THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION 



-'53 



him, was an inspiration to any heroic 

 worker in a good cause. He had the 

 genius of success and that very quality 

 made him sometimes misunderstood. 



i ie possessed unbounded love for his 

 fellow man, and was sympathetic in the 

 highest degree. For many years he 

 suffered from tuberculosis, yet he 

 would not for a moment even consider 

 the advice of his physician to leave 

 New York City and go to Colorado, al 

 though he knew that there his life 

 would be prolonged. "No," he unhes- 

 itatingly replied, "I would better live 

 a shorter life and devote it to the good 

 of my fellow beings than live a longer 

 life in selfishness." 



Next to him in his prolonged life 

 of service was his sister, Pauline Leip- 

 ziger. who for many years was his 

 faithful companion and his support in 

 his labor. 



He so thoroughly inspired those im- 

 mediately active in his great work at 

 the office of the Board of Education, 

 and had so perfected the machinery 

 there, that everything will continue to 

 move smoothly and effectively. Dr. 

 Leipziger in his younger days was a 

 teacher in the public schools, and for 

 several years was Assistant Superin- 

 tendent of those schools in New York 

 City He also travelled extensively and 

 investigated methods of industrial edu- 

 cation. He had been Supervisor of the 

 Lecture System since 1890. 



The Agassiz Association and the edi- 

 tor of this magazine express their sin- 

 cere sympathy to his workers in the 

 office, to his immediate assistants and 

 especially to his faithful sister. 



By way of making its grounds into 

 a bird sanctuary, the State Normal 

 School at Radford, Virginia, has plant- 

 ed its campus with crab apple, dog- 

 wood, black gum, cedar, service berry, 

 beech, black haw, thorn berry, wild 

 rose, hackberry. sumac, elder, native 

 and Russian mulberries, and other like 

 plants that furnish shelter, food or 

 nesting places for feathered visitors. 



Certain beaches of the Carolina coast 

 have been shot over for so long bv wild 

 fowl hunters that the sand itself hr>- 

 become mixed with lead. The birds 

 swallow the pellets and are slowlv 

 poisoned with all the usual symptoms. 



Enjoying the Winter Sunshine. 



BY C. D. ROMIGj AUDEXRIED, PENNSYL- 

 VANIA. 



On a Sunday late in January, 1916, 

 I wandered over some old hunting 

 grounds and at a choice spot I sat 

 down beside a tiny stream to eat my 

 lunch. The day was raw and cold, 

 freezing cold in the shade and barely 

 thawing in the sunshine at noon. 

 However, the sunshine had tempted me 

 out and I tried to make the best of my 

 outing. After my lunch I sat down 

 close to some large rocks, out of the 

 wind and right in the sunshine. I 

 soon realized that I had found a warm, 

 cozy spot, so I hunted up some drv 

 poles with which I made a bed and 

 there I rested unusually well for more 

 than four hours, when clouds appeared 

 and cut off sunshine. 



I am not fond of cold weather but I 

 am fond of the outdoors and the warm 

 sunshine. Being used to steam heat, 

 I was rather tender for such an experi- 

 ence as lying down surrounded by 

 snow for four hours even in the sun. 

 But I left the spot reluctantly when 

 the clouds began to thicken. 



The wind was strong but I could not 

 feel its movement ; I felt only the warm 

 sunshine. I began to study the reason 

 for that. I found that Indians had used 

 that very spot. Hunters had found 

 shelter and had made camp fires there. 

 Once I found a big and lively black 

 snake sunning itself there early in the 

 spring, yet all these do not indicate 

 that the place was enchanted as the 

 spot about the rock was not really in- 

 viting. 



The whole thing was due to the lo- 

 cation and the position of the rock, vet 

 my unusual experience may be ex- 

 plained by the following method. 

 Take a long book, lay it flat in the sun- 

 shine and lift the upper lid just enough 

 to let in all the sunshine all day. The 

 book should be laid about east and west 

 and open toward the south. In winter 

 it need not be opened as much as in 

 summer since the sun is low in winter. 



Bv experimenting with a suitable 

 book or with boards, plans could be 

 formed for a structure of anv suitable 

 material or dimensions and cost. I 

 would use lumber, stone or cement. I 

 would call it a sun wall, and mv first 



