REPORT 
OFSSHE 
THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING 
OF 
The Ohio Academy of Science 
The Thirty-third Annual Meeting of the Ohio Academy of 
Science was held at Oberlin College, Oberlin, March 30 and 31, 
1923, under the Presidency of Professor Albert P. Weiss. 
Fifty-five members were registered as in attendance; twenty- 
five new members were elected. 
The annual excursion of the Section for Geology was held 
on May 25, 26 and 27, under’ the general management of 
Professor J. Ernest Carman, Vice-President for 1923-24. The 
party gathered fifty strong at Newark, Ohio. The first day 
was devoted largely to archeology, in the study, under the 
guidance of Dr. W. C. Mills, of the earthworks near Newark 
and the flint quarries of Flint Ridge. Mr. Wilber Stout directed 
the remainder of the trip, which was planned for the observation 
of the Pennsylvanian and Permian rocks, the Quaternary 
molding sand deposits, and the topography of Muskingum 
County. 
GENERAL PROGRAM. 
Fripay, Marcu 30. 
9:30 A. M.—Business Meeting. 
11:00 A. M.—Reading of Papers in General Session. 
12:30 P. M.—Luncheon. 
2:00 P. M.—Illustrated Lecture by Professor Henry C. Cowles, of 
the University of Chicago, on ‘‘Trees as Witnesses in 
Boundary Disputes; an Instance of Applied Ecology.”’ 
3:00 P. M.—Reading of Papers in Sectional Meetings. 
6:30 P. M.—Dinner. 
8:00 P. M.—Address by the President of the Academy, Professor 
Albert P. Weiss, of Ohio State University, on ‘‘The 
Aims of Social Evolution.” 
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