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undertake a definite policy of library expansion. The building 

 proved to be perfectly adapted for the purposes for which it 

 was erected. 



The exercises in dedication of the new building held on July lo 

 were attended by representatives of universities, members of the 

 staff, the investigators and students working at the Laboratory, 

 and by many friends. The buildings were open to inspection in 

 the morning, and demonstrations of sea-animals and of research 

 in progress were made, and the laboratory steamer made a 

 collecting trip. Lunch was served to the invited guests. The 

 formal exercises were held at 2 P.M., in a tent erected for the 

 occasion, with an attendance of about 800. The addresses were 

 interspersed with music by the Russian Balalaika Orchestra. 



Mr. C. R. Crane, president of the Board of Trustees, and 

 donor of the building presided. In opening the exercises, he said : 



"I think we have come here particularly to celebrate the 

 wonderful spirit that is back of the Woods Hole Biological 

 Laboratory. It is very difficult to define that spirit, but I think 

 we all know something of it and something is also known all 

 through the scientific world. Without that spirit no amount of 

 bricks and mortar and organization would be of any great 

 service, but with that spirit the laboratory has been able to 

 accomplish a very great deal with very simple means. 



"For some time back it has seemed to be worth while to give 

 this spirit a more substantial body. This spirit, as I see it, is 

 very much like the spirit that President Wilson speaks so much 

 of, the spirit of freedom and of cooperation, the fundamental 

 spirit of democracy. In giving this spirit a more substantial 

 body, we have been very fortunate in having with us Dr. Drew. 

 I think we are all very happy at the wonderful result of his year's 

 work. There is a rumor in circulation around here that Dr 

 Drew is a zoologist. I beheve that rumor has spread into the 

 outside world, but I am very certain that we must all feel, after 

 looking over the new laboratory, that Dr. Drew would have made 

 his reputation as an engineer if he had a chance." 



Short speeches were made by the Director, by Professor 

 Conklin, and by the head of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, the 

 Hon. Hugh M. Smith. Dr. R. M. Woodward, the Director of 



