June, 1915.] 
Meetings of Biological Club. 
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Association for the Advancement of Science which will meet 
in Columbus during the next Christmas vacation. It was moved 
by Prof. Landacre that the President announce the time for the 
next meeting of the club. The motion was carried. The time 
for the next meeting was set for the second Monday evening in 
March. 
The progratn for the evening consisted of a very interesting 
address on “Evolution and Death” given by Prof. L. B. Walton, 
of Kenyon College. A brief discussion of the views of Darwin, 
DeVries, Johannsen, and Lloyd were given. The speaker examined 
two hundred daisies from a fertile soil, also the same number 
from poor soil, and the coefficient of variation was found to be 
the same. Close breeding is more variable than cross breeding 
and sexes arose as an effort in nature to hold variation in 
check. Cells are smaller in cross breeding than close breeding; 
small cells produce faster and, hence, a larger organism. Prof. 
Walton’s hypothesis to account for death was that the cells of 
an adult organism, being the result of very numerous cell divisions 
(and hence asexual generations) finally become so highly variable 
that sooner or later some one or more cells located in a vital part 
will not be able to subserve their intended function, causing the 
death of the entire organism. As a working hypothesis, varia¬ 
tions were divided into nonnations and abnormations; the fonner 
into fluctuations, amphimutations, and cumulations; the latter 
into monstrositations, defactorations, and fractionations. 
After a discussion of the address, the club adjourned. 
Botany and Zoology Hall, March 8, 1915. 
The meeting was called to order by the President Dr. Seymour, 
and the minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved 
as read. Messrs. H. C. Yingling, W. D. Will, and G. S. Zink were 
elected to membership. 
It was moved by Prof. Hine and seconded that the President 
appoint a committee of three to consider the advisability of mak¬ 
ing the Biological Club one of the sections of a Science Club to be 
formed in the University; also, to consider turning over the 
Ohio Naturalist and Journal of Science to this Club, providing 
sufficient financial support be insured for its publication; the name 
of the Ohio Naturalist and Journal of Science to be changed to 
the Ohio Journal of Science. The motion was carried. Mr. 
Shadle called attention to the fact that many of the trees had been 
removed from the campus during the last few years and only a 
few had been replanted during this time. It was moved by Mr. 
Shadle and seconded that a committee of three be appointed by 
the President to see what could be done towards having more trees 
