Minutes of the Fall Business Meeting
Of the Ohio Academy of History,
Tiffin, October 12, 1956
The fall meeting of the Ohio Academy of
History was held at
Heidelberg College.
The president of the Academy, Dr.
Grover C. Platt, called the
business meeting to order and requested
Dr. Robert W. Twyman of
Bowling Green to act as temporary
secretary for the purpose of
taking minutes. Thirty persons were
present.
The president called the attention of
those assembled to the
fact that the Ohio Historical Society
had raised its annual dues for
joint membership in the Society and in
the Ohio Academy of History
from $2.50 to $5.00. For the purpose of
obtaining an expression of
opinion on this matter, Dr. Platt threw
the general question of
continuation of the joint membership
open to discussion from the
floor.
Dr. Davison of Heidelberg moved that
the Ohio Academy of
History retain its joint membership
with the Ohio Historical
Society at the new fee of $5.00. The
motion was seconded. During
the discussion on this motion the
question arose as to whether the
Ohio Academy of History could operate
separately from the Society;
that is, did it have any continuing
organization or staff to handle
its affairs. The question also arose as
to how the new fee of $5.00
would be spent and by whom. Dr. Platt
said he understood that
$4.00 of the amount would be spent by
the Ohio Historical Society
and $1.00 by the Ohio Academy of
History. He also expressed the
opinion that if the Ohio Academy of
History severed its relationship
with the Society, the former would
suffer great disadvantages. Dr.
Platt then revealed the results of a
mail vote taken in the spring
of 1956 which indicated that 31 out of
the 36 members of the
Academy who voted, favored continuing
the joint membership with