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A Gift to the University (cont'd)
Resolution
The
Trustees of the Ohio State University having learned with great
satisfaction of the thoughtful consideration of the University
by their colleague - Mr. Julius F. Stone - in purchasing Gibraltar
Island in Lake Erie near Put-In-Bay, and having learned that this
gift of the Island to the State of Ohio was for use by the University
as a laboratory, hereby place on record their very high appreciation
of this important and valuable gift by Mr. Stone. The Trustees
hereby officially announce that the laboratory shall hereafter
be known as the Franz Theodore Stone Laboratory in honor of the
father of Mr. Julius F. Stone.
In making acknowledgement of this provision for the future, it
may be appropriate to emphasize the importance of the gift by
recalling the experience of the past and by bringing to attention
the new opportunity developed through this gift.
The Lake Laboratory,
as it has been called for thirty years more or less, seems to
have had its origin in the mind of the late Dr. D. S. Kellicott,
in 1894, when he was Professor of Zoology and Entomology. The
history of this enterprise engaged particularly in the fields
of Botany and Zoology with advanced and graduate students in these
sciences will be found in the publication known as the Ohio Naturalist.
The first service was rendered in 1896. In 1897 Dr. Kellicott
continued to work with a group of students in the old Fish Hatchery
in Sandusky. His death in the spring of 1898 interrupted the work.
His successor was not elected immediately but in 1899 the laboratory
was given a new emphasis under the leadership of Professor Herbert
Osborn, Dr. Kellicott's successor, and through the cordial interest
and support of the late Honorable John T. Mack, a Trustee of the
University. In 1902 provision for a building on Cedar Point was
made and this was occupied for the first time during the summer
of 1903. This service continued for fifteen years. From 1918 until
the present year, 1925, the laboratory has been provided for in
the State Hatchery Building at Put-In-Bay. Professor Herbert Osborn
served as Director to the laboratory from 1899 until 1918 when
he was succeeded by Dr. Raymond C. Osburn. The policy of carrying
advanced work with the cooperation and assistance of competent
men from other Ohio colleges has proved most satisfactory. Students
have attended here from many states and from a number of foreign
countries including Argentina, South Africa, and India. The acquisition
of the beautiful island known as Gibraltar will mark a very distinct
advance in the experience of this enterprise. It gives at once
a definite home, a permanence to the work and a location that
could not be excelled. The research work and the investigation
of particular problems of biology, especially the scientific and
economic problems of the fish supply is thus given a permanent
status and will enable the University to command a position of
importance in the scientific world. Mr. Stone by his gift has
made possible a great service in the future. He has brought to
realization the hopes cherished for research in biological science
for more than a quarter of a century. No doubt this service will
bring forth continually a grateful recognition of the important
contribution to science and education. The University is to be
congratulated upon the new acquisition. The Trustees announce
the gift in the belief that Mr. Stone has provided permanency
to a highly important factor in the University equipment.
Herewith follows a copy of the deed for the above property from
Mr. Stone to the Ohio State University:
Deed
Know All
Men by These Presents: That Julius F. Stone of the City
of Columbus, County of Franklin, and State of Ohio, in consideration
of the sum of One Dollar and other valuable considerations to
him paid by the State of Ohio, the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged, does hereby grant, bargain, sell, and convey to
the said State of Ohio, its successors and assigns forever,
the following real estate, situated in the County of Ottawa
and State of Ohio, and bounded and described as follows, to
wit:
THE WHOLE ISLAND OF GIBRALTAR situated in Put-In-Bay, Lake Erie,
Ottawa County, Ohio, aforesaid, between South and Middle Bass
Islands with the Mansion House and its contents of furniture
and library of books and all other personal property of every
description now in said building or elsewhere upon said Island,
together with all out buildings and other improvements.
Subject, however, to the right, if any, of the Perry Monument
Association otherwise known as the "Battle of Lake Erie Monument
Association" started in Sandusky about the year 1859;
Being the same Island that Jay Cooke, Jr., Charles D. Barney,
and J. Horace Harding, executors of the last Will And Testament
of Jay Cooke by deed dated April 18, 1905, And recorded in Volume
60, page 624, Ottawa County Deed Records, granted and conveyed
unto Laura E. C. Barney in Fee, and afterwards, transferred
by the Trustees of her estate To the grantor herein.
The above described property is deeded to the grantee for the
purpose of providing, under the direction and control of the
Board of Trustees of the Ohio State University, a permanent
site for an aquatic laboratory to be used primarily for biological
research and teaching, and for such other scientific investigation
as the Board of Trustees of the Ohio State University may from
time to time direct.
It is a further condition of this deed that if at any time the
property herein granted shall cease to be used for the purposes
above authorized, said property shall be sold and conveyance
made by said Board of Trustees of the Ohio State University,
and the proceeds of such sale shall be paid into and become
a part of the general endowment fund of Ohio State University.
To Have and to Hold, said premises, with all the privileges
and appurtenances thereunto belonging, to the said State of
Ohio, its successors and assigns forever.
And the said Julius F. Stone, for himself and his heirs, does
hereby covenant with the said State of Ohio, its successors
and assigns, against the lawful claims of all persons whomsoever.
In Witness Whereof, The said Julius F. Stone and Edna
A. Stone, his wife, who hereby releases her right of dower in
the premises, have hereunto set their hands this 9th day of
June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-five (1925).
Signed and acknowledged in the presence of:
(Signed) WALTER A. FOX
(Signed) CHAS. G. SCHENCK, Jr.
(Signed) ARIEL R. BOYCE
(Signed) JULIUS F. STONE, Jr.
(Signed) JULIUS F. STONE
(Signed) EDNA A. STONE
THE STATE OF OHIO, (ss.)
FRANKLIN COUNTY,
Be It Remembered, That on this 9th day of June, A.D.
1925, before me, the subscriber, a Notary Public in and for
said County, personally came the above named Julius F. Stone
and Edna A. Stone, the grantors in the foregoing Deed, and acknowledged
the signing of the same to be their voluntary act and deed,
for the purposes therein mentioned.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name
and affixed my official seal, on the day and year last aforesaid.
(Signed) H. B. SPAIN,
Notary Public in and for Franklin County, Ohio.
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