64 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



April 20th, 1903. 



The regular monthly meeting of the Astronomical Section was held 

 this evening, Chairman Knight residing. 



M'^ithont delay, the Chairman, with appropriate remarks relative to 

 the valuable work being performed by Prof. W. J. Hussey at the Lick 

 Observatory, in connection especially with observations of binary stars, 

 introduced that gentleman as the lecturer of the evening. 



The address of Prof. Hussey, beautifully illustrated by stereopticon 

 views, was replete with information and interest, lucid in stateni.^nt 

 and scholarly in style, and was listened to with marked attention by 

 a large audience. After the lecture the professor was asked many ques- 

 tions relative to the subject under discussion, to which his answers were 

 clear and conclusive in all cases where actual knowledge was available. 



A brief business session of the Section followed, for the purpose of 

 electing officers for the ensuing year, resulting in the election of Mr. 

 W. H. Knight as Chairman, and Mr. Melville Dozier as Secretary. The 

 meeting then adjourned. MELVILLE DOZIEE, Secretary. 



Woman's Club House, April 13, 1903. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 



The first biisiness was thelection of offi.cers for the ensuing year. 

 As a result. Prof. Ulrey, of the University of Southern California, 

 was ejected Chairman, and C. A. Whiting, of the Pacific School of 

 Osteopathy, was elected Secretary. The speaker of the evening was 

 Prof. Ulrey, his subject being "Degeneration." The lecture was a 

 scholarly presentation of the subject, and was illustrated by blackboard 

 sketches and microscopical preparations. 



The lecture was discussed at some lengthy by a number of the mem- 

 bers present. 



A paper on " A New Bee of the Genus ' Andronicus, ' " by T. D. A. 

 Cockerell, was read by title. 



About twenty members and visitors were present. 



On motion the meeting adjourned. c. A. Whiting, Secretary. 



Los Angeles, Cal., April 27, 1903. 

 Board of Directors of the S. C. A. S. : 



Gentlemen: — At the April meeting of the Biological Section of the 

 Academy of Sciences, an election of officers for the ensuing year was 

 held. As the result of that election, A. B. LHrey was elected Chairman 

 jf the Section and C. A. Whiting was elected Secretary. 



Very respectfully, C. A. WHITING, Secretary. 



Los Angeles, Cal., April 27th, 1903. 



The Geological Section met at 940 South Pigueroa at 8 p. m. The 

 Chairman, George W. Parsons, being absent, Mr. Wm. H. Knight occupied 

 the chair. "The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 



Several articles were read by the secretary on the new metal. 

 Radium, supplemented by remarks by the Chairman. 



The secretary exhibited a small specimen of Uranium Ore, which was 

 said to also contain Radium. 



The Chairman gave an interesting talk on the pre-glaeial period, 

 and Mr. Crosby on ' ' Earthquakes on the Islands in Sicily. ' ' 



An election was then held, and George Parsons was elected Chairman, 

 and G. Major Taber, Secretary, for the ensuing year. 



G. MAJOR TABKR, Secretary. 



