PROCEEDINGS OF THE OHIO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 171 



cost of publications to the Academy, and the best means of financing the 

 publication, and to report at the next meeting. F. C. Blake, 



L. B. Walton, 

 Jas. S. Hine. 



\^oted that the report be adopted. The chair continued the 

 same committee to carry otit the recommendations of the report. 



Notice was given by the Secretary of proposed amendments 

 of the Constitution to do away with the office of Librarian and to 

 provide for a standing committee on the Library in accordance 

 with the new agreement with the State University Library, — thi^ 

 committee to consist of three members, one to be elected each 

 year for a term of three years. 



^'oted that a temporary library committee be appointed for 

 the coming year. Chair appointed W. C. Mills, F. O. Grover, 

 E. L. Rice. 



Meeting adjourned without determining place of next an- 

 nual meeting. 



SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 



The complete scientific program of the meeting follows : 



Presidentml Address 

 Some Pioneers of Science in Ohio. T. C. Mendenhall 



Lecture 



Hoof and Mouth Disease. D. S. White 



Papers 



1. Efficacy of Lightning Rods. 15 min. J. Warren Smith 



2. Thunderbolt from Whiteclifif Bay. 10 min. Katharine Doris Sharp 



3. A Preliminary Survey of Plant Distribution in Ohio. 6 min. 



John H. SchafTner 



4. Akron Fishbait Industry. 3 min. Chas. P. Fox 



5. The Physiographic Provinces which meet in Ohio. 10 min. 



N. M. Fenneman 



6. Color and Coat Inheritance in Guinea Pigs. 30 min. 



W. M. Barrows 



7. Note on a New Nematode Parasite of Cryptobranchus. 10 min. 



F. H. Krecker 



8. Prediction of Minimum Temperatures for Frost Protection. 8 min. 



J. Warren Smith 



9. Is a Dry Summer and Autumn Apt to be Followed by a Wet Winter 



and Spring With Possible Floods? 10 min. J. Warren Smith 



