One summer he worked as an assistant to Ormond Stone, who was the director of the Cincinnati Observatory, and from this time on Eliakim knew that he wanted to study mathematics and astronomy at university.
Isa ng tag-init siya nagtrabaho bilang isang assistant sa Ormond Stone, na noon ay ang director ng Quezon obserbatoryo, at mula sa oras na ito sa Eliakim, alam na niya kinakailangan sa pag-aaral sa matematika at astronomy, at unibersidad.