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the morning of the 28th a short busi- 

 ness meeting was held after which the 

 program was opened. Some of the 

 most interesting papers were as fol- 

 lows: "Additions to the list of Odo- 

 nata of Ohio," by D. S. Kellicott; 

 "Pileated Woodpecker in Ohio, Pick- 

 ering's Hylodes in Ohio, and the Least 

 Weasel in Ohio," by E. W. Vickers; 

 "List of Liverworts of Cuyahoga, List 

 of Plants New to Ohio, and Abnormal- 

 ities in Plants," by Edo Claassen; 

 "Ustilago heiliana and Distribution of 

 the Green Ash in Ohio," by W. A. 

 Kellerman; "Some additions to the 

 Known Insect Fauna of Ohio," by F. 

 M. Webster; "Notes on the Pleisto- 

 cene Geology in the vicinity of Devil's 

 Lake, Wis.," by J. A. Bownocker; 

 "Notes on the Salt-marsh Plants of 

 Northern Kansas," by J. H. Shaffner; 

 "Science in the High Schools," by 

 Miss Mary F. Law; "Science in the 

 Country School," by E. E. Master- 

 man; "A study of Cell Division in the 

 Pine," by F. L. Fulmer; "Embry- 

 ology of a Dicotyl," Miss L. E. Rid- 

 dle, "Additions to the List of Plants 

 of Ohio," E. L. Moseley; "A New 

 Species of Fish from Ohio, a List of 

 the Fishes of Franklin County, Ohio, 

 and a List of the Crayfishes of Ohio," 

 by R. C. Osburn and F. B. William- 

 son. 



The president's address was given in 

 the evening. The topic was "Does 

 Modern Science Furnish an Adequate 

 Philosophy of Human Life, " by \V. 

 A. Kellerman. 



Some of the papers presented on 

 the 29th were as follows: "The Ohio 

 River a Result of Glacial Conditions, 

 and the evidence of an Ice-dam at 

 Cipcinnati," by Gerard Fowke; "Evi- 

 dence as to the Origin of the Islands 

 of Lake Erie, " by E. L. Moseley; 

 "Dynamical Modifications of Quart- 

 zite," by J. A. Bownocker; "The 

 Junction of the Blue and Yellow Clays 

 in the Drift of Northern Ohio," A. A. 

 Wright, also "Recent Beaches at San- 

 dusky Bay and Sodus Bay," by same 

 author^ "The Butterflies of Ohio," by 



J. S. Hine; "Some Sources of the 

 Ohio Flora," A. D. Selby. "Revision 

 of the Ohio Plants and Spermatophyta 

 Rare or New to the Ohio Flora," by 

 W. A. Kellerman; "Erratic Boulders 

 in the Valley of the Rocky River," by 

 Edo Claassen. 



Mr. Masterman in his article on 

 "Science in the Country School" ex- 

 hibited a large number of specimens 

 accumulated by himself and classes in 

 that line of work. It was shown that 

 the boys and girls are amply capable 

 of comprehending and learning science 

 when presented to them in a way that 

 they can understand it. We hope to 

 hear more about this subject in the 

 near future from Mr. Masterman, who 

 has had remarkable success in this line. 



In the paper of Mr. E. L. Moseley 

 on "The Evidence as to the Origin of 

 the Islands of Lake Erie," it was 

 shown that Lake Erie was formerly 

 much lower than now. The islands 

 formed a part of the main land. The 

 lake had gone down below its present 

 level and has now been rising for some 

 centuries. The main evidence was 

 that the flora and fauna include every 

 species that is generally distributed on 

 the main land, five hundred and 

 sixty-six species of flora were found by 

 the writer on six islands investigated. 



Prof. Stephens of the Columbus 

 North High School made some strong 

 arguments for science in the High 

 Schools. One of the main arguments 

 was based on the need of attractive 

 and interesting subjects to put a stu- 

 dent at ease in his new surrougdings 

 and tie him to the school. It is 

 acknowledged that science is such a 

 study. Mathematics develop the 

 reasoning power, Latin gives dicipline, 

 English helps the pupil to express his 

 ideas propdfrly. There is nothing to 

 connect him with the world about him. 

 A study to develop the powers of 

 observation is needed and to interest 

 the pupil. 



The president's address was sjSeCial- 

 ly interesting^ and we regret that we 

 cannot print it in full. . 



