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MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
BOARD
OF TRUSTEES OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEO-
LOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
MUSEUM AND LIBRARY BUILDING,
COLUMBUS, OHIO,
OCTOBER 8, 1927.
11:00 A. M.
The meeting was called to order by
President John-
son.
There were present:
Messrs. Johnson, Thompson, Wood,
Furniss, Or-
ton, Bareis, Laylin, Goodman and
Florence, and Mrs.
Dryer.
Trustee Emeritus Prince, Secretary
Galbreath and
Director Mills were also present.
MR. WOOD: "I move that Mr. Arthur
C. Johnson
be elected President of this Society
and Board of Trus-
tees." General Orton seconded the
motion. Carried.
President Johnson: "I thank you,
gentlemen. I
appreciate the honor, and hope to be
able to accomplish
more for the benefit of the Society
during the coming
year than I have in the past year. You
will have to
be satisfied with the limited time I am
able to give to
the Society, but if I could devote more
time to it I think
I would make a more satisfactory
executive. However
if you are satisfied, I think I should
be."
SECRETARY GALBREATH: "You still have to elect a
First Vice President, a Second Vice
President, a Treas-
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urer, a Director, and a Secretary,
Editor and Li-
brarian."
Doctor Thompson moved that the
incumbents of the
offices just named be elected by
acclamation, or by such
other formalities as may be necessary
to make the record
complete. Mr. Laylin seconded the
motion. Carried.
Mr. Wood moved that all agents and
employes of the
Society, in the various departments, be
elected and their
employment continued. The motion was. duly
seconded
and carried.
The following is a list of the employes
thus elected:
William C. Mills, Director.
C. B. Galbreath, Secretary, Editor and
Librarian.
H. C. Shetrone, Curator of Archaeology.
H. R. Goodwin, Registrar.
J. S. Hine, Curator of Natural History.
H. G. Simpson, Collector of Historical
Material.
J. S. Waite, Cabinet-maker.
H. R. McPherson, Indexer.
M. B. Binning, Photographer.
Elmer Hart, Binder.
Helen M. Mills, Assistant Librarian.
Alice S. Davis, Cataloguer.
Clara Crabbe, Library Assistant.
Marjorie Fischer, Stenographer.
Winnie G. Waite, Stenographer and Index
Clerk.
Irene Cotton, Stenographer.
Starling L. Eaton, Superintendent of
Building and Grounds.
Alfred L. John, Day Watchman.
James Orr, Night Watchman.
B. M. Fickel, Janitor.
P. A. Benedict, Janitor.
Frank Siders, Janitor.
Murray Moore, Janitor.
O. F. Miller, Bookkeeper.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON: "I believe
General Orton nas
something to say concerning the
building project."
General Orton stated that he did not
wish to ask the
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Board to approve the plans for the new
wing, for the
reason that the Building Committee had
not seen the
latest plans. The essential features of
the building, as
shown in the report of a year ago, have
not been
changed. The appropriation for the
erection of the
wing will not be available until the
latter part of Novem-
ber, and it will be possible for the
Board to meet between
now and that time.
President Johnson stated that a meeting
of the
Board can be called, at any time, to
consider and ap-
prove the plans.
Doctor Furniss said that a great
service can be ren-
dered to the members of the Society by
incorporating
in the QUARTERLY a report of the
activities of the va-
rious departments of our organization,
which can be
done by having the heads of the
different departments
furnish to Mr. Galbreath data and
material for that
purpose; the members of the Society do
not know what
is being done by their officers and
committees -- the past
work of the Building Committee was
wonderful, but the
first the members knew of this was when
they received
notice that the World War Memorial Wing
was to be
dedicated.
After a long discussion of the plan
suggested, Gen-
eral Orton moved: "That the
Publications Committee be
requested to study carefully the whole
system of pub-
lications issued by the Society, with
the privilege of se-
lecting from the members of the Board
of Trustees, or
members of the Society at large, any
additional col-
leagues they need in considering the
question, and
formulate a plan and bring it back at
some subsequent
meeting of this Board, not too
distant."
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Mr. Laylin seconded the motion.
Carried.
SECRETARY GALBREATH: "I wish
advice on this
question -- here are the reports of the
officers in printed
form, and I have in pretty good shape,
half of the report
of this Annual Meeting. What do you
think about print-
ing the reports of all of the
committees, adding them to
this pamphlet, and circulating it among
the membership,
separately from the QUARTERLY, and
then repeat in the
QUARTERLY?
Mr. Wood moved that, with the necessary
appended
reports, this report be sent,
separately, to all members
of the Society, to all leading
newspapers of the State of
of Ohio, and to all members of the
Legislature.
Mrs. Dryer seconded the motion.
Carried.
Mr. Galbreath asked whether it was
intended to omit
the report of the Annual Meeting from
the QUARTERLY.
Mr. Wood replied that it was not so
intended -- the
minutes should be published in the QUARTERLY.
MRS. DRYER: "I move that Miss
Elizabeth Ruggles,
of Santa Monica, California, be elected
a life member --
she is the woman who furnished the
money for the pur-
chase of Logan Elm Park, and Mrs. Dr.
Howard Jones
requests that she be made a
member." The motion was
seconded by Dr. Thompson, and carried.
MR. LAYLIN:
"The fiscal year of the Society hav-
ing been changed by amending Section 1
of Article V
of the Constitution, I move the
adoption of the follow-
ing resolution:
"Resolved, that all officers and agents of the Society
elected at this Annual Meeting shall be
elected for the
full term expiring on December 31st,
1928."
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The motion was duly seconded and
unanimously car-
ried.
MR. JOHNSON: "I wish to suggest
the reimburse-
ment of Mr. Shetrone for damages
suffered to his au-
tomobile at a time when he was in the
service of the
Society. He was transferring material
from the Seip
Mound to the Museum, and on a return
trip to the
mound, his machine collided, through no
fault of his,
with another car. He has not only
suffered a consid-
erable loss, but has been sued by the
other party, which,
however, is not alarming since there is
very little dan-
ger of judgment. I have, in my
possession, at the office,
the garage bill for repairs, amounting
to $225, and
there is an additional amount of $70
which Mr. Shet-
rone has offered to bear himself. Mr.
Shetrone cannot
afford, in the service of the Society,
to suffer a loss of
$295 out of the salary the Society pays
him."
DR. THOMPSON: "I move that the
matter be re-
ferred to the Finance Committee, with
the President.
with power to act."
MR. LAYLIN: "I am certain it will
be entirely law-
ful, if the Society has funds from
which this can be paid,
to reimburse Mr. Shetrone. I second the
motion."
Carried.
On motion the meeting adjourned.