Ohio History Journal

TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO

STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL

SOCIETY, MARCH 22, 1907.

 

The Twenty-second Annual Meeting of the Ohio State

Archaeological and Historical Society was held in the Library

and Museum Room of the Society, Page Hall, Ohio State Uni-

versity, at 2:00 P. M., March 22, 1907. The following mem-

bers were present:

Judge J. H. Anderson, Columbus; Mr. George F. Bareis,

Canal Winchester; Mr. A. J. Baughman, Mansfield; General R,

Brinkerhoff, Mansfield; Hon. M. B. Bushnell, Mansfield; Mr. A.

B. Coover, Columbus; Hon. Albert Douglas, Chillicothe; Dr. D.

H. Gard, Columbus; Hon. J. W. Harper, Cincinnati; Mr. Fred. J.

Heer, Columbus; Rev. I. F. King, Columbus; Rev. N. B. C. Love,

Perrysburg; Prof. J. D. H. McKinley, Columbus; Prof. C. L.

Martzolff, Athens; Prof. W. C. Mills, Columbus; Hon. Jos. H.

Outhwaite, Columbus; Mr. E. O. Randall, Columbus; Mr. J. S.

Roof, Ashville; Hon. D. J. Ryan, Columbus; Dr. William Shep-

ard, Shepard; Mr. E. F. Wood, Columbus; Prof. G. F. Wright,

Oberlin.

Messages of regret because of their inability to attend the

meeting were received from: Prof. Martin R. Andrews, Mari-

etta; General T. M. Anderson, Vancouver, Wash.; Prof. J. H.

Beal, Scio; Mr. R. E. Hills, Delaware; Prof. B. F. Prince, Spring-

field; Judge R. R. Sloane, Sandusky; Hon. Lewis T. Schaus,

Newark; Mr. Z. T. Smith, Upper Sandusky; Dr. H. A. Thomp-

son, Dayton.

The meeting was called to order by the President, General

Brinkerhoff, who, on taking the chair, made some brief remarks,

complimenting the activity and prosperity of the Society during

the past year. He regretted that more Life Members had not been

added to the membership and exhorted the Trustees to exert them-

selves in securing new members. He also spoke earnestly of the

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need of the Society for greater accommodations and expressed

the hope that the bill now pending in the legislature for a build-

ing might result in a reality. The President then invited Mr.

George F. Bareis, First Vice President, to the chair and re-

quested him to preside during the remainder of the meeting.

Secretary Randall was called upon for the minutes of the

previous meeting, held June 9, 1906. In order to save time he

referred to the minutes of that meeting as published in Volume

15, pages 355 to 376, inclusive. He stated that the minutes of

that annual meeting were taken verbatim and were incorporated

in his bound volume of the proceedings of the Society, but they

were entirely too lengthy for reading at this meeting. The mem-

bers of the Society were familiar with the condensation of those

minutes as printed in the fifteenth annual publication of the So-

ciety. The reading of the minutes in original detail was dis-

pensed with, and the minutes as printed in Volume 15 were

adopted as the correct minutes of the meeting. The Secretary

stated that the last year of the Society did not present as much

business as is usual, owing to the fact that at the last Annual

Meeting the Constitution was changed so as to bring about the

Annual Meeting in March, rather than in June. The meetings

of the Executive Committee had been fewer in number as the

committee was summoned only when business of sufficient im-

portance required its consideration.

At this point in the proceedings Governor Harris, accom-

panied by Hon. Albert Douglas, entered the room and a recess

was taken to enable the members present to meet and greet the

distinguished gentlemen. Upon the meeting being again called

to order by Mr. Bareis, Governor Harris was called upon for re-

marks, and spoke in substance as follows:

"GENTLEMEN:- I have accepted your invitation to be

present really for the purpose of getting better acquainted with

you and not for the purpose of making any remarks. I brought

a gentleman with me who will do the talking, or will do it so

much better than I that I feel I should not take his time. I sup-

posed the governors had been in the habit of meeting with you

gentlemen, and under that impression I felt it a duty to come

up this afternoon. Nobody is more interested from a distance,

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I can assure you, than I have always been in the object of your

Society. I appreciate the great work that you are doing and I

am thankful that we have gentlemen in Ohio of ability who are

willing to devote their time and their energies and their resources

along the line of your work. It certainly speaks well, for you

who are willing to devote your time in this way, especially when

all you get out of it is the satisfaction of knowing that you are

doing something for the state of Ohio. Now I have only a few

moments to stay, in fact, I ran away from my office to come

here; I have persons waiting to see me at the Executive Office

on public business. I have not had time to prepare a speech.

For that reason, gentlemen, I wish to thank you for this oppor-

tunity of meeting you, and ask you to excuse me from making

any extended remarks. Again, I thank you."

The Vice President expressed the pleasure of the members

present over the good wishes extended by the Governor, saying

"We are glad he is our friend and do not doubt that when we

need his assistance, he will extend us the same so far as he rea-

sonably can. We seem to stand well with the members of the

legislature, and now with the friendly sympathy of the Governor,

we ought to have no fears for the future."

The Vice President extended an invitation to the Hon. Albert

Douglas, Congressman-elect from the Eleventh Ohio district, to

address the meeting. Mr. Douglas said:

"Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Society:--It would

be hard for me to express the pleasure I enjoy in being with you

this afternoon. I object to being called a guest of this Society,

for I am a Life Member and have taken great interest in its

work for the past many years. I have not had the opportunity

to say it to you before, but I do not believe there are many people

in this state who take much deeper interest in the history of this

great state than I do. Perhaps I may be pardoned if I seem to be

somewhat personal when I say that the third of next September

will be the one hundredth anniversary of the coming of my grand-

father as a settler in this state. He and his brother secured a bit

of land in what we now know as the Firelands, which land was

presented to the two brothers by their father, who lived in New

London, Conn., and who received it from the state of Connecticut

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for his services in the Revolutionary Army. My ancestors were

therefore closely identified with the growth and development of

our splendid commonwealth. When your Secretary urgently in-

vited me to be present to-day and be prepared to say something

to the meeting, I replied that I had not prepared any special

speech for the occasion, but that I might say something on the

subject close to my heart, and that is the erection by this Society

or by the state through this Society of a statue to the memory

of our first territorial governor, who was so influential in the

organization of our state, namely, General Arthur St. Clair; his

memory has never been fittingly commemorated in Ohio. You

will recall that at the Centennial Celebration, held in Chillicothe,

in 1903, I had the honor of introducing a resolution committing

the Society to that project.   It met the approval of Governor

Nash, and was unanimously endorsed at one of the great meet-

ings on that occasion." Mr. Douglas then paid an eloquent trib-

ute to the life and services of Arthur St. Clair. Space will not

permit our inserting the address here, but elsewhere in this Quar-

terly, or the July Quarterly, will be found his address in full.

Mr. Douglas's remarks met with hearty applause from his hearers.

 

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.

 

MEETINGS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

Meetings of the Executive Committee were held: June 30th, 1906,

in the Directors' Room of the Ohio State Savings & Loan Association,

Outlook Building. At this meeting the compensation of the salaried

officers of the Society was determined. Hon. J. H. Beal, Scio, was

elected Trustee in place of Mr. W. H. Hunter, who died June 20, 1906.

Mr. Randall here made some remarks relative to the death of

Trustee Hunter, alluding to the great loss the Society had sustained

in his decease, and stating that an extended notice of his death and

his services to the Society appeared in the Editorialana for the July

Quarterly, 1906, page 384.

September 30, 1906, in the Directors' Room of the Ohio State Sav-

ings & Loan Association. Standing sub-committees for the ensuing year

were appointed as follows:

Big Bottom Park - Messrs. Martzolff, Prince and Bareis.

Finance - Messrs. Wood, Ryan and Bareis.

Fort Ancient--Messrs. Prince, Harper and Martzolff.

Jamestown Exposition - Messrs. Mills, Wright and Prince.

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Museum and Library - Messrs. King, Wright and Mills.

Publications - Messrs. Ryan, Randall and Wood.

Serpent Mound - Messrs. Wright, Brinkerhoff and Randall.

The contract heretofore existing between the Society and Mr. War-

ren Cowen, as Custodian for Fort Ancient, was renewed for two years,

beginning with August 1, 1906, and ending August 1, 1908, the con-

ditions of the contract being the same as those previously obtaining be-

tween the parties.

January 8th, 1907, held in rooms of the Society at Page Hall, Ohio

State University, purely routine business transacted.

February 28th, 1907, held in rooms of the Society at Page Hail,

Ohio State University, determination of the date of the annual meeting

of the Society-namely March 22, 1907. Appointment of a committee to

audit the books of the Treasurer.

 

PUBLICATIONS.

Since the last Annual Meeting, the Society has issued the Quarterlies

for July, 1906, and October, 1906, which two Quarterlies completed Vol-

ume 15 of our annual books. A large edition of that publication was

bound in book form, to be used as requirements demanded. The Quar-

terly for January, 1907, was devoted exclusively to the proceedings

of the Croghan Celebration, held at Fremont, August 2d, 1906. It makes

a most valuable contribution to the literature of our Society and the

historic lore of our state. An extra edition of this Quarterly was issued

in separate book form for the Fremont authorities, who originated and

managed the celebration. The people of Fremont were greatly pleased

with the co-operation given them in their celebration by our Society.

The re-printing of the volume containing the proceedings of the

Ohio Centennial at Chillicothe, as provided for in the appropriation bill

of the legislature for 1906, has been completed. The edition consists of

about nine thousand copies. From this edition fifty copies each were

sent to each member of the present legislature and numerous copies

have been supplied to various state officials and newspaper correspond-

ents entitled to them, in accordance with the provisions of the bill. The

cost of this edition was $4,000, appropriated for that specific purpose

by the legislature.

The appropriation bill for 1907 provided $9,600 for the re-printing

of the annual publications - 1 to 15 inclusive - each member of the Gen-

eral Assembly to receive ten complete sets boxed and delivered at the

expense of the Society. Those books are now being re-printed and will

be prepared for shipment according to the provisions of the bill, in some

sixty days.

The publications of our Society increase each year in relative value

and it is doubtful if any state historical society is doing as much toward

the dissemination of historical knowledge as is our Society. The Quar-

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terlies are sent to some 350 of the leading newspapers of the state, which

feature of our work is greatly appreciated, the newspapers giving us

generous and complimentary notices and often re-printing entire articles,

all of which goes to bring us to the notice of the reading public, in-

crease interest in the work of our Society and multiply our intends

and influence.

JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION.

It will be recalled that on May 22, 1906, Governor Pattison, ap-

pointed the Ohio Commission for the Jamestown Exposition, which com-

mission consisted of Messrs. C. Clive Hanby, Wauseon; Ernest Root,

Medina; John P. Given, Circleville; George W. Knight, Columbus, and

B. W. Campbell, Cincinnati. The legislature appropriated the sum of

$75,000 for the Ohio exhibit at the said exposition. The Ohio Com-

mission, accorded $2,500 of this sum to the Ohio State Archaeological

and Historical Society for an archaeological exhibit at Jamestown. What

the Society is doing for the fulfillment of this expenditure Professor

Mills, Curator, will duly state in his report.

 

 

BUILDING PROJECT.

Since the last Annual Meeting there has of course been no change

in the actual status of the question of a building for our Society. The

subject, however, has been much agitated and discussed by the other

departments of state interested directly or indirectly therein. When the

new commission for the codifying of the state laws was appointed and

organized for business, it was found that there was no room for them

in the State Capitol building or the annex known as the Judiciary Build-

ing. Governor Harris was much surprised to learn of the overcrowded

condition of nearly every department. This state of affairs aroused the

Governor's interest in some sort of a project, either for a new building

or an addition to one of the buildings now on the Capitol Square. The

Secretary of this Society had several interviews with the Governor upon

the subject. The Governor expressed himself as being thoroughly con-

vinced that something must be done by the state to relieve the congestion

and incidentally expressed much interest in the situation as to the State

Library and the State Archaeological and Historical Society. The situa-

tion is being somewhat more aggravated by the fact that the University

authorities are beginning to express the necessity of their having por-

tions of the space now occupied by our Society for purposes of the

University. It seems almost certain that the next session of the legis-

lature will take some action in this matter; just what that will be in

view of the factors which enter into the problem, it is now hard to

tell. The Secretary had an interview with Mr. McGrew, President of

the State Library Commission, and the latter stated that the Library

Commission were bound to have extended quarters for the library and

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were more than ever desirous of co-operating with our Society in some

sort of a united effort.

At the annual convention of the Ohio State Library Association,

held at Portsmouth, October 24-26, 1906, at which were present a large

representation of the librarians from various cities of the state, the fol-

lowing resolution was introduced, and adopted without opposition:

"The Ohio State Library has outgrown the rooms assigned to it

in the State Capitol and its present crowded condition demands the

relief that can be afforded only by more commodious and accessible

quarters. Provision for this urgent need is made in Senate Bill No. 195,

which authorizes the erection of a building for the use of the State

Library and the State Archaeological and Historical Society. We heart-

ily favor this bill, or any other that will accomplish its purpose, and

earnestly request its adoption at the coming session of the General As-

sembly."

The building project has been the subject of consideration at the

various meetings of the Executive Committee of the Society, but owing

to the complicated situation, the Trustees have felt that it would hardly

be wise to make any great effort in any specific direction until the rela-

tion of the wants of the Society to the other departments having like

needs, could be learned. Certain it is that the Governor is very much

interested in the welfare of our Society and may be counted upon as

being friendly to our success in some building project. Probably the

matter had better be left without definite action until the next meeting

of the legislature, when the situation can be diagnosed.

 

 

ITINERARY OF THE SECRETARY.

The Secretary, on special invitation by the authorities in charge

of the occasions in question, represented the Society as follows:

August 2d, 1906, attended Croghan Celebration at Fremont, Ohio,

being one of the speakers.

August 3d, 1906, delivered the address at the unveiling of the

Greenville Treaty Tablet, at Greenville, Ohio.

August 8-18, 1906, visited the battle-ground of Tippecanoe, Lafay-

ette, Indiana, and spent several days in the Library of the Wisconsin

Historical Society, Madison, Wis., examining the original manuscripts

pertaining to Ohio history, with special reference to data concerning

Ohio Indians.

September 10th, 1906, delivered the address at Maumee City, on

the occasion of the anniversary of Perry's Victory on Lake Erie, ob-

served by the Maumee Valley Historical Association. Subject: "Char-

acter of the American Soldier."

October 12, 1906, the Secretary proceeded to Cincinnati and from

that city on the following day, Saturday the 13th, he escorted to Serpent

Mound a party consisting of Senator E. A. Hafner, Senator Isaac E.

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Huffman, Senator John W. Harper, Mr. Hafner, Mr. F. W. Hinkle

and Mr. J. M. Ochiltree, Dean of the Cincinnati Y. M. C. A. law school.

Senator Hafner is chairman of the finance committee of the senate and

Senator Huffman is secretary. The party proceeded to the mound by

way of Peebles, where a careful examination of the Serpent Mound

park and the care given the same by the custodian was made. The day

proved one delightful in weather and the party were much pleased with

the condition of the mound and the care being given it by the Society.

It was suggested a tower should be built near the tail of the Serpent

as an observation platform from which the entire mound could be seen

and studied.

October 18th, 1906, delivered an address before the State Convention

of the Daughters of the American Revolution, held at Marietta. Subject:

"Contest for Race Supremacy in the Northwest Territory."

February 6th, 1907, spoke at the banquet of the Michigan Sons of

the American Revolution, held at Cadillac Hotel, Detroit. Subject: "The

Fleur de Lis in the Northwest Territory."

Invitations to represent the Society at banquets held in New York,

Pittsburgh, Cleveland and elsewhere were declined because conflicting

duties prevented an acceptance.

 

 

NEW LIFE MEMBERS.

Since the Annual Meeting of the Society, held June 30th, 1906, the

Executive Committee has elected to Life Membership, the following per-

sons:

Mr. Z. T. Smith, Upper Sandusky.

Mr. W. S. Hayden, Cleveland.

Prof. Martin R. Andrews, Marietta.

Hon. Judson Harmon, Cincinnati.

Hon. Josiah Morrow, Lebanon.

William H. Jones, Columbus.

Mr. T. B. Bowers, Columbus.

Mr. Frederick W. Hinkle, Cincinnati.

 

APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEES.

September 17, 1906, Governor Harris re-appointed as Trustees of

the Society for three years, Colonel John W. Harper of Cincinnati and

Rev. N. B. C. Love of Perrysburg, whose terms expired in February,

1906. They will serve until February, 1909.

February 28, 1907, Governor Harris appointed the Hon. Myron T.

Herrick Trustee for three years in place of Hon. M. S. Greenough, whose

term expired February, 1907, and who declined reappointment because of

removal of residence to New England. The Governor reappointed Prof.

Martin R. Andrews, Marietta, to succeed himself. The terms of Messrs.

Herrick and Andrews will continue until February, 1910.

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REPORT OF CURATOR.

I hereby submit my Report upon the Museum and Library for the

year ending February 1st, 1907.

As stated in my last report all the available space for exhibition

purposes in the Archaeological Museum had been occupied by new cases

and as much of our collections as possible was placed on exhibition at

that time, consequently I have not been able to place on exhibition during

the past year a single new collection because we have no space left for

that purpose. In spite of this difficulty many specimens and some col-

lections have been donated or loaned to the Museum.

During the year we have received from Mr. T. B. Bowers a fine

collection of archeological specimens representing the central and eastern

portions of Ohio The collection is made up of a number of typical speci-

mens of stone axes, celts, arrows and spear points and a number of very

valuable pieces, among the most interesting of which is a spear point

found in the Black Hill region. Across the body of this spear there

appears to be a crevice containing a nugget of gold. In the collection

are a number of unfinished objects of slate which greatly add to our

collection of unfinished specimens, for it has been our purpose to collect

not only various types of specimens in the state but to secure specimens

exhibiting the various stages in their manufacture.

Mr. Wilbur Stout of South Webster, Ohio, has sent us two con-

signments during the year. Three or four years ago he donated a small

collection to the Museum and since that time has not failed to send

from one to three consignments annually. Mr. Stout is ever on the alert

collecting specimens in the vicinity of South Webster, Scioto County.

During the year Mr. Almer Hegler of Washington C. H. has sent

two consignments to be added to his collection presented last year. The

collection made by Mr. Hegler comes from Fayette County. Mr. Hegler

is a very industrious and successful collector.

Mr. C. P. Thompson of Columbus has also added to his collection

in the Museum by donating a large number of specimens secured in the

eastern part of Franklin County and the southern part of Delaware

County.

Mr. H. C. Miller of Jackson, Ohio, has presented a fine collection

of pottery taken from the rockshelters of Jackson County, which are so

numerous in that section of the state. Mr. Miller collected these speci-

mens by personally exploring several of these rockshelters.

During the year the field explorations were conducted in the western

part of Ross County in the Paint Creek Valley at the Seip group of

mounds. The work was very successful and I have for your inspection

a collection of photographs taken of the mound before work was begun

and at almost every stage in the examination of the mound. The season

was so rainy it was almost impossible to work upon the mound and the

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question of securing labor to carry on the explorations became most

perplexing. As the end of the season approached we were able to secure

more men, but as it was then so late and the rains continued, we felt

that it was not advantageous to carry the work further and we ceased

with the expectation of returning at the first opportunity for the comple-

tion of the work.

The Seip Mound is one of great interest and represents three sep-

arate and distinct charnel houses, two of which we examined and from

the photographs you will see the outline of the house and can readily

discern the manner in which the house was filled with the dead. The

burials are similar in every respect to those of the Harness Mound and

the artifacts taken from the graves are also similar though many new

features have been found in these artifacts. For instance, one of the

large copper plates showed that it was composed of three distinct pieces

of copper, first the main sheet of copper and then a plate of thin copper

placed on each side. This construction was quite plain as the edges of

the plates were turned over the sides and hammered down.

Other interesting specimens discovered, not before found in any of

our explorations, were large perforated teeth of the alligator. These

were not found in abundance, only four specimens so far have come from

the mound. While the graves were made in every respect similar to those

of the Harness Mound, many of them were very large. The largest is

12 ft. 2 in. in length by 4 ft. 4 in. in width and contained two burials,

one on each end of the platform. The portion of the mound left un-

examined is very high, being fully eight feet in height and we expect

to find it very rich in remains.

The Library shows 2,935 bound volumes recorded in the accession

book. This does not include any of the exchange publications and we

now have on hand the accumulation of almost a year and a half of these

publications to be sent to the bindery.

At the present time it is easier for us to store these unbound vol-

umes than to take care of them when bound. We need more room for

the Library and Museum.

My report upon the Harness Mound is completed and is now in the

hands of the printer and will be published in the April Quarterly which

you will receive in due time. The entire winter has been taken up in

preparing models for the Jamestown Exposition. Some of these models

are left unpacked for your inspection. The greater part of the exhibit

is now packed and ready to ship to the exposition at Jamestown.

I wish to thank the officers and members of the executive committee

who have aided me in many ways to make my work pleasant and agree-

able

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As Chairman of the Jamestown Exposition Committee I beg leave

to report progress in the proposed display at Jamestown.

The space allowed for the Archaeological Exhibit is a little more

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than 1500 square feet in the new fire proof building which is now under

construction.

It is the purpose of this Committee to place on exhibition the best

possible collection that can be made from our resources at hand with a

little help from a few collectors who have been kind enough to loan us

specimens to be exhibited in connection with our own collection.

We propose to exhibit the results of our explorations in the field

and to that end we have prepared a number of cases showing the results

of these explorations. In all some ten or twelve cases are used for this

purpose. Some four or five cases are used for displaying type specimens

in Ohio.

We have also prepared a model of Fort Ancient and one of Serpent

Mound Park. These models have not been shipped and are here for

your inspection. We also prepared a model of Harness Mound showing

the manner of explorations and the arrangement of the graves together

with models showing the various forms of graves found in this mound.

We expect to ship the collection next week and my latest informa-

tion from the Secretary of the Ohio Commission is that we are expected

to be on the Exhibition Grounds by the first of April.

Very respectfully submitted,

W. C. MILLS.

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT OF TREASURER FOR YEAR ENDING

FEBRUARY 1, 1907.

 

RECEIPTS.

Balance on hand February 1, 1906...........................                                    $688 35

Life membership dues........................................                                          140 00

Active   m embership   dues  .....      ...... ..   ......................                          81  00

Books    sold    ..................................................                                          65  97

Subscriptions    ................................................                                                  8    50

Interest ....................................................                                                   221 65

Jamestown Exposition Commission ...........................                                 500 00

From State Treasurer-

For current expenses..................................                                         3,117 55

For publications ........................................                                         2,378 19

For field work, Ft. Ancient, etc ...................... 2,006 40

 

Total  ..............................................  $9,207  61

 

 

EXPENDITURES.

Field work ...........................         ..........   .                                                 $655 95

Care Ft. Ancient and improvements. ..........................                                 521 40

Care Serpent Mound and improvements .......................                               319 14

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Big Bottom Park.............................................                                              $127 70

Expense of Trustees and Committees .........................                                  383 60

Express and drayage..........................................                                            127 05

Job  printing  .................................................                                               14   25

Postage    ......................................... ...........                                                95   94

M useum  and   Library .........................................                                       679 94

Publications     ........................................... ....                                             1,742  18

Salaries,  three  officers ........................................                                        2,200  00

Jamestown Exposition .......................................                                           34 50

News-clipping bureau ........................................                                                                                           23 50

Premium        on  Treasurer's bond .................................                                                                               15      00

Sundry      expenses  ............................................                                         9     34

Transferred to Permanent Fund..............................                                      431 00

Balance  on  hand  February  1,  1907 ............................                                                                            1,827  12

 

Total ................................................... $9,207 61

The Permanent Fund now amounts to $4,890.00.

Respectfully submitted,

E. F. WOOD, Treasurer.

 

Following the Treasurer's report the Chairmen of the various

special committees made brief reports concerning the departments

of the Society's work over which they had charge. For lack of

space, we do not give their reports in full. The Committees and

their Chairmen were as follows:

Big Bottom Park, Prof. C. L. Martzolff, Chairman; Fort An-

cient, Prof. B. F. Prince, Chairman; Serpent Mound, Prof. G.

Fred. Wright, Chairman; Museum and Library, Rev. I. F. King,

Chairman; Jamestown Exposition, Prof. W. C. Mills, Chairman

-the latter report was embodied in the report of the Curator.

The report for the Finance Committee was embodied in the re-

port of the Treasurer, and that of the Publication Committee

was incorporated in the Secretary's report.

Professor Wright in making the report for the Museum and

Library Committee paid high tribute to Professor W. C. Mills,

saying: "The Society and the state is to be congratulated in

continuing to have Professor W. C. Mills as Librarian and Cura-

tor. He is faithful and competent, and he is well informed and

enthusiastic in his department."

Under the head of miscellaneous business, Mr. Albert Doug-

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las introduced the following resolution, which was unanimously

adopted:

Resolved, That this Society earnestly appeals to the General

Assembly in favor of the passage, at its next session, of Senate

Bill No. 195. We submit that the work being accomplished by

this Society and the fine collection of books and archaeological

specimens, now on hand, more than justify the erection of a per-

manent home for the Society as contemplated by the above bill.

Professor Martzolff urged at some length the propriety and

advantage to the Society of offering prizes to the children of the

public schools for essays on subjects in Ohio history to be desig-

nated by a committee of this Society. This policy had been pur-

sued by the Sons of the Revolution of Ohio, with much success.

Such a scheme would increase the interest not only of the pupils

but also the teachers throughout Ohio in the history of our state

and permit our Society to exert a direct influence upon the edu-

cation of our pupils. This plan met with hearty endorsement by

the members, and it was referred to the Executive Committee

for their consideration and action.

The proposal for an excursion under the auspices of the

Society to Serpent Mound, sometime during the coming season,

was also referred to the Executive Committee for its action.

 

 

ELECTION OF TRUSTEES.

The meeting then proceeded to the election of Trustees.

Those whose terms expired at this meeting were as follows: Gen-

eral R. Brinkerhoff, Hon. D. J. Ryan, Rev. H. A. Thompson,

Hon. J. H. Beal and Hon. M. D. Follett. Upon proper motion and

second, the meeting authorized the chair to appoint a committee

of three on Nomination of Candidates for the position of Trustee.

The committee appointed were Messrs. E. F. Wood, C. L. Mart-

zolff and N. B. C. Love. Said committee retired for consultation

and later reported to the meeting the following names as suc-

cessors to the Trustees retiring, General R. Brinkerhoff, Hon.

D. J. Ryan, Rev. H. A. Thompson, Hon. J. H. Beal and Mr.

A. J. Baughman. Without discussion, the Secretary (Randall)

was authorized by vote to cast the ballot of the meeting for the

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above named gentlemen as Trustees. The Secretary cast the bal-

lot as instructed, and the five men designated, were declared

elected as Trustees of the Society to serve for the ensuing three

years, ending at the Annual Meeting in 1910.

Mr. Wood, in making the report of the Nominating Com-

mittee, stated that the committee further desired to recommend

that General R. Brinkerhoff be elected by the Society President

Emeritus for life.  Such action he thought would be justified

because of the long and valuable services of General Brinkerhoff

to the Society. The original Ohio Archaeological Society was

organized in 1875 at the home of General Brinkerhoff, who was

one of the three original organizers. Further, General Brinker-

hoff has been a member of the Ohio State Archaeological and

Historical Society since its organization in 1885, and had been

its honored and active President since 1893. After many expres-

sions of approval and of tribute to General Brinkerhoff, the vote

was unanimous that he be elected as proposed, namely, President

Emeritus for life.    General Brinkerhoff, with much feeling,

briefly acknowledged the honor so unusually accorded him.

The meeting of the Society then adjourned.

 

ANNUAL MEETING OF TRUSTEES.

Immediately following the Annual Meeting of the Society

came the Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees. This board

as constituted in accordance with the action just taken by the

Society in its Annual Meeting, is as follows:

 

TERMS EXPIRE 1908.

Hon. J. H. Anderson................................Columbus.

Hon. R. E. Hills................................... Delaware.

Col. James Kilbourne.................................Columbus.

Prof.  C.  L.  M artzolff ................................Athens.

Prof. G. F. Wright ................................. Oberlin.

 

 

TERMS EXPIRE 1909.

Mr. G. F. Bareis .....................................Canal Winchester.

Gen. J. Warren Keifer...............................Springfield.

Rev. I. F. King ..................................... Columbus.

Hon.  R.  R.  Sloane..................................Sandusky.

Mr. E. F. W ood ...................................... Columbus.

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TERMS EXPIRE 1910.

Mr. A. J. Baughman  ................................Mansfield.

Hon. J. H. Beal .............................    Scio.

General  R. Brinkerhoff .............................. Mansfield.

Hon. D. J. Ryan .............................      Columbus.

Rev. H. A. Thompson ...............................Dayton.

 

 

APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.

 

TERMS EXPIRE AS INDICATED.

Prof. B. F. Prince, Springfield ......................... 1908

Mr.  E.  O.  Randall,  Columbus .........................                         1908

Rev. N. B. C. Love, Perrysburg ........................                           1909

Hon. J. W. Harper, Cincinnati ........................ 1909

Hon. Myron T. Herrick, Cleveland ..................... 1910

Prof. Martin  R. Andrews,  Marietta .....................  1910

Of the above Trustees, the following were present: J. H.

Anderson, Geo. F. Bareis, A. J. Baughman, R. Brinkerhoff, J.

W. Harper, I. F. King, N. B. C. Love, C. L. Martzolff, E. O.

Randall, D. J. Ryan, E. F. Wood, G. F. Wright.

Secretary Randall called the meeting to order. Mr. Bareis

was requested to act as presiding officer. The meeting then pro-

ceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing year, and the

officers elected unanimously, were:

General R. Brinkerhoff, President;

Prof. G. Frederick Wright, Second Vice President;

Prof. G. Frederick Wright, Second Vice President;

Mr. E. O. Randall, Secretary and Editor;

Mr. E. F. Wood, Treasurer;

Prof. W. C. Mills, Curator and Librarian;

To act as members of the Executive Committee, in addition

to the above officers, who are members of that committee ex-offi-

cio, there were chosen: Messrs. Harper, King, Martzolff, Prince

and Ryan. The Executive Committee, therefore, now stands as

follows:  Messrs. Bareis, Brinkerhoff, Harper, King, Martzolff,

Mills, Prince, Randall, Ryan, Wood and Wright.

Upon motion and vote it was decided to refer the determin-

ation of the compensation of the salaried officers of the Society

to the Executive Committee. The meeting of the Board of

Trustees then adjourned.

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