4 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Dr. W. McM. Woodworth continued his photographic experi- 

 ments with great success during the past summer. Our apparatus 

 has been modified and greatly improved. A great part of the 

 time was occupied in taking photographs of some of the larger 

 pelagic animals. 



We have to thank the late Colonel Marshall McDonald, United 

 States Fish Commissioner, for the facilities granted to our stu- 

 dents in connection with their work at the Fish Commission Sta- 

 tion at Wood's Hole. 



The income of the Virginia Barret Gibbs Scholarship was used 

 according to the terms of the gift. 



The Faculty of the Museum nominated as occupants of the 

 Naples Table for parts of the year 1894-95 Professor W. E. 

 Ritter, of the University of California, Professor Reighard, of the 

 University of Michigan, and Professor C. E. Nutting, of the State 

 University of Iowa. 



It may be useful to lay before the Corporation my observations 

 on some of the Marine Biological Laboratories, as they may assist 

 in shaping the course of the University, when the time comes, 

 either in favor of establishing a station entirely under the control 

 of Harvard University, or in connection with the United States 

 Fish Commission, or in favor of uniting with other Universities 

 in maintaining a station on the principles which control the Clas- 

 sical Schools at Athens and Rome. 



During the past winter I visited the zoological stations at 

 Naples, Trieste, Ville Franche, Marseilles, Banyuls sur Mer, and 

 Plymouth. With the exception of the stations at Naples and at 

 Plymouth, they are connected with educational institutions, hold- 

 ing to them much the same relations which a chemical, physical, 

 or other laboratory holds. These stations are either managed by a 

 member of the natural history staff, or under the control of a Pro- 

 fessor from the institution with which they are connected. The 

 investigations carried on at these stations are usually published in 

 the serials issued by the natural history departments of their re- 

 spective universities. The teaching staff avail themselves of the 

 facilities offered by the stations to obtain fresh material throughout 

 the year for the use of students during term time. 



The organization at Plymouth is different. It depends for its 

 support upon a large number of persons who are interested in the 

 promotion of marine investigations. It is in charge of a Director, 



