3O2 HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



Publications . . . 1-3. Northfield, Minn., 1890-1901. 4. 



Contents: i. Catalogue of 644 comparison stars, by W. W. Payne. 1890. 

 2. Longitude determinations, by H. C. Wilson and C. R. Willard. 

 1901. 3. Observations of sunspots and measures of solar photographs 

 taken in the years 1889-1892, by H. C. Wilson and C. R. Willard. 1901. 

 Distribution. The magazines are on sale at the observatory; the special publi- 

 cations were sent in exchange to observatories at the time of publication. 



OBERLIN, O. 

 Oberlin College. 



Address. Oberlin, O. President: Henry Churchill King. 

 History. Established in 1833, and incorporated Feb. 1834 as Oberlin 

 Collegiate Institute; present name since 1850. 



Ref.: Oberlin; the colony and the college, 1833-1883, by J. H. Fairchild. 

 Oberlin, O., 1883. 12. The story of Oberlin, by D. L. Leonard. 

 Boston, Chicago, [1898]. 12. Oberlin College: historical and descrip- 

 tive. Oberlin, 1894. (4- ed., 1903.) 



Publications. 



Laboratory bulletin, no. i-n. Oberlin, O., 1889-1902. 8. 

 Botany and zoology. 



LIBRARY. Bulletin, v. i, no. 1-5. Oberlin, O., 1892-1901. 12. 



Lists of references, etc.: no. I, sociology; no. 2, history of labor and some 

 labor problems; no. 3, history of church music; no. 4, evolution; no. 5, 

 financial history of the United States. 

 Distribution. Exchange. 



OHIO. 

 Ohio Electric Light Association. 



Address. Secretary-Treasurer: D. L. Gaskill, Greenville, O. 

 History. Organized at Columbus, O., May 21, 1895. 



Object. To foster and advance scientific and practical knowledge in all matters 

 relating to electric light and power companies. 



Meetings. Annually at some place in the State of Ohio, at time fixed by the 

 Executive Committee (recently in August). 



Membership. 64 active (any company, firm or association conducting a business 

 of electric lighting in the State of Ohio) ; 39 associate (any person, firm or 

 corporation conducting an electrical supply or manufacturing business having 

 dealings with the members of the association). Annual dues of active members 

 vary from $5 to $20 according to the population of the city in which the busi- 

 ness is located; annual dues of associates, $5. 



Publications. 



PROCEEDINGS ... v. i. 1904. 



Price: $i a copy. 

 Distribution. Exchange. 



