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looking to us for leadership in the marine sciences. This state of 

 affairs should not be allowed to continue. 



Because the land grant college system worked so well in the past 

 century in the areas of agriculture and the mechanical arts, I believe 

 that with some modifications it provides the same opportunity today 

 for development in marine areas. It does not seem necessary to dupli- 

 cate the land-grant college as it existed wlien first established. This 

 would involve building new campuses, colleges, and experiment sta- 

 tions in many areas of the country. At the time of the emergence of 

 the land-grant college there was not in existence a large number of 

 organizations that would serve as a firm base for the building of new 

 programs. Today this alternative does exist in the form of many 

 institutions which are currently engaged in research and teaching in 

 the marine area. These facilities should be used to their fullest extent. 



I would like now to refer to the University of New Hampshire as 

 only one of numerous institutions which already have some of the 

 basic ingredients for a coordinated program in the marine sciences. 

 My purpose is to show that it would l3e unwise to duplicate these 

 ingredients. Although we would be very interested in cooperating 

 in the sea grant idea, I am not trying to make a particular case for the 

 University of New Hampshire. My reasons for favoring the proposed 

 legislation are much broader than any particular benefit that might 

 accrue to our institution. I use the University of New Hampshire 

 only as the example with which I am most familiar. 



As many of you know, the university is located adjacent to one of the 

 largest estuaries on the Atlantic coast, which contains or consists of 

 Great and Little Bays, into which flow seven major rivers. The tide- 

 water area covers about 16,000 acres, containing many productive clam 

 and oyster beds and an abundance of lobsters and salt-water fish. 

 Great Bay provides not only an ideal laboratory for marine biologists, 

 but a ready access to the open sea for scientists interested in the many 

 areas of oceanography. 



As early as the 1920's the I'niversity of New Hampshire maintained 

 a marine biological station on the Isles of Shoals, located off the coast 

 of New Hampshire. This station, wliich was discontinued during 

 World War II, will be replaced with a modem laboratory on the shore 

 of Great Bay. This facility will make it possible for us to expand our 

 research program on estuarine studies and provide laboratory facilities 

 for an increased numl^er of students. The mere announcement of the 

 funding of tliis laboratory has produced a noticeable increase in inquir- 

 ies from potential graduate students who are interested in working in 

 the area of marine biology. A further indication of increasing interest 

 in the marine science areas is the fact that Cornell University has re- 

 cently made arrangements to use the facilities as the Isles of Shoals 

 during the summer months. We are currently developing with them 

 a cooperative arrangement in this area. 



In the engineering area we have the recently established engineering 

 design and analysis laboratory within our college of technology. This 

 laboratory is a formal partnership of 20 faculty members who have 

 banded together for the purpose of providing themselves and their 

 students with experience in working on actual engineering projects, 

 most of them associated with the exploration and exploitation of the 

 ocean. Our first concern, of course, is that of educating superior 



