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lands as sites for the establishment of
state parks along the shores of
Lake Erie for conservation and
recreation purposes.
"Be it further resolved that copies
of this resolution be transmitted
by the secretary of this organization to
Conservation Commissioner L.
Wooddell, and to each member of the
conservation council, and to the
chairman of the Senate Conservation and
Finance Committees, and to the
Governor of the State of Ohio."
Mr. Miller read a report of receipts
from the concessions at the va-
rious State parks.
Mr. Johnson suggested that the Board
present felicitations to Mr. H.
Preston Wolfe on the occasion of his
wedding and to Mr. H. C. Shetrone
on the occasion of his completing the
twenty-fifth year in the service of
the Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society.
Mr. Spetnagel moved that the Board
express its appreciation to
President Rightmire for his
entertainment of the Board members at
luncheon in the Faculty Club. The
suggestion was heartily approved.
On motion of Mr. Miller, the meeting was
adjourned.
HARLOW LINDLEY, Secretary.
Ohio Academy of History Session, 12:30 P. M.,
April 1,
Deshler-Wallick Hotel
The first annual joint meeting of the
Ohio State Archaeolog-
ical and Historical Society and the Ohio
Academy of History
was held at Columbus on April 1 and 2.
The arrangements for
the joint meeting were carefully planned
and were admirably
carried out. Although sessions were held at the Ohio State
Museum, at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel,
and at the Ohio State
University Chapel there was not the
least confusion.
Friday noon, April 1, following the
annual business meeting
of the Society, a luncheon was held in
the Spanish Room of the
Deshler-Wallick Hotel.
Following the luncheon, Professor
Harold Davis, of Hiram College,
president of the Ohio Academy
of History, presided and welcomed
approximately fifty members
of the Academy and of the Society.
Professor Homer C. Hock-
ett, of the Ohio State University,
chairman of the Nominating
Committee proposed Sellaw A. Roberts, of
Kent State College,
for president of the Academy, and John
O. Marsh, curator of
History, Ohio Archaeological and
Historical Society, for secretary.
Both were elected. A
resolution, that the Ohio Academy of
History co-operate with the Ohio State
Archaeological and His-
torical Society in a second annual joint
meeting, was unanimously
adopted.
Following the brief business meeting
several papers were
read. The first speaker was Professor
Walter Dorn of the De-
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partment of History of the Ohio State
University, who discussed
"Some Problems of Contemporary
Historiography." Dr. Dorn's
remarks, which are published in full in
this issue of the
QUARTERLY, pp. 219-228, emphasized
the crisis in historical
thought. His paper, as well as the round
table discussion, was
greatly appreciated by the members of
both the Academy and the
Society.
The afternoon session was given over to
a consideration of
the War in China. Professor H. M.
Vinacke, of the University
of Cincinnati, spoke on "The
Internal Changes and Foreign
Policies in Japan." He rapidly
traced the events leading up to the
Japanese policy of aggression, or the
dynamic policy. The mo-
tives for Japanese expansion, he
explained, were occasioned by
Japanese ideology, the fear of Russia,
following the annexation
of Korea, and the development of
industrialism. Following the
conclusion of the World War, the
Japanese justified their policy
of expansion as a safeguard against
communism.
Professor W. J. Hail, of Wooster
College, discussed "What
China Fights For," calling
attention to the political and social
conditions in China in the post-war
years. There are, he said,
three principles for which China has
waged her incessant con-
flict: first, for economic control
against the Japanese; second, for
the preservation of their own ideology;
third, for the sanctity of
treaties and international order and
good will.
Professor Meribeth E. Cameron, of Western
Reserve Univer-
sity, ably discussed "The Russian
Angle." The speaker outlined
the social and industrial conditions in
Russia following 1923, and
gave an interesting account of the
political situation following
1927.
She traced the relations of Russia with Japan and China
and mentioned the alarm occasioned in
Russia by the rapid in-
dustrial development of Japan. Miss
Cameron pointed out that
while Russia is not undisturbed by the
political crisis existing in
Europe and Asia, the Socialist Republic
is following a policy of
neutrality. The interests of Russia today, according to Miss
Cameron, revolve around building up
communism in her terri-
torial inheritance, the building up of
an efficient army, and in carry-
ing to a successful conclusion the
principles of the Five Year Plan.