Minutes of the Meeting
of the Ohio Academy of History
Columbus, April 2, 1955
The annual spring meeting of the Ohio
Academy of History was held
at the Ohio State Museum, April 2, 1955.
Two sessions were scheduled for 10 A.M. The chairman of
one, Wilfred
E. Binkley of Ohio Northern University,
introduced Charles B. Forcey of
Miami University, who presented a paper
entitled "Progressivism, Fore-
runner of Fascism?" Remarks were
offered by Louis Filler of Antioch
College and Thomas LeDuc of Oberlin
College. The other section was
conducted by Donald Grove Barnes of
Western Reserve University. Two
papers were read: "The Addled
Parliament of 1614: The Collapse of the
Elizabethan System" by Thomas L.
Moir of Heidelberg College, and "The
Growth of Ministerial Responsibility to
Parliament in Later Stuart England"
by R. Clayton Roberts of Ohio State
University. Charles R. Mayes of Ohio
University was the discussant.
The luncheon at the Ohio State
University Faculty Club was attended
by 111 persons, an increase of forty
percent over 1954. William D. Over-
man of the Firestone Library and
Archives, president of the Academy, pre-
sided. Harold J. Grimm of Indiana
University and formerly of Ohio State
University, was presented the annual
Certificate of Award in recognition
of his book, The Reformation Era,
1500-1650. Paul I. Miller of Hiram
College, chairman of the committee on
awards, announced the choice of
this work as the outstanding historical
achievement by a member of the
Academy in 1954. The luncheon address
was then delivered by Paul A.
Varg of Ohio State University, whose
subject was "The Missionary in
China and American Far Eastern
Policy."
At 2 P.M. two more sessions took place
at the Museum. One was a panel
discussion on "The Freshman History
Course," directed by William L.
Wannemacher of Kent State University.
Participants were Irwin Abrams of
Antioch College, Frank L. Esterquest of
Western College, Paul I. Miller
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