no The Ohio Journal of Science [Vol. XVI, No. 3, 



Address — The Relation of the Academy to the vState and to the 

 People of the State, Dr. T. C. Mendenhall, Ravenna. 



Historical Sketch of the Ohio Academy of Science, Professor 

 William R. Lazenby, Ohio State University, Columbus. 



Reviews of Scientific Progress in the Quarter Century. 



Geology, Professor Frank Carney, Denison University, Granville. 



Botany, Professor Bruce Fink, Miami University, Oxford. 



Physics, Professor Frank P. Whitman, Western Reserve University, 



Cleveland. 

 Zoology, Professor Edward L. Rice, Ohio Wesleyan University, 



Delaware. 

 Chemistry, Professor William McPherson, Ohio State University, 



Columbus. 

 Archaeology, Professor G. Frederick Wright, Oberlin College, Oberlin. 



At the supper, held Friday evening at the Ohio Union, short 

 addresses were given by visiting delegates from other scientific 

 societies. Governor Willis had expected to be present and to 

 speak, but was unavoidably prevented at the last moment. 



Notice was received of the appointment of the following 

 delegates. Those marked with the asterisk were present at the 

 meeting. 



American Association for the Advancement of Science — ^Professor L.O. 

 Howard, Washington, D. C. 



Boston Society of Natural History — ^Professor Frederick C. Waite, 

 Cleveland, Ohio. 



CJiicago Academy of Science — Doctor Frank C. Baker, Chicago, 111. 



Indiana Academv of Science — *Doctor D. W. Dennis, Richmond, 

 Ind.; Mr. E. B. Williamson, Bluffton, Ind. 



Iowa Academy of Science — *Professor Herbert Osborn, Columbus, 

 Ohio; Doctor Charles R. Keys, Des Moines, Iowa. 



New York Academy of Science — Mr. Emerson McMillin, New York 

 City; Professor H. P. Gushing, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia — Doctor Howard 

 Ayers, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Washington Academy of Sciences — ^Professor Dayton C. Miller, 

 Cleveland, Ohio; *Doctor Charles F. Marvin, Washington, D. C. 



Cincinnati Section of the American Chemical Society — ^Doctor Lauder 

 W. Jones, Cincinnati, Ohio; Doctor Alfred Springer, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Cincinnati Society of Natural History — Doctor DeLisle Stewart, 

 Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Columbus Audobon Society — * Professor J. C. Ilambleton, Columbus, 

 Ohio; Miss Lucy Stone, Columbus, Ohio. 



Denison Scientific Association — *Doctor George Fitch McKibben, 

 Granville, Ohio; *Mr. Charles W. Henderson, Granville, Ohio. 



