Report of the Thirteenth Annual Meeting 
OF THE 
Ohio State Academy of Science. 
ANNUAL MEETING. 
The thirteenth annual meeting of the Academy was held at 
Denison University, Granville, November 27, 1903. All but one 
of the papers on the printed program were read. 
Regarding the status of membership, the secretary reported 
that the executive committee had decided, “the Academy is so 
small as to make any classification of members unnecessary.” 
In accordance with a recommendation of the treasurer, the 
Academy decided that “authority shall be secured from the execu- 
tive committee before any debt is incurred by any member, officer, 
or committee.” 
Hereafter members are not to receive the publications if their 
dues are in arrears more than one year. 
The publication committee reported: “During the year four 
reports have been published, amounting in all to 435 pages. The 
greater part of the expense of publication was covered by the 
McMillin fund.” 
The trustees reported: “During the year the Academy has 
published three valuable ‘Special Papers,’ Nos. 5, 6 and 7. The 
studies upon which these papers were based were largely carried 
on by aid from the Emerson McMillin Research fund, and the 
expense of publication was mainly met by the further aid of the 
same fund. It is expected that two more ‘Special Papers’ will 
be completed and published during the year 1904, and that in 
addition to this, much research work in other lines will be done. 
The annual donation of $250.00 by Emerson McMillin for the 
year 1904 has been received and deposited in the Capital City 
Bank, Columbus.” 
The Academy adopted the following resolutions: 
FIRST. 
“Resolved, That the rule be established that no paper shall 
hereafter be admitted to the program of the annual meeting, unless 
