REPORT 
OF THE 
TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 
OF 
THE OHIO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 
The Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Ohio Academy 
of Science was held at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 
April 6 and 7, 1917. In the absence of the president, Professor 
F. O. Grover, of Oberlin College, Professor Stephen R. Williams, 
of Miami University, vice-president for Zoology, presided over 
the meeting. Fifty-one members registered in attendance. 
GENERAL PROGRAM 
FRIDAY, APRIL 6 
9:00 a. m—Business Meeting. 
10:00 a. m—Reading of Papers in General Session. 
11:45 a. m—Illustrated Lecture by Professor Robert F. Griggs, of Ohio 
State University: ‘Recent Explorations of Mt. Katmai, 
Alaska.’”’ In Place of Presidential Address on ‘‘Some 
Phases of Present Day Biological Unrest,’’ by Professor 
F. O. Grover, of Oberlin College, whose attendance was 
prevented by illness. 
12:15 p. m—Lunch, Ohio Union. 
1:30 p. m——Reading of Papers in General Session. 
3:00 p. M@——Reading of Papers, in Sectional Meetings. 
5:45 p. M—Dinner, Ohio Union. 
7:30 Pp. M——Public Lecture by Professor James R. Withrow, of Ohio 
State University: ‘‘The Relation of War to Chemistry 
in America.” 
SATURDAY, APRIL 7 
9:00 a. mi—Adjourned Business Meeting. 
10:00 a. m—Reading of Papers in Sectional Meetings. 
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