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and interestingly instructive work in the construction of life-size and 

 miniature ethnic groups. 



LECTURE Course. — The Spring and Autumn lecture courses are still 

 given in Fullerton Memorial Hall by arrangement with the Trustees 

 of the Art Institute, and it is encouraging to be able to state that the 

 capacity of the hall was taxed at almost every lecture. 



Following is the Thirty-fourth Free Illustrated Lecture Course, 

 with the subjects and lecturers, delivered during the months of March 

 and April, 191 1: 



"Precious Stones, how they are Found and Manipulated." 



Dr. George F. Kunz, New York City. 

 "The Glacial History of the Great Lakes." 



Prof. Frank Carney, Denison University, Granville, 

 Ohio. 

 "The Sugar Maple and Maple Sugar Making." 



Prof. L. R. Jones, University of Wisconsin. 

 "Peking." 



Dr. Berthold Laufer, Associate Curator of Asiatic 

 Ethnology, Field Museum'. 

 ' ' Picturesque Sweden . ' ' 



Prof. James H. Gore, Washington, D. C. 

 "The Real Filipino." 



Prof. Arthur Stanley Riggs, New York City. 

 "Photographing the Heavens." 



Prof. G. W. Ritchey, Mount Wilson Solar Observatory, 

 Pasadena, California. 

 April 22. — "Recent Discoveries of Petroleum in the United States 

 and Mexico." 

 Dr. David T. Day, U. S. Geological Survey, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 

 April 29. — "Turkestan; the Heart of Asia." 



Mr. William E. Curtis, Washington, D. C. 



Following is the Thirty-fifth Free Illustrated Lecture Course, with 

 the subjects and lecturers, delivered during the months of October and 

 November, 191 1: 



Oct. 7. — "Panama." 



Dr. Seth E. Meek, Assistant Curator, Department of 

 Zoology, Field Museum. 

 Oct. 14. — "Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms." 



Dr. WiUiam A. Murrill, Assistant Director, New York 

 Botanical Garden. 



