The morning call., 1894-01-03
ONE CHANGE ONLY.
Election at the Academy
of Sciences.
In a Close Vote Recording Secretary
j. r. Scupham Gives Way to
Charles q. Yale.

The polls at the annual election OF the Cali
fonla Academy of Sciences closed last evening
at O'Clock, after having been open all day.
Shortly afterward the judges, Theodore e.
Hiltell and c. II. Clark. and the inspectors
Alice Eastwood and Gustav EiSen, announced
the result as follows: Ii. w. Hardness, presi-
dent; h. h. Behr. first Vice-presidsnt; j. e.
Cooper, second Vice president; George A.
Moore, corresponding secretary; Charles G
Yale, recording secretary; L. Fl. Foote, treas
urer; Carlos TrOyer, librarian; j. Z. Davis, di-
rector OF museum. TrusteeS-W. C. Burnett
Charles f. Croker, d. E. Hayes, Z. J. MoleTa
George c. Perkins, AdOlph Sutro John Tay lor
This meant the election of the regular ticket
with The execution of its nominee for recording
secretary. j. K. Scuph am, whose place is taken
oy the reformers' candidate, Charles G. Yale
The vote was close, being Soup ham 81 ana
Yale bS. The general view taken OF the Soup
ham matter was business one, TO the effect
that his use of the academy as a business ali
dress was out OF order.
The total vote was 112. and the remaining
candidates, With the exception OF Behr, Cooper,
Foote aud The trustees, who were on both
Thus the vote WAS for PRESIDENT: Hardness
65, Davidson 43; corresponding secretary
Moore SO, Brandegee 90; librarian. Troyer 90,
Keller 80; director of museum, Davis 90, Bry
AM So.
The result was afterward announced at the
annual and semi-mOnthly meeting held In the
dSScHUly nan ny LUo twenty MEN,
bers being present. Applications for member
shlp were read from DR.. Oliver P. Jenkins of
Palo Alto and John Van Denberg OF The same,
proposed by David ). Jordan.
The president read his annual report COM
plimenting the various officers on their work
and expressing content with the steady growth
and good prospects of the academy. Among
other things expected In the forthcoming pro
ceedlngs" OF the society were papers by Pro-
lessor George Marx on California spiders; Pro-
lessor Philip z. Calvert on California Llbellula
Professor w. j. Fox, waSps OF Lower Cali
iornia; Professor H. b. Ward, hair worms;
DIR. Harold Schiott. California and Lower
California ColemboIa and Trysanura; DIR.
George H. Horn, Coleoptera OF Lower Cali
fornia, Professor Tyler Townsend c. H.,
fessor, Baltimore Hemisphere; Professor r. l.
Pocock. London, Lower California Myriopods ;
Lawrence Bonner, grasshoppers; w j. Fox.
Mexican Hymenoptera; Theodore Pergande,
collection OF FOTmecdOp from Lower California
and Sonora, Mexico; w. L. Ritter. Tunicata of
the Pacific Coast of North America; Mrs. n.
Brandegee. revision of CeanoltIus; Gustav
Essen, California EndrilidG; Alice Eastwood,
on the genus Album; Dr.. j. q. Cooper, Mol
lusca OF Lower California. The museum ex-
poets to acquire the skeleton of an Arcti C
whale.
Miss Alice Eastwood reported 10000 species
world, much earnest WORK accomplished ana
growing interest In it expressed by the public.
One of the offshoots had been the organiZa-
ton OF Botanical Club with 40 members.
The treasurer reported that the receipts
amounted TO S2S, 921 81 and the disbursements
to 8,451 So, leaving Ii gain of S1O,47o OF for
the year.