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had occupied in town were given n]), and the property there 

 acciimuhited was phiced on board tlie hiboratory boat. When 

 the Station was opened the following summer it was necessary 

 to secure storage elsewhere for property of a ])ulky nature or 

 that fov which there was only occasional use, and by the cour- 

 tesy of the Illinois State Fish Commission we utilized a corner 

 of their warehouse on the river front until the burning of the 

 building in September, We suffered no loss of consequence, 

 and our property, some of it in a damaged condition, was then 

 returned to the laboratory boat for the winter. In 1898 the 

 problem of storage was temporarily solved by the purchase of a 

 cheaply constructed cabin boat twelve by twenty feet. 



Although no formal opening of the Station to students was 

 made during the summer of 1897 and no advertisements of its 

 facilities was undertaken, a few applicants for places were ac- 

 commodated under the conditions attending the opening of the 

 Station to such persons in previous years. The following is a 

 list of those in attendance and the lines of work pursued. 



H. C. Beardslee, A. B., Instructor in Science, University 

 School, Cleveland, Ohio. Fleshy fungi and Mycetozoa. 



Miss Bertha V. H. Forbes, 13. S., Teacher of Biology, High 

 School, Austin, 111. General biology. 



H. M. Kelly, A. M., Professor of Biology, Cornell College, 

 Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Trematoda parasitic in Unionida?. 



S. D. Magers, B. S., Principal of High School, Houston, 

 Texas. Algiv and general biology. 



H. L. Pioberts, Superintendent of Schools and Principal of 

 High School, Farmington, 111. General l)iology. 



The following year a Summer School of Biology, with regu- 

 lar courses in botany and zoology and offerings of advanced 

 work in zoology was planned, and authorized at the March meet- 

 ing of the Board of Trustees. The school was well advertised 

 in tlie educational journals, and preliminary and final circulars 

 were distributed as far as possible among the teachers of the 

 State. Extended advertising in the neighboring states was Jiot 

 attempted. The Station staff was mainly responsible for pack- 

 ing and shipping the equipment sent over by the University and 

 the State Lal)oratory and for its return, for the registration of 

 students, and for the financial management of the school. No 



