May 28, 1897.] 



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the Station, together with many friends and 

 ■distinguished visitors, assembled in the lec- 

 ture room of the Station to listen to the 

 speeches prepared for the occasion. The 

 room was beautifully and appropriately 

 decorated. On each side of the speaker's 

 stand were tables containing telegrams, 

 letters and other documents conveying 

 greetings and congratulations to Dr. Dohrn. 



The speeches were delivered in German 

 a,nd Italian. The opening address was by 

 Professor Todaro, of Rome, who was fol- 

 lowed by Professor His. The latter gave 

 some account of the history of the Station, 

 emphasizing its usefulness in advancing 

 biology. He was followed by Professor 

 "Waldeyer, of Berlin, who brought an ad- 

 dress from the Berlin Academy of Sciences, 

 and who mentioned with some feeling of 

 pride that he was one of the first students 

 in the Zoological Station, when its resources 

 were small as compared with what they are 

 to-day. The Syndic of Naples then presented 

 Dr. Dohrn with the freedom of the city. 

 The' audience was then favored with a short 

 address by Admiral Palumbo, Under Secre- 

 tary of State, after which the Minister of 

 Public Instruction presented Dr. Dohrn 

 the ' Grand Ufficiale della Corona d'ltalia,' 

 and brought the congratulations of King 

 Humbert. 



The closing speech was made by Dr. 

 Dohrn, who delivered it in German. This 

 address was printed in Italian and copies 

 distributed to members of the audience. 

 Dr. Dohrn spoke pleasantly of the people of 

 Naples and the many privileges given him 

 by the citj', making special mention of 

 Professor Panceri, whose influence made it 

 possible to place the Station in the beauti- 

 ful park known as the Villa Nazionale. To 

 the Italian and German governments he 

 expressed his gratitude for the sympathy 

 and aid the Station had received from these 

 sources. On the strength of a petition 

 signed by Helmholtz, Virchow and DuBois- 



Reymond, the German Parliament granted 

 to the Station an annual subsidy which has 

 increased to about $10,000 per year. The 

 Academy of Sciences in Berlin, the British 

 Association for the Advancement of Science 

 and the Smithsonian Institution were men- 

 tioned for their aid in maintaining several 

 tables in the Station. 



Dr. Dohrn referred with much feeling to 

 the assistance given him by his father and 

 also the father of Mrs. Dohrn, during the 

 early years of the Station's history. Much 

 credit was given to Mrs. Dohrn, who alwaj's 

 gave her sympathy and aid to the interests 

 of the Station. The money given her by 

 her father to furnish her house was used to 

 assist in maintaining the Station during the 

 critical period of its history. Much praise 

 was also given Hugo Eisig, who when a 

 very young man cast his lot with Dr. 

 Dohrn, and long before the Station was an 

 assured success. His abilitj^, energy and 

 kind cooperation have contributed largely 

 to make the Station what it is to-day. 



After the exercises were over the stu- 

 dents in the Station were taken on board 

 the man-of-war. In the evening Dr. and 

 Mrs. Dohrn entertained the distinguished 

 visitors at tea, and thus ended one of the 

 most pleasant and eventful days in the Sta- 

 tion's history. On April 17th the students 

 of the station gave Dr. and Mrs. Dohrn a 

 dinner at Fusaro. 



During the day the writer heard Dr. 

 Dohrn express his delight at the success 

 and usefulness of the Station ; that while 

 its present condition was all one could 

 wish, his hope and aim was to see it 

 placed on such a foundation that its future 

 usefulness would be assured. It was with 

 a feeling of pride that we listened to him 

 refer so kindly to an American lady who 

 had just written him that she was succeed- 

 ing nicely in securing funds with which to 

 endow a table in the Station. 



The usefulness of the Station is so weU. 



