222 PROCEEDINGS OF THE OHIO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



Report of the Secretary. 



Delaware, Ohio, Nov. 26, 1915. 



The work of the Secretary has been largely in connection with the 

 work of the Executive Committee, and is for the most part covered by 

 .the report of that committee. 



The Anniversary Meeting has caused an unusual amount of corre- 

 spondence; and the secretary wishes to express his gratitude to the Pres- 

 ident for his very generous and helpful cooperation in this work. 



Two letters from the year's file may be of interest to the Academy. 



An invitation from the Nebraska Academy of Science to send a 

 delegate to the Twenti'-Fifth Anniversary of that organization on May 

 21 was received by the Secretary and referred to the President for reply. 



Last year a letter was reported from the secretary of the Ohio 

 College Association, Dean W. G. Leutner, suggesting an affiliation of the 

 Academy with the College Association. A second letter was received 

 under date of Dec. 15, from which the following paragraph is quoted: — 

 "While I do not believe perhaps that any close affiliation between the two 

 organizations would be of any very special benefit to either, nevertheless 

 a meeting of both societies simultaneously at a place like the State Uni- 

 versity might be advantageous. A larger number of instructors in Ohio 

 Colleges would thus be brought together than if the two associations met 

 separately. As it is we feel that too few of the members of the Ohio 

 College faculties attend the meetings of the Ohio College Association, and 

 the discussions are apt to confine themselves too largely to questions of 

 administration. At any rate it will do no harm for your .A.cademy to 

 consider the question further." As the Ohio College Association meets 

 regularly in the week preceding Easter, this letter may have a liearing 

 upon the proposition to change the date of the .A.nnual Meeting of the 

 Academy. 



The attention of the Vice-Presidents was called to the action of the 

 Academy authorizing the organization of sectional field meetings in the 

 spring; but no such meetings were arranged. 



The Academy at the last Annual Meeting autliorized tlie Secretary 

 to revise and reprint the circular concerning the scope of the Academy. 

 It was deemed best by the Secretary, after consultation with the Execu- 

 tive Committee, to delay the revision until after the Anniversary Meeting. 

 The leaflet will be prepared in the near future. 



Notices of this meeting have been sent by the Secretary to the im- 

 portant papers in Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Toledo. Also to "Science." 

 The matter of publicity in the Columbus papers was kindly taken over by 

 President Smith. 



And, lastly, the Secretary wishes to remind the .\cademy that notice 

 was given at the last meeting of two amendments to the Constitution 



