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a quiet corner for the auditorium in the angle between the two 

 wings protecting it completely from the noise of the street. In 

 their work on these plans the Executive Committee were able to 

 rely on the advice and assistance of Mr. Charles A. Coolidge, at 

 every stage, as in the plans studied in the summer of 1920. Draw- 

 ings were made by Messrs. Coolidge and Shattuck of Boston and 

 were repeatedly criticized and improved, detail by detail, by the 

 workers at the Laboratory. The plans reached an advanced state 

 of completion by the end of the summer, and the architects were 

 then instructed to prepare final drawings and specifications and to 

 secure contractors' estimates on the cost of construction. 



During the year also efforts were continued with the aid of the 

 National Research Council to secure the necessary funds for the 

 building and its endowment, estimated at about one million dollars. 

 The project was presented to the Rockefeller Foundation and the 

 Carnegie Corporation by officers of the National Research Council 

 early in the year, and opportunity was given during the session by 

 both organizations for a full presentation of the needs and plans 

 of the Laboratory by our Executive Committee. Both organiza- 

 tions had the matter under favorable consideration at the end of 

 the year. 



We are not asking for a large endowment in connection with 

 the new building, but for only enough so that the operation of the 

 new addition should not be unduly burdensome. Our aim should 

 be to develop and extend the system of contributions from research 

 sources of all kinds and to expand the business of the Supply 

 Department and of all other sources of revenue. The Laboratory 

 should depend largely upon cooperative support, to the least possi- 

 ble extent upon endowment. The morale and strength of the or- 

 ganization depend upon the necessity of its members working 

 together for its support and its growth. The Laboratory will thus 

 best maintain its ideals and become increasingly effective in the 

 advancement of science. 



The membership of our Corporation and Board of Trustees is 

 composed almost entirely of scientific men ; such a body is not 

 usually considered well qualified to deal with matters of investment 

 connected with relatively large endowments. On the other hand, 

 to create another body, as an integral part of the Laboratory, that 



