April 22, 1892.] 



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student at the laboratory, and both board and room may be 

 engaged in advance by application to the director of the 

 Laboratory. 



For further particulars inquire of Professor Franklin W. 

 Hooper, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, N.Y., or 

 of Professor Herbert W. Conn, Wesleyan University, Mid- 

 dletown, Conn. Applications for admission as students 

 should be sent to the Institute. 



THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY. 



The corps of instructors this year consists of Dr. C. O. 

 Whitman, director, professor of zoology, Clark University; 

 editor of the Journal of Morphology ; H. C. Bumpus, asso- 

 ciate professor of zoology. Brown University; E. G. Conklin, 

 professor of biology, Ohio Wesleyan University; Pierre A. 

 Pish, instructor in j)hysiology and anatomy, Cornell Uni- 

 versity ; Jacques Loeb, professor of physiology, Bryn Mawr 

 College; W. A. Setchell, instructor in botany, Yale Univer- 

 sity; Sho Watase, assistant in animal morphology, Clark 

 University ; W. M. Wheeler, assistant in animal morphology, 

 Clark University; Ryoiche Takano, artist; G. M. Gray, 

 laboratory assistant; J. J. Veeder, collector. 



In addition to the regular courses of instruction in zoology, 

 botany, and microscopical technique, consisting of lectures 

 and laboratory work under the direct and constant super- 

 vision of the instructors, there will be a number of lectures 

 on special subjects by members of the stafJ. A course of 

 lectures in embryology will be given by Professor Whitman ; 

 in biological physiology, by Dr. Loeb; and two or more 

 courses in invertebrate zoology, by Dr. Bumpus and Dr. 

 Wheeler. 



There will also be ten or more eveniag lectures on biologi- 

 cal subjects of general interest. Among those who may con- 

 tribute these lectures and take part in the discussions upon 

 them may be mentioned, in addition to the instructors above 

 named, the following: Dr. H. Ayers of the Lake Laboratory; 

 Professor H. H. Donaldson, Clark University ; Professor 

 William Libbey, Jun., Princeton College; Dr. Warren P. 

 Lombard, Clark University ; Professor Charles Sedgwick 

 Minot, Harvard Medical School; Professor E. S. Morse, 

 Salem; Professor H. P. Osborn, Columbia College; Professor 

 W. T. Sedgwick, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Pro- 

 fessor E. B. Wilson, Columbia College. 



The Laboratory is located on the coast at Wood's Holl, 

 Mass., near the Laboratories of the United States Fish Com- 

 mission. The building consists of two stories — the lower 

 for the use of teachers and students receiving instruction, the 

 upper exclusively for investigators. The Laboratory has 

 aquaria supplied with running sea-water, boats, a steam 

 launch, collecting apparatus, and dredges; it is also supplied 

 with reagents, glassware, and a limited number of micro- 

 tomes and microscopes. By the munificence of friends the 

 library will be provided henceforth not only with the ordi- 

 nary text-books and works of reference, but also with the 

 more important journals of zoology and botany, some of 

 them in complete series. 



The Laboratory for investigators will be open from June 1 

 to Aug. 30. It will be fully equipped with aquaria, glass- 

 ware, reagents, etc., but microscopes will not be provided. 

 In this department there are twenty-four private laboratories 

 supplied with aquaria, running water, etc., for the exclusive 

 use of investigators. 



Owing to the growth of the Laboratorv and the great de- 



mand for tables, the trustees have voted to enlarge the 

 present building so that a spacious new wing will be ready 

 for use on July 1. Those who are prepared to begin original 

 work, but require supervision, will occupy tables in the gen- 

 eral laboratory for investigators, paying for the privilege a 

 fee of fifty dollars. The number of such tables is limited to 

 ten. An elementary course in investigation will be intro- 

 duced this season, designed to meet the needs of those who 

 have completed the general courses in the Students' Labora- 

 tory. Definite problems of limited scope will be assigned 

 and worked out as a means of training in the ways and 

 methods of research. The fee for this course also will be 

 fifty dollars, and the number of tables will likewise be limited 

 to ten. For the completion of any considerable piece of in- 

 vestigation, beginners usually require from one to three 

 full years. It is not expected, therefore, that the holders of 

 these tables will finish their work in a single season. The 

 aim is rather to make a secure beginning, which will lead to 

 good results if followed up between sessions, and renewed, 

 if need be, for several successive years. 



The Laboratory for teachers and students will be open'ed 

 on Wednesday, July 6, for regular courses of seven weeks 

 in zoology, botany, and microscopical technique. The num- 

 ber admitted to this department will be limited to fifty, and 

 preference will be given to teachers and others already quali- 

 fied. By permission of the director, students may begin their 

 individual work as early as June 15 without extra charge, 

 but the regular courses of instruction will not begin before 

 July 6. Though more advanced students who may wish to 

 limit their work to special groups will have an opportunity 

 to do so, the regular course in zoology, in charge of Professor 

 Bumpus, will embrace a study of the more typical marine 

 forms and elementary methods of microscopical technique. 

 Mr. W. A. Setchell will have charge of the work in botany. 

 The tuition fee is thirty dollars, payable in advance. Appli- 

 cants should state whether they can supply themselves with 

 simple and compound microscopes. Microscope slides, dis- 

 secting and drawing instruments, bottles, and other supplies, 

 to be finally taken from the Laboratory, are sold at cost. 

 Further informatiou, if desired, may be had by addressing 

 Professor Hermon C. Bumpus, Wood's Holl, Mass. 



Applications for places in either department should be ad- 

 dressed to Mrs. Anna Phillips Williams, secretary, 23 Marl- 

 borough Street, Boston. 



Rooms accommodating two persons may be obtained near 

 the Laboratory, at prices varying from §2 to %i. a week, and 

 board from $4.50 to $6. By special arrangement, board will 

 be supplied to members at The Homestead at $5 a week. 



A Department of Laboratory Supply has been established 

 in order to facilitate the work of teachers and others who 

 desire to obtain materials for study or for classes. It is pro- 

 posed to furnish, e.g., certain sponges, hydroids, starfishes, 

 sea urchins, marine worms, crustaceans, mollusks, and verte- 

 brates, preserved in good condition, at fair prices. Orders 

 for the coming college year should be given as soon as possi- 

 ble. Circulars giving information, prices, etc., may be ob- 

 tained by addressing the Department of Laboratory Supply, 

 in care of the secretary. 



Wood's Holl, owing to the richness of the marine life in 

 the neighboring waters, offers exceptional advantages. It 

 is situated on the north shore of Vineyard Sound, at the en- 

 trance of Buzzard's Bay, and may be reached by the Old 

 Colony Railroad (2^ hours' from Boston), or by rail and boat 

 from Providence, Fall River, or New Bedford. Persons 

 going from Boston sliould buy round-trip tickets ($2.85). 



