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Wilmington. Lake Erie Seminary and the State Experiment 

 Station as well as the High Schools of Alliance, Cincinnati, 

 Cleveland, Columbus, Chillicothe, Dayton, Defiance, Geneva, 

 Kent, Portsmouth, Sandusky and Tiffin were likewise represented. 



At the first meeting, the Secretary was instructed to secure 

 articles of incorporation, and to publish the constitution and by- 

 laws, together with a list of the officers and members. 



In accordance with the above instructions, a certificate of 

 incorporation was duly filed with the Secretary of State on March 

 12, 1892. This certificate bore the following names as incor- 

 porators of the Ohio State Academy of Science: W. A. Keller- 

 man, *F. M. Webster, A. D. Selby, W^ C. Werner, E. E. Bogue 

 and W. R. Lazenby. Of these incorporators Professors Keller- 

 man and Bogue have passed away. 



*Died at Columbus Jan. 3rd. 



The Academy held its first field meeting in Summit County 

 on June 3 and 4, 1892, the headquarters being at what was then 

 Buchtel College in the city of Akron. 



The program for the field day included an excursion by 

 steamer to Long Lake and the day was spent in and about the 

 attractive "Lake District" of Summit county. The botanists 

 observed the rich and varied plant societies of the swamps, and 

 the geologists were interested in the great moraines to which, in 

 part, at least, the swamps, ponds and lakes owe their origin. In 

 the evening a receptio.n was held in the gymnasium of Buchtel 

 college, at which the visitors were welcomed by the mayor of 

 Akron, the President of the College, Dr. O. Cone, and the pres- 

 ident of the Akron Scientific Club. 



The next day at an early hour the members and visitors 

 set out for Cuyahoga Falls, where they were cordially welcomed. 

 The}^ were conducted some three miles through the post glacial 

 gorge of the Cuyahoga River. 



This excursion was ecjually interesting and profitable. The 

 geologists and botanists and entomologists improved the oppor- 

 tunity and added to their stores of scientific facts. 



After the passing of a quarter of a century, I can look back 

 upon this as one of the red-letter days of my life. 



