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relief from overcrowding. We purpose to publish an illustrated 

 account of this building in the BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN at an 

 early date. We shall therefore deal briefly with it here: 



At the winter meeting of the board of trustees in 1909 a com- 

 mittee was appointed to prepare plans for a permanent building 

 of fireproof construction, to accommodate the library and to 

 include a number of research laboratories equipped for more 

 delicate researches and capable of being used at all seasons of 

 the year. The president of the board, Mr. Charles R. Crane, 

 promised to contribute the necessary funds for construction, 

 and our fellow member of the board, Mr. Charles A. Coolidge, 

 the distinguished architect, agreed to furnish the plans of the 

 building as his contribution. Such concurrence of generous 

 support has rarely happened in the history of any institution. 

 Plans were carefully studied by the committee in charge, and an 

 interior arrangement best suited to our needs was agreed on; 

 Mr. Coolidge then prepared various exterior plans. After much 

 study and discussion it was finally agreed that the simplest plan 

 of architecture was most in keeping with our traditions and the 

 location. In the summer of 1912 the plans were complete. 

 They were submitted to many of the workers at the laboratory 

 for criticism and suggestion and were finally approved by the 

 board. The contracts were signed that winter and construction 

 was begun in February, 1913. 



The location decided on was selected as part of a plan for the 

 location of several more buildings of permanent construction. 

 The new building faces south on the Woods Hole Harbor. It 

 is constructed of tapestry brick with stone trimmings; in form 

 rectangular 92 by 50 feet, three stories and a high basement. 

 The height of the three stories, the proportions of the openings, 

 the construction of the cornice, and the nature of the materials 

 combine to produce a pleasing effect of great dignity. The build- 

 ing is now nearly completed and will be ready for occupancy in 

 March, 1914. 



Hitherto the work of the Laboratory has been carried on in 

 buildings of an avowedly temporary character. The completion 

 of the first permanent building, therefore, marks a stage in the 

 growth of the laboratory deserving of especial recognition. I, 



