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CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM BULLETIN 



May- June, 19^5 



Chicago Natural History Museum 



Founded bv Marshall Field, 1893 



Roosevelt Road and Field Drive, Chicago 



Tblephone: Wabash 9410 



THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 



Lbstbr Arhour Stanley Field 



Sbwell I>. Av-ery Samuel Insull, Jr. 



W. McCoRjiiCK Blair Charles A. McCulloch 



Leopold E. Block Wiujam H. Mitchell 



Boarduan Conovbr George A. Richard6on 



Walter J. Cummings Solohon A. Smith 



Albert B. Dick, Jr. Albert A. Sprague 



Howard W. FE.>iTON Silas H. Strawn 



Joseph N. Field Albert H. Wetten 



Marshall Field John P. Wilson 



OFFICERS 



Stanley Field Presidtnt 



Albert A. Spragub Firsi Viee-Pretideni 



Silas H. Strawn Seeond Vice-President 



.Albert B. Dick Third Viee-Pretident 



•Clifford C. Gregg Director and Secretary 



Orr Goodson Acting Director and Acting Secretary 



Solomon A. Smith . . . Treantrer and Aaiatant Secretary 



* On leave in active lervice aa a Colonel in the United 

 Statea Army. 



THE BULLETIN 



EDITOR 

 Wilfred H. Osgood Curator Emeritus, Zoology 



CONTRIBUTING EDITORS 



Paul S. Martin Chief Curator of Anlhropolony 



B. E. Dahlgren Chief Curator of Botany 



Paul O. McGrew Acting Chief Curator of Geology 



Karl P. Schmidt Chief Curator of Zoolosy 



MANAGING EDITOR 

 H. B. Hartb Public Relatioru Counsel 



Mcmbera are requested to Inforin the Museum 

 promptly of changes of address. 



THE ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM 



The day of old-fashioned static museums 

 is past. Not only the very large institutions 

 like those in New York, Chicago, and Wash- 

 ington, but those in smaller cities and those 

 devoted mainly to local interests have 

 become dynamic adjuncts to the general 

 educational and cultural development of 

 their publics. 



The State Natural History Museum at 

 Springfield, which was once only a dusty 

 collection of minerals and fossil bones, is no 

 exception. Although limited in funds and 

 housed in public buildings mainly devoted 

 to other purposes, it has grown to propor- 

 tions and possibilities that should not be 

 under-estimated. 



Its crying need is for a building of its 

 own, designed and constructed to meet 

 modern conditions and guaranteeing ful- 

 fillment of the service for which it has 

 demonstrated its potentiality. After studies 

 by its board of advisors and officers, such a 

 building has been designed by the state 

 architect, and its cost with equipment is 

 estimated at $2,000,000. 



It remains for the right-thinking and 

 forward-looking citizens of the state to 

 endorse the project to their General Assem- 

 bly and secure its approval. As one of the 

 richest and most populous states in the 

 Union, Illinois should not be laggard in 

 taking its place among others that have 

 provided for institutions of this kind. 



The time appears to be now, since the 

 present museum has reached the limit of 



development within the housing now avail- 

 able. Already it has amassed collections 

 valued at more than a million dollars, it 

 has a small staff of experts, it publishes a 

 journal of considerable circulation, it pro- 

 vides traveling exhibits for schools as well 

 as public lectures on science and travel, and 

 it co-operates with the State Geological 

 Survey, the State Natural History Survey, 

 and the State Archaeological Society. 

 Expansion along all these lines is to be 

 hoped for. 



The State Museum has a unique function 

 in that its primary effort is directed toward 

 the special field within the state's own 

 boundaries. No other institution can or 

 will cover this field thoroughly, and it is to 

 the practical interest of the state as a whole 

 to encourage its further development. 

 Aside from its direct co-operative relation 

 to various state activities, it is practical 

 because for lUinoisans to "know their 

 Illinois" means that all America will know 

 it better. It is also practical because it 

 promotes state pride which is powerful 

 although intangible. 



In the difficult post-war period that lies 

 ahead of us, material prosperity and the 

 bread-and-butter problems of simple living 

 are sure to receive ample attention and there 

 is little doubt that they will be solved. 

 It would be a mistake, however, in our zeal 

 for individual welfare, to neglect movements 

 which are broadly educational and charac- 

 ter-building and hence tending to the high 

 ideals which are essential to a peaceful and 

 culturally advanced world. In its State 

 Museum, Illinois has an opportunity to 

 promote something not only of immediate 

 value, but something affecting the perma- 

 nent long-time advancement of its people 

 for generations to come. 



Staff Notes 



Mr. Kari P. Schmidt, Chief Curator of 

 Zoology, is on a field trip of several weeks' 

 duration, in Mexico and Texas. 



Dr. Paul O. McGrew, Acting Chief 

 Curator of Geology, spent five weeks in 

 scientific institutions in Texas, Oklahoma 

 and Kansas, engaged in research on fossil 

 horses. 



Dr. Wilfred H. Osgood, Curator Emeritus 

 of Zoology, has returned from some weeks 

 in Mexico. 



Mr. Frank C. Wonder has been promoted 

 to a position as Staff Taxidermist. He had 

 served for a number of years as Assistant 

 Taxidermist. 



Mr. Llewelyn Williams, Curator of 

 Economic Botany, who has been on leave 

 for special work in South America for the 

 U.S. government for several years, has 

 finished that work and returned to his 

 post at the Museum. 



Dr. Wilfrid D. Hambly, Curator of 

 African Ethnology, was recently called to 

 Washington for consultation by the National 

 Research Council in connection with post- 

 war plans for Africa. 



THE MUSEUM HONOR ROLL 

 Now In the Nation's Service 



^ 



Army 



Clifford C. Gregg, 



Director — Colonel, 



G.S.C. 

 Dr. John Rinaldo, 



Associate, South- 

 western Archaeol. 



— Staff Sgt. 

 Dr. Sharat K. Roy, 



Curator, Geo). — 



Capt. 

 D. Dwight Davis, Curator, Anat. and Osteol. — 



Corp. 

 Bryan Patterson, Curator, Paleontology — Ptc 



{Reported missing in action since Jan, 19, I9i5) 

 Emhbt R. Blake, Asst. Curator, Birds — Special 



Agent, War Dept. 

 Rupert L. Wenzel, .Asst. Curator, Insects — Capt. 

 Henry S. Dybas, Assistant, Insects — Sgt. 

 William Bebchbr, Temp. Asst., Zool. — Corp. 

 Henry Horback, Asst., Geol. — S. Sgt. 

 James C. McIntyre, Guard — 2nd Lt. 

 Raymond J. Connors, Guard — Pvt. 

 Frank J. Dutkovic, Janitor — Pvt. 



Navy 



Lester Armour, Trustee — Comdr. 



Samuel Insull, Jr., Trustee — Lieut. Comdr. 



Joseph Nash Field, Trustee — Lieut. 



CouN Campbell Sanborn, Curator, Mammals- 

 Lieut. 



Dr. Alexander Spobhb, Curator, N. Amer. 

 Ethnol.— Lieut. 



LOREN P. Woods, Asst. Curator, Fishes — 



Lieut, (j.g.) 



John W. MoYm, TaMdermist— Ch. Specialist 

 (Bur. Aeronautics) 



James H. Quinn, Chief Preparator, Paleontol. — 

 MeUlsmith 2C 



Patrick T. McEnery, Guard — Master Gunner 



Clyde Jambs Nash, Guard — Master Gunner 



Nicholas Repar, Printer — Aviation Machinist's 

 Mate IC. 



Morris Johnson, Carpenter — Carpenter's Mate 

 IC. 



Herbert Nelson, Painter — Painter IC. 



Elizabeth Best, Guide-Lecturer — 



Lieut, (j.g.), WAVES 



Marie B. Pabst. Guide-Lecturer^ 



Lieut, (j.g.), WAVES 



Marine Corps 



Melvin A. Traylor, Jr. Associate, Birds— Capt. 



Coast Guard 

 M. C. Darnall, Jr., Guard— Lieut, (j.g.) 

 John McGinnis, Guard— Ch. Boatswain's Mate 



Other Services 



Rudybrd Boulton, Curator, Birds— Sufl ot 

 Office of Strategic Services 



Bryant Mather, Asst. Curator, Mineralogy — 

 Civilian Worker, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army 



Llewelyn Williams, Curator ot Economic Botany 

 — on special service for U.S. Government 



Dr. Julian A. Steyermark, Asst. Curator, Herba- 

 rium — field work for Board of Economic Warfare 



Dr. C. Martin Wilbur, Curator, Chinese Archaeol. 

 and Ethnol. — Staff of Office of Strategic Services 



Died In Service: 



Theodore Roosevelt, Trustee — Brig. Gen., U.S. A. 

 George Jahrand, Guard — Ch. Machinist, U.S.N. 



Completed War Service: 



George A. Richardson, Trustee — Lt. Col., U.S.A. 

 John Syckowski, Guard — Ch. Commissary Stewd., 

 U.S. Navy 



