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His death was not only a loss to the community in which he lived, 

 but is regretted by a wide circle of associates in science. 



William R. Lazenby^ 

 W. C. Mills, 

 A. D. Selby. 



Report of Auditing Committee 



The Auditing Committee presented the following report, 

 which was received and ordered filed. 



Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 26, 1915. 

 The Ohio Academy of Science: 



The Auditing Committee has examined the accounts of the Chair- 

 man of the Trustees of the Emerson McMillin Research Fund and of 

 the Treasurer of the Ohio Academy of Science together with the vouchers 

 submitted by each and find that their accounts are correct. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Charles S. Prosser, 

 John H. Schaffner. 



The following revised report was presented by the Commit- 

 tee on Financial Management of the Ohio Naturalist and Journal 

 of Science. 



Report of the Committee on the Financial Management of the 

 Ohio Naturalist and Journal of Science 



The committee begs leave to submit the following report : 

 The Academy has lately considerably enlarged its membership, a 

 new section on Physics having been organized and under way now for 

 three years. New names are constantly being added to the membership 

 — it is not unreasonable to expect that in the near future other sections 

 will be added to the Academy. Manifestly, if the interest of these new 

 members is to be maintained, the journal of the Academy must be en- 

 larged to provide for the new material that would naturally be published 

 there. There is no question but that the Academy should eventually 

 finance and manage its own journal. 



However, it was made clear last year, after lengthy discus- 

 sion from the f^oor of the Academy, that the Academy was in no posi- 

 tion at present to finance the journal. Until such time as the Academy 

 should find a way to do this other methods had to be sought. The com- 

 mittee at a meeting held last Spring received a verbal statement from 



