THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. $59 



first, to provide for the development of a more adequate library, 

 which will remove one of the most serious limitations of our 

 re-earch facilities, and second, to provide more commodiou- 

 quarter- for < i -rtain types of research, especially in experimental 

 line-. For the season of 1912 some additional working space 

 will lie .ivailahle iii the Kidder Annex, so that it may lie hoped 

 thai the i rowdinii will be no wor-c next year than it wa- this. 

 During the la-t ti\e years there ha- been a -teady increase in 

 the nninlier of -nl i-< ril iin- in-titution-. from K> in 1007 to 25 

 in [)[ i.and on the u hole there is reason to believe that the pres- 

 ent li-l (Min, (in- fewer -nh-criptions for the \ear only than 



ever l>efore; there are, moreover, indication- that the increase in 



number ma\ In- e\pei led t<i continue f<>r -miie years io come. A 

 neu lorn) of arrant-mem u.i- intend into tin-, \ear \\ith the 



K". keleller Ill-titUtc for Medic. il Kr-eaivh of \e\\ York City, 



under the term- ol uhich the Km kefeller hi-tituie ha- ere< 

 a -MI. ill laboratory |,,r llie u-e o| Professor Jacquc- I.oeh on 

 land ol the Marine Bioloji .d I -d 'oratory, Inn receives other 

 lacililie- and service -MI | !y the -ami- lenn- a- other CO- 



opi-r.nin- iii-iiintion-. \\itlnnit the additional lalmratory 

 -pace thtl- pio\ided, il \\uld ha\e lieeil Mecr ar\' to retu-e 

 accommodations to a numl'ei- o| in\ tors. The direcior 



ha- al-o lu-i-n notitied o| the endowment of a -clmlar-hip in 

 Normal ( 'olli -^i . \> u ^'o| k ( "ii\ . in nn-nior\ of |-'.Ur ^. i in-haii-, 

 !"iineil\ a -Indent at the Marine Iiiolo-i, al Lalmratory for 

 -e\e|-.d yeai 1 he income of the fund o| Si. ooo. oo, to be 



kno\\n a- the F.l-e Serin^hau- Scholar-hip, i- to he applied to 

 tlu- p.i\ nieiit o| uiitioii fee- |o| one -indent each \ car at the 

 Marine Hiolo^ical Lal>oiatoi\ . ,j- el-i-\\ here, as ma\- lie desig- 

 nated liy the committi-i- of auanl. 



I'ollouin^ the recommendation in the director's report for 



ioio. Professor Gilman A. 1 >n\\ was appointed resident assistant 



direcior al the -nninier meelini; o| the Hoard of Tru-ti-es. This 

 -tep ua- taken none tOO SOOH, a- the burden of admini-tration 

 ot Laliorator\- affair-, whii'h has been largely carried by Pro- 

 or 1 h'ew for -t \eral years, in addition to regular univer-ity 

 work, u.i- already much too j;reat ; the Laboratory needs such 

 service as I'rote or Pivu '- e\])erience and charai'ter lit him so 



