TRANSACTIONS OF THE ACADEMY. 



Directors' Meeting. 



A meeting of the Directors was held on February 18, 1919, at 

 which were present Messrs. Benton, Collins, Keese, Parsons, Spald- 

 ing and Watts. 



Vice-President Benton presided. 



A record is hereby made of the death of President Hector Alliot 

 at Los Angeles, on February IS, 1919, and it was resolved that the 

 Directors, in a body, attend the funeral services. 



Mr. William A. Spalding was appointed a Committee to prepare 

 a Memorial Address to be presented to members of the Academy. 



As a testimonial to the memory of our departed President, it 

 was resolved that the office be not filled for the unexpired term. 



Dr. S. Stillman Berry of Redlaiids, California, was elected a 

 member of the Academy. 



Board adjourned. 



Academy Meeting. 



The April, 1919, meeting of the Academy was held in the Friday 

 Morning Club House on Wednesday, the 16th da}^ of the month. 

 Vice-President Benton presiding. 



The evening was devoted to Astronomy. 



Mr. William Tyler Olcott spoke upon Variable Stars and Mr 

 Mars F. Baumgardt exhibited upon the screen various systems of 

 the universe, some of them as moving demonstrations by means of 

 wonderful and unique mechanical appliances devised by himself. 



Academy Meeting. 



The annual meeting was held on Friday evening, June 6, 1919, 

 in the auditorium of the Friday Morning Club House, Vice-President 

 Benton presiding. 



The following named gentlemen were unanimously elected 

 Directors for the ensuing year, viz: George H. Beeman, Arthur B. 

 Benton, Holdridge O Collins, Anstruther Davidson, Mars F. Baum- 

 gardt, Triumph C. Low, Samuel J. Keese, George W. Parsons. 

 William A. Spalding, William L. Watts. 



The address was by B. R. Baumgardt, whose subject was "The 

 Building of the Temple," in which he forecasted Germany's future 

 interpretated the awakening of England, portrayed the French prob- 

 lem of reconstruction, analyzed the Russian enigma and epitomized 

 America's national and international responsibility. 



Directors' Meeting. 



The first meeting of the Directors, elected for the ensuing year, 

 was held on Monday, June 2?)^ 1919, Vice-President Baumgardt 

 presiding. 



All were present except Benton and Watts. 



The Secretary made a report of the general condition of the 



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