112 The Molteno Institute for Research in Parasitology 
Sir Arthur Shipley, G.B.E., F.R.S., proposed a vote of thanks to those who 
had come from afar to help them on that memorable occasion. He wanted to 
add a word to what Earl Buxton had said about the necessity of further 
endowment. They had started a splendid building, but Cambridge had a habit 
of growing. The institution had grown from the Quick Laboratory to a Molteno 
Institute and would go on growing under the latter name. They would, and 
did, want further endowment. He was afraid that he was an inveterate beggar, 
for they had to keep the wheels going. As an American poet had said: 
I hate to be a kicker. 
I do not make for peace. 
But the wheel that does the squeaking, 
Is the wheel that gets the grease. 
The assembled company then partook of tea as the guests of Professor and 
Mrs Nuttall and afterwards inspected the building under the guidance of 
members of the staff who could be readily singled out through their wearing 
Cambridge-blue rosettes. 
THE MOLTENO INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN PARASITOLOGY. 
The following account of the Institute may prove useful to others who are 
contemplating the establishment of similar institutions elsewhere. Since the 
Institute was opened, and indeed before, it has been sought by numerous 
visitors interested in laboratory construction and arrangements who desired 
information on various matters, and this account will serve to answer some 
of the questions that have been asked by our visitors. 
Preparations for Building the Institute. 
A Syndicate was appointed on 6th December, 1919, by Grace of the Senate 
(Camb. Univ. Reporter, 9, xii. 1919, p. 355) to obtain plans and estimates for 
the erection of the Institute on the site assigned for the purpose (vide infra). 
This Syndicate consisted of the Vice-Chancellor (P. Giles, Litt.D., Chairman), 
Charles E. Grant-Ives, M.A., Rev. J. B. Lock, M.A., and G. F. C. Gordon, M.A., 
of the University Building Committee; G. S. Graham-Smith, M.D., F.R.S., 
Charles T. Heycock, M.A., F.R.S., Charles G. Lamb, M.A., and the writer 
(Secretary). This Syndicate held five meetings at three of which the plans were 
discussed with the architect, Mr Harry Redfern, F.R.I.B.A. The latter re¬ 
ported that the probable cost of construction, starting in March, 1920, would 
be £28,600 including architect’s fees and disbursements, the calculations in¬ 
cluding a sum of £1500 for fittings and contingencies, the complete building 
(151,200 cubic feet) being reckoned to cost three shillings and seven pence per 
cubic foot. The Syndicate reported this to the Senate and their report was 
approved {Camb. Univ. Reporter, 3, n. 1920, p. 582; 2, in, 1920, p. 688; 9, 
hi. 1920, p. 719; 16, in. 1920, p. 746 (Grace passed)). 
Subsequently various changes in the choice of materials were made whereby 
the cost was reduced. Tenders for the erection of the building were received 
