LORQUINIA 
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coin Edwards, Nature Study Department, Los Angeles City Schools; 
George E. Malcolm, 6015 York Boulevard, Los Angeles, Cal.; Chester 
P. Collins, Voltaire, Cal.; Frances G. Conrad, 556 South Hope Street, 
lyos Angeles; Cal.; Allyn G. Smith, 2266 West 21st Street, Los Ange- 
les, Cal.; Junius Henderson, State Museum, Boulder, Col.; Dr. Arthur 
D. Houghton, 809 South Kingsley Drive, Los Angeles, Cal.; F. J, 
Smiley, Occidental College, Los Angeles, Cal, 
At the election of officers held during the October regular meeting 
the following were chosen : Paul Ruthling, President; Donuil Hillis, 
Vice President; Charles Richter, Secretary; E. P. Chace, Treasurer. 
The committee members elected were : Membership Committee: 
Chairman, E. E. Hadley, E, P. Chace and F. Grinnell, Jr.; Publication 
Committee: Chairman, George Moxley, E. P. Chace, P. Ruthling. 
HERE AND THERE 
The Los Angeles Astronomical Society meets at the Los Angeles 
High School on the second and fourth Thursday evenings of each 
month. 
A new exhibit of specimens illustrating Indian life in the inter- 
esting state of Arizona- has been opened recently to the public at the 
Southwest Museum, Los Angeles. It is well worth visiting. 
The headquarters of the Nature Study Department of the Los An- 
geles city schools, at 416 South Olive Street, is open on Tuesdays and 
Fridays from 3:30 to 5:30 p. m. Visitors are welcome. An attractive 
little museum is now being built as a model for all the city schools to 
follow in their collections of local material. 
The Lorquin Natural History Club is named after Pierre Joseph 
Michel Lorquin, one of California's pioneer naturalists. Lorquin was 
born in France in 1797 and died in 1873 after a life of hardship and ex- 
plorations to advance scientific knowledge. Several insects have been 
named in his honor. In a letter received by the club in September, an 
only grandson discloses the fact that he is living in San Francisco and 
is engaged in the taxidermy business. 
The Cooper Ornithological Club meets at the Museum of History, 
Science and Art, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, on the last Thursday 
evening of each month. 
In a letter to the editor, Jack Phillips, a charter member, describes 
his surprise at the way in which the Lorquin Natural History Club 
has grown in the year during which he has been absent in the north 
and announces that he will continue his studies during the coming 
winter at the preparatory department of the University of Southern 
California. 
