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have not the time to go more fully into 

 these subjects. As showing the opinion of 

 the outside world with regard to these lec- 

 tures, the following is quoted from Natural 

 Science, Decemher, 1899: "Every biologist 

 who is still young enough to be enthusiastic, 

 looks with eagerness about this time of year 

 for the arrival of the volume of ' Biological 

 Lectures ' from the Marine Biological Lab- 

 oratory, Woods Holl, Mass. * * * One 

 cannot help feeling that the intellectual at- 

 mosphere of Woods Holl must be bracing, 

 the lectures are so vigorous. The charm of 

 these lectures may be partly due to the 

 circumstances of their delivery, but it is 

 doubtless mainly due to the fact that each 

 is an expression of personal work and per- 

 sonal interest. One cannot but be grateful 

 to the Laboratory at Woods Holl, which 

 has been the stimulus of the fine series to 

 which this volume is added. Floreat Woods 

 Holl." In addition to the volume of lec- 

 tures there is also published under the 

 auspices of the Laboratory the Biological 

 Bulletin, as well as the Annual Reports and 

 Announcements. 



The service which the Laboratory has 

 rendered to biological instruction in our 

 schools and colleges and to advanced work 

 in biology in general is incalculable ; it 

 is the biological clearing house of this 

 country, where the specialist who has been 

 unable to keep up with the general advance 

 of his science may learn from others what 

 has been transpiring in fields outside his 

 own, where teachers may exchange ideas as 

 to the best methods of instruction, where 

 distinguished men in various fields come to 

 know each other in the most intimate and 

 helpful way, and where all may get broader 

 and truer ideas of the great problems of 

 biology. The Laboratory is also a place to 

 which schools, colleges and universities are 

 coming to look for good men. This feature 

 has never before been emphasized and it 

 receives no direct attention at Woods Hall, 



but if the indirect influence of theLabora- 

 torj' in discovering good men and placing 

 them in good positions were known, it would 

 be seen that this feature is no small part of 

 the service which the Marine Biological 

 Laboratory renders to American biologj'. 



The confidence of the Director that the 

 Laboratory would not fail to receive the 

 support of the schools, colleges and univer- 

 sities of the country has been fully justified. 

 During the past twelve years representa- 

 tives from about three hundred schools and 

 higlier institutions of learning have been in 

 attendance at the Laboratory, while twenty- 

 seven colleges and universities and three 

 societies have been regular subscribers to 

 Rooms and Tables. The Laboratory has 

 now grown to such proportions that it can- 

 not expect to draw any large part of its finan- 

 cial support from educational institutions, 

 already overburdened. It is itself an educa- 

 tional and scientific institution of highest 

 rank, and however measured, deserves to 

 stand alongside the best scientific schools 

 and laboratories of the world. " It is ac- 

 knowledged that only one similar institu- 

 tion in the world (Naples) is more produc- 

 tive in original research, and no other offers 

 even approximately equal advantages for in- 

 struction." Such an institution deserves 

 and expects independent support. 



The present financial condition of the 

 Laboratory is shown by the following 

 figures : 



Total Aspets. 

 Estimated value of real estate, buildings and e<iuip- 



ment at Woods Holl Ji:i5,000. 



Invested Funds. 



General Endowment $ 4,553. 



Lucretia Crocker Fund 2,500. 



Library Fund 866. 



Interest on baud 230. 



$43,149. 

 Total Liabilities. 



Mortgage on Woods Holl property $2,900. 



Unsecured Loans 5,276. 



$8,176. 

 Assets less Liabilities $34,937. 



