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broadening his knowledge and sympatliies by contact with his fellow-man 

 in widely separated portions of our country, which breadth of sympathy was 

 not lessened by four years' active participation in the war, and was in later 

 life a prominent trait of his character. Returning to the North, he took 

 up the study of medicine, was graduated from the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania, and served two years in Blockley Hospital, Philadelphia, as an 

 interne under the late Samuel D. Gross and other men whose names have 

 become illustrious in the annals of medicine. He gained their respect by 

 Ms close attention to and proficiency in his studies, and devotion to duty. 



At the breaking out of the war, he entered the Federal army as assistant 

 surgeon. His ability and conscientiousness procured his promotion, and 

 he became medical director of Crooke's Corps in Hunter's Division (the 

 Sixth). 



At the close of the war he chose this city for his home, and soon after 

 joined himself to this Academy, remaining one of its most faithful and 

 esteemed members until the eod. 



In 1871, he married Miss Cordelia Harrison. Two daughters, with their 

 mother, survive him. 



Three years since, his falling health induced him to seek another place 

 of residence, and he died on April 17, 1897, at Mineral Point, Wisconsin. 



Dr. Leete's personality was of that purposeful and energetic sort which 

 leaves an impression on its surroundings. Public-spirited to an unusual 

 degree, he harbored no selfish thought when the common weal was con- 

 cerned, and, without expectation of remuneration or demand for recog- 

 nition, gave much labor, time, and even occasional pecuniary assistance to 

 objects which were of equal importance to all. 



The St. Louis Academy of Science herewith tender to his bereaved 

 family and friends their heartfelt sympathy in this our common loss. 



Professor Nipher stated that he desired to add that Dr. 

 Leete had furnished the means for carrying on the magnetic 

 survey of Missouri during the years 1881-1882, expressing 

 a desire that his name should not at that time appear in 

 connection with the reports of the woris done, which were 

 published in Volume IV., No. 3, of the Academy's Trans- 

 actions. 



Mr. J. B. S. Norton read a paper embodying the results 

 of an examination into the effects of the tornado of May, 1896, 

 on trees about St. Louis, in which it was shown that, while 

 ordinary winds have some influence on the form and strength 

 of trees, in strong winds uprooting is caused by wet soil, 

 weak spreading roots, and a large surface exposed to the 

 wind. If the roots hold, breaks may occur in the trunk or 

 branches, depending on the strength of the wood, the form of 

 the tree, the mode of branching and the weight and resistance 



