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CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM BULLETIN 



March-April, 19^5 



LAYMAN LECTURES ON SUNDAYS 

 TO BE RESUMED IN MARCH 



Mr. Paul G. Dallwig, the Museum's 

 "Layman Lecturer," widely-known for his 

 interpretations of scientific subjects in 

 unscientific language, presented on Sunday 

 afternoons at the Museum since 1937, has 

 been on the road to lecture before audiences 

 on the Pacific Coast during February/. 



Mr. Dallwig will now resume Museum 

 lectures with "Who's Who in the Jungle 

 Zoo" on March 4, and will lecture here every 

 Sunday from that date through May 27 

 inclusive. On Sundays in April his subject 

 will be "Romance of Diamonds from Mine 

 to Man"; in May, "The Romance of Wood." 



The March lecture includes interesting 

 observed incidents in the life of wild animals; 

 a study of their intelligence and behavior: 

 stories of animals in relation to man; the 

 dramatization of "A Day in Africa," and 

 other features. 



The April lecture will tell the story of 

 diamonds from their original "find" through 

 the various stages of mining, sorting, cutting, 

 polishing, pricing, and marketing; and 

 dramatize the finding and mining of dia- 

 monds in South Africa. 



Lectures begin at 3 P.M. {an hour later 

 than in previous seasons) in the lecture hall. 



The heavy demand by the public, and 

 the necessary limitation of audiences to the 

 accommodations, make it essential to require 

 advance reservations. Lectures are re- 

 stricted to adults, and children cannot be 

 admitted. Persons desiring to attend are 

 advised to apply several voeeks in advance by 

 mail or telephone (WABash 9410). 



LECTURE TOURS ON WEEKDAYS, 

 MARCH AND APRIL 



Conducted tours of exhibits, under the 

 guidance of staff lecturers, are made every 

 afternoon at 2 o'clock, except Sundays and 

 certain holidays. On Mondays, Tuesdays, 

 Thursdays, and Saturdays, general tours 

 are given, covering all departments. Special 

 subjects are offered on Wednesdays and 

 Fridays; a schedule of these follows: 



March 



Fri., Mar. 2 — The Philippine Islands (Mrs. 

 Roberta Cramer). 



Wed., Mar. 7 — Animal Antics — Interesting 

 Animal Habits (Loraine Lloyd). 



Fri., Mar. 9 — Trailing Animals from the 

 Past — Fossils (Velma Whipple). 



Wed., Mar. 14 — Roads to the Orient — 

 Vanishing Point of East and West (Emma 



Neve). 



Fri., Mar. 16 — Prehistoric Invaders of 

 Europe (Mrs. Roberta Cramer). 



Wed., Mar. 21 — Spring in the Woodlands — 

 The Earliest Flowers, Leaves, Birds, and 

 Reptiles (Miriam Wood). 



Fri., Mar. 23 — For Amateur Rock Collectors 

 (Velma Whipple). 



Wed., Mar. 28 — A Spring Invasion — Bird 

 Migrations, Habits, and Characteristics 

 (Loraine Lloyd). 



Fri., Mar. 30 — Animals As Supernatural 

 Beings — Primitive Beliefs in the Powers 

 of Animals (Emma Neve). 



April 



Wed., Apr. 4 — April Fool in Nature — How 

 Animals Can Fool Us (Loraine Lloyd). 



Fri., Apr. 6 — Rain — The Importance of Rain 

 to Various Civilizations (Mrs. Roberta 

 Cramer). 



Wed., Apr. 11 — A Frog's Eye View of Spring 

 — Marsh and Pond Life (Velma Whipple). 



Fri., Apr. 13 — Forecasting Success — Primi- 

 tive Planning (Emma Neve). 



Wed., Apr. 18 — Spring in the Tree Tops — 

 Trees in Bloom (Miriam Wood). 



Fri., Apr. 20 — Birds on the Home-front — 

 Getting Acquainted with Birds (Loraine 

 Lloyd). 



Wed., Apr. 25 — Sky Lights — Moon and 

 Meteorites (Velma Whipple). 



Fri., Apr. 27 — Keeper of the Smokes — How 

 Different Peoples Have Used F^re (Mrs. 

 Roberta Cramer). 



Persons wishing to participate should 

 apply at North Entrance. Tours are free. 

 By pre-arrangement at least a week in 

 advance, special tours are available to 

 groups of ten or more persons. 



GIFTS TO THE MUSEUM 



Following is a list of some of the principal 

 gifts received during the last two months: 



Department of .\nthropology ; 



From: Mrs. Joseph K. Frank, Chicago — 

 an Egyptian scarab of steatite. 



Department of Botany: 



From: Pvt. Standley B. Lummis, U. S. 

 Army — 61 herbarium specimens, Adak 

 Island, Alaska; Pvt. Rodger Mitchell, U. S. 

 Army — 19 herbarium specimens, Georgia; 

 Robert Runyon, Brownsville, Tex. — 167 

 specimens of algae, Texas; Ben Osborn, 

 San Angelo, Tex. — 18 herbarium specimens, 

 chiefly Oklahoma; Dr. Earl E. Sherff, 

 Chicago — 75 herbarium specimens, Hawaii, 

 and 47 negatives of plant specimens; Dr. 

 Walter Kiener, Lincoln, Neb. — 90 specimens 

 of algae, Nebraska; S/Sgt. H. J. Rogers, 

 U. S. Army — 34 specimens of algae. New 

 Guinea. 



Department of Geology: 



From: James Portis, Chicago — a step-cut 

 citrine weighing 35 carats; Alfred A. Look, 

 Grand Junction, Colo. — 19 specimens of 

 crystals, Colorado. 



Department of Zoolo^: 



From: Chicago Zoological Society, Brook- 

 field, 111. — 12 birds and 6 mammals; Lincoln 

 Park Zoo, Chicago — 10 birds, a juvenile 

 zebu, and a boa; Col. Clifford C. Gregg, 

 Washington, D.C. — 11 insects, Virginia and 

 Arizona; Boardman Conover, Chicago — 6 

 birds, Iceland and Peru, and 7 pigeons and a 

 sand-grouse from varied localities; Pfc. 

 William J. Beecher, U. S. Army— 179 birds 



and 20 mammals. South Pacific, including 

 Solomon Islands; Alex K. Wyatt, Chicago — 

 26 insects, Illinois, Indiana, Florida; Cpl. 

 Eugene Ray, U. S. Army — 111 insects and 

 their close allies, California; Dr. T. S. Jones, 

 St. Augustine, Trinidad, B. W. I. — 4 bats, 

 Trinidad; Miss Ann Zay, Oak Park, 111.— 2 

 ear bones of a large whale, Alaska; W. H. 

 Tripp, New Bedford, Mass. — a jagging 

 wheel and 2 bodkins; Frank C. Wonder, 

 Chicago — 2 scrimshaws; Lieut, (j.g.) Loren 

 P. Woods, U.S.N.R.— 19 fishes. Pacific 

 Ocean. 



Library : 



From: C. J. Cummings, Oakland, Calif.; 

 Pierre Dansereau, Montreal, Canada; Pro- 

 fessor J. M. Gillette, Grand Forks, N. D.; 

 Paul Honigsheim, East Lansing, Mich.; 

 Investor's Syndicate, Minneapolis, Minn.; 

 Miss Lila Lisconbee, Salt Lake City, Utah; 

 Miller Laboratories, North Bergen, N. J.; 

 National Research Council, Washington, 

 D. C; J. J. and M. W. O'Brien, South Bend, 

 Ind.; Howard S. Reed, Berkeley, Calif.; 

 Nierendorf Gallery and Fortune, New York 

 City; Rhode Island Industrial Commission, 

 Providence; Harold B. Wood, Harrisburg, 

 Pa.; and Boardman Conover, Dr. B. E. 

 Dahlgren, William J. Gerhard, Dr. W. H. 

 Osgood, Paul C. Standley, Henry Miller, 

 Steel Sales Corporation, and Westinghouse 

 Electric Supply Company, all of Chicago. 



NEW MEMBERS 



The following persons became Members 

 of the Museum during the period from 

 December 18 to February 10: 



Associate Members 

 R. M. Beckler, Dr. Clinton A. Elliott, 

 J. W. Gimbel, Jr., Mrs. L. L. Schaffner, 

 Miss Olive M. Shepherd, Benjamin F. 

 Wupper. 



.\nnual Members 



Beatrice Barbee, Raymond Bassett, J. 

 Lyman Bingham, Mrs. Samuel B. Blank- 

 sten, Robert N. Burton, Luther E. Crist, 

 H. J. DeCosta, John J. Faissler, B. L. Finn, 

 James K. Geraghty, Joseph L. Gill, Ramon 

 B. Girvin, Harry M. Gustafson, Mellor 

 Hargreaves, LeRoy K. Hitchings, Miss K. 

 Eileen Hite, Dr. Walter C. Hoag, A. C. 

 Knutson, M. T. Laser, Mrs. Arthur A. 

 Levisohn, Miss Esther L. Marcussen, Mrs. 

 Delia Mower, Dr. George W. Moxon, Burton 

 B. Moyer, Maurice B. Pendleton, Morton 

 H. Petrie, Miss Sylvia M. Picha, Fred S. 

 Roller, J. M. Sammet, Arthur Robert Seass, 

 Bruce L. Simpson, Fred B. Straka, Jacob 

 A. Teach, Roy V. Thorton, John T. Toomey, 

 Miss Frances Tyrrell, C. Stanley Zalewski. 



Visiting Hours Change March 1 



Beginning March 1, spring visiting 

 hours, 9 A.M. to 5 P.M., will replace 

 the winter schedule of 9 to 4. The 

 new hours will continue in effect until 

 April 30, after which the Museum 

 will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. until 

 September 3 (Labor Day). 



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