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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



New Building of the Marine Biological Labokatokv. 



of exceptional purity, owing to the 

 strong tidal currents. 



Each research room has a cement 

 floor tank 5X3 feet, with a cement 

 water table above, heavy birch tables 

 surrounding the outside walls on which 

 they are carried on iron brackets; 

 gas and electricity for lighting or 

 power, automatic telephone service to 

 .all other rooms in the building and to 

 -other buildings, steel shelving, fresh- 

 water sink, etc. 



The dedication exercises took place 

 on July 10, and occupied the entire day. 

 In the morning all the buildings were 

 open for inspection and parties of visi- 

 tors were conducted through by guides. 

 The laboratory steamer took out a 

 dredging party. Lunch was served to 

 about 600 guests in the laboratory 

 mess. The afternoon exercises were 

 held in a large tent, with music by the 

 Russian Balalaika Orchestra from New 

 York. Mr. Crane presided and three 

 short addresses were made by Professor 

 Lillie, Professor Conklin and Dr. Hugh 

 M. Smith, the U. S. Fish Commission,]-, 

 followed by an address on "The Needs 

 of Research," by Dr. R. S. Woodward, 

 president of the Carnegie Institution. 



THE ST. PAUL MEETING OF THE 



NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL 



ASSOCIATION 



So far as can be gathered from the 

 meager despatches from St. Paul, the re- 

 cent meeting of the National Educational 

 Association was successful in attendance 

 and in programs and maintained the pro- 

 gressive policies which have gained as- 

 cendancy in recent years. It will be re- 

 membered that the so-called "oid 

 guard ' ' was definitely defeated in Bos- 

 ton, when the official nomination to the 

 presidency of Mr. Z. X. Snyder, presi- 

 dent of the Colorado Normal School, 

 was superseded by the election of Mrs. 

 Ella Flagg Young, superintendent :>f 

 the Chicago Schools. The New York 

 Evening Post says editorially that it is 

 "astounding" and "wholly unex- 

 pected" that the association should 

 vote in favor of the right of suffrage 

 for women, but a similar resolution was 

 passed unanimously at Chicago two 

 years ago. 



Among other principles and policies 

 —commonplaces or radical innovations 

 in accordance with one's point of view 

 — which the association has favored are 

 increased powers for the National Bu- 

 reau of Education and the establish- 



