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The Ohio Naturalist. 
[Vol. V, No. 4, 
MEETING OF THE BIOLOGICAL CLUB. 
Orton Dec. 5, 1904. 
The club was called to order by the president, Mr. Sanders. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and corrected. 
The first business to come before the club was the report of the 
nominating committee as follows: for president, Prof. J. S. Hine; 
for vice president. Miss L. C. Riddle; for secretarv-treasurer, 
F. M. Surface. On the motion of Prof. Schaffner the secretary 
was instructed to cast the unanimous ballot of the club for these 
officers. Prof. Hine being absent Miss Riddle took the chair. 
The major paper of the evening was by Mr. H. A. Gleason on 
the Sand Dunes of Central Illinois. In this region the vegetation 
is a coarse bunch grass prairie and scrub oak timber, but it is 
developing in the direction of typical Illinois woods and prairie. 
Prominent in the physiography are large excavations formed by 
the wind and known as blow outs. The flora presents little sim- 
ilarity with that of the nearby dunes along Lake Michigan, but 
shows a close relationship with the sand-hill region of Nebraska. 
In the discussion Prof. Schaffner spoke of the sand hills of Kansas 
and Nebraska. 
Prof. Hine now took the chair. Prof. Osborn spoke of the 
first day’s meeting of the Ohio State Academy of Science at 
Cleveland. He spoke especially of Prof. Moseley’s presidential 
address on the “Formation of Sandusky Bay.” Especially 
interesting was the account of the formation of Cedar Point. 
Other papers presented on the first day were Prof. Halsted’s 
paper on “Mathematics in Biology,” Prof. Miller’s lecture on 
“Radium,” and in the evening Prof. Herrick’s “Bird Studies.” 
Prof. Landacre then reported the second day’s meeting of the 
Academy. The scientific papers were presented in the forenoon 
and the afternoon was taken for the business session. The mat- 
ter of a midwinter meeting with the Ohio Educational Society 
was taken up and it was agreed that there should be at least a 
round table meeting at that time. 
Prof. Hine then reported on the financial condition of the 
Ohio N.\tur.\list. The N.\tur.\list is upon a firmer basis than 
ever before and its prospects for the future are bright.- 
The following persons were elected to membership; J. F. 
Clevenger, C. H. Flory, L. H. Scholl, H. A. Gleason. 
The hour being late the president declared the club adjourned 
until the first Monday in January after the holiday vacation. 
F. M. SuRF.^CE, Sec. 
Date of Publication of February Number Feb. 24 1905. 
