which was in 1897, he has devoted his entire attention to his Roman Law work. He
 brought with him to Yale from Hobart
 College and Cornell University an eX- 1 cellent reputation as teacher, andNhe
 added greatly to it during his long and
 thorough work at Yale. Few men are
 better equipped to lead or drive youth into and along the unroyal road than he
 was, and few men have done or are
 doing it better. His work in German
 in the Sheffield Scientific School would
 alone make an enduring monument for him. For twenty-five years he planned and worked, and though never satis- | fled, he was permitted to see much fruit
 of his labors. Thousands of men in this and other countries can and do testify
 gratefully to his thoroughness, his &C.,
 curacy, his relentless requirements, his timely severity and his exact justice in l dealing with them. He knew what he wanted of a class, he knew what a
 class could do or be made to do, and he
 fought hard for high standards and
 good work. In the Law School he did a l larger kind of work, with equal thor
 oughness and conscientiousness. In studying, while young, for entrance to 1 the New York Bar he became interested
 in Roman Law, and that interest per- 1 sisted until it made him capable of teaching it in way which made the
 ous. He enjoyed this part of his work l perhaps more than any other and was especially interested in giving the promising young Japanese and other foreigners who took his course the full I benefit of his large learning and ma tured thought. In the course of his l Roman Law work he collected very
 complete and valuable library of books on Roman Law, and it is hoped that
 Yale may continue to have the benefit ] of that. A@,
 > Professor Wheeler was never a seeker
 for applause, or even for recognition,
 but he secured much of both on account i of the quality and value of his work He was honored and respected among l scholars for his great mental ability | and the soundness and the scope of his 1 learning. But though true scholar he l always kept up a vital interest in the l afalrs Of the world. He was very hu-
 man, and he liked to mingle with and
 learn of all sorts and conditions of men. l He was of a most friendly and generous
 nature, and there are many who owe him gratitude for timely help. He
 hated humbug and lying, was as correct and accurate in all his business deal 1 ings as he was in his intellectual work,
 and aimed to be always just. Those | who knew him best felt that his un- | common powers would have made him 1 conspicuous in any branch of effort. But he chose to be a teacher, and he has left an indelible mark on thousands
 of good minds. He did his long work l ccnscientiously and nobly. Peace and rest to him. .,