The Twenty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Ohio Academy of Science was held
at the Ohio State University, at Columbus, on November 26th and 27th.
A special program was given in commemoration of the Quarter Centennial
Anniversary.
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science will hold
its Annual Meeting on the Ohio State University Campus, at Columbus,
December 27th, 1915 to January 1st, 1916. A large attendance is
expected and arrangements have been completed to make the meeting one
of unusual interest.
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At the November meeting of the Biological Club, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: President, Dr. F. H. Krecker of the
Department of Zoology and Entomology; Vice President, Miss Clara G.
Mark, of the Department of Geology; Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. Rollo
C. Baker, of the Department of Anatomy.
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The following officers were named by the Ohio State University
Scientific Society for the year: President, F. C. Blake, Department
of Physics; Vice President, Jas. R. Withrow, Department of Chemistry;
Secretary, R. J. Seymour, Department of Physiology; Treasurer, C. J.
West, Department of Mathematics. These officers constitute an executive
committee which will arrange programs for the regular meetings of the
society, the first of which will occur during January.
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An interesting event occurring during the recent meeting of the Ohio
Academy of Science was the short talk given by Dr. T. C. Mendenhall
to the New York and San Francisco alumni of the Ohio State University
by means of the trans-continental telephone. Dr. Mendenhall, while
a member of the University faculty, established the first telephone
to be used in central Ohio, a line from his University office to
his residence, and he expressed himself as greatly pleased at the
opportunity accorded him to speak to his former students over a line
extending across the continent.
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The Ohio Academy of Science at its November meeting voted to change
the date of its annual session to a time corresponding to the Easter
recess. The exact time of the meeting is to be determined by the
executive committee, the Academy voting to have the next meeting occur
in the spring of 1916.
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Established last Spring, the latest honorary society, Phi Sigma, a
student organization open only to students having completed an amount
of biological work equivalent to a minor, has awakened interest in the
universities of other states. Inquiries concerning the possibility of
establishing other chapters at distant institutions have been received
by the parent chapter at Ohio State University and it is probable that
such chapters will be formed during the present year. Phi Sigma hopes
to publish a biological quarterly in the near future.
Dates of Publication:
November Number, Nov. 22, 1915.
December Number, Dec. 20, 1915.