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100 YEARS EXPLORING LIFE, 1888-1988 



The Cayadetta "dressed " for the Fourth oj July and about to set out on a picnic, 1H3Z. 

 Donald Zinn Collection, MBL Archives. 



different about the MBL. After a minute, he responded, "Well, I tell you my 

 boy, I really think it's the change in the bathing suits that the girls are 

 wearing now." 



Other activities take groups out on the fields. Horseshoes was a 

 popular sport in the 1920s especially. Then baseball and Softball gained 

 attention, made possible by the generous gift of a town ball field from the 

 Fay family. This undeveloped piece of tucked-away land finds many users in 

 the summer months. Sometimes it has been soccer that has attracted the 

 most enthusiasm; otherwise, frisbee or other games. 



Tennis is a necessary part of life for some at MBL, perhaps even 

 required to stay healthy and alive. Not often does one find an empty court 

 on a calm, comfortable summer day in Woods Hole. And the really windy 

 days make for interesting play and even more amusing watching. The tennis 

 courts next to the MBL beach were given to the MBL along witli beach 

 property and are operated by the Tennis Club, whose notebooks in the 

 Ai chives attest to the officers' meticulous accounting. Tennis is big at the 

 MBL, so that developers will probably have trouble removing the coui'ts to 

 put in new lab buildings if they wiint to — unless they provide alternatives 

 elsewhere. Of course things have changed. With growth and progress, the 

 tennis courts no longer lie right behind the Mess Hall. So not everyone 



