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years, this generous gift has been received. It has come to us 

 quietly, promptly and without solicitation during all these years. 



It has been administered in the same quiet way^ and not 

 one penny has been used for anything except to aid in research, 

 or the publication of its results. 



The influence of this gift has been as gentle and persuasive 

 as the spring sunshine or summer shower. Nearly a score of 

 special papers have been prepared and published by the Academy 

 through its aid. As many more have been published elsewhere. 

 All honor to this scholarly, efficient, large-hearted, high-spirited 

 man. I trust he believes that "the reward of a good is to have 

 done it," if not 1 don't know how he is to be paid. 



We are here today in a spirit of congratulation. We con- 

 gratulate our Academy upon what it has accomplished. We 

 congratulate Emerson McMillin on what he has done for the 

 Academy. 



We congratulate the Universities, Colleges and High Schools 

 of Ohio, that so large a number of their instructional force are 

 active workers in our organization. Our annual meetings have 

 confirmed and strengthened a spirit of good will between the 

 educational institutions of the state. They have cultivated the 

 amenities and developed a feeling of brotherhood among our 

 members. Our Academy has stood for good scholarship, good 

 fellowship, and good citizenship. The essentials of a great land- 

 scape are unity and variety. These are likewise the great attri- 

 butes of an association for the promotion of science. Unity in 

 the spirit and ideals of the work to be accomplished, and variety, 

 infinite variety, in the means by which these ideals may be 

 developed. AVe come together on the basis of commanding in- 

 terests and diverse experiences. This devotion to the varied 

 phases of science detracts nothing from the pursuit of the older 

 humanities, but adds materially to the effectiveness of any study 

 that puts the student in closer touch with his environment, in 

 closer touch with nature and nature's laws. This spirit was in 

 Orton, and Kellicott and Claypole, who were among the founders 

 of the Academy. W^hat a fine influence these men exerted! 



