Before the elections of 1912, Sterian was also a public speaker at rallies organized by the Conservative Party.Constantin Bacalbașa, Bucureștii de altă dată, Vol. IV, pp. 41–42. Bucharest: Universul, 1936 To May 15, 1912, he served in the Conservative administration as Comptroller at the Ministry of Commerce."Parte oficială. Ministerul Industriei și Comerțului", in Monitorul Oficial, Issue 37, June 1, 1912, p. 1794 He was co-opted as a medical expert by the Romanian Army bulletin, Buletinul Armatei și Marinei, and also wrote for the nationally circulated weekly Săptămâna Politică și Culturală.Baiculescu et al., pp. 72, 608 Also in 1912, he joined Victor Anestin's Astronomical Society, later becoming inducted into the Société astronomique de France."Claviaturi. Neincandescența soarelui și pluralitatea planetelor locuite", in Curentul, February 26, 1944, p. 2 In 1913, Sterian edited for print the poem "Ali's Dream", by his uncle Demetriade.Tamara Teodorescu, Rodica Fochi, Florența Sădeanu, Liana Miclescu, Lucreția Angheluță, Bibliografia românească modernă (1831–1918). Vol. II: D–K, p. 60. Editura științifică și enciclopedică, Bucharest, 1986.
