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it was still the largest meeting ever held in the region west of New York State, 

 and was the occasion of great interest and enjoyment to those who were present. 

 The sessions of the society were held in the beautiful new Biological Hall of 

 the Ohio State University, and the spacious campus with its magnificent trees 

 made the sojourn delightful despite the heat. The society was welcomed by 

 President Thompson of the University, and in responding Dr. Krauss referred 

 to the debt which the society already owed Ohio State University, in the long 

 and devoted services of a former member of its faculty, Professor D. S. Kellicott. 

 At the various sessions of the society the following papers were read and 

 discussed : 



" An Expedient in Difficult Resolution," by Dr. R. H. Ward, of Troy, N. Y. 



" The Relation of Cancer to Defective Development," by Dr. M. A. Veeder, 

 of Lyons, N. Y. 



" Notes on Laboratory Technique," by Professor S. H. Gage, of Ithaca, N. Y. 



" Recent Progress towards a Bibliography of Natural Science," by Professor 

 Henry B. Ward, of Lincoln, Neb. 



" The Reaction of Diabetic Blood to Some of the Aniline Dyes," by Dr. 

 Vida A. Latham, of Chicago, 111. 



" Notices of Some Undescribed Infusoria from Louisiana," by Mr. J. C. 

 Smith, of New Orleans, La. 



" Modern Conceptions of the Structure and Classification of Diatoms," by 

 Professor C. E. Bessey, of Lincoln, Neb. 



" The Comparative Structure of the Soft Palate," by Mr. W. F. Mercer, of 

 Ithaca, N. Y. 



" A New Microscope Stand," by Dr. A. G. Field, of Des Moines, Iowa. 



" The Eyes of Typhlomoge from the Artesian Well at San Marcos," by 

 Professor Carl H. Eigenmann, of Bloomington, Ind. 



" Methods Employed in the Study of the Chiasma of Bufo vulgaris,'' by Mr. 

 B. D. Myers, of Ithaca, N. Y. 



" Indexing, Cataloguing, and Arranging Microscopical Literature and 

 Slides," by Dr. R. H. Ward, of Troy, N. Y. 



Among other papers on the program which were read by title were the 

 following : 



" Natogonia Ehrenbergii Peitz," by Mr. J. C. Smith, of New Orleans, La. 



" Milk as a Culture Medium," by Mr. Floyd R. Wright, of Ithaca, N. Y. 



" Limnobiology and its Problems," by Professor Henry B. Ward, of Lincoln, 

 Neb. 



" A New Spencer One-twelfth Objective," by Mr. Henry R. Howland, of 

 Buffalo, N. Y. 



" An Apartment Incubator for Student Use," by Professor Veranus A. Moore, 

 of Ithaca, N. Y. 



" Notes on New Genera of Water Mites," by Professor Robert H. Wolcott, 

 of Lincoln, Neb. 



" Experiments in Antisepsis," by Dr. P. A. Fish, of Ithaca, N. Y. 



"A Study of the Sun Animalcule," by Professor J. D. Hyatt, New Rochelle, 

 N. Y. 



