New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-12
SUMMER SEASIDE SCHOOL,
THE STUDY or MAXINE LIFE.

THE STUDY or MARINE LIFE.
An ENrERPRIsg OF TnE JOHNS u PR!S. UNIVERSITY
AND lis REsULIs-rHEZ BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY
AT BEAUFORT, " C.--TsTABLIsBMEN1 og A sum
MR. SCHOOL AT FORT WOOL
lFRoW Az OCc AsloNAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIE rRIBuSg
BALTIMORE, Dec. 6.-Elrly in last April
The TRIBUNE announced the iu non 81 the johns II Jp
klns University of Baltimore. 20 De the .st among
American colleges to establish a pertinent Murine
laboratory" Under the direction OF d ". K. Brooks,
It's Associate Professor OF Biology ihc Univ r.y had
maintlIuod the AXE Geological Lab r9tOry at
Fort Wool. The success ~ tnis ten awe en- erprilo
during thc summers OF 1873 aud 1879 seemed 70 ~.
fant an attempt organize geological station wIich
should be open throughout The year II Lee and
have more foundation than that Afforded 10y
sixacre rock-heap belonging 10 the NatOral Govern
ment IN Hampton Roads Being I'M kil.ng o Duld and
equip a seaside laboratory Dcf0r; testing tx
perimentaly lie advantages u *aTlous localities. the
trustees Of the University. acting on The report Of Dr.
Brooks, selected Beaufort NoltI C5rOiinl, az tie place
Tor third seasons work Of the Chesapeake Geological
Laboratory. Tae University provided a liberal outht
Of books dredges and instruments and "A new steam
launch. hOJ.e close tue wa.er's edge was leased,
and working accommodl atoms Investigator, no
supplied. The laboratory was opened ApriI %. aud
closed after session OF twenty three weeks Srptrn-
b.r 80 1880 Tie facll which II afOr led used
by DR.. W. X Brooks. Director; h. " t'ukari ana + b.
wilson. Fellows in Biology OF The OLns Hopkn C1i
vcrglty; f. W. King Professor OF Natural science, VIZ
con4in State Normal school Dr. II. T. Eyar.- Academy
Of Natural Sciences. Pniladephia; ard Dr. H. +. o.
borne Fellow OF the College 81 New J rs"y.
Beaufort was selected being the near, 81 acccssjl,
town south of Baltimore which Is ftyoraby situated Tor
geological study. Cape Hatteras, the most proj ctnS
MONT on our coastne south Of N.w-York, d, tho
warm wafer OF the Gull str frOm the coast, and
mus forms an abrupt barrier bttw IN cold Northern
coast and warm South IN one The fauna of BEAUFORT
ia uousualy rch ana varied by reason OF IN" diversity
% conditions presented Oy the surrounding waters
Close TO the large sanlhars. bare Tor MUGS al
low tide. From these could De collected an uD.allnS
snupy o. Amphioxus. Reilla LmIlus. BIliDoe.Js-u1,
sea urch.u. and gceat variety # m)lIsAs aud ern'-
taaea. Tie mud flats furnished another ann. yield
Ing great variety of aWclids, n" set II
nolIusks ard crustacea echnodenns, ana 70 yp' lie
large "a mtrsnes gave tHrd tI1na. and snort Gs
lance INLAND large swamps Of bruckl3h an I'f4i
wafer furnished son O'hrg conditions Of lie. Toe sut-
ton Of the town at The point where Gore sound connects
Pgmlico aud Bogue sounds put tie biologists within
easy reach Of u con nnOus scet Of lJnllDr eel sale
water more than e huudrcd miles long These sodnis
furnished good collecting ground for Coras, GOrg'lt''
Ascidans. and set of mousda ana crU'ti.el me
stone breatw.tera mt Fort Nlcol, the B'4ufIu and
Nosehcad Ci,y wh.rves. and The oyst"r beds ~ tna
sound. fu n,sh proper baDi.at Tor many fix, aIn Is
such as hydroils. coras, moues. sp1nses, and
crIipeGs. Good ocean dredging was lad wlilia san
OF three miles from the lab0ra org.
The greatest advantage the locality I, the richness
of s p..gie iauna; there few poits a1t
" len arr 80 ~ ted mat the surface animals o. ni
Deem can be procured in abundance for laboratory
work Careful work is amos impossible on slip1oari;
therefore he Beaufort laboratory, winch can be yea lily
furnished with living peagc an'nlls, presents Op.Or
tuniues TOR work nelly u0ar,s Ing and nearly
new field. such oceanic anImds as The Plysail. oT
Portugeseu1 and rpi q, r. often float i
an, q a Gulf
The beach within SNORT dslater OF the IA21fh"'y'
There have been found $50 species OF animals 100 the
Vicinity o. bsat t y az ~ i, 80 '' % a., nm
49, are lHV,fteDfat'S, VI ''1 ~ -.i 80 ' 80
mails, 1873 bird. - are replies Ditrtc llu..9
nolis,s AID p crls,aceeDs r. j. believed Tat
Of Yerte Ites Is y CON '... DlttA1 ID W0Hi ac IN
easy matter 30 enlarge the lsl OF htrrirptS twenty
or thrty-f,l Tie adyantagei OF G.aui1lt have b-.u
sIgnaly demonstrated b. the JON, Hopkins natural
ists and likely that accommo lation' for larger
number OF WORKERS VIII ne re lNi,i ~ s'l'oi.
Tn Univ rsty also mani, Aued d "a niaor sc 1901 OF
mad sed DR.. Brooks during tie tw1 previous snn-
mcrs. director. L. is cnlehf OWING = nc KINDA =
nccrs that tIe University has been ib.r 10 occupy
Fort Wool for three SUNNI r.. lHS IAlBUNt H1'
already fui account 81 tie WORK OF lhr mesa
p'ake Ip0iogich LABORATORY, aOie =, t.Ie m"', ~
laboratory j. Intended for iVauccd work. whereas -
OF rhc summer school 20 ah ri o. n ent, 10
biology an opportunity TO become aePuiiht'I VITA am
forms uGder tueir cri aary conditions OF me aai
thus supplement the ma cum study OF dead forms
AceOrulnsF elementary instruction bN means Vf lectures
and LABORATORY work Is gwen nj Fort N7o' "hHc me
director "f lie Beauor Sa.i1n exercises on.5 s,u'
superVisOB and gives lectures formal instruct oi
la advantage of situation and climate render Fort
fort is N the entrlncs 10 N impton Roads, on ~
isard Xix ~ AREA II % about twenty miles r"h
Fortress Monroe hat 1t easy OF access d. steamers
rom Bali more Redmond, Norfolk, Washington. New
apurrcilei Nv those who tested Inem may be IN
ferIed the fact that all Of lat summers parry nave
ana nearly many more new app. 'at!cns have been
received.