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meeting shall be mailed by the Secretary
to all members of the Society
at least ten days before such annual
meeting is held."
The following were duly elected to life
membership: Mr. Clay
Barnes, Waverley; Dr. H. E. Twitchell,
Hamilton; Mr. A. J. Rayner,
Piqua; Prof. A. M. Schlesinger,
Columbus; Mr. H. C. Shetrone, Co-
lumbus; Hon. Harry L. Goodbread, Nevada,
Ohio; Dr. Wm. D. Tremper,
Portsmouth; Mr. W. O. Feurt, Portsmouth;
Mr. Geo. H. Heinisch,
Portsmouth; Mr. Wilbur Stout,
Sciotoville; Mr. Henry J. Booth, Co-
lumbus; Prof. John E. Bradford, Oxford.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES.
SOCIETY BUILDING, NOVEMBER 27, 1916.
Present: Messrs. Wright, Ryan, Prince,
Cole, Wood, Randall,
Buck, Bareis, Hayes, Treadway, Moore,
Thompson, Campbell; absent,
Messrs. Schaus and Palmer.
The meeting was called to order by
President Wright, who stated
that the first thing in order was the election
of officers. The officers
elected for the ensuing year (1916-17)
were as follows:
Mr. G. Frederick Wright, President; Mr.
George F. Bareis, First Vice
President; Mr. Daniel J. Ryan, Second
Vice President; Mr. E. O. Ran-
dall, Secretary; Mr. E. F. Wood,
Treasurer and Mr. W. C. Mills, Curator.
Thereupon the salaries for the different
officers and employes for the
year beginning July 1, 1917, were
determined upon as asked for in the
forthcoming budget but subject to the
legislative appropriations.
Mr. Wood stated that the salaries here
fixed are for the year be-
ginning July 1, 1917, and the figures
are those furnished the Budget
Commissioner.
All of the present employes of the
Society were appointed for a
term ending June 30th, 1917.
Mr. Wood gave the names of the employes
thus reappointed, as
follows: Oscar F. Miller, bookkeeper,
Mr. H. C. Shetrone, assistant
curator; Mr. Starling Eaton,
superintendent of building; Mr. John Gill
and Mr. Elmer Hart, janitors; Miss
Bushfield, assistant librarian, Co-
lumbus building; Miss Grace Harper,
stenographer; Mrs. Elizabeth P.
French, assistant librarian, Hayes
Memorial Library; Mr. Warren Cowan,
caretaker, Fort Ancient; Mr. Chauncey
Hawk, caretaker, Spiegel Grove
Park; Mr. Jerry Estell, caretaker, Logan
Elm Park.
Dr. W. O. Thompson, who was present,
stated briefly the attitude
which he thought the Society ought to
take in regard to any cooperation
with the Ohio State University. The
suggestion had been considered
that the Society cooperate with the
historical department of the Uni-
versity, to the effect that a teacher of
history, particularly relative to
Ohio history, be employed, the salary of
whom should be shared by the
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Publications.
Society and the University, and that one of his special
functions should
be to conduct a survey and research for original
material along the lines
of Ohio history, which material the university could
use in its instruc-
tional department, and which should be published by the
Ohio Archaeo-
logical and Historical Society. He (Dr. Thompson)
thought it would
not be wise to attempt any such double arrangement, as
it would be
difficult to avoid certain conflicts, and he thought it
more pertinent for
the Society to do that work itself, securing, if
necessary, additional ap-
propriations for that purpose, leaving to the
University alone the func-
tions of giving instruction in historical topics. That
would leave each
institution to follow strictly its lines of work, with
freedom to each as
to its own methods and results.
As to the suggestion that appropriations be asked of
the legislature
for additions to the Ohio Society building, that was a
matter entirely
within the scope and purpose of the Society. If they
needed more room
for their own collections and their special lines of
exhibit, that was well
and good, but he understood that one of the arguments
in favor of the
additions was that additional room should be utilized
for enlarging the
museum territory so as to incorporate certain museum
features now be-
longing to the University, namely, exhibits in zoology,
natural history
and perhaps geology. The university now has three or
four museums,
in connection with its different departments of natural
history, geology,
botany, etc. He understood the idea to be that these
were to be trans-
ferred to the Society building, thereby giving to the
University the room
thus vacated for other purposes. He was emphatically
unfavorable to
such an attempt. The university would not consent at
all to give up
their own museums. It would be inconvenient and
perfectly impractical,
as the museums in question were inseparable parts of
the departments
of instruction to which they respectively belong. He
further thought it
would be very impolitic for the Society to attempt the
furtherance of
any such plan.
Mr. Wood, Treasurer, read the budget of the Society for
the years
1917-1918 and 1918-1919. He read the itemized requests
for appropria-
tions, of which the following is the index summary:
1917-1918.
A. Salaries ............................................... $15,245 00
B. W ages ................................................ 500 00
D. Supplies ............................................... 3,060 00
E. Equipment ........................................
.... 1,870 00
G. Miscellaneous Service
................................. 7,037
30
I. Contingencies
......................................... 200
00
J-2.
Buildings
............................................ 50,200 00
J-3. Non-Structural Improvements
........................ 250
00
J-5. Miscellaneous Capital Equipment...................... 500 00
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1918-1919.
A . Salaries ............................................... $15,245 00
B. W ages ................................................ 500 00
D. Supplies ............................................... 3,060 00
E. Equipment ............................................ 1,600
00
G. Miscellaneous Service ................................. 6,649
80
I. Contingencies .......................................... 200
00
J-2. Buildings ............................................ 50,000
00
J-5. Miscellaneous Capital Equipment ...................... 500
00
Mr. Carl Rakeman, the artist who decorated the Hayes Memorial
Library and Museum Building, presented the proposition of decorating
the interior of the rotunda of the Society Building at Columbus. The
scheme was to decorate the four panels of the frieze on the lower floor,
and the four panels of the frieze on the upper floor, and the interior
of
the dome. Mr. Rakeman exhibited model drawings, giving his idea of
the artistic and historical nature of the mural paintings. The plan met
with approval by the Trustees, and it was referred to a special commit-
tee for consideration and such action as the committee might deem ad-
visable.
Mr. Ryan presented a proposition submitted by The Old Northwest
Genealogical and Historical Society, concerning the sale of the library
of
that Society to The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society.
The matter was referred to the Library committee for consideration.
* * *
President Wright appointed the following standing committees:
Finance: Messrs. Campbell,
Schaus, Ryan, Bareis and Wood.
Publications: Messrs. Ryan, Wood and Randall.
Museum: Messrs. Mills, Buck,
Bareis and Hegler.
Library: Messrs. Randall, Ryan,
Campbell, Hockett and Siebert.
Historical Sites: Messrs.
Wright, Prince, Cole and Moore.
Hayes Memorial and Spiegel Grove: Messrs. Hayes, Wright, Tread-
way, Ryan and Mills.
Fort Ancient: Messrs. Prince,
Moore, Buck and Dunham.
Logan Elm Park: Mr. Tallmadge,
Mrs. Jones, Messrs. Booth and
Roof.
Serpent Mound: Messrs. Cole and
Mills.
Big Bottom Park: Messrs.
Martzolff and Bozman.
Harrison Memorial: Messrs.
Campbell, Ryan and Randall.
Necrology: Messrs. Mills,
Bareis and Prince.
Fort Miami: Messrs. Sherman,
Wright, Treadway and Buck.
Serpent Mound, Warren County: Messrs.
Wright, Cole, Mills and
Hough.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
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