1,600 students participated in this program, which was given 47 

 times in March. 



Other organized groups participated in programs especially planned 

 for their needs, such as Boy Scout Hobby Day in January, Girl Scout 

 intermediate-badge programs in February, Honor Days on Saturday 

 mornings for Girl Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, Cub Scouts, and YMCA 

 groups, and a summer program "Goin' Fishin' " for organized groups 

 of all kinds, such as day camps and play groups. 



For individual children the Museum continued its spring, fall, 

 and summer motion-picture programs — 33 were given to 20,864 chil- 

 dren. A new activity was added in the fall on Saturday-morning 

 motion-picture days — an exploration sheet was given to each child 

 to direct him or her to the Museum exhibits pertinent to the movie 

 of the day. Raymond Foundation's looseleaf Museum Stories were 

 distributed as usual to the children who attended the spring and fall 

 motion-picture programs on Saturday mornings. 



Museum Journeys continued for individual children, with four 

 different journey-subjects presented during the year: "Life of An- 

 cient Seas," "Goin' Fishin'," "Giant Plants," and "Animals of the 

 Ice Age." During the year 945 Journeys were completed and reports 

 turned in. Awards were presented in spring and fall to boys and girls 

 who had successfully completed Museum Journeys as follows: 38 

 completed a first group of four Journeys and became Museum Trav- 

 elers; 17 completed a second group of four Journeys and became 

 Museum Adventurers; 9 completed a third group of four Journeys 

 and became Musuem Explorers; 13 completed a fourth group of 

 Journeys (this takes 4 years) and became eligible for the last special 

 Journey, which is called "The Voyage of the Beagle" in honor of 

 the Darwin Centennial (see page 22). This Journey takes the Mu- 

 seum Explorers around the Museum to see the exhibits of some of 

 the things that Charles Darwin saw on his famous trip on the Beagle. 

 On November 21, nine Museum Explorers were presented with copies 

 of Darwin's book The Voyage of the Beagle to prepare them for the 

 Journey and were photographed in Stanley Field Hall in front of the 

 special exhibit honoring Darwin (see facing page). 



The first four boys and girls who successfully completed this 

 Journey were made charter members of the new Chicago Natural 

 History Museum Discoverers' Club. Club members receive a mem- 

 bership card signed by the Director of the Museum and, among 

 other privileges, are entitled to a bound copy of each series of 

 Museum Stories and a subscription to the Museum's Bulletin. 



A summary of activities of Raymond Foundation for the year, 

 with attendance figures, is presented on the following page. 



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