THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY. 



Care should be taken that no undue pressure be exerted, and 

 that no one should come to feel his membership in the corporation 

 in any sense a burden; but there can be no doubt that it is 

 possible to avoid this and at the same time to secure effective 

 support for various needs. Moreover, such activities heighten 

 the sense of devotion of those taking part in them. Our organiza- 

 tion is primarily cooperative; there should be adequate outlets 

 for all who feel disposed to aid in any way. 



Since the last annual report was made death has removed from 

 our number Professor T. H. Montgomery, Jr., clerk of the cor- 

 poration and ex officio a member of the board of trustees. At the 

 summer meeting of the corporation and board of trustees of the 

 Marine Biological Laboratory the following resolution was 

 adopted : 



"On' March 19, 1912, Dr. Thomas Harrison Montgomery, 

 Jr., professor of zoology in the University of Pennsylvania, 

 clerk of the corporation and a trustee of the Marine Biological 

 Laboratory, died at the early age of 39 years. He was a loyal 

 friend of this Laboratory, with which he had been connected as 

 investigator and instructor for about fifteen years. He was an 

 investigator of high rank, whose discoveries have become a 

 permanent part of biological science; an instructor and organizer 

 of unusual ability; a man of fine instincts and lofty ideals, to 

 whom the 'rare old name of gentleman' applied with peculiar 

 force. 



' The corporation and trustees of the Marine Biological Labora- 

 tory record their great loss and personal sorrow in his death, and 

 extend to the members of his family deep sympathy in their 

 bereavement." 



Professor Montgomery's place in the corporation and board 

 of trustees has been filled by the election of Dr. Gary N. Calkins, 

 of Columbia University. Another vacancy in the board was 

 filled by the election of Dr. H. H. Donaldson, of the Wistar 

 Institute of Anatomy and Biology. To both of these gentlemen 

 we extend out cordial greetings. 



The treasurer's report shows a surplus of receipts over ex- 

 penditures, thanks to the inexhaustible generosity of the presi- 

 dent of the board, Mr. Crane. The running expenses were 



