356 The Ohio Naturalist. [Vol. XIV, No. 8, 



MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE 

 OHIO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



On the call of President Mendenhall, a meeting of the Executive 

 Committee of the Ohio Academy of Science was held on May 2, 

 in the Biological Building of the Ohio vState University. The 

 invitation was extended to the officers of the Academy to meet 

 with the Committee. 



Professors Mendenhall, Hine, Walton and Rice, of the Com- 

 mittee, were present; also Professors Osborn, Lazenby, Mills, 

 SchafCncr and Cole. 



It was unanimously voted that the invitation of the Ohio 

 State University to hold the next Annual Meeting of the Academy 

 in Columbus, be accepted with thanks. Voted that the Executive 

 Committee recommend to the Annual IN.Ieeting of the Academy 

 the holding of a field meeting during the month of May of 1915. 



Voted that the President and Secretary be authorized to 

 appoint a representative to consult with the Secretary of State 

 of Ohio and to take such steps as may be necessary to secure 

 the change of the corporate name of the Academy from "The 

 Ohio State Academy of Science" to '"The Ohio Academy of 

 Science" in conformity with the revised constitution and the 

 general usage of the Academy. Prof. Lazcnljy was appointed 

 after the meeting. 



Voted that the President be requested to communicate with 

 Go\ emor Cox with a view to securing closer mutual relations 

 between the Ohio Academy of Science and the State Government. 



A careful discussion of the relations of the Ohio Academy of 

 Science and the Ohio NaturaHst showed a general sentiment 

 in favor of a broadening of both scope and title of the Naturalist 

 to corres])ond with the broadening scope of the Academy, as 

 shown especially in the recent organization of a Section for 

 Physics. As the result of this discussion, it was voted that the 

 recommendation be presented to the publishers of the Ohio 

 Naturalist that the nnme of that journal be changed for tb.e 

 year 191 -t-lOlo to "The Ohio Naturalist and Journal of Science, " 

 with a view to the further change in U)15-U)!(i to "The Ohio 

 Journal of Science;" also voted that the Editor and Business 

 "Manager of the Naturalist be requested to report to the Annual 

 Meeting concerning the advisability of the financial co-operation 

 of the Academy in the publication of the Naturalist. 



Edward L. Rict;, Secretary. 



Date of Publication, June II, 1914. 



