MONTHLY MEETING 

 January, 1914 



A regular meeting of the Academy was held at the Auditorium 

 of the Friday Morning Club building on January 23rd, at eight o'clock 

 p. m. There was an exceptionally good attendance of members and 

 the general public. Professor William Jackson Humphreys, Physicist, 

 Supervising Director of the United States Weather Bureau Research 

 Observatory, engaged in special investigations of the upper isothermal 

 layer of the atmosphere, in pressure effect on arc spectra, and in 

 general radiation and absorption problems; also Vice President of the 

 Aero-Dynamic Committee of the Smithsonian Institution, gave a most 

 interesting lecture on "Volcanoes and Other Factors in Climatic Con- 

 trol," illustrated with fine lantern views. 



The very great reduction of the solar heat reaching the earth 

 when the higher atmosphere was obstructed with volcanic dust proved 

 a most interesting topic and gave occasion for many questions from 

 the audience, all of which were most skilfully answered or discussed 

 bv the speaker. 



ARTHUR B. BENTON, 



President. 



RESIGNATION OF SECRETARY 



On account of the pressure of the duties of another office to 

 which he had been elected prior to his election as Secretary of this 

 Academy, Mr. Robert L. Beardsley resigned as Director and Sec- 

 retary in the month of January. 



LUNCHEON AND DIRECTORS' MEETING 



January 24th, 1914 



At the invitation of the President of the Academy, the Directors 

 met at luncheon Professor William Jackson Humphreys. The lunch- 

 eon was at the Jonathan Club, Los Angeles. Professor Humphreys 

 gave some account of his very interesting experiences on scientific 

 expeditions for the observation of solar eclipses, and answered the 

 questions of Directors in a manner to prove beyond question his 

 ability as a thoroughly informed scientist. 



ARTHUR B. BENTON, 



President. 



MONTHLY MEETING 

 May, 1914 



The Academy met at the State Normal School on, the evening of 

 May 12th. Professor A. C. Life read a paper, illustrated by speci- 

 mens and photographs, his subject being, "The Conservation of Marine 

 Algae." The commercial value of sea weeds was explained and the 

 necessity of regulation by law of the industry to prevent their destruc- 

 tion and the consequent loss of the fisheries as well as of the algae. 



The President reported that he had attended the funeral of the 

 late Dr. C. A. Whiting, who was killed at South Pasadena on May 7th, 

 by collision of an electric railway car with the automobile in which 



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