The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-13
PROF. SUMNER OF YALE DEAD
FAMOCS IS AZ ECONOMIST AND
BELOVED nv mrs Pupils.
Hb Death the Result &C the stroke sf
ApspieNy suneFed last winter Ne
Hesd for . GeneraI,sa the chair 90
Political and soclaI EeuNSmV There.


ApapieNy suneged last winter ne
Held Tor . GeneraI,sa the chair %
Political and soclaI EeUAomV There.
Prof. william Graham Sumner. affec-
tionately known TO a generation Of Yale
men a. Billy Sumner. died yesterday
afternoon at the home Of his son. Graham
Sumner. in Englswood. y. }. last
December Prof. Sumner suffered a slight
attack OF apoplexy in New York. whittier
he had come 90 attend a meeting Of the
American Sociological Socisty. and he
never wholly recovered. His death was a
result OF that seizure
Since his illness N December. Prof
Sumner had spent most Of his time az his
sons home in Englewood. He came to
New York for about six weeks. hut he was
Obliged TO go back to EnRlewood some
time ago. His death was not unexpected.
Mrs. Sumner was with him. .
The attack which resulted in Prof
Summers death occurred at the Murray
Hill Hotel on December q. Prof sumner
was to have presided at the meeting Of
the American Sociological Society and in
the evening he was TO have dined with
Andrew Carnegie at his house on Fifth
avenue. The other guests were Mr.
Taft. Gov Hughes and Mayor Mcclellan.
II was that afternoon that Mr.. Carnegie
fell in the park and wrenched his knee
Al first Prof. Summers physicians
thought that his heart was affected but
later they learned that there had been
rugture OF blood vessel on his brain.
Prof. sumner partly recovered and was
able To recognize Mrs sumner and Mrs
Walter Camp. HIS sister. when they came
from New Haven IN response 10 an urgeht
call. His physicians yesterday IN Engle-
wood did not assign a definite cause Tor
his death more than 10 say thai IL was the
Result OF the attack of apopleXy.
Prot sumner was IN his seventh eth year
He wis professor Of political and social
scienc, at Yale for thirty-seveu years.
He was horn az Patterson. y J on October
~. ISAl, the son Of Thomas and Sarah
Sumner. After being graduated at Yale In
1888 he stud led al Cottingen and at ia
ford. Prom 1880 "a issO ne was a tutor
at Yale. and then. having taken orders
in 1857 IN the Protestant Episcopal Church
be Was assistant m Calvary Church. New
Redeemer at MorristOwu. y j. until
1872. when he went hack u Yale In is7I
he married Miss JEANNE Mhit'emore
Elliott of New York
Especially prominent a. free trader
and an advocate 81 she gold standard
L
works dealing with those and historical
| subjects. His last work 1T note was a
| History Of Banking in the United states.
which Appeared in 1888.
II was almost ten years ago that Prof
summer in n lecture tO the senior elias.
AT Yale provoked a storm Of criticism Nv
declaring that ia his helief fully ~ per
cent ~ the marriages at the day turned
out unhappily. that marriage. had re-
come not a matter 81 love hutsmorr n mat
ter Of course and that many young men
did not wait 10 find an ideal but thought a.
the right IN ing to marry when they reached
CERTAIN age
I'm the striCtsSt scnse Prof. sumner
said. marriage - an ideal tha' has never
l-nen reali,sd. NiciSsitIdes act on and
change the married pair We sociolo-
gists hold the marriage ceremony H. not
marriage, the marriage ceremony ~ an
afterthought II was not adopted until
the sixteenth century Among those
who challenged Prof summers declara-
ton was DIR Eliot. then president IT
Harvard
Prof sumner retired last June from
his active work a. professor and was made
professor emeritus The undergraduates.
by whom he was always particularly be
loved. regretted hts retirement. His
funeral will he IN New Haven.
New HAVEN Conn April - The
news Of the death % Prof sumner Was
received herr with great regret and with
much surprise by undergraduates and
member Of the faculty a. IL was thought
he would soon he able TO return 20 hts
home here Speaking Of HIM tonight
President Hadley aid
Among the MANY great teachers ]
have known Prof sumner was m many
respects the greatest In clearne~s OF
statement in power ~ choosing illustra-
ton and IN a certain concrete definitene=s
of effect on has pupils hs has had no equal
He was one Of the few men Who really
taught his pupils % think and % thank
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