V. THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT 



I " CHE TRUSTEES OF mi. MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY: 



Gentlemen: Tin session just clo-rd is the twenty-fourth o>n- 

 timioii 'ii >t" tlu- L.tlioraiory. Tin- attendance of inve-ti- 



ors u.i- larger th. in -\ t-r befi >re in tin- hi-torv of the In -lit in ion, 

 and the total at tendance the greatest sina [QO2 when the policy 

 ol re-trilling instruction wa- fir-t definitely e-tabli-hed. The 

 principle ! ><>peration. placed at the foundation of the Labora- 

 tory |..y Proleor \\'hitinan. ha- ne\ er more fully justified it-elf; 

 and it i- a pleasure to testify to tin- ^ -iieioii- |>irit in wliii'h the 

 corporation, the hoard of tru-tre-. the -tatt and tin- eni]>lo\ ,-,-- of 

 the institution ha\e lalmreil tor it- \\ellare. Through Mr. 

 Crane's generosity the Laboratory ha- ln-eii pre-ented \\ilh the- 

 Kidder Annex |ini|n-rt\-, a lot of land -ituated 1-et \\eeii the 

 liotanical lal ior.it, ,r\ and the main building; and \\ith more than 

 three fourths Ol the -hare- <.| the \V( -oiU Hole ^"acht Chili prop- 

 cm adjoining and continuing our trouta^e on the harbor. 

 The-e ailditioii- practicalK' I'oinplete the arrangement- n . --ary 

 I. if tin- next forward Mep. 



\\'e note \\ith regret the re-i^nat i. >n of ProfeSSOr Nathaniel L. 

 liritton Irom the board of trn-tee-. ]>re-enteil at the -umnier 

 meeting, ouin^ to hi> inabilit\' to take an active -hare in attair-. 

 and \\i extciul cordial ^teetin-- t<> Professor l\. A. Harper, ol 

 Columbia I 'ni\ rr>it\'. a newly elected member of the board, 

 \\ho-e co.'iper.tiioii \\ill -n-atU' -treii-then our work, e-pecially 

 on the botanical -ide. The board of tru-tei-- remain- other\\i- 

 unclKiniicd. There an- three \acaiu it> in the member-hip which 

 it i- the pro\ince of the board to till. Mep- should U- taken to 

 secure the be-t nietl to till the-e vacancies. 



Prolfs-or C'urti- re-i-ned as head of instruction in invertebrate 

 /o()lou\ at the close of the summer, after four years of service, 

 during which he successfully maintained the be-t traditions of 

 the course. Particular importance attache- to thi- course as the 



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