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PUBLISHED BY . 



THE BIOLOGICAL CLUB OF THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 



Vol. J. NOVEMBER, 1900. No. U 



ANNOUNCEMENT. 



In presenting The O. S. U. Naturalist to the public, a few words 

 may not be out of place as to the motives and purposes wliich were 

 instrumental in bringing it into existence. The Biological Club of 

 Ohio State University is composed of professors, instructors and 

 students of the several departments of natural history in the Uni- 

 versity. Tliese departments have been carrying on certain lines of 

 work for some time, and the more important and technical has been 

 reported in various publications. Much of the work, however, which 

 is only of local interest, but still of great value in the develoiDment 

 of the natural history of the state, has had no convenient avenue of 

 publication. For tliis reason it was thought advisable to begin a 

 journal in a modest way in which such material together witli other 

 articles might be made available for immediate use. 



The idea had been entertained for some time that such a course 

 would be desirable. Several members had exjjressed themselves in 

 favor of a Journal, and Dr. Kellerman had for some years contem- 

 plated the publication of a purely botanical paper which should be 

 devoted largely to the flora of the state. Finally during the spring 

 of 1900 Mr. Tyler and Mr. Griggs, students connected with the club, 

 began to arouse interest in the matter by advocating the founding 

 of a bulletin which should provide a suitable avenue of j)ublication. 

 By a motion of the club, a committee to consider the matter was 

 appointed, consisting of the following members: 



Herbert Osborn, John H. Scliaffner, 



W. A. Kellerman, Max Morse, 



F. J. Tyler, R. F. Griggs. 



Tliis committee finally agreed upon a plan, which was presented 

 to the club and adopted, with slight modifications, on the 7th of 

 May, 1900. The editors are elected annually by the club, and fol- 

 lowing is the staff for tlie coming year: 



Editor-in-Chief — John H. Schaffner, A. M., M. 8. 



Associate Editors — Zoology, F. L. Landacre, B. Sc; Botany, F. 

 J. Tyler, B. Sc. ; Geology, J. A. Bownocker, D. Sc; Archaeology, 

 W. C. Mills, B. Sc. ; Ornithology, R. F. Griggs. 



