SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



A meeting of the board of directors was held immediately follow- 

 ing the banquet on Thursday evening, June 5, 1913. 



Present: W. L. Watts, W. H. Knight, W. A. Spalding, G. W. 

 Parsons, R. L. Beardsley and S. J. Keese, constituting a quorum. Mr. 

 Spalding presided. 



Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: A. B. Ben- 

 ton, president; C. L. Edwards, first vice-president; W. L. Watts, second 

 vice-president; R. L. Beardsley, secretary; S. J. Keese, treasurer. 

 Other directors: W. H. Knight, W. A. Spalding, G. W. Parsons, 

 A. B. Ulrey, Anstruther Davidson, H. O. Collins. 



It was decided to purchase an addressing machine at the cost of 

 $12.50. Board adjourned. 



Respectfully submitted, 



ROBERT LEROY BEARDSLEY, 



Secretary. 

 814 San Fernando Bldg. 



BIOLOGICAL SECTION 

 November Meetings 



Dr. Charles Lincoln Edwards on Sex-Chromosomes, with colored 

 diagrams. Dr. Wm. A. Hilton of Pomona College, on The Tunicates, 

 with blackboard drawings. At Christopher's. 



January Meeting 



Dr. Wm. A. Hilton of Pomona College on The Development of 

 the Blood and Yolk Blood Vessels in Amphibia, with beautiful colored 

 diagrams. Dr. C. A. Whiting showed some lantern slides of patho- 

 logical, histological preparations. Polariscope demonstration. At Mr. 

 Keese's home. 



February Meeting 



Dr. Wm. E. Ritter, of the Marine Laboratory at La Jolla, on The 

 Marine Organisms off the Coast of Southern California, with lantern 

 slides. Polariscope demonstration. At Mr. Keese's home. 



March Meeting 



Dr. C. O. Esterly of Occidental College on The Habits of the 

 Copepods, diurnal and nocturnal migrations; with carefully prepared 

 charts. At Dr. Fetter's office. 



April Meeting 



Dr. Charles L. Edwards, on The Marine Laboratories of Europe, 

 personal reminiscences. At the Normal School. 



May Meeting 



Mr. Grinnell on Sexual Dimorphism of Butterflies. Mr. Ernest 

 DeKoven Leffingwell on his Alaskan explorations. Mr. Chas. E. 

 Rilliet, on the Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition. At Normal School. 



The Botanical Section has this season been wholly occupied with 

 the mounting of herbarium specimens for the museum. Our orig-na 

 collection, containing about 3000 specimens, has been gone over and 



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