Evening star., 1932-10-23
Proud Ketch of Woods Hole Makes
Research Trips Daily for Uncle Sam

whole action of their gills is TO separate
II from the water Just as our lungs
separate it from the rest Of the air.
When the tide goes out it leaves thou
sands Of barnacles high and dry on the
rocks. How do they breathe? They are
water animals: they cannot breathe our
air. II you will notice. a dry barnacle
is never quite closed; its valves are
slightly apart. II you touch it they
will close up tight They we're apart
to hold bubble Of water which they
caught from the receding tide and from
which they can breathe enough oxygen
to keep them alive until next tide When
you step on one. or poke it so that it
closes this bubble bursts. That is the
little click you hear The barnacle,
thanks to your interference. will have
10 stageer along without oxygen until
the merciful tide covers it once more
The water samples for oxygen deter
min tion indicate those portions of the
sea which are most aerated. There fish
will live and breed
Huge Rectangular Building.
The Oceanographic Institute itself is
a huge rectangular building standing
| on the waterfront at Woods Hole, oppo-
site the funny little old wooden building
with gable windows which houses the
Bureau of Fisheries. Across the street
is the huge Marine Biological Station.
Around these three centers cluster a
gay, animated student life in dornii-
torres, club houses and restaurants.
=. Woods Holl'' meaning Hill was
discovered and named by the Norsemen
about l006. according to legend. In
1895 the Post Once changed the name
to Woods Hole, to the great disgust of
one Prof. Whitman, who had named
certain local species Of fish "hollensis."
During the whaling days this tip end
OF Woods Hole held a candle factory. a
oakeshop for sea biscuits a rope walk.
cooper's shop for making hoesheads
to hold oil and a dark old blacksmith
shop.
Into these buildings the Biological
Society, in its beginning, mu-.d. and its
beginnings were humble-"one rowboat.
two instructors and seven students"
And now look at it!
1t is not generally known that this
now famous laboratory is a direct con-
tinuance of one founded by Prof Agas-
siz on the Island of Penikese lone of
the Elizabeth Islands. This was aban-
doned by his son because Of its In
accessibility. but still preserved are two
signs which the dear old scientist put
upon his walls. One was, This labora-
tory Is to me a sanctuary. would have
nothing done in it unworthy Of the
Great Author" The other sign read.
Study nature, not books'-and now
has been hung in the new library-A
fact we are sure would have delighted
the humorous Agassiz
The Biological Station grew rapidly.
despite financial handicaps. The can
die factory land was bought for $1,000
The Carnegie Institution, in Waxhins-
ton. donated $4,000 and later $4,000
The lot on which the old bakehouse
stood now holds a shed for carpenters
and plumbers. The laboratory now has
assets Of s2.7o0.o00o
And now the Atlantis has appeared
a crowning triumph and a really i'm
portant contribution to scientific re-
search. The Atlantis and the Albatross
II together have now made coastal sur
veys from Maine to Cape Cod, to Cape
Hatteras and to Bermuda. and the At
lantis supplements the plankton work
being done at the Bermuda Laboratory.
The west Atlantic has been charted into
-four. sections. and it Is planned 10 covei
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