CHEMICAL MEDICAU S. SCIENTIFIC PERIODICALS ANDBOOKS_ rrvwmfmmmmmm iRfli^iB^nwwa ! ' ? 9 ? • « ? ? ? ? VOL. 1. NO. 1 WOODS HOLE, MASS., WEDNESDAY, JULY 21,1926 TEN CfeNTS ACUSHNET'S BOATS LIVING CONDITIONS FOR SAVE FREIGHTER'S CREW LABORATORY WORKERS Coal Laden Meteor, Ashore AOZOTORP The completion of the new ^with similar aims were welcomed. brick laboratory, with adequate , vv naiever seemed Off Block island In High necessary to library, and splendid facilities further the development of bet- Sea, Sinks To Bottom If hunting is classed as one and service for a large group of ter opportunities for workers in In 15 Minutes of the sports, then the sportiest investiators, supplemented by the laboratory was done with place at M. B. L. is the Proto- the considerable plant which had sacrifice of time and effort in zoology Lab., for the hunt is on. already been built up, has finally ithose days of meager income. On Sunday, July 11, unknown On June 29th, the class of '19 brought about a state of basic The work came first. Comforts to most of our scientific inhabit- was introduced to what Prof. stability which assures the fu- of living, even some necessities ants. Woods Hole witnessed the Gary N. Calkins, the Director, ture efficiency of the laboratory. of the cities were lacking. It rescue of a shipwrecked crew. termed as the "Beginning of It has all been a gradual, de- was easiest to persuade some At 11:30 in the morning the six weeks of fun". In the main termined upbuilding by a devot- Woods Hole resident to give you Acushnet, at dock here, picked the course seems to consist of a ed group which has grown larger a room in her home. It was al- up an S. 0. S. from the S. S. continuous, relentless chase of year after year, as newcomers ways the lady of the house who Meteor which had struck on the the poor defenceless Protozoa had to be persuaded, the landlord i*ocks in the thick fog and heavy in the region of Woods Hole. BIOLOGV keeping out of the deal if he seas off Block Island. The to Director, AND were spared responsibility of en- In addition the I out, jtertaining Acushnet immediately put the staff of the Protozoology or being bored by the EXPERIMENTATION ! breaking all speed limits through instruction includes Dr. Mary intruder. the fog, and cruised around for They were often very S. MacDougall and Dr. Wool- kind and position near the wrecked vessel, patient in fixing up che spare ford B. Baker. Every morning, Last Friday evening at eight waiting for the fog to lift. room for the student. I They took including Saturday, Dr. Calkins o'clock Professor H. S. Jennings, Coast Guard Patrol Boat No. a chance he might be a pleasant lectures for one hour, and then Director of the Biological l^a- 229 was standing by the freigh- lodger even though a "bug the fun of chasing begins- But boratory at Johns Hopkins ter during the afternoon but was hunter". Sometimes a prized that kind is not the only kind University delivered a lecture prevented from going alongside suite was given up to a favorite of fun indulged in, as may be entitled : "Biology and Experi- by high seas. lodger, and even a bath was per- seen, for example, by the mentation". The twenty-three members of mitted, if there was a bathroom, schedule of this week : on Wed- It was a. superb analysis and the crew had been without food when a naturalist became very nesday, July 21, weather per. constructive picture of the con- all day, since only the super- insistent. These associations mitting, the class sets out on ditions which face the modern structure of the ship remained gave a chance for mutual endur- the good ship 'Cayadetta' at biological investigator, wit h above water. Near midnight ance. Indeed, valuable discover- 11 :4.5 for Hadley Harbor, on a their historical origins. The the fog lifted and the men were ies were made by the residents picnic. On Friday afternoon, history of recent years of pre- taken aboard the Acushnet and and by the students of rare or the 23rd, tea will be served at 'liminary recognaisance with ac- brought to Woods Hole and iunexpected human qualities and the M. B. L. Club by the Proto- counts of the currents and later taken to Boston. friendly capacities in the other zoology class. Come and counter currents of research and The quartermaster, when in- fellow. This is at the bottom of join the fun. The reason for dispute which have led to the terviewed said, "It wasn't any- much good understanding now the Saturday lectures is that modern outlook and opportuni- thing much to write about. No- common between town and Dr. Calkins expects to sail for ties for new experimentation thing much happened!". Of gown. Even the most ascetic or Europe about August 1st, a was depicted by Dr. Jennings so course not! What's a wreck aesthetic biologists developed week before the formal closing entertainingly yet briefly and more or less. Nothing ever such appetites in collecting and of the course ; with such skill in weaving all happens at Woods Hole and in order to swimming or through the inten- his lectures threads of influence and effort make complete in sive activities of laboratory work one-hour doses, into a significant pattern that there must be that quantity rather than refine- six each week. Perhaps this even the mere tyre of an inves- DR. ments of the table were in de- MORGAN tigator might realize the com- extra lecture has been the mand at the mess. So the mess plexities of the background in cause of the unusual impetus of was hardly criticized; restaur- HONORED which the problems of today are the attack on the Protozoa in ants attracted few; and a meal the laboratory, for there seems set and yet see with the lecturer's "Genetics and the Physiolo- in a home was remembered as to be a condition wherein it is clear headed vision the hopeful event. gy of Development" is the an hard to get the class out of the paths forward now opening title of the fifth William But this simple irresponsible laboratory and from their from what might seem a tangled Thompson Sedgwich Memorial away state was gradually affected by microscopes. Instead of hav- maze. lecture to be delivered by Dr. the inevitable biological results ing as a goal, "Recognizable The final drawing together of T. H. of growth and multiplication. Morgan in the laboratory every useful ray of thought drawings of 100 different Need of organization and segre- auditorium at eight o'clock on migjit aid the iview of species," some members of the which gation to minimize interference Tuesday evening, July 27. The conditions, influences, helpful class seem to have adopted from new domestic duties of the public is cordially invited to 1000 as their quota. pathways and warnings of false attend. The speed student, now become professor guides masterful in its com- resulting from so much time in was with a family, forced such to This honor is annually con- the laboratory sometimes leads prehensive scope,; penetrating turn seriously to the problem of ferred on "men of disting- brilliant to dagger-looks for some in. insight, diction, and living. These now began to rent uished imminence in some sub- well dividuals from others who have withall balanced result. or buy houses. Some even de- ject within the scope of biolo- the usual desire to swim and One may seem to assemble an veloped such excellent tactics as gy and public health." The play tennis and so forth, as a excess of adjectives, but a read- to venture to supplant residents lecturer is chosen each year by raise in the course require- ing of the forthcoming published for a while by inducing them to a committee composed of six ments seems imminent. lecture will satisfy the exacting give up their houses for the sum- of ithe leading men in these critic that this appreciation is Perhaps this speed is some- mer. sciences. Dr. Gary N. Calkins not extreme. is member of this committee. ^ (Continued on Page 7) H. McE. K. (Continued in Next Issue) ! PACxE TWO DRS. CHAMBERS AND The dance at the M. B. L. Club FISH on Saturday evening will fill a JELLY • ••••• REZNIKOFF ENTERTAIN long felt want. Many of us do auspices of the M. Issued under the not care to work on Saturday Sure, and we are the "bud- B. L. Club. Give Actual Screen Demonstra- evening and are occassionally ding" invertebrates! When puzzlea about the best way to our source of preliminary in- tion of Micro-disection to Club Officers obtain a couple of hours of re- formation, the catalogue, says, P>es. Enthusiastic Audience D. J. Edwards creation at this time. "The course is designed for Speidel Vice-Pres. C. C. It would be difficult to estimate those who have had previous On Friday evening Dr. Cham- Sec-Treas. — Sampson the number of couples that each training in zoology and more bers gave an interesting lecture Florence Tinkham. C/«n'r. House Com. week seeiv amusement outside of especially for those having a entitled; "Some Aspects of the Chair. Social Com. Marion "Rea but it is perhaps interest in the Woods Hole, professional Reaction of Protoplasm to Salts" greater than is commonly sup- subject. It will consist of lab- and an exhibit by projection on Editorial Staff posed. For those of us who do oratory and field work with have an unlimited amount of given with the view a trancelucent screen was given Ware Cattell Managing Edito not lectures, or time, and who do not student, not by the actual process of mani- Associate Editors: Helen H Cat-.nioney to familiarize the have cars at our disposal, the only with the anatomy, but also pulating needles tell, E.