MINUTES OF
THE OHIO ACADEMY OF HISTORY
Columbus, Ohio
April 18, 1953
The spring meeting of the Ohio Academy
of History was held at Columbus,
April 18, 1953. Registration was
followed at 10:30 A.M. by two concurrent
sessions at the Ohio State Museum. One,
chairmaned by Dr. Fred Kershner
of Ohio University, was devoted to the
topic, A Consideration of Some of
the Intellectual Currents of the Early
20th Century. Dr. Robert H. Bremner
of Ohio State University presented a
paper on "The New View of Poverty,"
and Dr. Landon Warner of Kenyon College
one entitled "A Study of
Justice John H. Clarke, Progressive
Democrat." Dr. Thomas LeDuc of
Oberlin College acted as commentator. At
the other session, over which
Mr. David Lattimer of Denison University
presided, the subject was
Origins of the Cold War, 1942-1947. Mr.
Robert R. Seager of Denison
University spoke on the European aspect
of the cold war, while the Far
Eastern phase was covered by Dr. Elbert
B. Smith of Youngstown College.
Dr. Richard E. Gustafson of Miami
University, who was to have par-
ticipated, was prevented by illness from
attending.
The luncheon meeting in Pomerene Hall,
Ohio State University, featured
an address by Dr. Frederick B. Artz of
Oberlin College. His subject was
"How and When the Modern World
Began."
The business meeting which followed was
presided over by Dr. Paul H.
Bloomhardt of Wittenberg College,
president of the Academy. The officers
elected for the year 1953-54 were:
president, Dr. Robert L. Jones of
Marietta College; vice president, Dr.
William D. Overman, head of the
Library and Archives of the Firestone
Tire and Rubber Company, Akron;
and secretary-treasurer, Dr. John S.
Still of the Ohio State Archaeological
and Historical Society. Reports of the
secretary-treasurer, the membership
committee, the program committee, and
the committee on publications were
read and approved. Dr. Jones, chairman
of the committee on awards,
announced that the most outstanding work
by an Ohioan in 1952 was con-
sidered to be Refugees of Revolution by
Dean Carl Wittke of Western
Reserve University. Dr. Paul Miller of
Hiram College, chairman of the
committee on the teaching of history,
summarized the report which had
been distributed earlier to all of the
members. The ensuing discussion resulted
in the passage of an amendment proposed
by Dr. Richard G. Salomon of
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