At this moment a bad news came to Santiniketan. Satish Chandra Roy and Dinendranath went to Budhagaya, Agra, and different places of Uttarpradesh during winter vacation of the school. After they had returned to Santiniketan Satish Chandra was seen to be attacked with severe type of Small Pox.Anil Baran Roychoudhury wrote Sudhakanta Roychoudhury on May in a letter that Satish chandra was nursing a patient of Small Pox and got himself infected. Satish chandra died but the person was cured and remained alive.
At this news Rabindranath was also shocked but he was absorbed in thinking about the school.
Mohit Chandra Sen decided to join the School. Rabindranath wrote Mohit Chandra among other things 'Satish Chandra's death has widened the vacuum in my life and deed'.
Mohit chandra joined the school on 13th Feb.Rabindranath informed Dinesh Chandra Sen that Mohit Babu's entry in the school elevated the standard of teaching and other things.
Rabindranath paid Rs.200/ to mohit Babu as his monthly salary from his own fund of Rs. 510/-.
