CAFETERIA 



Attendance in the cafeteria for the year amounted to 237,394, 

 an increase over last year of slightly more than 21,000 persons. 

 Receipts also increased slightly but not in proportion to attendance 

 because the average check, both in the cafeteria and in the lunch- 

 room, was slightly less than a year ago. 



MAINTENANCE, CONSTRUCTION, AND ENGINEERING 



The completion of the dinosaur exhibit in Stanley Field Hall (see 

 page 24) called for construction of the base, curb, and railing as well 

 as a temporary enclosure for the exhibit to permit Museum tech- 

 nicians to work unhampered. Construction and lighting work in 

 the Hall of Meteorites and Minerals (Hall 35, Clarence Buckingham 

 Hall) included closing 48 windows with masonry and plaster, con- 

 struction and installation of 26 built-in wall-cases, and modernization 

 of six exhibition cases formerly in use. Wall outlets and two panel 

 boards were installed to provide for lighting of exhibition cases and 

 ceiling lights were removed (see Department of Geology, page 58). 

 Remodeling Room 109 for the William J. and Joan A. Chalmers 

 Mineralogical Laboratory included installation of an X-ray diffrac- 

 tion unit and other apparatus for accurate determination of mineral 

 specimens and running in the heavy-duty power line required by 

 the new electrical equipment (see page 54). In addition, new 

 slim-line fixtures were recessed in the ceiling beams in Ernest R. 

 Graham Hall (Hall 38, Fossil Vertebrates) to improve the lighting 

 of the skeletal exhibits in the center of the hall. 



As the first step in complete rehabilitation of Charles F. Mills- 

 paugh Hall (Hall 26, North American Trees) 24 large windows 

 opening on the court were closed, four exhibition cases were re- 

 modeled to eliminate excessive depth, and six others were refinished 

 inside and out (see Department of Botany, page 50). A large mural 

 was placed on the west wall of Martin A. and Carrie Ryerson Hall 

 (Hall 29, Plant Life), and two panel-boards were installed to handle 

 more efficiently the lighting of this hall. The extensive program 

 for reinstallation of anthropological exhibits on the ground floor 

 consumed much time of the maintenance and engineering crews 

 (see Department of Anthropology, page 45). Because the scientific 

 departments are not staffed to handle construction, moving, lighting, 

 and refinishing of exhibition cases, these burdensome tasks are 

 assumed by the Divisions of Maintenance and Engineering. Draw- 



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