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be confessed, was the hope that the small fee charged would yield 
enough to meet the traveling expenses of the University instruc- 
tors, whose meager regular salaries would have to be supple- 
mented in some way to make it possible for them to participate 
in the work. The other consideration was the genuine belief 
that the advantages of so favorable a natural opportunity for 
instruction ought to be used. The plan was to conduct the school 
as a part of the summer session of the University, the term of 
which was six weeks. The teachers were to be paid on the same 
basis as the University of California men teaching in the summer 
school at Berkeley. A total of thirteen persons paid the fees, 
and this number was quite the limit for which there were labor- 
atory accommodations. 
Owing to the failure to get even as large a fund for the work 
during the summer of 1902, exploration at sea was not resumed 
the second year. The laboratory was operated on the same basis 
as the preceding year, instruction again being conducted as a 
part of the regular summer session of the University. Except 
for the absence of Professor Raymond the investigating per- 
sonnel of the laboratory was essentially the same as in 1901. 
Perhaps the most significant effort made during the summer of 
1902 was to place the station on a larger, more secure financial 
basis. Past experience, particularly of the last year, had removed 
any lingering doubt of the natural attractiveness of the San 
Pedro region for seaside work. Through the encouragement and 
active assistance of several prominent citizens of Los Angeles, a 
plan was devised for securing $20,000 with which to erect and 
equip a permanent laboratory building and secure a boat ade- 
quate for at least as extensive explorations at sea as had been 
The Los Angeles gentlemen most 
actively interested and who had contributed considerable sums 
to the work already done were Mr. J. A. Graves, Mr. H. W. 
O'Melveny, Mr. Jacob Baruch, and Mr. J. H. Shankland. The 
plan was to secure the amount, or as near it as possible, among 
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carried on by the ‘‘ Elsie.’ 
the foremost business men and firms in the city, in sums of $500, 
the canvass to be made by a committee of business men each 
working among his own business acquaintances and associates. 
The subscriptions were made contingent on nearly the whole 
