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100 YEARS EXPLORING LIFE, 1888-1988 



When the dredge comes up. "Dr." Spenser 

 explains things, circa 1909. Photograph by Gideon 

 S. Dodds. MBL Archives. 



keep ahead of Wanisley and generally succeeded. Then the MBL hired the 

 Colonel, a South Carolina school superintendent who loved escaping to tlie 

 northern seashore for his summers. At the MBL he wore his grubbiest 

 slacks and just kept chopping off the bottoms as they ripped and frayed. He 

 was a master at locating and preparing a variety of species, and many people 

 recall his sitting and repairing nets for the next outing. 



Despite the augmented staff, tlie old MBL was never like tlie Naples 

 Zoological Station, where a researcher placed his order and received his 

 animals shortly after. Gradually, the collecting group and the supply de- 

 partment did develop, so that they supplied most of the laboratory workers' 



