MINUTES OF
THE OHIO ACADEMY OF HISTORY
Meeting at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel
Columbus, Ohio
April 24, 1947
The Ohio Academy of History met in
Columbus April 24, 1947
in joint meeting with the Mississippi
Valley Historical Association,
at the luncheon conference, with 160 in
attendance. President F.
P. Weisenburger introduced Governor
Thomas J. Herbert, who made
some appropriate remarks as to the
historian's place in the world
today. He then introduced Harlan
Hatcher, Dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences at Ohio State
University, who spoke on "The
Place of Regionalism in the One World of
Today."
The business session convened at 2:30
P.M. with President
Weisenburger in the chair. There were
twenty-six members present.
The Secretary-Treasurer read the minutes
of the 1946 meeting and
outlined briefly the history and purpose
of the Academy for the
benefit of several new members.
Professor Harvey Wish of W.R.U.,
Louis Filler of Antioch College, Landon
Warner of Kenyon Col-
lege, David Jennings of Ohio Wesleyan
University, Robert E. Hawes
of Wittenberg College and Lewis K.
McMillan are new members.
Report of Committees:
The Committee on Nominations and Awards
(composed of Pro-
fessor Harold E. Davis, chairman, B. H.
Pershing and Howard
Robinson) presented the following slate
of officers:
For President, Professor Hastings Eells
of Ohio Wesleyan Univ.
For Vice-President, Dr. George F. Howe,
on leave from Uni-
versity of Cincinnati at the War
Department in Washington.
For Secretary-Treasurer, William D.
Overman of Firestone
Library & Archives in Akron, Ohio.
The Committee recommended the suspension
of ordinary pro-
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