Report of the Eighteenth Annual Meeting 



of the 



Ohio State Academy of Science 



ANNUAL MEETING 



Tlie eighteenth annual meeting of the Academy was held at 

 Denison L'niversity, ( iranville, ()., on Xovember 26, 2-/ and 28, 

 the I 'resident, I'rof. l^-ank Carney, ])residing On Thursday 

 evening a reception was given at the residence of President and 

 Mrs. Emory \\'. Hunt, of the University, where refreshments 

 were served and a most delightful evening was jiassed by the 

 considerable number of members ])resent. The university au- 

 thorities had generously placed the dormitories at the disposal of 

 the societ}' while arrangements for meals had been made in the 

 town. 



After an informal session of various committees the meet- 

 ing w^as called to order by the President of the Academy at 9:00 

 Friday morning in Barney Memorial Hall. A brief address ex- 

 tending the cordial greetings of the University to the societ)- was 

 made \)\ President Hunt, after which occurred the regular busi- 

 ness meeting. 



The President called attention to the loss sustained by the 

 society through the deaths of three members since the last annual 

 meeting. Prof. W. A. Kellerman of ( )hio State University, 

 Hon. Joseph H. Outhwaite, and [ohn ]. Janney. ddie life of 

 Prof. Kellerman was sacrificed to science, his death resulting 

 from a troi'jical fever while on a collecting expedition in Guate- 

 mala, Central America. He served the society as President in 

 1897. and rarelv an annual meeting occurred that his interest was 

 not manifested through his attendance and partici])ation in the 

 program. P>oth Mr. C)uthwaite and Mr. Janney who were also 



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