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The Ohio Naturalist. 
[Vol. XIV, No. 8 V 
MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE 
OHIO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 
On the call of President Mendenhall, a meeting of the Executive 
Committee of the Ohio Academy of Science was held on May 2, 
in the Biological Building of the Ohio State University. The 
invitation was extended to the officers of the Academy to meet 
with the Committee. 
Professors Mendenhall, Hine, Walton and Rice, of the Com¬ 
mittee, were present; also Professors Osborn, Lazenbv, Mills, 
Schaffner and Cole. 
It was unanimously voted that the invitation of the Ohio 
State University to hold the next Annual Meeting of the Academy 
in Columbus, be accepted with thanks. Voted that the Executive 
Committee recommend to the Annual Meeting of the Academy 
the holding of a field meeting during the month of May of 1915. 
Voted that the President and Secretary be authorized to 
appoint a representative to consult with the Secretary of State 
of Ohio and to take such steps as may be necessary to secure 
the change of the corporate name of the Academy from “The 
Ohio State Academy of Science” to “The Ohio Academy of 
Science” in conformity with the revised constitution and the 
general usage of the Academy. Prof. Lazenby was appointed 
after the meeting. 
Voted that the President be requested to communicate with 
Governor Cox with a view to securing closer mutual relations 
between the Ohio Academy of Science and the State Government. 
A careful discussion of the relations of the Ohio Academy of 
Science and the Ohio Naturalist showed a general sentiment 
in favor of a broadening of both scope and title of the Naturalist 
to correspond with the broadening scope of the Academy, as 
shown especially in the recent organization of a Section for 
Physics. As the result of this discussion, it was voted that the 
recommendation be presented to the publishers of the Ohio 
Naturalist that the name of that journal be changed for the 
year 1914-1915 to “The Ohio Naturalist and Journal of Science,” 
with a view to the further change in 1915-1916 to “The Ohio 
Journal of .Science;” also voted that the Editor and Business 
Manager of the Naturalist be requested to report to the Annual 
Meeting concerning the advisability of the financial co-operation 
of the Academy in the publication of the Naturalist. 
Edward L. Rice, Secretary. 
Date of Publication, June II, 1914. 
