126 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
during the past year (Mr. Johnson,
President; Mr. Eagleson, First Vice-
President; Mr. Lindley, Secretary; and
Mr. Miller, Treasurer) be re-
elected for the coming year and that the
secretary be instructed to cast
the ballot for their re-election. This
motion, seconded by Mr. Spetnagel,
was unanimously approved. Mr. Johnson
asked that the secretary draft
letters to the two retiring members of the
Board of Trustees, Mr. Gold-
man and Mr. Goodman, thanking them for
their services in behalf of the
Society. This suggestion was approved.
The secretary spoke briefly of the
sessions of the Ohio History Con-
ference already held and of those yet to
come.
Mr. Smith kindly offered to present to
the Library of the Society
a special edition, autographed copy of
Charlotte Reeve Conover's Builders
in New Fields, which bears directly on the history of Dayton.
Apprecia-
tion of this generous gift was spoken by
the secretary.
On motion of Mr. Miller and second of
Mr. Wolfe, the meeting
was adjourned.
ARTHUR C. JOHNSON, SR., President.
HARLOW LINDLEY, Secretary.
Ohio Academy of History Sessions,
April 7, 12:30 P. M., Deshler-
Wallick Hotel; 2:30 P. M., Ohio State
Museum
Auditorium, A. Sellew Roberts,
Presiding
The Ohio Academy of History, one of the
sponsors of the
Ohio History Conference, met in two
sessions April 7th. The
noon luncheon meeting was held as usual
in connection with the
Ohio College Teachers' Association at
the Deshler-Wallick Hotel
in Columbus. Dr. Arthur C. Cole, Western
Reserve University,
read a paper on "Some Aspects of
the Early Attack upon Amer-
ican Puritanism."
The afternoon session, a joint meeting
with the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society,
was held in the Auditorium
of the Ohio State Museum on the
university campus. The follow-
ing papers were read: Blake C. Cook,
"Judge John Tyler--
Pioneer Jurist"; Curtis W.
Garrison, "A President's Library";
and A. T. Volwiler, "Harrison,
Blaine, and American Foreign
Policy, 1889-1893."
Professor A. T. Volwiler, Ohio
University, Athens, was
elected president of the academy for the
coming year and Dr.