June, 1915.] Meetings of Biological Club. 557 



Association for the Advancement of Science which will meet 

 in Columbus during the next Christmas vacation. It was moved 

 by Prof. Landacre that the President announce the time for the 

 next meeting of the club. The motion was carried. The time 

 for the next meeting was set for the second Monday evening in 

 March. 



The program for the evening consisted of a very interesting 

 address on "Evolution and Death" given by Prof. L. B. Walton, 

 of Kenyon College. A brief discussion of the views of Darwin, 

 DeVries, Johannsen, and Lloyd were given. The speaker examined 

 two hundred daisies from a fertile soil, also the same number 

 from poor soil, and the coefficient of variation was found to be 

 the same. Close breeding is more variable than cross breeding 

 and sexes arose as an effort in nature to hold variation in 

 check. Cells are smaller in cross breeding than close breeding; 

 small cells produce faster and, hence, a larger organism. Prof. 

 Walton's hypothesis to account for death was that the cells of 

 an adult organism, being the result of very numerous cell divisions 

 (and hence asexual generations) finally become so highly variable 

 that sooner or later some one or more cells located in a vital part 

 will not be able to subserve their intended function, causing the 

 death of the entire organism. As a working hypothesis, varia- 

 tions were divided into normations and abnormations ; the former 

 into fluctuations, amphimutations, and cumulations; the latter 

 into monstrositations, defactorations, and fractionations. 



After a discussion of the address, the club adjourned. 



Botany and Zoology Hall, March 8, 1915. 



The meeting was called to order by the President Dr. Seymour, 

 and the minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved 

 as read. Messrs. H. C. Yingling, W. D. Will, and G. S. Zink were 

 elected to membership. 



It was moved by Prof. Hine and seconded that the President 

 appoint a committee of three to consider the advisabihty of mak- 

 ing the Biological Club one of the sections of a Science Club to be 

 formed in the University; also, to consider turning over the 

 Ohio Naturalist and Journal of Science to this Club, providing 

 sufficient financial support be insured for its publication ; the name 

 of the Ohio Naturalist and Journal of Science to be changed to 

 the Ohio Journal of Science. The motion was carried. Mr. 

 Shadle called attention to the fact that many of the trees had been 

 removed from the campus during the last few years and only a 

 few had been replanted during this time. It was moved by Mr. 

 Shadle and seconded that a committee of three be appointed by 

 the President to see what could be done towards having more trees 



