April, 1919] Report Ohio Academy of Science 311 



2. Term of Office of Secretary. — It is agreed by the committee that 

 the office of the secretary should be somewhat pennanent; and one 

 member of the committee would secure this result through lengthening 

 the term to five years. In favor of this view, he further suggests that 

 the office of secretary should be the most permanent of any of the offices. 

 If the presidency had a three year period and the secretaryship a five 

 year period, it would seldom occur that both incumbents would com- 

 plete their terms simultaneously. The important thing of the whole 

 matter is continuity of constructive policy. The other member of the 

 committee, (owing to the constitution of the committee, it is fair to 

 Professor Blake to add that this inember is the present secretary), 

 believes that the desired permanency can be secured by indefinite 

 re-election, while the Academy may more easily and more speedily 

 eliminate an undesirable official. 



3. Term of Office of Treasurer. — The arguments pro and con are 

 essentially as in the case of the secretaryship. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Edward L. Rice, 

 Frederick C. Blake, 

 Committee. 



Election of Officers 



From the double slate of nominations prepared by the 

 Nominating Committee, the following of^cers for 1918-19 were 

 elected by the ballot of the Academy. 



President — Professor M. M. Metcalf, Oberlin College, Oberlin. 



Vice-President for Zoology — Professor R. A. Budington, Oberlin 

 College, Oberlin. 



Vice-President for Botany — Professor C. E. O'Neal, Ohio Wesleyan 

 University, Delaware. 



Vice-President for Geology — Professor G. F. Lamb, Mt. Union College, 

 Alliance. 



Vice-President for Physics — Professor Samuel R. Williams, Oberlin 

 College, Oberlin. (On resignation of Prof. Williams, owing to absence 

 from the State on leave, the Executive Committee appointed Professor 

 S. J. M. Allen, University of Cincinnati, to fill vacancy). 



Vice-President for Medical Sciences — Professor Ernest Scott, Ohio 

 State University, Columbus. 



Secretary — Professor E. L. Rice, Ohio Wesleyan University, 

 Delaware. 



Treasurer — Professor J. S. Hine, Ohio State University, Columbus. 



Elective Members of Executive Committee — Professor R. C. Osburn, 

 Ohio State University, Columbus; Professor L. B. Walton, Kenyon 

 College, Gambler. 



Member of Publication Committee — Professor L. G. Westgate, Ohio 

 Wesleyan University, Delaware. 



