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During the school year in lew York he often took week-end trips in the 
open country with a. small group of men to break the monotony of teaching, and 
to reinvigorate him for indoor work. It was thus that he planned his last 
trip to Bear Mountain to view the total eclipse of the sun on January 24. 
Yhe temperature was below zero, and he v/as thoroughly chilled, so that he 
had a bad cold when he returned. He taught the following week, but gave up 
on Friday ni/dit. Pneumonia developed, and he died quietly on the evening 
of February 2. He was the only child of his parents and never married, so 
he left no near relatives, except two aged aunts in the West. 
