SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 3 
Editorial Notes 
Los Angeles is becoming a recognized center of se'enve, 
literature, art, music, and learning in every realm of human 
thought, not alone for the great Scuthwes: of which it is 
the metropolis, but, in consequence of the annual tide of 
tourist travel which sets in this direction from all parts of the 
country and from many other lands, if is becoming one of 
the world’s great centers of culture and education. 
Among the institutions which have given this city an en- 
viable reputation is the Southern California Academy of 
Sciences, which has for its special object the investigation 
of natural phenomena and the dissemination of scientific 
truths. 
With the present number of the Bulletin the Academy of 
Sciences inaugurates an important change in the publication, 
making it semi-annual, adding to the variety and scope of 
its contributions, and embracing more fully than in the past. 
articles relating to the several departments of science. There 
has been an encouraging increase in membership lately, and 
it is hoped by the Publication Committee that enough addt- 
tional members may be secured to warrant the issuance of a 
quarterly Bulletin, thus enabling us to keep fully abreast of 
the scientific thought and progress of the age. 
The work of the Academy is being conducted with great 
vigor. Interesting and instructive lectures, popularizing 
some branch of scientific inquiry, are given to intelligent 
and appreciative audiences at Symphony Hall, on the first 
Monday of each month. All of the other Monday evenings 
of the month are occupied by Academie Sections where sub- 
jects requiring more technical treatment are discussed by 
specialists, 
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