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more concise and familiar language, a " fish 

 pond." 



Nothing so attests public faitli in the possi- 

 bilities of seryice by a fisheries biological 

 station as the dedicatory exercises and con- 

 ference held at Fairport on October 7 and 8, 

 1920. The occasion was marked as one of 

 unusual significance by the attendance of 

 prominent scientists, the representation of 

 leading universities, the collaboration of men 

 prominent in public life, and the hearty co- 

 operation of business men, some of whom 

 came from cities remote from Fairport. 



The universities, colleges and scientific in- 

 stitutions represented were the following, in 

 alphabetical order: Cornell College (Iowa), 

 Cornell University (New York), Davenport 

 Academy of Sciences, Doane College (Ne- 

 braska), Harvard University, Iowa State Col- 

 lege of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, 

 Iowa State Teachers College, Johns Hopkins 

 University, Leland Stanford Jr. University, 

 Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, 

 Mass.), Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 

 nology, Massachusetts State Normal School 

 (Westfield), Northwestern University, Purdue 

 University, University of Chicago, University 

 of Florida, University of Illinois, University 

 of Indiana, University of Iowa, University of 

 Michigan, University of Missouri, University 

 of Oklahoma, University of Wisconsin and 

 Tale University. 



Th^ morning and afternoon sessions on 

 October Y, were devoted primarily to the in- 

 dustrial and scientific phases, respectively, of 

 the station's functions. All of the addresses 

 were of sufficient general interest to merit 

 printing in full but this unfortunately has 

 proved impracticable. In the following para- 

 graphs each address is represented by ab- 

 stracts or exti-acts of such passages as bear 

 most directly upon the significance and func- 

 tions of a fisheries biological station. 



The ceremonies of dedication were presided 

 over by the Hon. Albert F. Dawson, Presi- 

 dent of the First National Bank of Muscatine, 

 Iowa, formerly member of Congress, who 

 spoke briefly and instructively of the origin 

 of the station. 



In presentation of the building to the 

 Department of Commerce on behalf of the 

 public. Professor James M. White, architect 

 of the building, spoke of the value of a 

 pleasing environment to the prosecution of 

 scientific studies, of the contribution of sci- 

 ence to the development of architectural 

 forms, and of tiie possible value of a new 

 sympathy between the architect and the 

 scientist. 



The building was received on behalf of the 

 Department of Commerce by the Hon. Edwin 

 F. Sweet, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, 

 who presented a brief address under the title 

 of " Federal and State Responsibilities for 

 Maintaining the Resources of Interstate 

 Waters." Mr. Sweet strongly expressed as a 

 personal view, not that of the Bureau of 

 Fisheries, his belief that the states might ad- 

 vantageously transfer to the federal govern- 

 ment the control of fisheries, not only because 

 of the difficulties attending state control in 

 boundary waters, but also because of the lesser 

 influence of local politics in affairs of national 

 administration. He concluded by formally 

 delivering the building to the Bureau of 

 Fisheries. 



In a short speech of acceptance Dr. Hugh 

 M. Smith, Commissioner of Fisheries, spoke 

 of the building as an outward sign of a need, 

 an opportunity and an obligation to strive for 

 the accomplishment of great good in behalf 

 of industry. He emphasized the functions of 

 the station in experimental work for the 

 advancement of fish culture, in investigation 

 of fresh-water biological and fishery problems, 

 in promotion of a fuller utilization of the 

 resources of interior waters and in efforts to 

 awaken broader interest in the preservation 

 of useful aquatic animals so that many future 

 generations may partalte of nature's bounties 

 as we are privileged to do. 



The program of the morning session in- 

 cluded an address by Hon. Charles Nagel, 

 Vice-president of the United States Chamber 

 of Commerce and formerly Secretary of Com- 

 merce, who had accepted the invitation in 

 terms of unusual cordiality. Mr. Nagel was 

 prevented from attending only by unexpected 



