REPORT 



OF THE 



TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 



OF 



THE OHIO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 



The Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Ohio Academy 

 of Science was held at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 

 April 6 and 7, 1917. In the absence of the president. Professor 

 F. O. Grover, of Oberlin College, Professor Stephen R. Williams, 

 of Miami University, vice-president for Zoology, presided over 

 the meeting. Fifty-one members registered in attendance. 



GENERAL PROGRAM 



Friday, April 6 



9:00 A. M. — Business Meeting. 



10:00 A. M. — Reading of Papers in General Session. 



11:45 A. M. — Illustrated Lecture by Professor Robert F. Griggs, of Ohio 

 State University: "Recent Explorations of Mt. Katmai, 

 Alaska." In Place of Presidential Address on "Some 

 Phases of Present Da}" Biological Unrest," by Professor 

 F. O. Grover, of Oberlin College, whose attendance was 

 prevented by illness. 



12:15 P. M. — Lunch, Ohio Union. 

 1 :30 p. M. — Reading of Papers in General Session. 

 3:00 p. M. — Reading of Papers, in Sectional Meetings. 

 5:45 p. M. — Dinner, Ohio Union. 



7:30 p. M. — Public Lecture by Professor James R. Withrow, of Ohio 

 State University: "The Relation of War to Chemistry 

 in America." 



Saturday, April 7 



9:00 A. M. — Adjotirned Business Meeting. 

 10:00 A. M.— Reading of Papers in Sectional Meetings. 



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