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PL aiacre crane res (SES eee eee ee . 1384.94 
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The deficit indicated for 1920-1921 for the Ohio Journal of Science 
has been partially relieved by the payment of $250. This is the amount 
derived from the dollar of the individual membership fee toward the 
upkeep of the Journal, as provided for in the Constitution of the Ohio 
Academy of Science. It should be noted that this is the amount 
derived from membership dues for 1921-1922 and advanced to the 
Business Manager, in order that he might pay current expenses. As 
more dues are paid, more money will be advanced, but your Treasurer 
is not empowered to advance more than the amount allowed by the 
Constitution. He feels that definite measures should be provided 
for permanently relieving the embarrassment of the Ohio Journal 
of Science, which has been and is well managed and has only fallen 
into debt because of the rising costs of publication. The Journal 
has a large and growing circulation and is a medium for the com- 
munication of papers of the members of the Academy within the State 
and abroad. It offers rather prompt publication, a desideratum well 
worth considering in these days of over-crowded journals, many of 
which face a more serious deficit than our own. 
There are two proposals which the Treasurer desires to offer as a 
means of removing the deficit of the Journal. They are both temporary 
relief measures. The first is that money be advanced from the Research 
Fund. This is the more attractive proposal, because the product of 
scientific research must sooner or later be communicated to some 
scientific audience. The research fund is open to members of the 
Academy who desire aid for the completion of their studies. It would 
be of aid to the worker and his audience alike, if the fund should be 
drawn upon to remove the deficit of the Journal. 
The second proposal is that the Treasurer be empowered to remove 
the deficit. This has the objection that the measure amounts to the 
equivalent of increasing, to the subscriber, the cost of the Journal, 
even though this increase be a temporary one. It is to be distinctly 
understood that the Treasurer is opposed to any permanent increase 
in the cost of the Journal. The Editor, Dr. F. H. Krecker, has the 
problem of keeping up the standard of the Journal at the least cost, 
and has not indicated that the price of the Journal to subscribers is too 
low. The two proposals are placed before the Academy with the 
request that action be taken. 
In the meantime an active campaign for more funds should be carried 
on. An increase in the number of members is greatly desired. An 
