100 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



"Mineral Formation and Crystalization, " discussed by G. Major 

 Taber and Theo. B. Coimstook. 



"The Principles of Logarithms and the Paradox of the Conchoid 

 Curve, ' ' by B. R. Baaimgardt. 



"Some Bacilli Related to the Bacilli of Tuberculosis," 'hj Dr. 

 Leonard. 



"Cliff Dwellers of the Southwest," by Mrs. Charles Nelson Greea. 



"The Trisection of an Angle," by Melville Dozier. 



"Desert Views and Desert Development," by Joihn Stewart. 



"Polarization of Light," illustrated. S. J. Keese, demonstrator, 

 with explanation by Messrs. Dozier, Whiting, Houghton and Comsitock. 



Financial.* 



Received from, membership land dues $591 . 00 



Gift from Mr. J. D. Hooker 100.00 



Total $691.00 



Paid over to Treasurer $691 . 00 



There has been added to the Academy during the year one life mem- 

 ber, Dr. Theodore B. Comstock. 



The only source from which the Academy draws its incomie at pres- 

 enr is the membership dues. These are barely sufficient to cover itihe 

 expenses, which are principally made up of the expense of publishing the 

 Bulletins, hall rent and lantern services. The Secretary, therefore, de- 

 sires to take this opportunity of expressing the hope that all members, 

 in the future, will pay their dues promptly and that eadh member will 

 also consider himiself a committee of one for the purpose of bringing in 

 new members to the Academy and especially, if possible, so-me life mem- 

 bers. The Aeademy needs funds for various undertakings which, on 

 account of the expenses involved in same, it finds itself unable at present 

 to undertake. 



B. R. BAUMGARDT, Secretary. 



Professor Melville Dozier, Vice President of the State 

 Normal School, now President of the Academy, is peculiarly 

 fitted for the honor justly conferred upon him. His work for 

 years as a member of the Board of Directors and as an officer 

 of the Astronomical Section, as well as his important papers 

 read before the Aqademy and Section evince great interest in 

 the aims and purposes of the Academy, and he has taken hold 

 of the new duties with an earnestness which bespeaks good 

 I)rogress in the current year. — [Editor.] 



*The Constitution provides for an annual meeting of the Academy in 

 May, at which time it is expected that the reports of Secretary and 

 Treasurer will be presented. Inasmuch as the Treasurer goes out of office 

 at the beginning of June and his final report must be made up to May 31st, 

 there is liable to be some discrepancy in the receipts reported by the two 

 officers. This will be overcome by the new rule of the Board placing the 

 collections in the hands of the Treasurer. At tlie first meeting of the new 

 Board in June, 1904, the Auditing Committee reported the accounts of the 

 Treasurer correct and in order, the difference apparent in the two reports 

 at the Annual Meeting in May having been due to the above cause. By 

 closing the Treasurer's books in June the discrepancy disappeared. — [Ed.] 



