THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION 
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ship of Mr. Bennett and his associates, 
the Wild Life School will continue to 
extend its influence until scores of our 
citizens will look forward to spending 
their vacations at McGregor, in the 
midst of unexcelled scenery, and where, 
under the guidance of specialists in 
several departments of science, they 
may learn to interpret the secrets of 
the great library of nature. 
“'If thou art worn and hard beset 
With sorrows, that thou wouldst forget; 
If thou wouldst learn a lesson that will 
keep 
Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from 
sleep, 
Go to the woods and hills! No tears 
Dim the sweet look that Nature wears.’” 
Death of Clinton R. Fisher. 
Clinton R. Fisher, Treasurer of The 
Stamford Trust Company, Stamford, 
Connecticut, died suddenly of apoplexy 
on Tuesday evening, February 15. For 
several years Mr. Fisher had been suf- 
fering from heart trouble. This in the 
past year had increased notwithstand- 
ing careful and assiduous medical at- 
tention, and for the past three weeks 
he had not been able to visit the bank- 
ing house with which he was con- 
nected. We quote the following from 
“The Daily Advocate” of Stamford : 
“Mr. Fisher is survived by his wife, 
who was Miss Janet Sammis, the 
daughter of F. H. and Elizabeth Sam- 
mis of Stamford, and by one son, Ed- 
ward C. Fisher, and by his mother. 
Mr. Fisher was born in Darien, July 
13, 1870. He was the son of Daniel M. 
and Emma L. Fisher. 
“When The Stamford Trust Com- 
pany was organized, in 1889, Mr. 
Fisher was a member of the staff. He 
had been with the company ever since, 
except for a period of somewhat more 
than a year when he was in the broker- 
age business in New York. He had 
been treasurer of the Trust Company 
for the last three years, and during the 
war period he handled all the detail 
work of the Liberty Loan and Victory 
Loan business for his bank.” 
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By the death of Mr. Fisher the bank- 
ing business has lost an efficient offi- 
cer, Stamford has lost a highly es- 
teemed and valuable citizen, and The 
Agassiz Association has lost a faith- 
ful friend. Mr. Fisher’s interest in The 
AA and his kind assistance date from 
near the time when the Association 
came in the care of the present man- 
agement. Notwithstanding his duties 
at the bank as an expert financier, he 
for several years cheerfully and gen- 
erously audited the books of The AA, 
and otherwise manifested much good 
will toward the work. His friendly 
counsels and personal aid were appre- 
ciated and valued. Mr. Fisher pos- 
sessed a winning personality. This 
with his ability as a business manager 
and skilled financier made him one of 
our most valuable citizens. He was 
active in church and civic duties but 
not ostentatiously so. Whatever he 
undertook he did well, but never with 
a flourish for self-aggrandizement. 
What he did he did in the simple, mod- 
est manner of a quiet, conscientious 
citizen. 
Perhaps he himself did not realize 
in what high personal regard he was 
held by a host of friends. His good 
life, his personally endearing qualities, 
his efficiency in business matters are a 
lesson that should impress itself upon 
those that came in association with 
him. 
A large circle of friends extend genu- 
ine sympathy to the members of his 
family. 
Prince Kropotkin and The Agassiz 
Association. 
The newspapers of January 29 had 
extended articles making the startling 
announcement that Prince Kropotkin 
of Russia had starved to death in Mos- 
cow at the age of seventy-eight years. 
He was known everywhere as a 
geographer and historian and as taking 
an active interest in opposition to the 
Czarist regime. “The New York Sun” 
says : 
“As a champion of Russian emanci- 
pation he was feared by the govern- 
ments of Czar Alexander III. and Czar 
Nicholas II. and was exiled to England, 
where he lived for forty years until 
the Czar Nicholas was overthrown. 
“Immediately after the formation of 
Kerensky’s provisional government 
Prince Kropotkin returned to Russia 
and was received in triumph. At the 
time of his death, however, he was liv- 
ing furtively with his wife and daugh- 
ter and was in constant danger of exe- 
