TRANSACTIOXS OF Tllli ACADEMY 



Monthly Mketing 



THE moiitlil\ mctting of the Southern CaUfornia Academy of Sci- 

 ences was heUl in the auditorium room of the Polytechnic High 

 School on Tuesday evening, April 24, 1917, President Air. Benton pre- 

 siding. 



.\ beautifully illustrated and scientific lecture on tlie illumination of 

 the Panama-Pacific International Exposition was given by Mr. \V. D'Arcy 

 Ryan of New York. Mr. Ryan has an international reputation as an il- 

 luminating engineer and it was he who designed and executed the light- 

 ing effects at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. The beautiful 

 lighting of the buildings and grounds at the exposition were shown on the 

 screen in colors. Mr. Ryan also illustrated with slides the proposed 

 plan for making Broadway in Los Angeles one of the most beautifully 

 lighted streets in the country. 



The hall was filled with an appreciative audience. 



Arthur B. Benton, President. 



Annual Meeting 



The annual meeting of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 

 met on June 19, 1917, at the Friday Morning Club hall. In the absence 

 of the President, Mr. Hector Alliott, Vice-President, presided. 



The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted in the old 

 Board being unanimously elected, which consists of the following Di- 

 rectors: 



Hector Alliot, George H. Beeman, Arthur B. Benton, Holdridge O. 

 Collins, Anstruther Davidson, Samuel J. Keese, George W. Parsons, 

 William A. Spalding, Albert B. Ulrey, WiUiam L. Watts, T. L. O'Brien. 



Dr. John Adams Comstock, Curator of Entomology, Southwest Mu- 

 seum, gave an interesting illustrated address under the subject of "Col- 

 lecting Butterflies," which was illustrated by Paget and autochromc lan- 

 tern slides which were especially prepared for the occasion and were 

 presented by Dr. Dain L. Tasker. This lecture was followed by an 

 address by Vice-President Dr. Hector Alliot, who is also a Director of the 

 Southwest Museum, on the subject of "Visual Education in Museums," in 

 which Dr. Alliot explained the work. 



Arthur B. Benton, President. 



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