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CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM BULLETIN 



March-April, 191,5 



beautiful color pictures in this new lecture 

 have to do with the primitive Alaskan 

 Eskimos, their life, economy, and homes. 



March 17 — Scandinavia and the Far 



North. 



Wirt W. Barnitz. 



Mr. Barnitz gives a graphic description 

 of the wonders and the famed scenery of 

 Norway and Sweden; picturesque Dale- 

 carlia; Lapland, quaint and strange; Visby — 

 "Enchanted City," and the wonders of 

 alluring Sweden; the fjords of Norway; 

 glacier-clad mountain heights; lovely and 

 mystical dais; salmon infested rivers; fjord- 

 dwellers in brilliant costume. Denmark and 

 Finland and the polar regions north of 

 Scandinavia are included in this fascinating 

 travelogue. Mr. Barnitz' films record a 

 unique trip aboard a yacht-like canal boat 

 from Gothenburg to Stockholm on winding 

 rivers, canals and across several of Europe's 

 largest lakes banked by the peaceful scenic 

 countryside and romantic mediaeval castles. 

 In this story of the North is included Mr. 

 Barnitz' visit to the greatest vortex known, 

 the Maelstrom and the Lofoden Islands and 

 the Northern Lights. 



March 24 — High Country. 



Alfred M. Bailey. 



Mr. Bailey, a former member of the 

 Chicago Natural History Museum's zoologi- 

 cal staff, and now director of the Colorado 

 Museum of Natural History in Denver, is 

 noted for the color films he makes which 

 record phenomena in remote regions of 

 America's Far West, as well as for his 

 extensive knowledge of the natural history 

 of our mountain country. With this lecture 

 he will present the very latest films he has 

 made, including some of the most unusual 

 big game pictures he or anyone else has 

 taken on this continent. 



March 31 — Pledge to Bataan. 



{Documentary motion pictures in colors, 

 mth commentary). 



The pledge to Bataan was, of course, a 

 pledge to return. As in recent weeks 

 General Douglas MacArthur has already 

 returned with his troops to Manila, and 

 may by the time this is in print, or at least 

 by the time this lecture is presented, have 

 taken Bataan, the pledge may already have 

 been fulfilled, but this adds to rather than 

 detracts from the timely interest of this 

 remarkable film. The photographer is 

 Captain David Griffin of the United States 

 Marine Corps, who is also president of the 

 the Marco Polo Society, and a true "citizen 

 of the world." Of this film, the late Manuel 

 Quezon, former President of the Philippines, 

 said: "In 'Pledge to Bataan' you will see my 

 land and my people as they were before the 

 invasion. Here was truly the testing ground 

 of the Four Freedoms for which the United 

 Nations fight today — and for which they 

 will continue to fight until the day of victory. 



I wish our enemies could see this picture. 

 I think they might understand then, why 

 Liberty is unconquerable!" 



April 7 — Brown Men and Red Sand 



(Australia). 



Charles P. Mountford. 



Mr. Mountford's color films and lecture 

 are the record of an expedition which he 

 led to central Australia in 1940 to investigate 

 the art and legends of the Australian aborig- 

 ines for the University of South Australia. 

 The journey, half on camels, covered nearly 

 4,000 miles, and the expedition was accom- 

 panied by native guides, and encumbered by 

 some fifteen of the latter's relatives. The 

 strange and definitely unique animal life of 

 the huge island continent, different from 

 that of any other part of the world, is dealt 

 with, as well as the life of primitive native 

 tribes. Scenic sequences include some of the 

 most remarkable geological formations of 

 Australia. Primitive cave paintings of pre- 

 historic inhabitants are investigated. 



April 14 — Bird Magic in Mexico. 



Dr. Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr. 



This is the story of a Mexican wilderness, 

 illustrated with the best of Dr. Pettingill's 

 natural color motion pictures. Brilliantly 

 plumaged birds are shown against a back- 

 ground of spectacular mountain scenery, a 

 cypress-shaded and moss-draped river, and 

 a dense forest with handsome flowering 

 plants, gaily colored lizards, and showy 

 butterflies. The action moves swiftly from 

 one episode to another: Green paroquets 

 feeding in a bamboo tree, an Alta Mira 

 oriole building its huge, pendulous nest; a 

 Muscovy duck courting and displaying; the 

 amazing activities of leaf-cutting ants. 



April 21 — Life in the West. 



Paul D. R. Ruthling. 



"A panorama of the colorful Southwest" 

 is the subject of Mr. Ruthling's lecture and 

 natural color motion pictures of America's 

 Pacific Coast and Southwest. The "stars" 

 in his film are untrained wild animals and 

 primitive aboriginal peoples. The plant 

 life and geological features of the Southwest 

 also come in for attention. A unique 

 feature of the presentation is Its musical 

 background. Mr. Ruthling has spent years 

 in the exploration of the tropical jungles and 

 southwestern deserts, in charge of expedi- 

 tions for the American Museum of Natural 

 History, and other institutions. 



April 28 — Living India — (A stage produc- 

 tion depicting an Indian family at home). 

 Ramkrishna and Manorama Modak. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Modak, in a variety of 

 costumes native to "Mother India," will 

 illustrate for their audience the events in 

 a typical day in the life of a typical medium- 

 class family of India. They will demon- 

 strate the intricacies of Indian dress, includ- 

 ing the winding of a turban; the routine of 



the kitchen including the grinding of corn 

 and cooking and serving of a meal; how 

 water is carried in jars on the head from the 

 well or stream to the house, and other details 

 of daily living. Mr. Modak is a native of 

 India, and Mrs. Modak, although born in 

 Chicago, is the daughter of Indian parents. 

 No tickets are necessary for admission to 

 these lectures. A section of the Theatre is 

 reserved for Members of the Museum, each of 

 whom is entitled to two reserved seats. Re- 

 quests for these seats should be made in 

 advance by telephone (WABash 9410) or in 

 writing, and seats will be held in the Mem- 

 ber's name until 2:30 o'clock. 



NEW MUSEUM BROADCAST 

 SERIES FOR SCHOOLS 



Last semester's wartime series of radio 

 programs, "Places and Peoples of the Far 

 East," prepared and presented jointly by the 

 Raymond Foundation of the Chicago 

 Natural History Museum and the Radio 

 Council of the Chicago Public Schools, 

 aroused so much interest among pupils and 

 teachers, that a new series has been arranged. 



The new programs opened on February 14 

 with a program on the Philippine Islands. 

 From that date on, programs have been 

 scheduled on Wednesday mornings over the 

 Board of Education's FM radio station, 

 WBEZ at 11:15 a.m., with repeat perform- 

 ances the same afternoons at 1 :30 p.m. over 

 both station WIND and WBEZ. 



The balance of the schedule is as follows: 



Feb. 21— Philippine Islands (part 2). 



Feb. 28— Burma. 



March 7, 14, 21, 28— China (4 parts). 



April 4, 11, 18 May 2 — India (4 parts) {no 

 program April 25 — schools' spring vacation). 



May 9 — Java. 



May 16— Thailand. 



May 23 — Newspaper Special, a "spot 

 news" war region according to current 

 events as they transpire at that time. 



June 6 — Summary of entire course. 



As a tie-in, three special lecture-tours of 

 correlated exhibits will be presented at the 

 Museum as follows: 



March 1 — Philippines 



March 29— China. 



May 3 — India. 



For schoolteachers, a handbook has been 

 prepared giving details of the programs. 



Programs, scripts, handbook, and other 

 details are the work of Mrs. Isabel E. 

 Callvert of the Radio Council staff and 

 Miss Miriam Wood, Chief Lecturer of the 

 Museum's Raymond Foundation. Mr. Orr 

 Good.son, Acting Director of the Museum, 

 will speak on the first and last programs; the 

 regular commentator presenting the pro- 

 grams will be Mr. John R. Millar, Curator 

 of the N. W. Harris Public School Extension. 



