JANUAET 1, 1915] 



SCIENCE 



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ventral armature, in a few species, and to the 

 acquirement of claws, running legs or a long 

 propelling tail with expanded neural and 

 hemal arches in others. This wide diversity 

 of structure is intensified by the recognition 

 of Ichthycanthus platypus as a microsaur 

 with an osseous tarsus, serving to confuse still 

 further our hazy ideas of amphibian phylo- 

 genesis. 



A full description with illustrations will be 

 given of this interesting form in another 

 place. 



EoY L. MOODIE 



Univeesity of Illinois, 

 Chicago 



TEE OHIO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 



The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Ohio 

 Academy of Science was held at Ohio State Uni- 

 versity, Columbus, Ohio, on November 26, 27 and 

 28, 1914, under the presidency of Dr. T. C. Men- 

 denhall, of Ravenna. 



The address of the president was delivered Fri- 

 day evening, on the subject "Some Pioneers of 

 Science in Ohio ' ' ; and on Saturday morning the 

 academy listened to a very timely lecture upon 

 "Foot and Mouth Disease," by Dean D. S. 

 White, of the College of Veterinary Medicine of 

 Ohio State University. 



The trustees of the research fund announced a 

 further gift of $250 from Mr. Emerson McMillin, 

 of New York, for the encouragement of the re- 

 search work of the academy. 



In accordance with the report of a committee 

 appointed a year ago, the academy voted to de- 

 posit the library of the academy with the library 

 of Ohio State University — an arrangement which 

 may be terminated by either party on suitable 

 notice. 



The matter of the celebration of the annual 

 meeting of 1915 as a quarter centennial anniver- 

 sary was referred to the executive committee. 



Twenty-three new members were elected, mak- 

 ing the total membership of the academy two 

 hundred and fifty-four. 



The officers of the academy for the year 1914- 

 1915 are as follows: 



President — Professor J. Warren Smith, Ohio 

 State University and Ohio Section U. S. Weather 

 Bureau. 



Vice-presidents — (Zoology) Professor F. C. 

 Waite, Western Eeserve University; (Botany) 



Professor F. O. Grover, Oberlin College; (Geol- 

 ogy) Professor C. G. Shatzer, Wittenberg College; 

 (Physics) Professor J. A. Culler, Miami Univer- 

 sity. 



Secretary — Professor E. L. Bice, Ohio Wesleyan 

 University. 



Treasurer — Professor J. S. Hine, Ohio State 

 University. 



Librarian — Professor W. C. Mills, Ohio State 

 University. 



Executive Committee, together with the presi- 

 dent, secretary and treasurer, members ex officio — 

 Professor C. D. Coons, Denison University; Pro- 

 fessor T. M. Hills, Ohio State University. 



Board of Trustees of the Sesearch Fund — Pro- 

 fessor W. R. Lazenby, Ohio State University; Pro- 

 fessor M. M. Metealf, Oberlin College; Professor 

 N. M. Fenneman, University of Cincinnati. 



Publication Committee — Professor J. H. SchafE- 

 ner, Ohio State University; Professor C. H. Lake, 

 Hamilton ; Professor L. B. Walton, Kenyon Col- 

 lege. 



The complete scientific program follows: 



Presidential Address, ' ' Some Pioneers of Sci- 

 ence in Ohio," Dr. T. C. Mendenhall. 



Lecture, ' ' The Foot and Mouth Disease, ' ' Dean 



D. S. White, College of "Veterinary Medicine, Ohio 

 State University. 



Papers 



' ' Efficacy of Lightning Rods, ' ' J. Warren 

 Smith. 



' ' Thunderbolt from Whitecliff Bay, ' ' Katharine 

 Doris Sharp. 



' ' A Preliminary Survey of Plant Distribution 

 in Ohio," John H. Schaffner. 



"Akron Fishbait Industry," Chas. P. Fox. 



' ' The Physiographic Provinces which meet in 

 Ohio, ' ' N. M. Fenneman. 



' ' Color and Coat Inheritance in Guinea Pigs, ' ' 

 W. M. Barrows. 



"Note on a New Nematode Parasite of Crypto- 

 branchus, " F. H. Krecker. 



"Prediction of Minimum Temperatures for 

 Frost Protection, ' ' J. Warren Smith. 



" Is a Dry Summer and Autumn Apt to be Fol- 

 lowed by a Wet Winter and Spring- with Possible 

 Floods?" J. Warren Smith. 



' ' Comparative Bate of Growth of Certain Timber 

 Trees," William B. Lazenby. 



"Inheritance of Taillessness in the Cat," W. 

 M. Barrows and C. A. Reese. 



' ' The Cause of Milk Sickness and Trembles, ' ' 



E. L. Moseley. 



