A meeting of th'e Directors was held in the office of the Secretary, 

 on Saturday, January 8, L910, at one o'clock p. m. 



Professor Janus X. Gilbert was presenl upon invitation. 



The Secretary was instructed to inform the Trustees of the Field 

 Museum of Natural History, in Chicago, Illinois, that owing to the 

 conditions under which this Academy is pursuing the work of excaval 

 ing at Raneho La Urea, it is impossible tor us to accept any proposi 

 tion for a participation with any foreign scientific body in the conduct 

 of these investigations, and thai its tender of assistance, dated Novem- 

 ber 11, 191 9, must be declined. 



Professor Gilberl gave a statement of the work now in progress 

 at La Brea Raneho, and Mr. Spalding was appointed a committee to 

 presenl the matter to the Board of County Supervisors and ask for an 

 appropriation towards the expense of continued investigation. 



The following named persons were elected members of the Academy, 



viz.: Elizabeth 5bder, Long Beach; Raym 1 D. Jewett, 1338 Cahuenga 



Street, Los Angeles. 



Board adjourned. 



Tlie Directors held a meeting on January 31, 1910, at which the 

 following gentlemen were elected members of the Academy, viz.: W. 

 H. Wiley, W. L. .lepson, Samuel T. Tvson, Willard A. Nichols, Dr. 

 Adolph J. Letter. Dr. Thomas Lowell and' Professor W. H. Housh. Mrs. 

 Liskine M. Ross was elected an honorary member. 



The President, Professor Watts, Professor Gilbert ami Dr. David- 

 son were appointed a committee to consult with the County Super- 

 visors in regard to the space desired by the Academy in the pro- 

 posed County Museum Building to be erected in Agricultural Park. 



Board adjourned. 



FEBRUARY. 



The regular February meeting of the Academy was held in Blanchard 

 Hall on Saturday, the fifth. 



Dr. David Starr Jordan, President of Stanford University, delivered 

 a most interesting discourse upon the Samoan Islands and Robert 

 Louis Stevenson, whose name as given by the natives was Tusitala, 

 meaning the Story Teller, (Tusi, lengthwise or long; tala, talker). 

 The flora and fauna of the Islands were illustrated by views thrown 

 upon the screen, and in showing the wreck of the German war vessel 

 now upon the coral reef, the story of the great hurricane was most 

 graphically retold. 



At the close of the remarks of Dr. Jordan, Professor Gilbert 

 explained the nature of the excavations on La Brea Raneho, and 

 exhibited to the audience many of the rare and curious fossils taken 

 therefrom in his supervision of the work of this Academy. 



NOTE: Vailenia, the home of Stevenson, is a native word, from 

 vai water, and lema. five; or the home of the five waters or springs. 



The name given to Dr. Jordan by the natives is Talinoa i Faiva, 

 (Talinoa obviously related to Tala, talker), or the teller of fish stories. 



A meeting of the Directors was held on Saturday, February 1 0, 

 L910, at 2 o'clock p.m., in the office of the Secretary. 



Present. Watts. Larsons, Keese, Davidson and Collins. 



The Secretary reported that Mr. Spalding, as President, and him- 

 self as Secretary, on behalf of this Academy of Sciences, signed an 

 agreement with the County of Los Angeles relating to the care, super- 

 vision, control and management of the Historical Museum and Art 



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