The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-10
MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD
IN HONOR OF PROFESSOR AL.
 BERT sPRoULL WHEELER.
A Most Representative Audience at Hendrie HaII-Exercises Opened by Dean Rogers of the Law schooI--Ad- dress by Rev. pr. Patterson of Bos- ton--AIso by Professor Raynolds.

A memorial service for Albert Sproull Wheeler late professor of Roman law at the Yale law school, was held in the auditorium of Hendrie hall yester- day afternoon. The exercises were simple and impressive and were at tended by the faculty of the school, many prominent men in this city, a number of Prof Wheeler's former pu- pils, and by a number of prominent citizens from out of town who were personal friends of the. deceased. The faculty of the law school, and also Rev. pr. Patterson wore their degree caps and gowns, which lent an addi- tional iiliDressiveness to the exercises.
 Dean Rogers of the law school open ed the exercises with a brief introduce tory address in which he said, "A great teacher, like a great orator, is born. He Is not made. One may be a great judge or a great trial lawyer, and at the same time very indifferent teacher. Albert Soroull Wheeler was great teacher, and one who could inspire his students with love for learning and study For quarter of century he was connected with the faculty of the Yale law school. When such a man and after such a period of service dies it is fitting that his memory should be honored in some appropriate manner" ;"
 Continuing, the speaker gave brief outline of Prof. Wheeler's life which in part was as follows: He was born in Geneva, Ontario county, N. Y., on De- cember 1, 1882. His father was Dr.
 John Wheeler, a leading practitioner of medicine in the community in which he lived. Albert Sproull Wheeler was the second son and fourth child, He died in New Haven on January 30, 1905,
 and the span of his life reached three score years and twelve. He was buried in the Yale college lot in our city cern- etery.' The speaker then sketched
 Prof. Wheeler's scholastic career from the time he entered Hobart college to his death. He said further that Prof. Wheeler by his will bequeathed to the university his valuable library on
 Roman law, about the finest of the kind in the country, together with a fund for it's maintenance, the entire bequest aggregating in value perhaps some S25,00O
 At the conclusion of Dean Rogers
 address he introduced Rev. G. Hubert Patterson of Boston, Mass. Rev. Dr. Patterson was a life long friend of Prof. Wheeler Dr. Patterson spoke in
 part as follows: Many years ago, to be precise, August 19, 1851, my honored father took me to Geneva, N. Y., to at tend the commencement of Hobart col lege, and to introduce me to certain
 attractive, incidents of college life. He was clergyman. The occasion of my visit chanced to be that on which the
 good friend whom we this day com mernorate, Prof. Albert Sproull Wheel CT, was graduated as valedictorian of the class of 1851, at less than nineteen
 years of age. He looked like a very young man. He was of medium height, but well knit: he had a springy and elastic step; the expression of his face was earnest and intellectual; his man. ner was self-possessed."
 Boy like, said to myself-under stimulus Of the occasion-'He must
 know lot; how did he manage it? He don't look much older than I am, and there are fellows in, his class who are evidently much older than he; he, must have studied mighty hard The ques- ton and comment implied a certain ad-
 miration for the young man before me, and of a doubtfulness as to myself But the youthful winner of college honors
 had great qualities of head and heart supported by the physique of an ath- lete. He had the making of a great teacher-brains, imagination, unselfish- ness, constructive instinct, enthusiasm, sympathetic power, physical ability to command admiration, and great capac- ity for work. Prof. Parsons, said to
 the class of 1863, at graduation-"Young gentlemen, the only genius worth hav- ing is genius for work '
 Contiuing, the speaker said: "Mr 7'-- (Continued on Sixth Page.)