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quam instruction had been almost the sole function, and no 

 provision was made for investigation. In the new institution 

 research was to be made prominent. At Annisquam scarce 

 twenty students could be accommodated ; its successor must 

 provide for at least fifty. Naturally, the question of situation 

 was a serious one. Not a single place on the whole Atlantic 

 coast, from Eastport to Newport, fulfilled all requirements ; but 

 Woods Holl seemed the best of all, and hence the result already 

 indicated. 



Money was raised, land near the Fish Commission building 

 was purchased, and a two-story building twenty-nine by sixty- 

 three and a half feet was erected and equipped in time for the 

 summer session of 1888. This was enlarged two years later by 

 an addition measuring twenty by forty feet ; and this spring a 

 new addition is being made, equal in size to the original struct- 

 ure. This affords some evidence of the growth of the laboratory, 

 and of the constantly increasing demands upon it for space. This 

 growth is also shown in another way. In 1888, seventeen en- 

 joyed its facilities; in 1889, there was a jump to forty-four ; in 

 1890, forty-seven ; while in 1891 there was another jump to sev- 

 enty-one. In these numbers are included both pupils and instruct- 

 ors, for all are students. Those who do the teaching are always 

 engaged in investigation, and their researches are carried on in 

 the moments snatched from the pupils proper. In 1888 there 

 were but two instructors ; for 1892, eight are announced. 



The laboratory has been extremely fortunate in its head. Ever 

 since its organization Professor Charles Otis Whitman, of Clark 

 University recently appointed to the new Chicago University 

 has served as Director, and not a little of the success of the 

 laboratory is due to his efforts and his plans for its develop- 

 ment. The scope of the work as announced for this summer 

 shows how far the laboratory has advanced along the lines laid 

 down for it. 



As already mentioned, two very distinct functions are recog- 

 nized : the laboratory is at once a center for the advancement and 

 for the diffusion of knowledge ; it is a school for teaching and 

 an institute for research ; and accordingly the students who an- 

 nually attend are divided by a distinct line into pupils and inves- 

 tigators. In the first category come those whose acquaintance 

 with Nature and with the methods of finding out her secrets, is 

 slight. Before they can engage in original research they must 

 have a solid foundation of fact, and facility in the use of the 

 naturalist's instruments. So they dissect and study under the 

 microscope a selected series of animals and plants which may 

 exhibit broadly the different types of structure in the living 

 world. In this class, to which the ground-floor of the laboratory 



