Transactions of Academy. 



FEBRUARY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the Academy was held in Symphony 

 Hall on February 1 1. 191 1. 



Professor He. -tor Alliot, Curator of the Southwest Museum, delivered 

 an address upon ••Our Archaeological Inheritance," embracing most in- 

 teresting information relating to the habits, ceremonies, architecture, 

 implements and handicrafts of the aboriginal tribes of the Channel 

 Islands and the Coast. Arizona and New Mexico. 



His discourse was illustrated by numerous and beautiful views and 

 by fossils, excavated from the ruins of the Cliff-dwellings and the rich 

 archaeological Held of the Southwest. 



Annual Meeting. 



The Annual .Meeting was held on May b", 1911, in Blanchard Hall. 

 The President gave a statement of the activities of the Academy dur- 

 ing the past year and imparted the information that our building in Ex- 

 position Park has progressed so rapidly that it is probable we shall be 

 able to take possession in August. 



The Annual Report of the Secretary was read and ordered to be 

 placed on file. 



The following named gentlemen were elected Directors for the en- 

 suing year, yiz: Bernhard K. Baumgardt, Arthur B. Benton. Holdridge 

 O. Collins, Anstruther Davidson. John D. Hooker, Samuel -J. Keese, Wil- 

 liam 11. Knight, George W. Parsons, William A. Spalding. Albert B. 

 1'lrey. William L. Watts. 



The address of the evening was delivered by Mr. B. R. Baumgardt 



upon "Athens ami the Golden Age of Pericles. ' 



Directors' Meeting. 



[mmediately after adjournment of the Annual Meeting, on May li. 

 Hill, the Directors elected for the year 1911-1912 were called to order 

 and the officers were elected for the ensuing year, to wit: William A. 

 Spalding, President; A list rut her Davidson. First Wice- President ; John D. 

 Hooker. Second V ice -President ; Samuel .1. Keese, Treasurer; Holdridge 

 ( ). ( ollins. Secretary. 



Hoard adjourned. 



JUNE. 



The last meeting of the Academy for the season of 1910-1911 was 

 held on Saturday evening. June 10, PHI. in Blanchard Hall, a large at 



tendance being present. 



In the absence of the President, Nice President Davidson presided. 



The death, at Los Angeles, on May 21, 1911, of John D. Hooker, 

 was announced, and Mr. William H. Knight introduced a Memorial which 



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