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concerned in war work, some by enlistment in various branches 

 of the armed forces of the United States, others by service on 

 various scientific boards, others again by undertaking specific 

 pieces of investigation for the Government. As a consequence 

 there were many absences from the staff and investigators in 

 the summer. Those who were able to do so took up the work of 

 the absent members, and recognition is due for the efficiency 

 with which they conducted the work of the Laboratory. 



The Tablet in memory of the First Director of the Laboratory 

 was designed by Miss Frances Grimes of New York City, and 

 was completed and set up in the vestibule of the brick building 

 in the spring of 1918. It is of bronze, and bears the following 

 inscription: 'To the Memory of Charles Otis Whitman, 1842- 

 1910, Professor of Zoology in Universities of Japan and the 

 United States, 1877-1910. First Director of the Marine Biologi- 

 cal Laboratory, 1888-1908. This tablet is erected by the Cor- 

 poration and Board of Trustees of the Marine Biological Labor- 

 atory in grateful recognition of his inspiring Leadership, Devo- 

 tion to the Spirit of Cooperation among Scientific Men, high ideals 

 of Research, and of his great work in the Advancement of Biolog- 

 ical Science." 



May this memorial serve to keep green the memory of the 

 man who more than any other, established the spirit of the 

 Marine Biological Laboratory: 



The death of Franklin P. Mall, Professor of Anatomy in 

 Johns Hopkins Medical School occasioned a serious loss to the 

 Laboratory. The following resolution has been entered in the 

 minutes of the Board of Trustees: 



"Franklin Paine Mall died at Baltimore, November 17, 1917, 

 in his fifty-sixth year and just as he was entering on the most 

 comprehensive phase of his work in human embryology. 



"Since 1897 he had been a member of the Board of Trustees 

 of the Marine Biological Laboratory. 



'The aims and ideals of the Laboratory were close to his 

 heart, and many young investigators who have studied at Woods 

 Hole owe to his suggestion their impulse to do this. 



"A student of broad biological training and still broader 

 interests; a teacher of genius; a skilful organizer of scientific 



