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MR. C. E. KELLEY '73 DIES AT HOME AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS

Was Instructor of Astronomy Since 1915 at University

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Mr. Clarence Erskine Kelley '73, Instructor in Astronomy in the University, died Sunday evening at his home, 23 Irving Street, after a brief illness. Mr. Kelley was born on July 31, 1849, at West Amesbury, Massachusetts. He devoted his life to teaching. From 1881 to 1900 he was principal of the Haverhill High School, and from 1903 to 1914 was principal of the Nute High School in Milton, N. H.

Mr. Kelley early developed a fondness for Astronomy, a subject which he often taught in connection with courses in science in preparatory schools. In 1915, on his return to Cambridge, he assisted in the classes in Astronomy at the Astronomical Laboratory, and was later appointed Instructor in Astronomy, a position which he continued to hold until his death.

Mr. Kelley was serving as president of the board of trustees of the John Greenleaf Whittier homestead in Haverhill, was vestryman at Christ Church, Cambridge, a member of the National Education Association, of the New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools, of the New Hampshire Historical Society, of the American Astronomical Society, and of the Harvard chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.

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