LONG ISLAND BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY COLD SPRING HARBOR LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK 1935 LONG ISLAND BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1924 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY FOUNDED 1890 FORTY-SIXTH YEAR 1935 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES Scientific Advisory Committee J. H. Bodine, Chairman S. I. Kornhauser Harold A. Abramson Duncan A. Maclnnes Edgar Allen Harold Mestre Justin Andrews Stuart Mudd Robert Chambers Hans Mueller Kenneth S. Cole J. S. Nicholas William H. Cole W. J. V. Osterhout Henry S. Conard Eric Ponder W. J. Crozier Asa A. Schaeffer Charles B. Davenport Herman T. Spieth Alden B. Dawson Charles R. Stockard S. R. Detwiler W. W. Swingle Hugo Fricke I. R. Taylor Robert Gaunt Harold C. Urey A. J. Grout H. E. Walter Ross G. Harrison Advisory Committee on Biophysics and Physiology W. J. V. Osterhout, Chairman J. H. Bodine W. J. Crozier THE LONG ISLAND BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION President Vice President and Treasurer Arthur W. Page Marshall Field Vice President Secretary W. J. V. Osterhout Charles B. Davenport BOARD OF DIRECTORS To serveuntil 1939 Charles M. Bleecker Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. Marshall Field Huntington, N. Y. Ross G. Harrison Yale University Wilton Lloyd-Smith Huntington, N. Y. Arthur W. Page Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. William K. Vanderbilt Centerport, N. Y. H. E. Walter Brown University To serve until 1938 Robert Chambers New York University S. R. Detwiler College of Physicians and Surgeons John Schiff Oyster Bay, N. Y. Henry C. Taylor Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. Harold C. Urey Columbia University Willis D. Wood Huntington, N. Y. To serve until 1937 C. B. Davenport Carnegie Institution of Washington Reginald G. Harris The Biological Laboratory Henry Hicks Westbury, N. Y. Stuart Mudd University of Pennsylvania, Medical School Acosta Nichols Oyster Bay, N. Y. John K. Roosevelt Glen Cove, N. Y. To serve until 1936 W. H. Cole Rutgers University W. J. Crozier Harvard University Oliver B. James Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. Mrs. Van Santvoord Merle-Smith Oyster Bay, N. Y. W. J. V. Osterhout Rockefeller Institute Charles R. Stockard Cornell Medical College W. W. Swingle Princeton University 3 Members of theLong Island Biological Association Founders By contribution: ofatleast $5,000 in money or property fMrs. Eugene Blackford f William J. Matheson Carnegie Corporation Mrs. Van Santvoord Merle-Smith Mrs. Ethel Clyde J. P. Morgan Henry W. deForest Acosta Nichols Mrs. Leonard Elmhirst Mrs. Acosta Nichols Marshall Field Arthur W. Page f Dr. Walter B. James Rockefeller Foundation Mrs. Walter B. James John M. Schiff fWalter Jennings --Mortimer L. Schiff -John D. Jones William K. Vanderbilt Mrs. Otto H. Kahn Wawepex Society Russell C. Leffingwell tCol. T. S. Williams Wilton Lloyd-Smith tRobert B. Woodward Patrons By contribution of at least $500 JainesC. Ayer Reginald G. Harris f Frank L. Babbott fA. Augustus Healy --Eugene Blackford August Heckscher fMrs. Eugene Blackford 'Anton G. Hodenpyl Miss Rosina Boardman f Dr. Walter B. James -Nicholas F. Brady Mrs. Walter B. James Carnegie Corporation fWalter Jennings John Chase Mrs. Walter Jennings Mrs. Ethel Clyde f Frank S. Jones Thomas Cochran fJohn D. Jones W. R. Coe f Oliver L. Jones Paul D. Cravath Mrs. Otto H. Kahn Charles B. Davenport Alfred Kornfeld Mrs. Charles B. Davenport Miss Mabelle F. Lane John W. Davis Russell C. Leffingwell Henry W. deForest Mrs. Russell C. Leffingwell Mrs. Henry W. deForest Gerald M. Livingston --Robert W. deForest Wilton Lloyd-Smith Mrs. Robert W. deForest Mrs. Wilton Lloyd-Smith fCleveland H. Dodge fWilliam J. Matheson fF. N. Doubleday Van Santvoord Merle-Smith Mrs. Leonard K. Elmhirst Mrs. Van Santvoord Merle-Smith W. E. Erhart A. G. Milbank S. A. Everitt Ogden Mills Marshall Field J. P. Morgan fEdward Floyd-Jones fWilliam H. Nichols, Jr. Childs Frick Acosta Nichols Hugo Fricke Mrs. Acosta Nichols fMrs. E. H. Harriman Mrs. George Nichols t Deceased 4 f Henry F. Noyes fMortimer L. Schiff Isaac R. Oeland Carl J. Schmidlapp Arthur W. Page Donald Scott Frederic B. Pratt f Clarence W. Seamans f George D. Pratt Howard C. Smith Harold I. Pratt Henry L. Stimson Herbert L. Pratt f Louis C. Tiffany 'Cornelia Prime William K. Vanderbilt Victor Rakowsky Wawepex Society 'Oran W. Rice -Walter J. Whipple Rockefeller Foundation George Whitney John K. Roosevelt fTimothy S. Williams tW. Emlen Roosevelt Mrs. Timothy S. Williams Mrs. W. Emlen Roosevelt Willis D. Wood Walter J. Salmon Mrs. Willis D. Wood John M. Schiff fRobert B. Woodward Sustaining Members Byannual contribution Paul Abbott J.Lincoln Cartledge Aboff White Paint Store John Chase Helen Albro Helen A. Choate J. E. Aldred J. Loomis Christian Justin M. Andrews Edward D. Churchill Anonymous Mrs. Ethyl Clyde James C. Ayer W. R. Coe f Frank L. Babbott W. H. Cole Mrs. George Backer Henry S. Conard Annette Bacon Paul D. Cravath Frank Balduzzi Paul Cushman Arthur A. Ballantine Cutting's Drug Store H. A. Baylis Charles B. Davenport Frederick Bernheim f Frances G. Davenport Harold Birnkrant Pierrepont Davenport R. Irving Blanchard, Jr. John W. Davis Charles M. Bleecker F. Trubee Davison Edward C. Blum Harry P. Davison Rosina C. Boardman Henry W. deForest J. H. Bodine Johnston deForest Pamela Brinton fRobert W. deForest Keeve Brodman H. C. Denturk Mrs. Keeve Brodman Fairman R. Dick Leland A. Brown Abigail C. Dimon Vincent G. Burns f Frank N. Doubleday Esther F. Byrnes Ferdinand Eberstadt Dorothy W. Caldwell Charles Edge t Deceased 5 William A. Ellison Ralph Kamenoff Mrs. Leonard K. Elmhirst fEmma L. Kemp S. A. Everitt Margaret Kesler Marshall Field Kollner's Market Edwin A. Fish Marie B. Knaus Lydia M. Fletcher Alfred E. Kornfeld fGeorge S. Franklin S. I. Kornhauser Childs Frick Frances Kuchler Florence M. Frost Anna Lansing Albert Z. Gray Lewis Cass Ledyard Henry G. Gray Russell C. Leffingvqell Susan A. Green Joseph Lilienthal, Jr. N. M. Grier Gerald Livingston fBenjamin R. Harris Wilton Lloyd-Smith Mrs. B. R. Harris Mrs. Wilton Lloyd-Smith D. S. Hart line William S. Lord H. E. Hawks f Graham Lusk Mrs. Glenn C. Hayes f William J. Matheson f Annie P. Henchman Van Santvoord Merle-Smith Henry Hicks Mrs. Van Santvoord Merle-Smith M. Catherine Hinchey Charles Metz fAnton G. Hodenpyl Albert Milbank Franklin Hollander -Frances H. Miller Gail H. Holliday Ogden L. Mills Davenport Hooker Louis deB. Moore G. Beekman Hoppin Mrs. Louis deB. Moore Clarence A. Horn J. P. Morgan Louis J. Horowitz Junius S. Morgan, Jr. Mrs. Howard Hubbard f Daniel P. Morse Marian E. Hubbard Stuart Mudd John R. Huggins Mrs. Stuart Mudd Harrison R. Hunt Acosta Nichols Mrs. Francis C. Huntington George Nichols Huntington Laundry Mrs. George Nichols fCharles Iglauer fWilliam H. Nichols, Jr. Oliver B. James Isaac R. Oeland Mrs. Walter B. James Marion E. Outerbridge G. B. Jenkins Arthur W. Page Elizabeth Jenkins C. Mervin Palmer fWalter Jennings William H. Parsons Mrs. Walter Jennings Peggy Outlet Store Everett C. Jessup fWilliam R. Peters Opalrae C. Johnson Hugh L. Porter tj. Herbert Johnston Frederick B. Pratt Florence L. Jones fGeorge D. Pratt Richard H. Jones Mrs. George D. Pratt Sarah Elizabeth Jones Harold I. Pratt Mrs. Otto Kahn H. S. Pratt Millicent Kalt Richardson Pratt f Deceased. Roy A. Rainey Henry L. Stimson f John F. Rankin Helen Stobbe Walter M. Rankin Harley L. Stowell Herbert L. Ratcliffe fAlbert Strauss f Geraldyn L. Redmond F. H. Swett Ida L. Reveley Eugene Swope f Dorothy F. Rice George F. Sykes Edward L. Rice T. Campbell Takami Aute Richards Masaharu Tange Harry C. Robb Henry C. Taylor Louis A. Robb I. R. Taylor E. Rodenhurst James B. Taylor John K. Roosevelt f Louis C. Tiffany Kermit Roosevelt Jessie Titus Mrs. Philip J. Roosevelt Isabel H. Tuthill f W. Emlen Roosevelt William K. Vanderbilt Mrs. W. Emlen Roosevelt Ruth E. Van Olinda Thomas H. Roulston Emilia M. Vicari Faris R. Russell Roy A. Waggener William Salant Mrs. Roy A. Waggener Walter J. Salmon H. E. Walter S. A. Salvage Myrtle H. Waterfall Charles E. Sammis Wawepex Society Alfred Sapone Francis M. Weld Sophie Satin Helen M. Wells Asa A. Schaeffer Anne Wertheim John M. Schiff David D. Whitney Mortimer L. Schiff George Whitney Carl Schmidlapp Herman Wientjes Julius Schwartz Alice W. Wilcox Schwartz Brothers Bess M. Williams Donald Scott Mrs. Timothy S. Williams Ida Sitler J. Walter Wilson Elizabeth Snodgrass Willis D. Wood Julian L. Solinger W. Wilton Wood Sir T. Ashley Sparks Sewall Wright Phyllis Stanley Mrs. Sewall Wright Joseph H. Stickler Mabel A. Young Young Brothers The following, though not members of the Long Island Biological Association, have contributed to the Land and Endowment Fund: E. LeGrand Beers Acosta Nichols, Jr. Albert De Silver f George Lane Nichols J. G. Dettmer C. J. Peabody William G. Loew James H. Post John Hill Morgan tW. A. Putnam Herman Stutzer t Deceased WOMEN'S COMMITTEE President-Mrs. Van Santvoord Merle-Smith Vice President-Mrs. F. Huntington Babcock Secretary-Mrs. Fairman R. Dick Treasurer-Mrs. Walter Jennings Chairman, House Committee-Mrs. Percy Jennings Chairman, Membership Committee-Mrs. Russell C. Leffingwell Benefactors (By contribution lof $100 1::)r more) Mrs. F. Huntington Babcock Mrs. Acosta Nichols Mrs. Walter Jennings Mrs. Roland Redmond Mrs. Van Santvoord Merle-Smith Mrs. W. Emlen Roosevelt Sustaining Members (Bycontribution of $10 or more) Mrs. Henry H. Anderson Mrs.Walter B. James Mrs. Francis D. Bartow Mrs.Percy H. Jennings Mrs. Wyllys R. Betts fMiss Mrs. Linzee Blagden S. Elizabeth Jones Mrs. Charles M. Bleecker f MissFlorence L. Jones Mrs. Kenneth S. Boardman Mrs.Otto Kahn Mrs. Herbert Bodman Mrs.Russell Leffingwell Mrs. George T. Bowdoin Mrs.Paul Pennoyer Mr. C. C. Church MissIsabel Peters Mrs. Henry E. Coe, Jr. Mrs.Harold I.