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[N. S. Vol. XLIII. No. 1102 



Mr. Curtis C. Howard, Columbus^ O. 

 Professor William R. Lazenby, Columbus, 0. 

 Dr. C. L. Mees, Terre Haute, Ind. 

 Dr. T. C. Mendenhall, Eavenna, 0. 

 Dr. Sidney A. Norton, Columbus, 0. 

 Mr. D. E. Williams, Columbus, O. 

 In the business session the most notable action 

 was the adoption of a constitutional amendment, 

 suggested at the previous annual meeting, by 

 which the date of the annual meeting is changed 

 from Thanksgiving to March or April, the exact 

 date to be fixed by the executive committee. By 

 vote of the academy the next meeting will be held 

 in the spring of 1916. 



The trustees of the research fund announced a 

 further gift by Mr. Emerson McMillin, of New 

 York, of $350 for the encouragement of the re- 

 search work of the academy. 



As a result of the suggestions contained in the 

 address by Dr. Mendenhall, on "The Relation of 

 the Academy to the State and to the People of the 

 State," a committee on legislation was appointed, 

 consisting of Dr. T. C. Mendenhall, chairman, Pro- 

 fessor F. C. Waite and Professor Herbert Osborn. 

 The previous affiliation of the academy with the 

 Ohio Journal of Science was continued with minor 

 modifications; but the incoming president was in- 

 structed to appoint a committee to confer with 

 the committee on legislation and to "investigate 

 carefully possible ways and means whereby the 

 academy can successfully take over the Ohio Jour- 

 nal of Science and how soon this can be done, the 

 committee to report back to the academy at its 

 next annual meeting." President Hubbard ap- 

 pointed Professor J. Warren Smith, chairman, 

 Professor Prank Carney, Professor P. C. Waite, 

 Professor J. S. Hine and Professor C. G. Shatzer. 

 Forty-one new members were elected at the 

 meeting. 



The officers and standing committees for 1915- 

 1916 will be as follows: 



President — Professor G. D. Hubbard, Oberlin 

 College. 



Vice-president for Zoology — Professor F. L. 

 Landacre, Ohio State University. 



Vice-president for Botany — Professor M. E. 

 Stickney, Denison University. 



Vice-president for Geology — Professor T. M. 

 Hills, Ohio State University. 



Vice-president for Physics — Professor L. T. 

 More, University of Cincinnati. 



Secretary — "Professor E. L. Rice, Ohio Wesleyan 

 University. 



Treasurer — Professor J. S. Hine, Ohio State 

 University. 



Executive Committee, together with the presi- 

 dent, secretary and treasurer, members ex-officio — 

 Professor L. B. Walton, Kenyon College, and Pro- 

 fessor C. 6. Shatzer, Wittenberg College. 



Trustees of Mesearch Fund — Professor W. R. 

 Lazenby, Ohio State University; Professor M. M. 

 Metoalf, Oberlin College; Professor N. M. Fenne- 

 man. University of Cincinnati. 



Publication Committee — ^Professor J. H. Schaif- 

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

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

 lege. 



Library Committee — Professor W. C. Mills, Ohio 

 State University; Professor F. O. Grover, Oberlin 

 College; Professor J. A. Culler, Miami University. 



Edwakd L. Rice, 



Secretary 

 DELAWAitE, Ohio 



THE TENNESSEE ACADEMY OF 

 SCIENCE 



The sixth meeting (fourth annual meeting) of 

 the Tennessee Academy of Science was held on No- 

 vember 26, 1915, at George Peabody College for 

 Teachers, Nashville, Tenn. President W. E. 

 Myer presided. The following papers were read 

 and discussed: 



"Why Potteries should be Established in West 

 Tennessee," by Wilbur A. Nelson. 



"Preservation of Our Forests," by R. S. Mad- 

 dox. 



"Cause of the Stylolitic Structure in the Ten- 

 nessee Marble," by C. H. Gordon. 



"Phosphate Rocks of Johnson County, Tenn.," 

 by Olaf P. Jenkins. 



"The Evolution of Mississippi River Craft as 

 Influenced by Geographic Conditions," by Charles 

 C. Colby. 



' ' Recent Results in Mathematical Astronomy, ' ' 

 by H. E. Buchanan. 



"An Irrigation Slide for Prolonged Observa- 

 tion of Living Aquatics"; (6) "A Simple 

 Device for Aerating Aquaria"; by Samuel M. 

 Bain. 



"Guessing as Influenced by Odd Numbers," 

 by F. E. Dresslar. 



"Nature and Origin of the Holston Marble 

 Formation in East Tennessee," by C. H. Gordon. 



"The Ordination of Sciences in Education," 

 by R. I. Raymond. 



Memorial Sketches of Deceased Members: (a) 

 "Dr. William L. Dudley," by L. C. Glenn; (6) 



