12 MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY. 



Wilson P. Gee, R. A. Spaeth, 



A. J. Goldfarb, A. H. Sturtevant, 



H. B. Goodrich, H. D. Taylor, 



A. O. Gross, Clara L. Ware, 



M. F. Guyer, M. W. Welch, 



L. V. Heilbrunn, D. H. Wenrich, 



Mary J. Hogue, Paul S. Welch, 



E. R. Hoskins, H. L. Wieman, 

 J. S. Huxley, W. H. Weston, 



F. R. Lillie, Miss A. E. W T oodward. 



Dr. Bumpus contributed $25 and Doctors Meigs, A. G. Mayer, 

 and Knower added $10 each toward completing the sums pre- 

 viously promised by them. In this way the total amount of 

 $108 was received this year. In addition there are still a few 

 subscriptions expected from promises already published. 



This fund represents a most important cooperative spirit in 

 the development of the library. The library is used more now 

 than ever before, as witnessed by the fact that 350 books were 

 charged in one day. Never before have so many individuals of 

 the Laboratory shown their appreciation of the library by 

 voluntarily contributing to its support and extension. Such 

 wide interest on the part of so many members of the Laboratory 

 leading to numerous small gifts, whether in money or books, 

 will be of the greatest value to the library. It is much appre- 

 ciated! All the more because it is so broadly cooperative! 



It is to be hoped that the Laboratory can soon supplement 

 these gifts and place at the disposal of the library a sum to be 

 expended in emergencies for the purchase of bargains which often 

 become unexpectedly available. Such a fund of say $300 a 

 year would make it possible to fill in gaps, complete sets, and 

 add works which would be difficult to secure through more 

 regular and slower channels. There is no more urgent need of 

 the library than the maintenance of such an emergency fund, 

 now so well started. 



