LONG ISLAND BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY COLD SPRING HARBOR LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK 1937 LONG ISLAND BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1924 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY FOUNDED 1890 FORTY-EIGHTH YEAR 1937 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES Scientific Advisory Committee J. H. Bodine, ChairmanAlden B. Dawson Hans Mueller Harold A. Abramson S. R. Detwiler J. S. Nicholas Edgar Allen Hugo Fricke W. J. V. Osterhout Justin Andrews Robert Gaunt Eric Ponder Stanley A. Cain A. J. Grout Asa A. Schaeffer Robert Chambers Ross G. Harrison Herman T. Spieth Kenneth S. Cole Hans 0. Haterius Charles R. Stockard William H. Cole S. I. Kornhauser W. W. Swingle Henry S. Conard Duncan A. McInnes George W. Corner G. F. Marrian I. R. Taylor W. J. Crozier Harold Mestre Harold C. Urey Charles B. Davenport Stuart Mudd H. E. Walter 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 OFDIRECTORS To serve until 1941 C. B. Davenport Carnegie Institution of Washington Henry Hicks Westbury, N. Y. Stuart Mudd University of Pennsylvania, Medical School Robert Cushman Murphy American Museum of Natural History Acosta Nichols Oyster Bay, N. Y. Eric Ponder The Biological Laboratory John K. Roosevelt Glen Cove, N. Y. To serve until 1940 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 To serve until 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. t Deceased 3 Members of the Long Island Biological Association Founders By contribution ofat least $5,000 in money or property f Mrs. Eugene Blackford John & Mary Markle Foundation Carnegie Corporation f William J. Matheson Mrs. Ethel Clyde Mrs. Van Santvoord Merle-Smith 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 f Walter Jennings 'Mortimer L. Schiff f John D. Jones William K. Vanderbilt Mrs. Otto H. Kahn Wawepex Society Russell C. Leffingwell fCol. T. S. Williams Wilton Lloyd-Smith f Robert B. Woodward Patrons Bycontribution of at least $500 James C. Ayer ''Anton G. Hodenpyl f Frank L. Babbott Mrs. Walter Jennings j Eugene Blackford f Frank S. Jones Charles M. Bleecker f Oliver L. Jones Miss Rosina Boardman Alfred Kornfeld fNicholas F. Brady jMiss Mabelle F. Lane John Chase Russell C. Leffingwell jThomas Cochran Gerald M. Livingston W. R. Coe Mrs. Wilton Lloyd-Smith Paul D. Cravath Van Santvoord Merle-Smith Charles B. Davenport A. G. Milbank Mrs. Charles B. Davenport f Ogden L. Mills John W. Davis f William H. Nichols, Jr. Mrs. Henry W. deForest Mrs. George Nichols fRobert W. deForest -Henry F. Noyes Mrs. Robert W. deForest Isaac R. Oeland fCleveland H. Dodge Frederick B. Pratt f F. N. Doubleday j George D. Pratt W. E. Erhart Harold I. Pratt S. A. Everitt Herbert L. Pratt f Edward Floyd-Jones 1-Cornelia Prime Childs Frick Victor Rakowsky Hugo Fricke j Oran W. Rice Edward S. Harkness John K. Roosevelt f Mrs. E. H. Harriman f W. Emlen Roosevelt fReginald G. Harris fMrs. W. Emlen Roosevelt f A. Augustus Healy Walter J. Salmon August Heckscher Carl J. Schmidlapp t Deceased 4 Donald Scott tWalter J. Whipple j Clarence W. Seamans William C. Whitney Foundation Howard C. Smith George Whitney Henry L. Stimson f Mrs. Timothy S. Williams Henry C. Taylor Willis D. Wood f Louis C. Tiffany Mrs. Willis D. Wood Sustaining Members David Aboff Marshall Field Harold A. Abramson Ernst Fischer Winthrop W. Aldrich Alexander Forbes Justin M. Andrews George Shannon Forbes Anonymous Childs Frick Annette L. Bacon Ralph W. Gerard Frank Balduzzi Susan A. Green E. Farrar Bateson Frederick S. Hammett H. A. Baylis D. S. Hart line Frederick Bernheim Henry Hicks Charles M. Bleecker Miner C. Hill T. Bache Bleecker Hudson Hoagland Edward D. Blum Gail H. Holliday Harold F. Blum Davenport Hooker Dean Burk G. Beekman Hoppin Edward S. Castle Mrs. S. C. W. Hoppin Mc Keen Cattell Clarence A. Horn John Chase Harrison R. Hunt Helen A. Choate 0. L. Inman Edward D. Churchill Oliver B. James George L. Clark Mrs. Walter B. James Mrs. Ethel Clyde Herbert H. Jasper Barnett Cohen Mrs. Walter Jennings William H. Cole Everett C. Jessup Gilbert Colgate, Jr. Alfred Kornfeld Henry S. Conard S. I. Kornhauser Paul Cushman Anna Lansing C. E. Cutting Joseph Lilienthal, Jr. Charles B. Davenport Gerald Livingston Hallowell Davis Wilton Lloyd-Smith John W. Davis Lewis G. Longsworth F. Trubee Davison William S. Lord Henry P. Davison Duncan A. Maclnnes Henry W. deForest Mrs. Van Santvoord Merle-Smith H. C. Denturk Leonor Michaelis Abigail C. Dimon f Ogden L. Mills Ferdinand Eberstadt A. M. Monnier Charles Edge Louis de B. Moore Mrs. Leonard K. Elmhirst Mrs. Louis de B. Moore Wallace 0. Fenn Henry S. Morgan t Deceased 5 J. P. Morgan Carl C. Speidel Junius S. Morgan, Jr. Phyllis Stanley Hans Mueller Joseph H. Stickler Acosta Nichols Henry L. Stimson George Nichols Harley L. Stowell Charles Packard F. H. Swett Arthur W. Page George F. Sykes G. H. Parker T. Campbell Takami Frederick B. Pratt Masaharu Tange Harold I. Pratt Henry C. Taylor Henry S. Pratt Ivon R. Taylor Richardson Pratt James B. Taylor C. Ladd Prosser Isabel H. Tuthill Otto Rahn William K. Vanderbilt Walter M. Rankin Ruth E. Van Olinda Nicolas Rashevsky Emilia M. Vicari f Lansing P. Reed Roy A. Waggener Oscar W. Richards Mrs. Roy A. Waggener Harry C. Robb George Wald Louis A. Robb H. E. Walter John K. Roosevelt Wawepex Society -Charles E. Sammis Mrs. Charles H. Welles Alfred Sapone Helen M. Wells Asa A. Schaeffer Herman Wientjes John M. Schiff Alice W. Wilcox Carl Schmidlapp Bess M. Williams Francis 0. Schmitt Willis D. Wood Julius Schwartz W. Wilton Wood Schwartz Brothers Sewall Wright Donald Scott Mrs. Sewall Wright Ida Sitler 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 6 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 H.Jennings Chairman, Membership Committee-Mrs. RussellC. Leffingwell Benefactors (By contribution of $100 or more) Mrs. Van Santvoord Merle-Smith Mrs. F. Huntington Babcock Mr.George T. Bowdoin Mrs. Acosta Nichols Mrs.Walter Jennings Mrs. Roland Redmond -;-Mrs. W.Emlen Roosevelt Sustaining Members (By contributionof $10or more) Mrs.Henry H. Anderson Mrs.G. Beekman Hoppin Mrs.Francis D. Bartow Mrs.D. F. Houston Mrs.Wyllys R. Betts Mrs.Walter B. James Mrs.Linzee Blagden Mrs.Percy H. Jennings Mrs.Charles M. Bleecker Mr.F. Coit Johnson Mrs.Kenneth S. Boardman Mrs.Otto Kahn Mrs.Herbert Bodman Mrs.Hugh Knowlton Mrs.George T. Bowdoin Mrs.Russell C. Leffingwell Mr.C. T. Church Mrs.Paul Pennoyer Mrs.Henry E. Coe, Jr. MissIsabel Peters Mrs.George A. Crocker Mrs.Harold I. Pratt Mrs.Henry P. Davison Mrs.Lansing P. Reed . Mrs.Henry L. deForest Mrs.Gordon Rentschler Mrs.Henry W. deForest Mrs.Philip J. Roosevelt Mrs.Alvin Devereux Mrs.Theodore Roosevelt Mrs.A. H. Diebold Mrs.Stanley M. Rumbough Mrs.Frank N. Doubleday Mrs.Donald Scott Mrs.John Foster Dulles Mrs.E. R. Stetinius Mrs.Walter Farwell Mrs.J. H. J. Stewart Mrs.George S. Franklin Mrs.Henry L. Stimson Mrs.Childs Frick Mrs.Frances M. Weld Mrs.William B. Given MissBess M. Williams Mrs.Winston Hagen -Mrs.Timothy S. Williams Mrs.Paul Hammond Mrs.Willis D. Wood Deceased 7 Members (By contributionof$5) Mrs.Charles E. Ames Mrs.Victor W. Knauth Mrs.J. Howland Auchincloss Mabelle F. Lane Mrs.Daniel Bacon Mrs.Wilton Lloyd-Smith Mrs.Arthur Ballantine Mrs.Graham Lusk Mrs.August Belmont Mrs.Henry J. Mali Mrs.Harry Benkard Mrs.Robert B. Meyer Mrs.T. Bache Bleecker Mrs.Ray Morris MissRosina Boardman Mrs.Francis T. Nichols Mrs.George E. Brower Mrs.George Nichols Mrs.C. T. Church Mrs.J. W. T. Nichols Mrs.Paul Cushman Mrs.William H. Nichols, Jr. Mrs.C. B. Davenport Mrs.D. Chester Noyes Mrs.F. Trubee Davison Mrs.D. Grennell Noyes Mrs.Johnston deForest Mrs.Arthur Page Mrs.Robert W. deForest Mrs.Grenville Parker Mrs.Richard Derby Mrs.Lee J. Perrin Mrs.Douglas C. Despard Mrs.John S. Phipps Mrs.Walter Devereux Mrs.Charles Pratt Mrs.Fairman Dick Mrs.John Ranken Mrs.Russell Doubleday Mrs.A. B. Roosevelt Mrs.Albert H. Ely, Jr. f Mrs.George Roosevelt Mrs.Luis J. Francke Mrs.John F. Rousmaniere Mrs.Marshall Field MissElsie Schefer Mrs.E. Rodney Fiske J. Barstow Smull Mrs.Rodman Gilder Mrs.Francis Smyth Mrs.Hamilton Hadden Mrs.Edward W.