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DR. WITTKE: Are there any further announcements or fur-
ther business to come before the
meeting? Then, a motion to
adjourn will be in order.
MR. MILLER: I move that we adjourn.
This motion was seconded by Mr. Fisher
and carried.
ABSTRACT OF THE MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL
MEETING
OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
HELD APRIL 20, 1937
The regular annual meeting of the Board
of Trustees of the Ohio
State Archaeological and Historical
Society was held in conjunction with
the Annual Meeting of the Society at the
Museum and Library building in
Columbus, on April 20, 1937, at 1:00 P.
M. The meeting was attended by
Trustees Eagleson, Bowsher, Florence,
Goldman, Goodman, Miller, Parker,
Rightmire, Spencer, Spetnagel, Wittke
and Wolfe. Director Shetrone and
Secretary Lindley were also present. In
the absence of President A. C.
Johnson, Sr., Mr. Freeman T. Eagleson
presided. Mr. Bowsher, State
director of education, an ex-officio
member of the Board of Trustees also
represented Governor Martin L. Davey at
the meeting. Mr. Spencer of
Newark and Mr. Parker of Cleveland were
recently appointed trustees of
the Society by the governor of Ohio as
of February 18.
Minutes of the January meeting, which
had been sent to all Board
members, were approved.
Mr. Eagleson called for reports from the
Committee on the Classi-
fication of State Memorials and the
Committee on Recognition of the
Society by the State Legislature in
determining eligibility of prospective
archaeological and historical memorials
and the feasibility of charging ad-
mission to the more important State
memorials. Mr. Lindley informed the
Board that the chairman of both of these
committees, Mr. George B.
Smith of Dayton, was no longer a member
of the Board of Trustees and
that he had reported that the press of
business had not allowed him to
investigate these matters. Mr. Goldman
made a motion, seconded by Mr.
Wittke that the president be authorized
to fill the vacancies on these com-
mittees. The motion carried. Mr.
Shetrone made a brief statement con-
cerning the possibility of charging
admission to some of the large State
parks and he suggested that at the next
meeting he would probably have
more definite information. The president
appointed Carl Wittke and Robert
P. Goldman to fill these vacancies and
Oscar F. Miller was designated
chairman of the committee.
The secretary read a communication from
the attorney-general of
Ohio concerning the Elizabeth E.
McFarland estate at Oxford, Ohio, in
which he requested an expression of
opinion from the Board of Trustees
relative to a compromise settlement of
the estate.
The secretary reported the status of the
Senate Bill No. 150 which
provides for a definitive history of
Ohio. He suggested that the chair
appoint a committee of one to see that
the bill receive due consideration.
The chairman appointed a committee of
three consisting of Messrs. Good-
man, Wolfe and Wittke, and commissioned
them to enlist the support of
the governor in its favor.
Mr. Eagleson read a portion of a letter
from Mr. Arthur C. Johnson
concerning the possibility for the
establishment in the Museum Building
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of a Lithic Laboratory for the eastern
United States. The director brought
out the fact that he believed that after
the first two years the laboratory
would not cost the Society anything and
that it was not necessary for the
Board to make any allotment for that
purpose. All that was required was
an approval of the director's activities
in setting up a laboratory. Mr.
Wolfe moved that the recommendation be
adopted and the matter be re-
ferred to Mr. Shetrone and Mr. Johnson for development.
This motion
was approved.
Mr. Eagleson read further from Mr.
Johnson's letter a suggestion
that the Board grant the director of the
Society a leave of absence which
would enable him to make a trip to
England to pursue the necessary studies
preliminary to establishing the Lithic
Laboratory. Mr. Johnson listed
several reasons why a trip was important
and made an additional recom-
mendation to the effect that the Society
pay the expenses of the director
while in England, expenses of passage to
be furnished from another source.
Dr. Rightmire asked to be further
enlightened concerning the sug-
gestion which had been made about the
possibility of returning the Squier
and Davis Archaeological Collection to
Ohio. The director explained that
this collection was owned by the British
Museum and that he had no
definite understanding with the museum
about a permanent loan of the
material but that he thought such a loan
might be possible if he could
work through his friend, Sir Arthur
Keith of the British Museum Associa-
tion. The director also stated that the
Squier and Davis matter was one
of the purposes of his trip but he
wanted the Board to feel that the trip
was justified on the basis of the study
preliminary to setting up the Lithic
Laboratory.
Mr. Spetnagel moved that the secretary
be appointed Acting Director
while Mr. Shetrone was absent in
England. The motion was seconded by
Mr. Spencer and approved.
The director reported briefly on the
status of the budget in the Legis-
lature. He said that the chief concern
at that time was over the appro-
priation for park administration.
A resolution was reported from the
business meeting of the Society
suggesting the appointment of a
committee to consider the advisability of
making certain amendments to the
Society's Constitution. Mr. Goldman
moved that the president be authorized
to appoint a committee of three to
report on such a revision. The motion was
approved. Mr. H. Preston
Wolfe, Mr. George Florence and Judge
Carl V. Weygandt were appointed.
The Membership Committee provided for at
the last meeting has
been appointed by the president and
consists of Kenneth William McKinley,
chairman, Laurence H. Bartlett and
William D. Overman from the staff
and Robert P. Goldman and Harold T.
Clark from the Board of Trustees.
Mr. Wittke moved that the Board reelect
the officers of the Society
who had served for the past year with
the exception of the second vice-
president, which office was made vacant
by the expiration of the term of
Wilber Stout, as a trustee. The motion
was carried. Mr. Spetnagel moved
that Mr. Goodman be elected second
vice-president. The motion was ap-
proved. The officers for the year are:
President, Arthur C. Johnson, Sr.
First vice-president, Freeman T.
Eagleson.
Second vice-president, Joseph C.
Goodman.
Secretary, Harlow Lindley.
Treasurer, Oscar F. Miller.
Director, H. C. Shetrone.
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Mr. Miller moved that the staff be
re-appointed for another year with
the present salaries. The motion was
carried.
The secretary read a letter from Mr. H.
Preston Wolfe, extending
an invitation from Mr. Johnson and Mr.
Wolfe to the members of the
Board to hold the July meeting at the
Wigwam, the country place of Mr.
H. P. Wolfe, near Reynoldsburg. To avoid
difficulty in the matter of
transportation, they will furnish those
members who desire to attend, with
accurate information as to how to reach
the place. Mr. Spencer moved
that the invitation be accepted. The
motion was seconded by practically
every member of the Board and
unanimously approved. The secretary
stated that, according to precedent, the
date of the next regular meeting
of the Board of Trustees would be July
27, 1937.
There being no further business to come
before the meeting, motion
was made and carried for adjournment.
HARLOW LINDLEY, Secretary.
Afternoon Session--2 P. M.
Dr. George W. Rightmire presiding.
The program of the afternoon session was
opened with a
vocal solo, entitled "Old Black
Joe," by Mrs. Irene Cotton Stahl,
financial secretary of the Society, who
also sang "Darling Nelly
Gray" as the closing number of the
afternoon program. The first
selection was chosen in appreciation of
the Stephen Collins Foster
Collection which was donated to the
Society by Josiah K. Lilly of
Indianapolis, Indiana. "Darling
Nelly Gray" was selected because
of the Society's efforts in the
restoration of the home of Benjamin
R. Hanby, its composer.
The annual address was given by
Professor Robert C. Binkley,
of Western Reserve University, his
subject being "History for a
Democracy." This address was
published in full in the January,
1937, issue of Minnesota History and
a condensation of the ad-
dress was published in the July, 1937,
issue of Museum Echoes.