226 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. X 



March 17 — Miracles in Nature. 



Mr. Arthur C. Pillsbury, Berkeley, California. 



March 24 — A Naturalist in the Canadian Rockies. 

 Mr. Dan McCowan, Banff, Canada. 



March 31— With Byrd to the Bottom of the World. 



Dr. Lawrence M. Gould, Carleton College, Northfleld, Minnesota. 



April 7 — The Wonderland of Mexico. 



Major James C. Sawders, Nutley, New Jersey. 



April 14 — Massa-Magaga: Head-takers of Formosa. 

 Captain Carl von Hoffman, New York. 



April 21— The South Sea Islands. 



Mr. H. C. Ostrander, Jersey City, New Jersey. 



April 28 — Motion Pictures. 



Trail of the Swordfish; The Veldt; The Prowlers; Jungle Giants; 

 Krakatoa. 



Sixty-second Free Lecture Course 



October 6— In the Cellars of the World. 



Mr. Russell T. Neville, Kewanee, Illinois. 



October 13 — Volcanoes of Hawaii. 



Mr. Ray Jerome Baker, Honolulu, Hawaii. 



October 20 — New Zealand. 



Mr. M. P. Greenwood Adams, Hackensack, New Jersey. 



October 27— The Philippines Today. 



Mr. James King Steele, San Francisco, California. 



November 3 — The Human Adventure. 



Produced by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago 

 with technical assistance of the Erpi Picture Consultants, Inc. 



Talking motion picture sketching man's rise from savagery to civilization. 



November 10 — Islands of the Pacific. 



Mr. H. C. Ostrander, Jersey City, New Jersey. 



November 17 — Life on the Ocean Bottom and Wonders of the Plant World. 

 Mr. Arthur C. Pillsbury, Berkeley, California. 



November 24 — The Conquest of Everest. 



Air Commodore P. F. M. Fellowes, D.S.O., A.D.C., London, 

 England. 



The total attendance at these seventeen lectures was 23,932; 

 13,309 for the spring course, and 10,623 for the autumn course. 



A special lecture for Members of Field Museum was given on 

 Sunday, November 25. The speaker was Air Commodore P. F. M. 

 Fellowes, D.S.O., A.D.C., of London, and the subject "The Conquest 

 of Everest." The attendance was 394. This brought the total 

 attendance for all adult lectures to 24,326. 



SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCE AT LECTURES, ETC. 



The total number of groups receiving instruction or other services 

 from the Museum during the year was 1,247, with an aggregate 

 attendance of 241,550 individuals. These figures include the 1,222 

 groups and 213,579 individuals reached through the activities of the 

 James Nelson and Anna Louise Raymond Foundation for Public 

 School and Children's Lectures, as well as the 24,326 persons attend- 



