26 MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY. 



MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY. 

 WOODS HOLE, MASSACHUSETTS. 



DEDICATION EXERCISES. 

 FRIDAY, JULY 3. 



2P.M. Daylight saving time. In the auditorium. Presiding Officer, 

 THE HONORABLE CHARLES R. CRANE, President Board of 

 Trustees. 



Address of Welcome: PROFESSOR FRANK R. LILLIE, Director. 



Address: PROFESSOR EDMUND B. WILSON, Columbia University. 



Address: 'The Changing Face of Nature and of Man at Woods 

 Hole," by PROFESSOR EDWIN G. CONKLIN, Princeton Uni- 

 versity. 

 4:00-6:00 P.M. Inspection of buildings and work. Afternoon tea 



will be served. 



8:00 P.M. The first of the series of evening lectures will be delivered 

 by PROFESSOR W. J. Y. OSTERHOUT, of Harvard University- 

 Subject: "Absorption and Accumulation." 



3. Report of the Building Committee (The Director, Assistant 

 Director and Treasurer). In the last Annual Report the esti- 

 mates for construction of the new building and the sources of 

 funds for the purposes were given. It is a source of gratification 

 to the Committee that the building w r as completed and equipped 

 for a sum of $734,101.01 which is $14,485.70 within the estimates 

 of $748,886.71. Ground was broken March, 20 1924 and the 

 building practically fully equipped was ready for occupancy in 

 June, 1925. In its final report presented to the Board of Trustees 

 August ii, 1925 The Building Committee presented a summary 

 of payments needed after July i, 1925 as follows: 



SUMMARY OF ADDITIONAL NEW BUILDING COSTS AFTER JULY i, 1925. 



July i, 1925 Balance due Contractors and Architects. . . . $19,023.39 

 Balance due John Manville Co. for panel 



work in auditorium 1,500.00 



Balance due on Supplementary Orders 22,321.70 $42.845.09 



