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which sought state support for Academy activities, especially for pub- 
lication of the results of scientific studies. He expressed the hope and it 
was one of his cherished projects that the Academy might sometime be 
provided with a suitable building for its permanent home and as a 
center of its activities and that it might serve in some very vital way 
for the promotion of the scientific functions of the state. His reeommen- 
dations and suggestions are matters of recent record and may well serve 
us in our future efforts for the development of scientific activities in 
the state. 
With all these relations the thing that we feel most deeply today is 
the friendly nature of his work among us. With a most unusual expe- 
rience in scientific development of more than a half century, a remark- 
able acquaintance with scientific work and workers he possessed such 
a broad appreciation of the work and accomplishment of others and 
such a friendly attitude toward even the most humble worker in the 
field of science that his presence and interest were a constant source of 
encouragement. With a multitude of honors and distinctions he was 
still one of the most democratic and unassuming of men. With a wealth 
of achievement, seldom equalled, to his credit he was ever modest in 
reference to the importance of his own contributions to science. He was 
a man whom we could admire and love, whose friendly greeting will be 
missed but whose memory will be cherished as representing the finest 
spirit of scientific devotion, achievement and fellowship. We have 
recorded our esteem and appreciation of his worth in such honors as it 
was in our power to give. We have now to place on record, as our lasting 
recognition of his leadership, this declaration of our high regard for 
his service, our great indebtedness for his many activities in the Acad- 
emy and our tribute to his memory as a friend and fellow worker. His 
fine accomplishments and inspiring personality will long remain with 
us as a beautiful memory. 
HERBERT OSBORN. Chairman, 
A. D. Cote, 
Wm. McPHERSON, 
Committee on Necrology. 
Meeting Place, 1925. 
President Mather laid before the Academy the invitation 
from Wooster Coliege to meet in Wooster next year. Mr. 
W. C. Devereaux stated that he was fully prepared and author- 
ized to extend an invitation to the Academy to meet in Cincin- 
nati next year but inasmuch as Wooster seemed to have a 
superior claim in that the Academy had never met in that 
city, he would withhold his invitation until some future time 
in favor of Wooster. Whereupon the Academy by vote declared 
itself in favor of accepting the invitation from Wooster College 
but left the final decision as to the next meeting place in the 
hands of the Executive Committee. 
