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Show Riches at Yale. Prof. "Hill)" Sumnor of Ynle officially offi-cially Known as Prof. William G. Sumner Sum-ner who lias attracted attention by his wlhe and pertinent comments upon the icrcnt llnnnclal hurricane and Its cause, has often been called by Yale men the best teacher they had In college. col-lege. Prof. Sumner Is now teaching hoclology, but he used to tench economics, eco-nomics, and, according to a writer In Harper's Weekly, he nchlevcd the lm-piesslxe lm-piesslxe feat of making that subject cntcitatnlng. Sumner was a classmate of William C. Whitney, who was ery fond of the piofessor and who used to like to play with him In New Haven. Sumner never got as rich ns Whitney; he npvor seemed to care to. He amused his mind in unnther way, and ho once enormously nmused Whitnoy by telling his old ft lend that tho Yale corporation had greatly .Increased his salary. "That's splendid," said Whitney. ''How much more do they gle you, HII17" "Two hundred and fifty dollars n year," said Sumner. And he always wondered why Whitney Whit-ney laughed so loudly and so long. |
