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Miss M. A. Booth, The Microscope, and Mr. C. G. Milnor. Among 

 objects exhibited were statoblasts of cristatella, from the Ohio 

 River; batrachosperum moniliform; and a number of objects 

 mounted in Berry's hard finish, as described by Dr. Seaman, of 

 Washington, at the August meeting of the American Society. 



OHIO STATE MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 



OEVERAL gentlemen of Columbus and other cities, interested in 

 ^^ science, met in the rooms of the State Board of Agriculture 

 Thursday evening, October 27, and organized what is to be known 

 as the " State Microscopical Society," by the selection of the follow- 

 ing officers: President, Dr. H. J. Detmers; Vice-President, Dr. 

 N. S. Townshend; Secretary, Dr. O. Frankenberg; Treasurer, 

 General John Beatty; Trustees, Professors Weber and Tuttle and 

 Dr. A. M. Bleile. Drs. Detmers, Bleile and Frankenberg, who 

 were appointed at a previous meeting to draft a constitution and 

 by-laws, reported in favor of rules similar to those governing the 

 Illinois Society. It was decided to hold the meetings en the last 

 Friday of each month, the annual meeting to be in October. 

 Applicants for membership must be recommended by two or more 

 members of the Society, and the admission fee will be not less than 

 one dollar nor more than three dollars, at the discretion of the 

 Trustees, and the annual dues not to exceed two dollars. 



The new Society has several rooms in view, but a lecture-room 

 in Starling Medical College seems to be one of the most desirable, 

 and it was decided to hold the next meeting at that place. There 

 are at present about forty members, which is considered a very 

 fair beginning. 



THE ST. LOUIS CLUB OF MICROSCOPISTS. 



I HIS Club held a regular monthly meeting at the College of 

 -*■ Pharmacy on Tuesday evening, Nov. 8. A majority of the 

 members were present and took an active part in the work of the 

 evening. J. C. Falk exhibited some unusual pathological specimens. 

 Prof. H. M. Whelpley showed some of the difFerent methods of 

 determining whether an object is an air bubble or an oil globule. 

 A. P. Erker was elected an active and Professor F. Hemm an 

 honorary member. Several applications for membership were 

 deferred to the next meeting. 



