THE DIRECTOR S REPORT. 25 



Corporation held August 12, 1924 Professor R. A. Harper of 

 Columbia University was elected a member of the class of 1928, 

 and the seven members of the class of 1924 were reelected to serve 

 until 1928. 



The following resolution in memory of Jacques Loeb, member 

 of the Laboratory since 1893 and of the Board of Trustees since 

 1897, was adopted by the Board of Trustees and by the Corpo- 

 ration of the Marine Biological Laboratory at their meetings on 

 August 12, 1924: 



By the death of Dr. Jacques Loeb the world has lost one of the great men of his 

 generation; Biology has lost one of the finest intellects that has ever been devoted 

 to this branch of science; this Laboratory has lost one of its most eminent members. 

 He stood out among his fellows as an investigator, as a teacher, and as a cultivated 

 gentleman broadly interested in all aspects of nature and all the activities of men. 



As an investigator he was tireless in energy, ingenious in experimentation and 

 exceptionally gifted in insight. He lost little time on false leads, but rather blazed 

 his trail straight into new territory and attained his objective by simple and crucial 

 experiments. 



He brought to his work a broad knowledge of related sciences. In the latest 

 advances of chemistry and physics he was always informed, and his researches 

 showed the breadth of his reading and the solid character of his scholarship. 



He had a poet's imagination held in check by practical and mathematical 

 faculties of high order. Consequently his hypotheses were at once brilliant and 

 founded on the best physico-chemical data available. He was ready to change his 

 theories as new facts were discovered. He believed that explanations of phenomena 

 must be expressible ultimately in mathematical terms. He profoundly influenced 

 General Physiology not only by his theories and experimental results but also, quite 

 as much, by the emphasis he laid upon the quantitative method. 



Professor Loeb came to Woods Hole first in 1892. The epoch-making discovery 

 of artificial parthenogenesis was made at this laboratory. The antagonistic action 

 of ions was demonstrated here. Many other researches which have influenced 

 biological thought were carried on here and may be noted in the long list of papers 

 and books which constitute his best monument. He founded the course in General 

 Physiology at Woods Hole in 1893 and drected it for several years. He was a 

 trustee from 1897 to his death. From 1910 he directed the branch laboratory of the 

 Rockefeller Institute in cooperation with Marine Biological Laboratory. 



As a teacher he was enthusiastic and inspiring. His lectures were in advance of 

 the times and full of suggestions for research. With his graduate students he was 

 helpful and friendly and at the same time critical and stimulating. Those who were 

 his students know how enormously they profited by his inspiring personality. 



As a man his interests were well-nigh universal. He found time to make himself 

 familiar with a large literature. He enjoyed music and all the arts. He was 

 interested in economics, sociology and government. His "Mechanistic Conception 

 of Life" is an important contribution to Philosophy and Psychology. 



He was a kindly man. He was a lovable man. He hated war and all sham. He 

 had an incisive sense of humor and loved a harmless joke. He was the center of any 

 company and he had many friends. 



