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MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD

OF TRUSTEES OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEO-

LOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

 

MUSEUM AND LIBRARY BUILDING,

COLUMBUS, OHIO,

OCTOBER 8, 1927.

11:00 A. M.

The meeting was called to order by President John-

son.

There were present:

Messrs. Johnson, Thompson, Wood, Furniss, Or-

ton, Bareis, Laylin, Goodman and Florence, and Mrs.

Dryer.

Trustee Emeritus Prince, Secretary Galbreath and

Director Mills were also present.

MR. WOOD: "I move that Mr. Arthur C. Johnson

be elected President of this Society and Board of Trus-

tees." General Orton seconded the motion. Carried.

President Johnson: "I thank you, gentlemen. I

appreciate the honor, and hope to be able to accomplish

more for the benefit of the Society during the coming

year than I have in the past year. You will have to

be satisfied with the limited time I am able to give to

the Society, but if I could devote more time to it I think

I would make a more satisfactory executive. However

if you are satisfied, I think I should be."

SECRETARY GALBREATH: "You still have to elect a

First Vice President, a Second Vice President, a Treas-

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urer, a Director, and a Secretary, Editor and Li-

brarian."

Doctor Thompson moved that the incumbents of the

offices just named be elected by acclamation, or by such

other formalities as may be necessary to make the record

complete. Mr. Laylin seconded the motion. Carried.

Mr. Wood moved that all agents and employes of the

Society, in the various departments, be elected and their

employment continued. The motion was. duly seconded

and carried.

The following is a list of the employes thus elected:

William C. Mills, Director.

C. B. Galbreath, Secretary, Editor and Librarian.

H. C. Shetrone, Curator of Archaeology.

H. R. Goodwin, Registrar.

J. S. Hine, Curator of Natural History.

H. G. Simpson, Collector of Historical Material.

J. S. Waite, Cabinet-maker.

H. R. McPherson, Indexer.

M. B. Binning, Photographer.

Elmer Hart, Binder.

Helen M. Mills, Assistant Librarian.

Alice S. Davis, Cataloguer.

Clara Crabbe, Library Assistant.

Marjorie Fischer, Stenographer.

Winnie G. Waite, Stenographer and Index Clerk.

Irene Cotton, Stenographer.

Starling L. Eaton, Superintendent of Building and Grounds.

Alfred L. John, Day Watchman.

James Orr, Night Watchman.

B. M. Fickel, Janitor.

P. A. Benedict, Janitor.

Frank Siders, Janitor.

Murray Moore, Janitor.

O. F. Miller, Bookkeeper.

PRESIDENT JOHNSON: "I believe General Orton nas

something to say concerning the building project."

General Orton stated that he did not wish to ask the

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Board to approve the plans for the new wing, for the

reason that the Building Committee had not seen the

latest plans. The essential features of the building, as

shown in the report of a year ago, have not been

changed. The appropriation for the erection of the

wing will not be available until the latter part of Novem-

ber, and it will be possible for the Board to meet between

now and that time.

President Johnson stated that a meeting of the

Board can be called, at any time, to consider and ap-

prove the plans.

Doctor Furniss said that a great service can be ren-

dered to the members of the Society by incorporating

in the QUARTERLY a report of the activities of the va-

rious departments of our organization, which can be

done by having the heads of the different departments

furnish to Mr. Galbreath data and material for that

purpose; the members of the Society do not know what

is being done by their officers and committees -- the past

work of the Building Committee was wonderful, but the

first the members knew of this was when they received

notice that the World War Memorial Wing was to be

dedicated.

After a long discussion of the plan suggested, Gen-

eral Orton moved: "That the Publications Committee be

requested to study carefully the whole system of pub-

lications issued by the Society, with the privilege of se-

lecting from the members of the Board of Trustees, or

members of the Society at large, any additional col-

leagues they need in considering the question, and

formulate a plan and bring it back at some subsequent

meeting of this Board, not too distant."

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Mr. Laylin seconded the motion. Carried.

SECRETARY GALBREATH: "I wish advice on this

question -- here are the reports of the officers in printed

form, and I have in pretty good shape, half of the report

of this Annual Meeting. What do you think about print-

ing the reports of all of the committees, adding them to

this pamphlet, and circulating it among the membership,

separately from the QUARTERLY, and then repeat in the

QUARTERLY?

Mr. Wood moved that, with the necessary appended

reports, this report be sent, separately, to all members

of the Society, to all leading newspapers of the State of

of Ohio, and to all members of the Legislature.

Mrs. Dryer seconded the motion. Carried.

Mr. Galbreath asked whether it was intended to omit

the report of the Annual Meeting from the QUARTERLY.

Mr. Wood replied that it was not so intended -- the

minutes should be published in the QUARTERLY.

MRS. DRYER: "I move that Miss Elizabeth Ruggles,

of Santa Monica, California, be elected a life member --

she is the woman who furnished the money for the pur-

chase of Logan Elm Park, and Mrs. Dr. Howard Jones

requests that she be made a member." The motion was

seconded by Dr. Thompson, and carried.

MR. LAYLIN: "The fiscal year of the Society hav-

ing been changed by amending Section 1 of Article V

of the Constitution, I move the adoption of the follow-

ing resolution:

"Resolved, that all officers and agents of the Society

elected at this Annual Meeting shall be elected for the

full term expiring on December 31st, 1928."

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The motion was duly seconded and unanimously car-

ried.

MR. JOHNSON: "I wish to suggest the reimburse-

ment of Mr. Shetrone for damages suffered to his au-

tomobile at a time when he was in the service of the

Society. He was transferring material from the Seip

Mound to the Museum, and on a return trip to the

mound, his machine collided, through no fault of his,

with another car. He has not only suffered a consid-

erable loss, but has been sued by the other party, which,

however, is not alarming since there is very little dan-

ger of judgment. I have, in my possession, at the office,

the garage bill for repairs, amounting to $225, and

there is an additional amount of $70 which Mr. Shet-

rone has offered to bear himself. Mr. Shetrone cannot

afford, in the service of the Society, to suffer a loss of

$295 out of the salary the Society pays him."

DR. THOMPSON: "I move that the matter be re-

ferred to the Finance Committee, with the President.

with power to act."

MR. LAYLIN: "I am certain it will be entirely law-

ful, if the Society has funds from which this can be paid,

to reimburse Mr. Shetrone. I second the motion."

Carried.

On motion the meeting adjourned.

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