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Academy in its early years and was elected as third President of the 

 Academy in 1894; during all of the time of his connection with the 

 Experiment Station at Wooster he was very active in Academy work, 

 presenting many papers and taking an active interest in discussions. 



He was ex-President of the Association of Economic Entomology, 

 ex-President of the Society of Entomology at Washington, D. C, 

 ex-President of the National Geographical Society, ex-President of the 

 American Association of Naturalists, and an honorary member of many 

 other scientific associations and societies of the country. His contribu- 

 tions to scientific pul^lications, ha\-e been of special interest to scientists 

 from all parts of the world; and in this way he made himself one of the 

 most important men in the service of the government. 



Professor John Roycr died at Bradford, Ohio, October 13, l'.)l.'). 

 He was born January 31, 184.). 



Professor Royer was one of the early educators in Ohio, having 

 spent more than forty years of his life as a teacher. He taught in the 

 ■schools of Ansonia, Gettysburg, Versailles and Pleasant Hill, and was 

 the first man to recei\'e a certificate as a teacher in Darke County. 



Professor Royer was the publisher of many books. Royer's Mental 

 Arithmetic had a wide circulation, more than 120,000 of these books 

 having been sold. 



He also published Royer's Geography, which had quite a sale, as 

 well as Royer's Course in English. 



At one time Prof. Royer was editor of The School Visitor, which was 

 published at Columbus and at \^ersailles, Ohio. He afterwards sold 

 his interest in this publication to The Ohio Teachers Magazine, with 

 which it was merged. 



Professor Royer spent the last ten years of his life in retirement. 



Wm. C. Mills, 

 John H. Schaffner, 



J. S. HiNK. 



Report of the Auditing Committee. 



The Auditing Committee presented the following report, 

 which wa.s accepted and ordered filed. 



April 21, lOK). 



The committee appointed by the Ohio Academy of Science to audit 

 the books of the Treasurer, has examined the accounts and finds them 

 as reported. 



The committee appointed by the Ohio Academy of Science to audit 

 the books of the Treasurer of the Emerson McMillin Research Fund, 

 has examined the accounts and finds them as reported. 



Respectfully, 



C. G. Shatzer, 

 William R. Lazenby. 



The meeting adjourned without determining the place of 

 the next meeting. 



