The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-11
MARINE BIOLOGICAL
STATION ON COAST
Will Be Installed on Puget Sound
Under Auspices of the State
institutions of Learning.
WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE,

WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE,
Pullman, May IA marine biological
station, the fourth to be established Oh
the Pacific coast, will be installed on
Puget Sound next summer, and will be
be conducted by the University of
Washington, the State college of
Washington, and the Bellingham, Che
ney and EllenSburg normal schools of
the state. To govern and conduct the
affairs of the marine station there Will
be a board of seven managers, two be-
ing appointed by the president of the
University of Washington, two by the
president of the state college, and one
each by the principals of the three nor
NAL schools. The personnel of the
board of managers will be announced
later.
The state university, the State col
lege, and the three normals will be re-
sponsible for the financing of the Ia
boratory, but Whitman college, Puget
Sound university Whitworth, and pos
sibly several other institutions will be
admitted to the work of the biological
station. During the season of 1909,
the new marine station will be located
July 10. and at Olga from July II to
July 81 The work of the new station
will be for the Improvement of high
school and college biological teaching,
for the Improvement of high school and
college biological teaching, for en-
enlargement of the state biological
survey, and the general betterment of
the biological knowledge of instltu-
tons of Washington, results of far
reaching Importance to the state
should be accomplished.
Among the noted lecturers. whose
services in behalf of the new Wash
ington station will very likely be Sc
cured ars: President David Starr Jor-
dan, Of Leland Stanford. California,
who is one of the greatest authorities
living on subjects pertaining to fish;
Dr. s. w. Williston, paleontologist of
! the University of Chicago; Professor
! F. NJ. Webster, representative OF the
| United States bureau of Entomology;
Professor c. Y. Piper, representing the
United States bureau of plant indus
try; Dr. Noodle, paleontologlst of the
university of Kansas, and DR.. William
Raumgartner, also CT Kansas; DR.. j.
~ Aldrich, botanist and zoologist OF
} the university of Idaho.
The Institutional staff of the new
Washington station will be: Mabel K.
Simpson. biologist, Puget Sound uni
| versity: A. L. Melander, entomologlst,
! State college: James Kellogg, zoologlst,
Williams college, Mass; Arthur ID.
Howard. BIOLOGIST, university of WASH
ington: C o. Chambers, biologist, IA
oific university; C. T. Brues. curator OF
the Milwaukee public museum; Chas.
f. Bessey. botanist, university of Ne
bra ka: r. Kent Beattie. botanlst,
State college: H S. ERODE, botanlst'
Whitman college.
Marine biological stations at present
o-erating in Pacific. waters of the
North American contine mt are the
Minnesota station, which is maintained
at Port Renfrew, Brit sh Columbia, the
Leland Stamford marine biological
1tation at Monterey Bay and Atlantic
waters are the stations in Nova Scotia
! Woodshole, Mass; Cold Spring Har-
| Dor. Long Island: Charleston. North
| Carolina: and III the Bermuda ISLANDS.
Formerly there was marine station
/ at Galveston. Texas. but for the pres
ent, that one has been discontinued.