January-February, 19i5 



CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM BULLETIN 



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4-H FARM BOYS AND GIRLS MAKE ANNUAL VISIT TO MUSEUM 



Winners of the contests for the annual 

 awards of the 4-H Clubs, brought to Chicago 

 from rural areas all over the United States 

 and Canada at the time of the Fat Stock 

 Show early in December, included, in 



the James Nelson and Anna Louise Ray- 

 mond Foundation presented special lectures 

 in the James Simpson Theatre of the 

 Museum, and gave each of the young people 

 a pictorial map indicating the location of 



accordance with the long-established cus- the various divisions of exhibits. 



4-H CLUB GIRLS AT THE MUSEUM 



Typical group on recent visit. At extreme left: Miss Miriam Wood, Chief Lecturer of the Raymond Foundation, whose 



staff presented special lectures and provided guide service for the 500 girls and 400 boys of rural America brought here by 



the National Congress of 4-H Clubs at the time of the Fat Stock Show. 



tom of the National Congress of 4-H Clubs, 

 the Chicago Natural History Museum as 

 one of the places to be visited. 



On December 4 a group of 500 of the girls 

 was brought to the Museum, and on the 

 next day 400 of the boys. For each group, 



The farm youths were then released to tour 

 the building on their own initiative, select- 

 ing the exhibits which most interested them 

 as individuals. Members of the Raymond 

 Foundation staff were stationed in the halls, 

 to offer guidance and answer questions. 



Staff Notes 



Miss Helena Maria da Costa Azevedo, 

 librarian at the Museu Nacional at Rio de 

 Janeiro, is in this country for a year of study 

 in United States libraries, learning their 

 methods, arrangement, cataloging and other 

 sections of their work. She spent Septem- 

 ber, October and part of November in the 

 Library of this Museum. The Museu 

 Nacional and this Museum have similar 

 problems and subjects with which to work. 



service in the Philippines to the Military 

 Government School at Princeton University. 



Mr. Karl P. Schmidt, Chief Curator of 

 Zoology, recently visited museums in 

 Washington, New York, Cambridge, and 

 New Bedford in the interest of the Museum's 

 Hall of Whales which is approaching com- 

 pletion. 



Dr. Alexander Spoehr (Curator of North 

 American Archaeology and Ethnology, on 

 leave) has been promoted to Lieutenant 

 (senior grade), U.S.N. R. 



Miss Elizabeth Best, on leave from the 

 staff of the Raymond Foundation, has been 

 promoted from Ensign to Lieutenant (j.g.) 

 in the WAVES. 



Mr. Melvin A. Traylor, Jr. (Associate, 

 Birds) has been promoted from First 

 Lieutenant to Captain in the U. S. Marine 

 Corps. 



Ensign Loren P. Woods, U.S.N.R., 

 (Assistant Curator of Fishes on the Museum 

 staff) has been transferred from active 



Mr. Fred Bromund, who had worked as a 

 volunteer and engaged in considerable 

 research on crocodiles in the Museum's 

 Division of Reptiles, died November 14, 

 as the result of wounds received in action 

 on the German front. 



LECTURE TOURS ON WEEKDAYS, 

 JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 



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: 



January 



Wed., Jan. 3 — Hobby Halls — Indians, Jew- 

 els, Jades, and Woods (Mrs. Roberta 

 Cramer). 



Fri., Jan. 5 — No Stones Unturned — Uses of 

 Stones by Primitive Peoples (Velma 

 Whipple). 



Wed., Jan. 10 — Dictators Among Animals 

 (Loraine Lloyd). 



Fri., Jan. 12 — Following the Herd — Life of 

 the World's Herders (Emma Neve). 



Wed., Jan. 17 — Trees in Winter (Miriam 

 Wood). 



Fri., Jan. 19 — Fashions in Funerals — Pre- 

 historic, Ancient, and Primitive Meth- 

 ods of Caring for the Dead (Mrs. 

 Roberta Cramer). 



Wed., Jan. 24 — The Ups and Downs of the 

 Earth — Geological Processes (Velma 

 Whipple). 



Fri., Jan. 26 — Meet the Mammals (Loraine 

 Lloyd). 



Wed., Jan. 31 — Ancient Ivories (Emma 



Neve). 



February 



Fri., Feb. 2— Head Hunting Not Allowed 

 (Mrs. Roberta Cramer). 



Wed., Feb. 7— The Pageant of Winter 

 (Loraine Lloyd). 



Fri., Feb. 9— The Pot of Gold— Precious 

 Metals and Stones (Velma Whipple). 



Wed., Feb. 14— Say It With Flowers- 

 Valentine's Day (Miriam Wood). 



Fri., Feb. 16— Out of the Frying Pan— 

 Kitchenware Through the Ages (Mrs. 

 Roberta Cramer). 



Wed., Feb. 21 — Natives of Our Southwest — 

 Native People, Plants, and Animals 

 (Velma Whipple). 



Fri., Feb. 23 — Primitive Professions — Re- 

 ligion, Law, and Medicine (Emma 

 Neve). 



Wed., Feb. 28— War in the Wild— Con- 

 flict in the Animal World (Loraine 

 Lloyd). 



Harris Extension Aids School Play 



Plants in Japanese Concentration Camps 

 is the title of a puppet play written by Mrs. 

 Esther Port, home economics teacher of the 

 Belding elementary school, Chicago, and 

 recently performed by her pupils. 



Suggestions for the plot, and specimens of 

 the strategic plant materials affected by the 

 war with Japan, were supplied by the N. W. 

 Harris Public School Extension of the 

 Museum. 



