The Ohio Naturalist, vol. II, no. 2, December, 1901Ohio State University. Biological Club
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The Ohio Naturalist, vol. II, no. 2, December, 1901
Ohio State University. Biological Club
Natural history -- Ohio -- Periodicals; Natural history -- Periodicals; Science -- Periodicals
TYLER—Meeting of the Biological Club 147
Meeting of the Ohio State Academy of Science 156
KELLERMAN—Fifty Additions to the Catalogue of Ohio Plants 157
KELLERMAN—Botanical Correspondence, Notes and News for Amateurs, I 159
KELLERMAN—Note and Correction to Ohio Fungi Exsiccate 161
GRIGGS—Notes of Travel in Porto Rico 162
MORSE—Salamanders Taken at Sugar Grove 164
WILLIAMSON—Fishes Taken Near Salem, Ohio 165
HINE—Collecting Tobanidae 167
HINE—Observations on Insects 169
MEETING OF THE BIOLOGICAL CLUB.
November 4th, 1901.
The Biological Club met in Orton Hall and was called to order by the
president, Prof. Osborn. As it is customary to elect new officers at the
November meeting each year, the Nominating Committee presented the
following names: For president, Mr. Mills; for vice-president, Mr.
Morse; for secretary, Mr. Tyler. Prof. Lazenby moved that the secretary
be instructed to cast the unanimous ballot of the members present for
the names proposed. Carried. Messrs. J. C. Bridwell, M. T. Cook and
Harvey Brugger were elected members.
The retiring president, Prof. Osborn, presented a very interesting
address, an abstract of which follows:
SCOPE OF MODERN BIOLOGY.
It has been the custom in this society, following a mandate of its
constitution, for the president on retiring from the chair to give an
address, and it is presumed that such an address will either bring to
your attention the results of some special investigation, summarize the
work in some field of research or outline the progress and problems with
which biology has to do.
When a year ago you were so kind as to honor me with this office, two
things I think came especially to my mind; one the success of the club
particularly in the new enterprise of publishing a journal; the other
the duty, honor and privilege of preparing an address for this occasion.
I presume you have all had the experience of contemplating some distance
in the future a certain duty, debating the most suitable theme or
method, and perhaps seen the time grow shorter and shorter with little
real accomplishment. If I were to enumerate the various topics that have
come to my mind as suitable for this occasion it would exhaust quite a
part of our time; if I could reproduce the current of thought that has
flowed from time to time along the pathways of such topics, I am sure
you would experience a weariness that I should regret to occasion.
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