278 PROCEEDINGS OF THE OHIO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



The Committee soon secured the promise of hearty co- 

 operation from many of the most prominent scientists in Ohio, 

 and issued a call for a meeting to be held in Columbus, December 

 31, 1891. 



The meeting took place at the date named, and appointed a 

 committee on organization consisting of W. A. Kellerman, of 

 the Ohio State University ; E. W. Claypole, of Buchtel College ; 

 and Henry Snyder of Miami University. 



While the committee just named were preparing a constitu- 

 tion and by-laws, papers were read by Dr. A. M. Bleile, E. E. 

 Bogue. J. N. Bradford, H. E. Chapin, H. J. Detmers, VV. A. 

 Kellerman, D. S. Kellicott, H. A. Weber, W. C. Werner, and 

 A. A. Wright. 



After the adoption of a brief but comprehensive constitution 

 and a few simple by-laws, the organization was completed by 

 the election of the following officers to serve the first year : 

 President, E. W. Claypole, Buchtel College, Akron ; Vice Presi- 

 dents, A. A. Wright, Oberlin ; and Ellen E Smith, Lake Erie 

 seminary, Painesville; Secretary, William R. Lazenby, Ohio 

 State University, Columbus ; and Treasurer, A. D. Selby, Co- 

 lumbus, Ohio. Elected as members of the Executive Committee 

 were, E. T. Nelson, Ohio Wesleyan, Delaware ; and A. D. Cole, 

 then of Denison University, Granville. It should be noted that 

 of the seven elected officers only two, the Secretary and Treas- 

 urer, were residents of Columbus, and connected with the State 

 University. I mention this to show that from the very outset, 

 the Academy has been a state-wide institution and in no way 

 restricted or limited to any one section of the state. Attention 

 is also called to the fact, that the charter members of the 

 Academy, fifty-nine in number, included mathematicians, chem- 

 ists, physicists in generous proportions. 



It was also quite representative of the educational institu- 

 tions of the state that were interested in science. Besides the 

 State University which naturally had the largest number, the 

 following universities and colleges were represented : Buchtel, 

 Cincinnati, Denison, Miami, Mount Union, Oberlin, Ohio, Ohio 

 Wesleyan, Otterbein, Starling Medical, Western Reserve and 



