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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XXXVIII. No. 991 



The address of the President was delivered Fri- 

 day afternoon, on the subject "The Evolutionary 

 Control of Organisms, and its Significance"; and 

 on Friday evening Professor Dayton C. Miller, of 

 Case School of Applied Science, gave an illus- 

 trated lecture on "Sound." 



There was an informal gathering of members 

 in the Park Hotel on Thursday evening, and a 

 reception in the Men's Building Friday evening, 

 following the lecture. At the dinner Friday 

 evening, held in the Park Hotel, the Academy 

 was welcomed by President Henry C. King, of 

 Oberlin College. 



The arrangements of the local committee were 

 very complete, and the meeting was in every way 

 a very successful one. 



The trustees of the research fund announced a 

 further gift of $250 from Mr. Emerson E. Mc- 

 Millin, of New York City, for the encouragement 

 of the research work of the academy. During the 

 past year grants from the research fund have 

 been paid to Clara G. Mark, Alfred Dachnowski, 

 Charles Brookover, Freda Detmers and Stephen E. 

 Williams. 



Thirty-five members were elected, making the 

 total membership of the Academy 239. 



Officers for the ensuing year were elected as 

 follows: 



President — Professor T. C. Mendenhall, Ba- 

 venna. 



Vice-presidents — (Zoology) Professor Ste'phen 

 E. Williams, Miami University, Oxford; (Botany) 

 Professor E. L. Fullmer, Baldwin-Wallace Col- 

 lege, Berea; (Geology) Professor N. M. Fenne- 

 man, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati; (Phys- 

 ics) Professor A. D. Cole, Ohio State University, 

 Columbus. 



Secretary — Professor Edward L. Eice, Ohio 

 Wesleyan University, Delaware. 



Treasurer — Professor J. S. Hine, Ohio State 

 University, Columbus. 



Librarian — Professor W. C. Mills, Ohio State 

 University, Columbus. 



Executive Committee — Professor Prank Carney, 

 Denison University, Granville, and Professor L. B. 

 Walton, Kenyon College, Gambier, to serve with 

 the president, secretary and treasurer, members 

 ex-officio. 



Publication Committee — Professor Charles H. 

 Lake, Hamilton, to serve with the hold-over mem- 

 bers: Professor J. H. Schaffner, Ohio State Uni- 

 versity, Columbus, and Professor C. G. Shatzer, 

 Wittenberg College, Springfield. 



Trustees of Mesearch Fund — Professor M. M. 



Metcalf, Oberlin College, Oberlin, to serve with 

 the hold-over members: Professor William E. 

 Lazenby, Ohio State University, Columbus, and 

 Professor Edward L. Eice, Ohio Wesleyan Uni- 

 versity, Delaware. 



The complete program follows: 



"Plum Creek as a Glacial Chronometer," by G. 

 Frederick Wright. 



' ' Hybridization, Variability and Size, " by L. 

 B. Walton. 



"Marengo Cave," by W. N. Speckman. 



' ' A Statistical Study of the Physical Measure- 

 ments of a Class of Students," by Carl J. West. 



"The Effect of the Eruption of Katmi on 

 Vegetation," by Eobert F. Griggs. 



' ' The Structure of a Fossil Starfish from the 

 Upper Richmond," by Stephen E. Williams. 



"With the International Phytogeographie Ex- 

 cursion in America, " by A. Dachnowski. 



' ' Comparison of the Mollusk Faunas of the 

 Palsearctic and Nearctie Provinces," by V. Sterki. 



"Flood and Drainage Conditions in Vicinity of 

 Bellevue, Ohio, ' ' by George D. Hubbard. 



' ' The Species Concept as Applied to the Genus 

 Pyrosoma," by Maynard M. Metcalf. 



' ' Geographic Influences in the History of 

 Milan, Ohio," by C. G. Shatzer. 



"The Acclimatization of Trees and Shrubs," 

 by William E. Lazenby. 



' ' The Life History of Euglena, ' ' by Charles G. 



' ' Botanical Observations in Alaska, ' ' by Eobert 

 F. Griggs. 



"Conjugation in Amceta," by Ealph E. Hedges. 



"Variation in Scirpus atrovirens and S. 

 georgianu-s," by F. O. Grover. 



' ' Notes on the Metamorphosis of Two Ascid- 

 ians, " by E. A. Budington. 



' ' The Effect of Variation of Intensity and Du- 

 ration of Stimuli to Eeaction Time," by G. E. 

 Wells. 



' ' Pressure Sensation and the Hair Follicle, ' ' by 

 E. H. Stetson. 



"Further Notes on Embryonic Skull of 

 Eumeces," by Edward L. Eice. 



"An Addition to the Odonata of Ohio," by 

 Eees Philpott. 



"The Box-Elder Bug, Leptocoris trivittatus, in 

 Ohio," by W. J. Kostir. 



"An Occurrence of Atypus milberti Walck, in 

 Ohio," by Carl J. Drake. 



"Eemarks on the Distribution of Certain Spe- 

 cies of Jassidae," by Herbert Osborn. 



"Observations on the Action of the Heart in 

 Mollusea," by V. Sterki. 



