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attending and presiding as president at this meeting. It is to be hoped 
that he may offer for publication the address he had expected to give. 
3. Professor Robert F. Griggs is entitled to the thanks of the 
Academy for his very interesting illustrated lecture on his recent 
“Explorations of Mount Katmai, Alaska.”’ 
4. The thanks of the Academy are given to Professor James R. 
Withrow for his timely and valuable lecture on ‘‘The Relation of War 
to Chemistry in America.”’ 
5. The Academy thanks the Local Committee and the Professors 
and Officers of the Ohio State University for providing convenient 
rooms for the general and sectional meetings and for their efforts in 
ministering to the comfort of all members in attendance. 
6. The Secretary of the Academy, Professor E. L. Rice, deserves 
much credit for making detailed arrangements for this successful meet 
ing, although other duties have necessitated his.absence from the State. 
Ez LL. Mosktey, 
L. B. WALTON, 
C.. Gi SHATZER? 
Committee. 
Section for Physiology, Anatomy, Bacteriology and Pathology 
A petition, signed by sixteen members, was presented, 
requesting the Academy to establish a new section for Phy- 
siology, Anatomy, Bacteriology, and Pathology—the exact 
name of the section to be determined later. 
The petition was granted; and a vice-president and rep- 
resentative upon the. Editorial Board of the Ohio Journal of 
Science were elected for the new section. 
Constitution and By-Laws 
The Acting President was instructed to appoint a committee 
of three to codify the Constitution and By-Laws. This committee 
was requested to consider the desirability of lengthening the 
terms of office of the president and secretary. (This action 
to be interpreted as notice of amendment, so that definite 
action may be taken at the next meeting.) 
The Acting President appointed the following committee: 
secretary E. L. Rice, ex-officio; F. C. Blake, Frank Carney. 
The Academy directed the Executive Committee to print a 
new edition of the Constitution and By-Laws. 
