TRANSACTIONS OF THE ACADEMY. 



Directors' Meetinc. 



A meeting of the Directors was held on Thursday, Scptcmlier 30, 

 1915. AH were present except Mr. Knight. 



The discussions were principally devoted to the matter of the finances 

 of the Academy and resulted in the adoption of a Resohition authorizing 

 the Treasurer to borrow one hundred dohars, if lie sh.all find it necessary 

 for the interests of the Academy and to pledge fur the repayment of saiti 

 loan any of the securities owned by the Academy. 



Board adjourned. 



Academy Meeting. 



The lecture season of 1915-16 was commenced on September 30. 1915, 

 by a Banquet in the University Club in Los Angeles, President Benton 

 presiding. 



Addresses were made by Dr. Bridge, ]Mr. Baumgardt. Prof. Alliot, 

 Dr. Haughton and Mr. Spalding. 



'llie remarks of Dr. Bridge led to a general consideration of the 

 future course of the Academy, especially relating to the proposition of 

 securing a permanent home, centrally situated ; constructed to include a 

 hall for our asseml)lies and an exhiljition chamber for the display of our 

 valuable mounts and articulated fossils from La Brea Rancho excava- 

 tions, and other scientific collections now reposing in the Museum at 

 Exposition Park. 



This matter has been discussed by our Directors and at general 

 assemblies of the Academy for several years, but at this meeting it assumed 

 a practical and concrete business problem, and Mr. Spalding was appointed 

 to organi;^e a Committee, of which he shall l)e Chairman, to devise ways 

 and means for achieving this object. 



The following Resolution, proposed b\- ^Ir. Parsons, was unanimnusly 

 adopted, to-wit : 



Resolved, 'i'hat the Southern California .\cademy of Sciences herel)y 

 endorses and pledges its support to the Hornaday plan for the making of 

 Game Sanctuaries in portions of the National Forests that are imsuitable 

 for the grazing of domestic stock and for agriculture; and we hereby 

 request ovir meml^ers of Congress to aid in enacting the plan into law. 



The great interest in the discussions of the e\eiiing, manifested by the 

 lady guests, resulted in an expression of the desire on their part that 

 similar meetings around the Banquet Table mipht be called during the 

 season and, though no action was taken upon the matter, the idea was 

 unanimously and most cordially recommended to the Board of Directors 

 for their consideration. 



At a late hour the meeting was adjourned. 



Academy Meeting. 



The Academy meeting on November 2, 1915, was of unusual interest, 

 and a large audience listened with absorbed attention to the address of 

 Professor Hector Alliot upon "The Customs of the Stone Age on Catalina 

 Island." 



Professor Alliot has devoted much time in exploring the Channel 

 Islands of the coasts of Santa Barbara and Los Angeles Counties, and he 

 has brought to light much of the Archaeology of these regions and 



23 



