Nov., 1917] Report Ohio Academy of Science 15 



MINUTES OF BUSINESS MEETINGS 



The first business session was called to order by Vice- 

 President Williams at 9:00 A. M., on Friday, April 6. An 

 adjourned session was held at 9:00 on the following morning. 



The appointment of the following committees for the 

 meeting was announced by the chair: 



Committee on Membership — M. E. Stickney, A. W. Smith, 

 F. L. Landacre. 



Committee on Resolutions — E. L. Moseley, L. B. Walton, 

 C. G. Shatzer. 



Committee on Necrology — G. D. Hubbard, Herbert Osborn, 

 A. D. Cole. 



The following Auditing Committee was elected by the 

 Academy: L. B. Walton, C. G. Shatzer. 



The following Nominating Committee was elected by the 

 ballot of the Academy just before the close of the first business 

 session: L. B. Walton, G. D. Hubbard, A. D. Cole. 



Report of the Secretary 



The following report by the Secretary, read by the Acting 

 Secretary, was received and ordered filed: 



Cambridge, Mass., March 31, 1917. 

 To the Ohio Academy of Science: 



The work of the Secretary for the past year has consisted mainly 

 of routine work, largely in co-operation with the Executive and Program 

 Committees. 



A brief report of the Twenty-sixth Annual Meeting, 1916, was 

 published in Science, July 28; the full report appeared in the Ohio 

 Journal of Science for January. Notices of the present meeting 

 have been sent to the leading dailies in Columbus, Cleveland, Cin- 

 cinnati, and Toledo. 



The officers of the Academy were notified of their election; and the 

 relevant portions of the report of the Committee on Resolutions were 

 transmitted to all persons and organizations receiving recognition in 

 that report. 



The Program Committee is to be congratulated on securing the 

 services of Prof. Withrow for the Friday evening address. Prof. 

 Withrow is giving this very timely address at serious personal incon- 

 venience. His loyalty to the Academy and the spirit of national 

 patriotism by which he is actuated should receive the fullest recognition 

 of the Academv. 



