Proceedings of the Ohio State Academy of Science A'M'i 



held of labor was a decided loss to the Academy, and the news of lii> 

 death brought a pang of regret to many of his old associates. Of him it 

 may well be said his life was a record of useful service. 



Be It Resolved, That we express our great appreciation of the con 

 tinned interest of Mr. Emerson McMillin, whose sul)stantial ct)ntril)U- 

 tions have done and are doing so much to advance the scientihc wurk of 

 the Ohio State Academy of Science.; and that we extend to him our sui- 

 cere thanks. 



Be It Further Resokcd, That we extend our hearty thanks to tlu' 

 President, Trustees, and Faculty of Buchtel College, to Profes.sor . Brojk- 

 t)ver and the other members of the Local Committee, and to the Mann 

 facturers of Akron, who have co-operated so happily in arranging for 

 the entertainment of the visiting members and for the general success 

 of the Twentieth -Meeting of the Academy. 



Ed\v.\rd L. Rick, 

 William R. Lazenby, 

 Francis L. Landacrk, 



Coiuiiiittcc. 



.\fter the fonnal adjotiniiiient of the meeting at 5 :45 p. m. 

 a luncheon was .served by the college in the Crouse Ciynmasitun, 

 followed by a .social gathering of the niember.s and friends of the 

 Academy. 



.\t 8:00 p. m. Mr. V. A. Seiberhng, President of the Good- 

 year Rubber C\)., addressed the Society uprm "The Rubber In- 

 dustry," giving a most interesting account of liis recent trij) u]) 

 the .Amazon River, together with the description of the method 

 of obtaining and prc])aring the crude rul)ber for the market. 



( )n Saturday morning many of the members visited the fac- 

 tories of the rubber companies where the various mechanical 

 methods invcilved in the pre])aration of rubber were exhibited. 

 A few collecting trips were made and the members of the .Xcad- 

 emy departed from Akron with the rememl)rance (jf a most en- 

 jovable session. 



The complete j^rogram was as follows: 

 1 .\natomv and Pliysidlogy of the I'nionidao. H> min. 



\', Sterki 

 V The ( )lfactor\ N'erve of .hneiiints an<l Lrf^idostens. 



