Directors' Meeting. 



The Directors held a meeting in Symphony Hall in the evening of 

 January 27, 1912. Present Messrs. Spalding, Benton, Ulrey, Alliot, Par- 

 sons and Collins. 



Mr. John S. Vosburg having paid the sum of One Hundred Dollars 

 into the Treasury was elected a Life Member and Mr. J. O. Beebe of 

 342 West 54th Street, Los Angeles, was elected an associate member. 



The Secretary was instructed to have a Home Telephone placed in 

 the office of the Academy. 



It was ordered that the names of all persons who shall subscribe 

 for Life Membership, the fee for which is to be paid in instalments, be 

 placed upon the Poll of Associate Members and, in case any of them 

 fail to pay the entire fee for Life Membership, that the amount paid be 

 credited to them on account of dues for ordinary membership. 



Board adjourned. 



Henry M. Edson, a member of this Academy was killed by a train 

 of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company on January 5, 1912, at Palo 

 Alto, California, intelligence of which was received January 29, 1912. 



A meeting of the Directors was held in Symphony Hall on. Thursday, 

 February 29, 1912, at 7:30 o'clock P. M. Present Messrs. Spalding, Watts, 

 Keese, Knight, and Collins. 



James Cuzner. James B. Lankershim, and Mrs. Erskine M. Koss 

 were elected Life Members of the Academy. 



Prof. Charles L. Edwards. A. A. Irish and Tom P. Smith were 

 elected Associate Members. 



Board adjourned. 



Academy Meetings. 



The regular meeting of the Academy was held on February 29, 1912, 

 in Symphony Hall, with a large attendance. 



Announcement was made of a meeting of the Astronomical Section, 

 and the following address was unanimously adopted, to wit: 



The Southern California Academy of Sciences gratefully acknowl- 

 edges the Invitation to attend the celebration of the one-hundredth year 

 of the establishment of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadel- 

 phia. 



We extend to The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia our 

 most hearty congratulations for its phenomenal success and for the many 

 discoveries in the several branches of Science which have been made 

 through its encouragement and liberality, and which have tended to the 

 advancement of the human race during the last one hundred years. 



We, upon this distant Pacific Coast, a very young sister Academy, 

 born but twenty-one years ago, are glad to be able to place upon record 

 at this auspicious event, our appreciation of the work of The Academy 

 of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and the good that has resulted from 

 its labors. 



A profoundly interested audience listened to the address by Prof. 

 H. LaV. Twining upon Electricity. He dwelt particularly upon the na- 

 ture of the Electron and induction. The Kelvin vortex rings were 

 demonstrated and practical illustrations were given of the singing, whist- 

 ling and talking arc, with an exhibition of the X-rays and Crooke 's Tubes 

 and many other spectacular experiments with the direct and alternating 

 currents. 



A hearty vote of thanks was tendered to the lecturer and his stu- 

 dent assistants, at the close of the meeting. 



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