ANNUAL MEETING 

 1914 



The Annual Meeting of the Academy was held at the County 

 Museum, Exposition Park, on Friday, June 5th, at eight o'clock p. m., 

 President Arthur B. Benton in the chair. The President's report 

 was read: Six General Meetings and six formal Directors' Meetings 

 were held during the year. The report gave a resume of the general 

 meetings and the subjects discussed at them. During the year the 

 Secretary, Mr. Robert L. Beardsley, resigned because of press of other 

 business. His position was not filled, as it was desirable to secure 

 the best possible service in this most important office, and the Direc- 

 tors were not able to, at the moment, determine on a successor. 

 Three members were elected "Fellows," viz.: Prof. Charles Lincoln Ed- 

 wards, Mr. Robert Leroy Bardsley and Arthur Burnett Benton, A. I. A. 

 The urgent need of rooms suitable for the library, for the collections 

 and for the meetings of the Academy was referred to in the report. 



Prof.- William Knight announced the absence of the Treasurer, 

 Mr. Samuel L. Keese, on account of an accident to him, and read his 

 report which showed receipts and disbursements, etc., as follows: 



Receipts $386.20 



Disbursements 281 .79 



Tn Bank $104.41 



(Audited and found correct by Melville Dozier.) 



The chair appointed Prof. Melville Dozier a committee to audit 

 the account. Prof. J. Z. Gilbert read the reoort of the Zoological 

 Section and made reference to the death of Dr. C. A. Whiting, the 

 late chairman of the Biological Section. 



Prof. Edwards, by request, spoke of his biological and zoological 

 work in the Los Angeles public schools. He is teaching there the 

 rudiments of these sciences. 



Former Secretary, Holdridge O. Collins, LL.D., having recently 

 returned from a long absence in Europe, was invited to speak, but 

 preferred to defer any account of his experiences to a future occasion. 



The following named gentlemen were elected Directors for the 

 ensuing year, viz: 



Arthur B. Benton William H. Knight 



Holdridge O. Collins George W. Parsons 



Anstruther Davidson William Sn^lding 



Melville Dozier Albert B. Ulrey 



Charles L. Edwards William L. Watts 



Samuel J. Keese 



The tellers for the vote were Holdridge Collins and Charles Ed- 

 wards. 



After the adjournment of the business session those present had 

 much satisfaction in viewing the collections of the Museum and Art 

 Gallery, under the guidance of Mr. H. S. Swarts, assistant director. 



ARTHUR B. BENTON, 



President. 



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