Vol. V] 



GRUNSKY— PRESIDENT'S REPORT FOR 1914 



April 6. 



April 20. 

 May 4. 

 May 18. 

 June 1. 



June 15. 

 July 6. 



July 20. 



August 17. 

 September 21. 



October 5. 



November 16. 



December 7. 



December 21. 



"Specialization in the Protozoa and suggestions of 

 Metazoan Origin." 



Prof. C. A. Kofoid, University of California. 

 "Origin of petroleum." 



F. M. Anderson, Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology. 

 "Geological history of California." 



Dr. John Perrin Smith, Stanford University. 

 "Myths and songs of the Sierras." 



Edward W. Gifford, University of California. 

 "Effect of a strictly vegetable diet on certain animals." 



Dr. J. Rollin Slonaker, Assistant Professor of 



Physiology, Stanford University. 

 "The Alaska fur-seal herd and its proper management." 



Dr. Barton W. Evermann, Director of the Musetim. 

 "Status of California's duck population." 



Dr. Harold C. Bryant, Assistant Curator of Birds, 



Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. 

 "Present conditions and future need of California's wild 

 life." 



Dr. Walter P. Taylor, Curator of Mammals, Museum 



of Vertebrate Zoology. 

 "Some experiences in Alaska". 



Alice Eastwood, Curator of Botany. 

 "Life history of the edible crab." 



Dr. Frank W. Weymouth, Assistant Professor of 



Physiology, Stanford University. 

 "Life of cells outside the body." 



Dr. S. J. Holmes, Professor of Zoology, University 



of California. 

 "The census of the fur-seal herd." 



Geo. A. Clark, Academic Secretary, Stanford Uni- 

 versity. 

 "Summer on the Forrester Island, Alaska, bird reservation." 



Dr. Harold Heath, Professor of Zoology, Stanford 

 , University. 

 "Recent progress in determining the motion of bodies of 

 the Solar System." 



Dr. A. O. Leuschner, Professor of Astronomy, Uni- 

 versity of California. 



THE DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEUM 



The Academy has been fortunate in securing the services of 

 Dr. Barton W. Evermann, who early in the year was ap- 

 pointed Director of the Museum to fill the vacancy caused by 

 the resignation of Mr. G. P. Rixford. He came to us from 



