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The embryology class, 

 1894. Left to right: 

 Henrietta L. Graves, Ellen 

 Appleton Stone, Gilbert L. 

 Houser, Wesley R. Coe, 

 Julia Haynes; second 

 row: Frances Crane (later 

 Mrs. Frank R. Lillie), 

 Charles S. Bacon, 

 instructors Frank R. Lillie 

 and Oliver S. Strong 

 Cresswell Shearer behind 

 Lillie and Strong. 

 Photograph by Baldwin 

 Coolidge, MBL Archives. 



able odd corners and closets. Douglas did not consider the prices unfair, 

 but he regretted the crowdedness. Because the families took in so many 

 roomers, Douglas felt that "association with them is not an unalloyed joy, 

 and the student usually prefers to limit his acquaintance to the members of 

 the laboratory mess." As one of the popular autograph books of the day 

 suggested, "the Woods Hole landlord prefers his guests not to use his porch 

 to entertain their callers" — another reason to stick close to the laboratory as 

 the number of marriages among students and instructors at the MBL testiiies 

 to the interest in "calling." 



A later story illustrates the sorts of concerns that the Woods Hole 

 community long held about those scientists. When one biologist announced 

 to his landlord that he intended to marry and return with his wife to live in 

 the same home, the man asked what tlie new wife's name would be. When 

 informed that she would take her husband's name, the landlord was 

 reassured. "Oh, " he said, "thank goodness that there are some people going 

 to be here not living in sin." 



Another feature of Woods Hole that has impressed visitors increasingly 

 in the twentieth century is the lush greenery and flowers. Because the 

 Cape's winters are moderated by the water, the area does not suffer much. 



