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FOR THE FUTURE 



"CTING on the suggestion which originated with Mr. James T. 

 Smith, a movement was started by the people of Laguna 

 looking towards the permanent establishment of a marine 

 laboratory at that place. This would involve, first of all, the 

 erection of a suitable building, with aquaria, with facilities for the 

 handling of a small stream of salt water, and with adequate labora- 

 tory facilities for students. The Laguna Improvement Association 

 took the matter up, and has pushed it along with most commendable 

 perseverance. Their efforts were most generously met and sup- 

 ported by the Laguna Beach Company this company offering to 

 give a large plot of land and one thousand dollars towards a fund of 

 four thousand to set the enterprise on foot and get the building 

 started. The Laguna Improvement Association set out to raise the 

 additional three thousand, and this has been partly subscribed. A 

 tremendous effort is now being made to complete this amount. 



The matter of the publication of results was taken up at a joint 

 meeting of the Laguna Improvement Association, representatives of 

 the Laguna Beach Company (Mr. Bumstead and Mr. Jahraus) and 

 representatives of the College (President Blaisdell, Dr. Cook 

 and Professor Baker), and funds were at that time pledged, 

 sufficient for the first year Dr. Cook, with his splendid 

 optimism, assuming the heaviest share of this pledge. In 

 the raising of his share of the pledge, Dr. Cook has had the sup- 

 port of his friends, Mr. C. E. Harwood, Mr. N. W. Blauchard, Mrs. 

 Eenwick, Mr. C. C. Eeynolds, the Kingsley, Mason and Collins Co., 

 and three others. The Laguna contribution to the publication fund 

 came from Mr. H. Gr. Heisler (for the Laguna Beach Company), Mr. 

 L. N. Brooks, Mr. J. N. Isch, and Mr. James T. Smith. 



After a building becomes a reality, then we shall take up the fight 

 for proper facilities especially aquaria, books and boats. More 

 than any other one thing, we shall need a strong, large, power boat, 

 for extending the radius of our activities up and down the coast, and 

 for work in the deeper waters off shore. We shall need most urgent- 

 ly a fuller equipment of nets, traps, tangles, and other collecting 

 devices. We shall need a fuller equipment of aquaria than we can get 



