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of monographic proportions. The first of 

 these, "Fishes of the Western North Atlan- 

 tic—Part I: Lancelets, Cyclostomes and 

 Sharks," appeared in 1948 and will soon be 

 followed by succeeding volumes on fishes 

 and other subjects. 



As the result of these Foundations, Yale 

 has become the most active university cen- 

 ter for formal training in biological ocean- 

 ography in the East. Graduate students en- 

 rolled for the Ph.D. degree in the Depart- 

 ments of Zoology and Botany at Yale may 

 take special courses and do research in 

 oceanography, ichthyology, or marine biol- 

 ogy under the supervision of the ten mem- 

 bers of the staff. 



The Laboratory does not maintain an 

 oceanographic vessel, but work at sea is 

 done through cooperative arrangements 

 with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

 the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institu- 

 tion, the Connecticut State Board of Fish- 

 eries and Game, private individuals, and 

 the temporary charter of fishing boats. 



The annual income presently available 

 for work under these Foundations is as 

 follows : 



Bingham Foundation Endow- 

 ment $ 3,500 



Yale University general funds __ 23,000 



Sears Foundation 2,400 



Other 5,000 



Total $33,900 



UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND 



The University of Rhode Island has main- 

 tained for some years the Narragansett 

 Marine Biological Laboratory on Narragan- 

 sett Bay for the study of local fisheries 

 problems. In 1949 a graduate training pro- 

 gram leading to the masters degree at the 

 end of two years in biological oceanography 

 was established with the intention of train- 

 ing a limited number of students for re- 

 search in oceanography or for the fisheries 

 service. The first year is spent in residence 

 at the University; the second in gaining 

 field experience through cooperative ar- 

 rangements with the Fish and Wildlife 



Service and the Woods Hole Oceano- 

 graphic Institution. 



The funds available for this development 

 are at present: 



University of Rhode Island $20,300 



Office of Naval Research 7,500 



Other 1,000 



Total $28,800 



HARVARD UNIVERSITY 



Harvard University has played a promi- 

 nent role in the development of ocean- 

 ography in the United States through the 

 leadership of Alexander Agassiz and Henry 

 B. Bigelow and their associates at the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology. The 

 Museum maintains curatorships and a Fel- 

 lowship in Oceanography. Several mem- 

 bers of the University faculty hold part- 

 time appointments at the Woods Hole 

 Oceanographic Institution. Recently ocean- 

 ography has been recognized as a field of 

 study through the appointment of a Stand- 

 ing Committee of the Faculty charged with 

 caring for the interests of students in biol- 

 ogy, geology, or other departments who 

 wish to make oceanographic work their 

 specialty. 



BROWN UNIVERSITY 



On a trial basis Brown University has re- 

 cently appointed (1949) a visiting Pro- 

 fessor of Oceanography to give an intro- 

 ductory course in oceanography and me- 

 teorology, as well as to supervise advanced 

 study. 



LAMONT GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY 



OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 



At Columbia University the establishment 

 of the Lamont Geological Observatory at 

 Palisades, New York, has recently roughly 

 doubled the space available to the Depart- 

 ment of Geology, and much of it is being 

 used for investigations of the ocean basins 

 through the application of modern geophys- 

 ical techniques. Its work is chiefly depend- 

 ent on contracts with the Navy and other 

 temporary funds. Much of the field work is 



