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" special " apparatus and reagents are not furnished. The policy 

 is summed up in " service to the investigator." 



10. The Library. It is the policy of the Laboratory to develop 

 the best possible library for current biological research. Books of 

 historical interest only are regarded as secondary in importance. 

 The development of this policy will involve the establishment of a 

 very large library in the course of time, and this should be pursued 

 as rapidly as possible. 



11. The Mess is conducted for the benefit of investigators and 

 students. Rates are calculated to pay the cost of operation, equip- 

 ment, rent, and upkeep in general, and not for profit. 



Rules and regulations have been established governing its use. 

 These are subject to revision by the Executive Committee of the 

 Laboratory at any time. 



12. Housing Facilities. The housing facilities furnished by the 

 Laboratory are calculated to meet the deficit in the local supply and 

 to keep local prices at a reasonable rate. As the local provision 

 has become progressively less adequate, it has been necessary to 

 make increasing provision for workers. The purchase of the 

 Gansett property, twenty acres within a mile of the Laboratory, 

 was determined by this consideration. The development of the 

 Laboratory obviously depends upon adequate housing facilities at 

 reasonable rates. 



13. Biological Bulletin. One of the policies of the Laboratory 

 should be to aid in the provision of adequate means for publication 

 of biological research in America. The establishment of the BIO- 

 LOGICAL BULLETIN in 1899 was in pursuit of this policy; it is now 

 in its forty-first volume. A larger responsibility should be under- 

 taken as soon as means permit. 



14. Future Development. The policy of attempting adequately 

 to represent biological research in America by free association of, 

 and government by, the investigators themselves determines all 

 questions of future development. The next step will generally be 

 apparent, as, for instance, the present need of a biophysical and 

 biochemical laboratory, and of a building for library, administra- 

 tion, and auditorium. It is the policy of the Laboratory to be 

 ready for advance by the nature and morale of its organization and 

 by control of sufficient land. 



