A meeting of the Directors was held at R o 625, San Pernando 



Building, "ii Thursday, February 11, 1909, at 5 o'clock P. M. 



In the absence of the President and both Vice-Presidents, Dr, 

 Whiting was elected chairman. 



Judge 1". W. Gregg, Dr. Andrew S. Lobingier, Daisy D. Eayden, 

 L. M. Whiting and Olive Clarke were elected members of the Academy. 



The subjed of charging an admission fee to the general public at 



the monthly n tings of the Academy, proposed by Mr. Keese, 



was discussed, bul a. -lion was deferred so thai it could be presented 

 al a meeting when all the Directors shall be present. 



The Board adjourned, subjed to the call of tin' Secretary. 



MARCH. 



The regular meeting of the Academy for March was held in 

 Blanchard Hall before a large audience, members and citizens. 



Captain Amos A. Frie3 of the Engineer Corps of the United States 

 Army, who is in charge of the Government works at San Pedro, 

 addressed the meeting upon the subjed of "San Pedro Harbor, Past 

 and Future: Its Commercial Possibilities, Proposed Fortifications and 



Consolidation with Los Angeles." 



His di was illustrated with maps and drawings, and his 



explanations of the present condition of the Harbor, and the proposed 

 additions and improvements by the Government and by private enter- 

 prise, were most lucid and interesting. 



At the close of the lecture the Captain was pul upon the witness 

 stand and subjected to a searching cross-examination by individuals in 

 the audience, which brought out many facts which have not been 

 generally known. For an Army Officer, the Captain proved himself 

 a pretty good Lawyer, as he explained in a very clear manner the laws, 

 .Municipal. State and National, relating to the Harbor, its front or 

 dockage lines, its tide lands and approaches. 



A hearty vote of thanks was given him by the audience. 



A meeting of the Directors was held on Wednesday, March 17, 

 1909, at 4 o'clock P. M., in the office of the Secretary, Room 625, San 

 Fernando Building. 



Present — Messrs. Baumgardt, Beeman, Collins. Keese and Whiting. 



The record of the previous meetings of the Directors was read and 



approved. 



The Secretary reported thai he was corresponding with Dr. David 

 Stan- Jordan and there was a prospect of securing him as the lecturer 

 for the April meeting, 1909. 



The President reported that Dr. G. Martyn had been secured for 

 the May or June meeting. 



A communication was received from Mr. Samuel Pox, relating to 

 a proposed excavation in the Rancho La Brea, west id' the City of Los 

 Angeles, which is owned by Mrs. Ida Hancock, and the Secretary was 

 tructed to inform Mr. Pox that while the Directors are in full 

 sympathy with this project, there are no funds Subjed to their control 

 which are available for this purpose. 



Hoard adjourned. 



APRIL. 

 At the April meeting of the Academy, held in Symphony Hall. Dr. 



Norton .1. F. Hazeldine spoke upon the religions of the | pie of 



India and he illustrated his discourse by quotations from a literal trans- 

 lation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. From his intimate asso 

 ciation from childhood with the priesthood ami leaders among the 



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