V. THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT 



THE Ti<r.-u-i- OF nil. MAKINK P.io[.or,i< \i. I. \r.oi< ATORV; 



Gentlemen: I have the honor t.> -uhmit herewith a report of 

 the twenty-third se--iM of the Marine I'.i.'l, -gical Laboratory for 

 the \ear I'/ID. ami ?<une recommendations fur future develop- 

 ment. 



\Ve record with - -rn >\v the loss hy death during the year of 



three member- !" the board of trustees: D \. I lerter. Pro- 



r I). P. l'enhall"\v and P: 0. Whitman. It is 



fitting that due n of tile SCfl -lumld be 



en in the form of resolution- to l>e -pread upon the minutes 



of the lizard and -ent t" the fainili. -ir lamented colleague-. 



The death -f Pr^f \Vliittnan wa- Midden and unexpected. 



lie \\a- taken with pneuiii"iiia >u \.\einher .^ and died . >n 



December ''. Mrinorial - in hi- h"ii>r \\ere held at the 



LJniversit) of ( hicago -n Decembei s; . and hi- hd\ \\a- laid in 



the lal>"rat<>ry l"t in the Mpi-c- -pal ' ry at W'>d- ||"!- OH 



December ID in the pt . a -mall jjatheriiiL,' "f his former 



atCS and friend-. wh> almie \\ere able t" attend. 



Professor Whitman'- death may be -aid t- mark the cl<sc of 

 the tir-t period of development of the Marine I '. il Labora- 



tory. A- director for the tir-t twenty - of the exi-tence 



of the Laboratory, more than an} other per-on he i;ave the Labora- 

 tory it- -tatn- and it- ideal-. In a very fitting way. therefore, 

 \\e max -ax that the Laboratory i- a monument to hi- memory. 

 lUit it i- de-irable anl due that -onie permanent memorial should 

 mark hi- la-t re-tin.^ ].lace near the iii-titutioii that he loved so 

 well, and it i- recommended that a committee be appointed to 

 take thi- matter in charge. 



The -tatY of instruction in [910 comprised 29 member-, repre- 

 -eiitini, T eighteen in-tituti"ii<. Acknowledgment -hould again be 

 made to the member- of the staff of investigation who rendered 

 their .-ervice- freely. 



