NEWS AND NOTES. 



The Twenty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Ohio Academy of 

 Science was held at the Ohio State University, at Columbus, on 

 November 26th and 27th. A special program was given in 

 commemoration of the Quarter Centennial Anniversary. 



The American Association for the Advancement of Science 

 will hold its Annual Meeting on the Ohio State University 

 Campus, at Columbus, December 27th, 1915 to January 1st, 

 1916. A large attendance is expected and arrangements have 

 been completed to make the meeting one of unusual interest. 



At the November meeting of the Biological Club, the 

 following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, 

 Dr. F. H. Krecker of the Department of Zoology and Entom- 

 ology; Vice President, Miss Clara G. Mark, of the Department 

 of Geology; Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. Rollo C. Baker, of 

 the Department of Anatomy. 



The following officers were named by the Ohio State Uni- 

 versity Scientific Society for the year: President, F. C. Blake, 

 Department of Physics; Vice President, Jas. R. Withrow, 

 Department of Chemistry; Secretary, R. J. Seymour, Depart- 

 ment of Physiology; Treasurer, C. J. West, Department of 

 Mathematics. These officers constitute an executive committee 

 which will arrange programs for the regular meetings of the 

 society, the first of which will occur during January. 



An interesting event occurring during the recent meeting of 

 the Ohio Academy of Science was the short talk given by Dr. 

 T. C. Mendenhall to the New York and San Francisco alumni 

 of the Ohio State University by means of the trans-continental 

 telephone. Dr. Mendenhall, while a member of the University 

 faculty, established the first telephone to be used in central 

 Ohio, a line from his University office to his residence, and he 

 expressed himself as greatly pleased at the opportunity accorded 

 him to speak to his former students over a line extending across 

 the continent. 



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