DIRECTOR'S REPORT. 1 1 



Books have been received from Dr. Marianna L. Herwerden, 

 Dr. E. G. Spaulding, Dr. Dunn, Dr. A. R. Moore, Rev. Mr. 

 Tingley, Mrs. Charles R. Crane, Dr. F. R. Lillie, Dr. Christine 

 Ladd-Franklin, Dr. Otto C. Glaser, the New York Botanical 

 Garden, and others. 



ROBERT P. BIGELOW, 



Librarian. 



VI. THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. 



January I, 1921. 

 To THE TRUSTEES OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY. 



Gentlemen: I beg to present herewith a report of the thirty- 

 third session of the Laboratory for the year 1920: 



On March 17, 1920, the dining hall, kitchen and laundry of the 

 Laboratory were entirely destroyed by a fire which started in the 

 machine shop of the Bureau of Fisheries across the street, and 

 was blown by a strong west wind directly on to our buildings. 

 Although the fire started at 4.30 A.M. the entire town turned out, 

 and by hard work succeeded in saving the other buildings of the 

 Laboratory. A meeting of the members of the Board of Trustees 

 resident in New York and vicinity was hurriedly called on March 

 2oth at the home of Mr. Crane, and voted that "the officers of 

 the Laboratory be empowered to make necessary arrangements 

 to replace the buildings and equipment destroyed by fire, en- 

 larging the same if deemed advisable; and that the Director and 

 Treasurer be given power to borrow the funds necessary for 

 these purposes." A waiver of notice of time and place of this 

 meeting was then sent out and was signed by all members of the 

 Board. 



Dr. Drew took charge of the building operations, and, in spite 

 of the unprecedently bad conditions of the market both for labor 

 and materials, he succeeded with the loyal assistance of the 

 Laboratory crew in getting the buildings and equipment ready 

 for opening at the regular time. As the amount of insurance 

 had remained at pre-war rates, a very heavy net loss resulted, 

 which is recorded in the Treasurer's report. 



