Report of a Meeting of the Executive 



Committee of the Ohio Academy 



of Science 



On the call of President Mendenhall, a meeting of the 

 Executive committee of the Ohio Academy of Science was held 

 on May 2, 1914, in the Biological building of the Ohio State 

 University. The invitation was extended to the officers of the 

 Academy to meet with the committee. 



Professors Mendenhall, Hine, Walton, and Rice, of the 

 committee, were present; also Professors Osborn, Lazenby, 

 Mills, Schaffner, and Cole. 



It was unanimously voted that the invitation of the Ohio 

 State University to hold the next annual meeting of the Academy 

 in Columbus be accepted with thanks. 



Voted that the Executive Committee recommend to the 

 annual meeting of the Academy the holding of a field meeting 

 during the month of May of 191 5. 



Voted that the President and Secretary be authorized to 

 appoint a representative to consult with the Secretary of State 

 of Ohio and to take such steps as may be necessary to secure the 

 change of the corporate name of the Academy from "The Ohio 

 State Academy of Science" to "The Ohio Academy of Science" 

 in conformity with the revised constitution and the general usage 

 of the Academy. Professor Lazenby was appointed after the 

 close of the meeting. 



Voted that the President be requested to communicate with 

 Governor Cox with a view to securing closer mutual relations 

 between the Ohio Academy of Science and the State Government. 



A careful discussion of the relations of the Ohio Academy 

 of Science and the Ohio Naturalist showed a general sentiment 



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