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neighboring island of Penikese, and Dohrn his 

 station in N'aples. 



This laboratory is in a very real sense a lin- 

 eal descendent of Agassiz's station. Our im- 

 mediate predecessor was the Annisquam Labo- 

 ratory organized to serve the same ends as the 

 Penikese school, and the forces there were sup- 

 plemented and transferred to Woods Hole in 

 1888. 



It is not sufficient that a laboratory should 

 merely be established and equipped. It must be 

 properly organized and manned. In some re- 

 spects our laboratory has an unusual form of 

 organization. As Mr. Crane has well said, 

 freedom is its dominant character; the free- 

 dom of a democracy of learning. Our cor- 

 poration, numbering 300, extends into a large 

 proportion of the institutions of learning of 

 the country. Our board of trustees, chosen by 

 the corporation, includes representatives of 

 various branches of the biological sciences in 

 many of our leading institutions. The labora- 

 tory is owned and controlled by the people 

 whom it serves; and this is the essence of a 

 democratic organization, the only assurance of 

 freedom of development. 



The laboratory thus organized stands for 

 the advancement of the biological sciences by 

 research and by teaching. We have not be- 

 lieved it wise to divorce these two functions of 

 learning. The research creates an atmosphere 

 in which teaching is most vital, and the teach- 

 ing humanizes the research by bringing it 

 constantly in contact with the needs of stu- 

 dents, besides serving the essential function of 

 training future investigators. 



Freedom of organization is our one watch- 

 word. Cooperation is our other. Both are vital, 

 and they are interdependent. When people 

 are free those of similar interests naturally 

 cooperate, so long as they respect freedom. 

 And so we have a union of forces of scientific 

 men, and through them of institutions that 

 they represent in order to create conditions as 

 ideal as possible for the progress of science. 



The new building stands for a certain stage 

 reached in the evolution of this democratic in- 

 stitution; it stands for recognition of a certain 

 degree of demonstrated stability ; and for a cer- 



tain amount of assurance of permanence. And 

 so we rejoice in the present occasion, and have 

 asked many of our friends to join with us in 

 dedicating this building to the ideals of re- 

 search, of teaching and of cooperation in free- 

 dom of spirit. 



This magnificent building which we dedi- 

 cate to-day is the most efficient instrument of 

 research in the hands of biologists. For its 

 beauty and enduring strength we are indebted 

 to the great architect, Charles Coolidge, who 

 rendered his services freely; and for its con- 

 venience, adaptability and sufficiency to Dr. 

 Drew, with whom the perfection of every de- 

 tail has been a labor of love. 



We must not forget on this occasion to honor 

 the memory of our greatest leader, Professor 

 Whitman. I would that he had lived to see 

 this day; and, as he valued the things of the 

 spirit so infinitely above the material, I hope 

 that he would find that the spirit of the pres- 

 ent stage of our institution matches its mate- 

 rial equipment. 



K. S. LiLLIE 



I APPRECIATE the courtesy that has been ex- 

 tended to me by the invitation to attend these 

 exercises. I have gladly accepted that invita- 

 tion on behalf of the bureau I represent, be- 

 cause I feel it to be a pleasure that may prop- 

 erly be enjoyed and a duty that should not be 

 neglected, to testify by my presence and words 

 to the interest which the Bureau of Fisheries 

 has in the opening of this new building and in 

 the larger field of usefulness which is hereby 

 presented to the Marine Biological Laboratory. 



From Secretary Redfield I bring a cordial 

 message carrying hearty congratulations, ap- 

 preciation of the spirit which has actuated the 

 donation of this magnificent edifice, sympathy 

 with the past and future work of this institu- 

 tion, and the assurance of his desire to have 

 the scientific activities of his department, here 

 and elsewhere, in genuine cooperation with and 

 in aid of biological research. 



My dominant thoughts on this occasion are 

 of those who once labored here but are no 

 longer with us. I have been thinking of the 

 satisfaction with which they would have en- 



