Report of the Forty-Seventh Annual
Meeting 345
The bicentennial of the birth of George
Washington was ex-
tensively celebrated within the past year. An extended
account of
the pageant representing Washington's journey on the
Ohio River
in 1770 was published in the QUARTERLY
for January, 1933.
The Ohio History Conference at a meeting
here went on
record in favor of the preparation of a
check-list of newspapers.
Within the past year, through the
commendable industry of Mr.
Simpson and his assistants, a check-list
of the 24,000 volumes of
newspapers in the library of this
Society has been made and is
now ready for the press. When published
it will be welcomed by
a great number of research workers and
by every research library
in the United States.
The work of the past year has been done
under a cloud of
"depression" that over-shadows
our country and other lands. It
has fallen with discriminating weight on
this institution. I regret
to report that because of shortage of
funds through no fault of
theirs, a number of employes have been
temporarily dropped from
the payroll of this Society and the
salaries of all others have been
substantially reduced. The world is
making history today. One
of the greatest contributions to that
history in this crisis is the
patient patriotism of the American
people--the so-called common
people upon whom this depression falls
with a nerve-wrecking
force not less destructive than the
shell shock of war.
The philosophy of the hour for the
depressed is to bear up
bravely and gather whatever of
consolation there may be in the
thought that they are of the army of
patient patriots, as valiant
and worthy as ever wrought and suffered
for home and country.
BY-LAWS
TRUSTEES' MEETINGS
Section I. The Board of Trustees shall
hold four regular
meetings each year on Tuesday of the
last full week of January,
April, July and October. The President
at any time may call, and
at the request in writing of five
members shall call, a special meet-
ing of the Board. At least three days'
notice of each meeting shall
be given in writing to the Trustees.
DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY SHALL ATTEND
THE MEETINGS
Section 2. The Director and Secretary
shall be present at all
meetings of the Trustees unless excused
by the Board. They may
participate in the consideration of
matters before the Board but
may not vote thereon.