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the show places of Ohio. Its interest
for botanists is well known
and Professor Robert F. Griggs has
published a survey of this
and a much larger region of which it is
a part under the name
of the Sugar Grove Region. This pamphlet
is a Biological Sur-
vey and is published by the Ohio State
University. Not least
among the attractions of the region to
which a much more dis-
tinctive name, the Queer Creek Region,
might be given are the
trees, most notable of which are
magnificent hemlocks. The
hollow below the Ash Cave affords a fine
collection of a variety
of trees.
The group of attractions mentioned above
should be State
property, or the property of this
Society, in order that they may
be preserved for all the people. The
preservation of character-
istic spots is evidently about to be
accomplished through the
State Department of Forestry, which has
gone so far in obtain-
ing possession that their action now
awaits the approval of the
Auditor of State.
(Signed) PASCAL A. BRIGHT.
On motion the report was received and
ordered
placed on file.
SERPENT MOUND PARK.
The Committee on Serpent Mound Park,
submitted
the following report:
Your committee on Serpent Mound Park
take pleasure in
reporting that during the past year
general conditions at the
Park have been good. The custodian, Mr.
Guy Wallace, has
rendered efficient and satisfactory
services. He is attentive and
courteous to visitors.
During the year a new fence has been
constructed along
the front and west sides of the Park,
greatly improving its ap-
pearance and adding to the security of
the premises.
A new roof has been put on the barn,
which is now in con-
dition to last for many years.
The Park with the great Serpent Effigy
continues to attract
many visitors.
The Custodian reports that during the
year 14,000 visitors
were registered, and he estimates that
as many as 10,000 did not
register. It is gratifying to believe
that the Park has afforded
pleasure and profit to a large number of
people.
(Signed) "W. H. COLE,
Chairman."
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On motion the report was accepted and
ordered
placed on file.
LAW.
The report of the Committee on Law was
submitted,
as follows:
This Committee conceives that its
function is to serve the
Society in matters referred to it by
the trustees or officers. No
such matters having been referred
during the year, the Commit-
tee reports that it has held no
meetings, has transacted no bus-
iness and has no specific matter to
bring to the attention of the
Society at the annual meeting.
(Signed) J. EDGAR BUTLER,
JOHN W. VORYS,
CURTIS C. WILLIAMS,
J. F.
ATWOOD,
CLARENCE D. LAYLIN."
The report was received and ordered
placed on
file.
PUBLICITY.
Mr. Arthur Johnson, Chairman of the
Committee
stated that the committee had held no
meetings. It
delegated to him the work of securing
as much publicity
as possible. This has been done through
publication
in newspapers of accounts concerning
material coming
to the Museum, and the other activities
of the Society.
In this work the various news services
have been very
kind in giving space, and the success
has been quite
marked. As to the extent of this
publicity figures are
not available, but the page from the
Columbus Dis-
patch, distributed at the meeting, will
show what has
been done. Articles concerning the
Hayes Memorial,
and feature stories concerning the work
of the Society
have been widely distributed and have
been carried in
news services as far away as Iowa, in
more or less de-
tail. Most of the papers have carried
the name of The