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attending and presiding as president at this meeting. It is to be hoped 

 that he may offer for pubhcation the address he had expected to give. 



3. Professor Robert F. Griggs is entitled to the thanks of the 

 Academy for his very interesting illustrated lecture on his recent 

 ''Explorations of Mount Katmai, Alaska." 



4. The thanks of the Academy are given to Professor James R. 

 Wi throw for his timely and valuable lecture on "The Relation of War 

 to Chemistry in America. " 



5. The Academy thanks the Local Committee and the Professors 

 and Ofhcers of the Ohio State Univcrsit}- for providing convenient 

 rooms for the general and sectional meetings and for their efforts in 

 ministering to the comfort of all members in attendance. 



6. The Secretary of the Academy, Professor E. L. Rice, deserves 

 much credit for making detailed arrangements for this successful meet 

 ing, although other duties have necessitated his absence from the State. 



E. L. MOSELEY, 



L. B. Walton, 

 C. G. Shatzer, 



Commitlee. 



Section for Physiology, Anatomy, Bacteriology and Pathology 



A petition, signed by sixteen members, was presented, 

 requesting the Academy to establish a new section for Phy- 

 siology, Anatomy, Bacteriology, and Pathology — the exact 

 name of the section to be determined later. 



The petition was granted; and a vice-president and rep- 

 resentative upon the Editorial Board of the Ohio Journal of 

 Science were elected for the new section. 



Constitution and By-Laws 



The Acting President was instructed to appoint a committee 

 of three to codify the Constitution and By-Laws. This committee 

 was requested to consider the desirability of lengthening the 

 terms of office of the president and secretary. (This action 

 to be interpreted as notice of amendment, so that definite 

 action may be taken at the next meeting.) 



The Acting President appointed the following committee: 

 Secretary E. L. Rice, ex-of!icio; F. C. Blake, Frank Carney. 



The Academy directed the Executive Committee to print a 

 new edition of the Constitution and By-Laws. 



