TRANSACTIONS OF THE ACADEMY. 

 Academy Meeting. 



The monthly meeting of the Academy was held on February 16, 1915, 

 in the Friday Morning Club House. President Benton presided. 



The speaker ot the evening was Prof. W. L. Watts, whose topic was 

 "Sedimentary Rocks and Their Erosion." His subject was illustrated by 

 many excellent lantern views showing the sedimentary rocks in the making, 

 with microscopic demonstrations of their structure, and of deep sea diatoms 

 ?nd minute animals and their skeletons: Erosion by sea waves, glaciers, 

 rivers, rains and winds, and their agency m destroying and returning to 

 the sea the rocks originally l>uilt in the ocean depths. 



The lecture was followed by a musical program from Prof. Anton 

 Dahl, the following named numbers being given with splendid technique 

 and great feeling : 



C Sharp Minor Sonata ■■ Bccihorcn 



Adagio 

 Allegretto 

 Presto Agitato 



Thunder Storm in Norway Anton Dahl 



Bridal Procession Grieg 



Melody in F '. : Ritbcnsiriit 



Etude in C - v Riibcnstcin 



Hungarian Rhapsodic ...Liszt 



Directors' Meetings. 



At a called meeting of the Directors, held in the office of the Treasurer 

 on Tuesday, Alarch 9, 1915, there were present Messrs. Benton. Collins, 

 Davidson. Keese, Parsons, Spalding and Watts. 



The following named persons were elected members of the Academy, 

 viz. : 



I. S. Hurst and Robert C. Gillis of Los Angeles, Prof. Frank P. 

 Brackett of Claremont, and Professor, Doctor Josef von Hepperger, Di- 

 rector of the Sternwarte in Vienna. Austria, was unanimously elected an 

 Honorary }^Iember. 



The Committee appointed on December 3, 1914. to select a design 

 significant of the work of this Academy, to be used on printed matter 

 and stationery, presented an impre^sion from the plate of the design selected. 



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