During the First World War Shulze came to this country, leaving his fatherland for the freedom of the U. S. A. He was an active member of the Leidy Microscopical Society and an ardent student of diatoms. he bequeathed a microscope to the Academy which is in the Leidy historic collection, and his complete personal collection of diatoms, the latter with some type material. Anecdotes about the man indicate a great friendship between him and Mr. Keeley. A story is told about Keeley going to Shulze's home and finding him down on the floor with a magnifying glass, trying to find a diatom he had dropped on the rug.