Prof. Thomas A. Williams, editor-in-chief of the Asa Gray Bulletin and
assistant chief of the Division of Agrostology, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, died on the morning of Dec. 23, 1900.
At the 10th annual meeting of the Ohio State Academy of Science, held
at Columbus, on December 26 and 27, thirty-one papers were read--12
pertaining to botany, 8 to zoology, 6 to geology, 3 to meteorology, and
2 to anthropology. The following are the officers for the coming year:
President, August D. Selby, Wooster; 1st Vice Pres., Rev. H. Herzer,
Marietta; 2nd Vice Pres, Mrs. W. A. Kellerman, Columbus; Secretary, E.
L. Moseley, Sandusky; Treasurer, Herbert Osborn, Columbus; members of
executive committee besides the president, secretary and treasurer,
Thos. Bonser, Carey; Lynds Jones, Oberlin; trustees, F. M. Webster,
Wooster; H. C. Beardslee, Cleveland; W. R. Lazenby, Columbus;
publication committee, F. M. Webster, Wooster; John H. Schaffner,
Columbus; L. H. McFadden, Westerville; Librarian, W. C. Mills, Columbus.
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Since some criticism has been made, both at home and abroad, on the
name of THE O. S. U. NATURALIST, it has been thought best
to make a slight change by dropping the words, State University.
Although a change in name is unfortunate it will not be very serious
at the present time and hereafter the name will be THE OHIO
NATURALIST, which is perhaps more descriptive of the scope of the
journal and much better for purposes of citation.