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The Iowa Lakeside Laboratory a bur oak book Holly Carver, series editor The Iowa Lakeside Laboratory • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • a century of discovering the nature of nature Michael J. Lannoo • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • UNIVERSITY OF IOWA PRESS IOWA CITY University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 52242 Copyright © 2012 by the University of Iowa Press www.uiowapress.org Printed in the United States of America Design by Omega Clay No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. All reasonable steps have been taken to contact copyright holders of material used in this book. The publisher would be pleased to make suitable arrangements with any whom it has not been possible to reach. The University of Iowa Press is a member of Green Press Initiative and is committed to preserving natural resources. Printed on acid-free paper LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Lannoo, Michael J. The Iowa Lakeside Laboratory: a century of discovering the nature of nature / by Michael J. Lannoo. p. cm.—(A Bur oak book) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-60938-121-9, 1-60938-121-1 (pbk) ISBN 978-1-60938-139-4, 1-60938-139-4 (ebook) 1. Iowa Lakeside Laboratory—History. 2. Ecology—Research—Iowa— History. 3. Natural history—Research—Iowa—History. 4. Conservation biology—Research—Iowa—History. 5. Nature study—Iowa—History. 6. Naturalists—Iowa—Biography. 7. Iowa Lakeside Laboratory— Biography. I. Title. QH105.I8L34 2012 577.072'109777—dc23 2012007452 Photo of Thomas H. Macbride on p. vi courtesy of the Iowa Lakeside Library. Dedicated to the alumni, faculty, and staff of the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory, who know why, or should, and to the Friends of Lakeside Lab, who have never doubted Thomas H. Macbride a few days before his death in 1934. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The Lakeside Laboratory shall aff ord to all interested, for once at least a chance to see the real world, nature alive, accomplishing her miracles in their own silent splendor, oft en needing not, for the student’s appreciation, the voice of interpreter or teacher. —THOMAS H. MACBRIDE, 1909 The basic reason for Iowa Lakeside Laboratory was that typical fi eld conditions cannot be brought to the laboratory, hence the laboratory must be brought to the fi eld. —IOWA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (REGENTS), 1947 contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 The Spirit 4 Something Heavy in the Midwestern Air 8 An Opportunity of Magnifi cent Possibilities 11 A Brief History of Field Stations 14 The Factors of Ecology Are All Here 20 The Iowa Lakeside Laboratory as a Student Sees It by Maud Brown, 1910 23 The Victorians, 1909–1932 41 Hard Times and Stone Labs, 1932–1947 47 Classical State Universities versus Land-grant Institutions 49 A Regents Institution, 1947–2007 67 The Friends of Lakeside Lab by Jane Shuttleworth 70 A Regents Resource Center, 2007–Present 75 Resurrecting Natural History 81 Acknowledgments 83 Appendixes 93 Bibliography 95 Index • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
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