. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history -- California. EDITORIAL Upon the ex-enini^- of Saturday, October 17, 1914, the twenty-third year of the establishment of the Academy of Sciences was celebrated 1)y a lianquet at the City of Los Angeles. Around the l)oard were seen the faces of many who had been its founders in 1891, and among- these were Dr. A. Davidson, who was the second President, serving from 1892 until 1894; William LI. Knight, wdio succeeded him until 1897; William A. Spalding, who wielded the gavel until 1899, and subse
. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history -- California. EDITORIAL Upon the ex-enini^- of Saturday, October 17, 1914, the twenty-third year of the establishment of the Academy of Sciences was celebrated 1)y a lianquet at the City of Los Angeles. Around the l)oard were seen the faces of many who had been its founders in 1891, and among- these were Dr. A. Davidson, who was the second President, serving from 1892 until 1894; William LI. Knight, wdio succeeded him until 1897; William A. Spalding, who wielded the gavel until 1899, and subsequently for four successive terms from 1909 tf> 1913, and Uernliard R. IJaumgardt, who was Secretary for thirteen years, from 1893 until l'X)6, when he became President. It was a happy reunic^n for many and a most interesting occasion of retrospection and introspection. Mr. Spalding, as the princij^al speaker of the evening, gave a most feeling and interesting relation of the Activities of the Academy, its victorious concjuests over tinancial discourage- ment, and in an environment of a newly settled land where few had the leisure or inclination to give attention to the higher intellectual attainments. Air. Spalding's address is a valuable contribution to the history of this Academy and it will be found in this issue of the Bulletin. An interesting e]:)isode of this anniversary meeting was the ])resentation b}- Dr. Davidson of a gavel, undoubtedly the only one of the kind in existence. Dr. Davidson conceived the idea of utilizing some of the ancient relics of the Brea pits in a way that might commem-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif. : The Academy
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