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SCIENCE, 



[N. S. Vol. XI. No. 270. 



Although this growth in material equip- 

 ment has been rapid, the needs of the labo- 

 ratorj' have grown still more rapidl}'. The 

 buildings are all of a temporary character 

 and can be used only in summer ; at least 

 one substantial, fire-proof building is need- 

 ed which can be used the year around ; the 

 library is inadequate to the needs of such 

 an institution ; the facilities for collecting 

 should be enlarged and increased ; the 

 Laboratory is entirely dependent upon the 

 Fish Commission Station for wharf privi- 

 leges and for pumping sea water to its 

 aquaria and, although cordial and mutu- 

 ally helpful relations have always existed 

 between the two stations, additional laud, 

 vyith shore privileges, ought to be secured 

 while it can be had ; above all the Labora- 

 tory needs increased endowments both for 

 special purposes, such as scholarships, li- 

 brary, publications, etc., and also for gen- 

 eral maintenance. 



seventy-eight students representing sixtj'- 

 nine different institutions. In all during 

 the twelve sessions there have been in at- 

 tendance five hundred and ten investigators 

 and seven hundred and forty- five students 

 from nearlj- three hundred different edu- 

 cational and scientific institutions, while 

 among the occasional lecturers and visitors 

 must be numbered almost all the better 

 known biologists of this country and many 

 from foreign lands. 



As the outgrowth of a summer school it 

 might have been expected that the labora- 

 tory would give instruction in biological 

 subjects, and at its very beginning its 

 Ibunders resolved that it should also give 

 opportunity for original research. The 

 combination of these two functions at the 

 Laboratory has been a peculiarly fortunate 

 one. It has been proved, not only here, but 

 also in many universities and scientific in- 

 stitutions, that research and teaching are 



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Fig. 3. Fisb Commissiou BuiUliny 



Wharf and Steamer, one of the Marine Biological Laboratory Buildings 

 on the right. 



The growth in material equipment, 

 though encouraging, is overshadowed in 

 importance by the growth in the number of 

 persons in attendance at the Laboratory. 

 In 1888 there were nine investigators 

 and eight students representing thirteen 

 different institutions of learning ; in 1899 

 there were seventj^ one investigators and 



of mutual service. A certain amount of 

 teaching is stimulating to the investigator, 

 while the atmosphere of research is indis- 

 pensable to good teaching. 



When the Laboratory was first estab- 

 lished instruction was given in Zoology 

 only, since then courses have been added 

 in Botany, Embryology, Physiology and it 



