Report of the Thirteenth Annual Meeting 



OF THE 



Ohio State Academy of Science. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



The thirteenth annual meeting- of the Academy was held at 

 Denison University, Granville, November 27, 1903^ All but one 

 of the papers on the printed program were read. 



Regarding the status of membership, the secretary reported 

 that the executive committee had decided, "the Academy is so 

 sm_all as to make any classification of members unnecessary." 



In accordance with a recommendation of the treasurer, the 

 Academy decided that "authority shall be secured from the execu- 

 tive committee before any debt is incurred by any member, officer, 

 or committee." 



Hereafter members are not to receive the publications if their 

 dues are in arrears more than one year. 



The publication committee reported: "During the year four 

 reports have been published, amounting in all to 435 pages. The 

 greater part of the expense" of publication was covered by the 

 McMillin fund." 



The trustees reported: "During the year the Academv has 

 published three valuable 'Special Papers,' Nos. 5, 6 and 7. ' The 

 studies upon which these papers were based were largely carried 

 on by aid from the Emerson McMillin Research fund, and the 

 expense of publication was mainly met by the further aid of the 

 same fund. It is expected that two more 'Special Papers' will 

 be completed and published during the year 1904, and that in 

 addition to this, much research work in other lines will be done. 

 The annual donation of $250.00 by Emerson McMillin for the 

 year 1904 has been received and deposited in the Capital City 

 Bank, Columbus." 



The Academy adopted the following resolutions : 



FIRST. 



"Resolved, That the rule be established that no paper shall 

 hereafter be admitted to the program of the annual meeting, unless 



