S Fiii.n CoLUMitiAN Mrsn M — Kr.i>oKi>, V.-i i. 



|>r'- .. rrc niadr in cuiifc larfjc nuni?"'- M the beginning of this 



yi.:;,.. ! ttiiis far 7^3 txTs-ins ha\ <• .i( ( . pt. tion. licsidcs securing 



to the N :n an • y in many ways, these mcm- 



)>«r«hi|>< providr 'crabic annual revenue, and it is 



b ': thai with proper effort the number may be largely augmented 



from year to year. Only one Honorary Life Member has l>eeo 

 «' Charles H. Cory, of Hoston. and tlms far but one 



l.ilc M* ;i.;»* r hus been ' '1. Mr. Win. J. Chalmers, of Chicago. 

 Mr Allison V. Armour ii.in i-. en elected a Patron. 



I.». Ti Rr. Coi'Rsrs. The lecture courses wen- iii.uiKuiaicu m 



T* '■• • '^ ; Since that tiate four courses have been projected, 



thrr twt-ntyscven lectures. Most of these lectures 

 h.. itetl by sterropticon views, for which special appara- 



tus was purchased by the Museum. The first tliree courses were 

 given during the season of 1894-95. For lecturers the Museum 

 dcpende*! primarily upon the Curators of the Museum, but 

 the '  were augmented both in extent and interest by lecturers 



fron» 11. ity of Chicago, the Museum of Archeology of the 



Ohio Iniwi.tN. the Chicago Academy of Sciences; Lake Forest 

 T"..:i. .c,"*! t|,c (ieographical Society of California, etc. 



sion to these lectures was free to the public, although for 

 thr fust two lectures of the first course complimentary admission 



ts were sent to the officials and constituency of the Museum. As 

 this was found to entail considerable extra expense and trouble, how- 

 ever, the method was abandoned and the doors were thrown open to 

 the public indiscriminately. 



The first course, as given, was as follows: 

 Dec 'A Trip to Greenland." * Illustrated). 



Frof. T. C. Chamberlain, University of Chicago. 



Dct. J- " nts of •' r irth's Stirfacc." 



Iv. I). iry. L'nivrrsit\ of Chicatro. 



Jan. 5. '• How Gold Occurs in Nature." 



M \V. Nichols, Curator of Economic Geology, Field 



f  • • M . 'Mil. 



Ja;i I li ^oiwciaues of tiiL 1 ellowstutir (lllus- 



II .:-.|). 



I'rnf I p. Iddings, University of Chicago. 



Jan. 19. — "The 1 ion of Iron from Its Ores." (Illustrated). 



H. \V. Nichols. 



Jan. i6. " History of GoM Minini; in the United States." 



Prof. K. .\. F. Penrose, University of Chicago. 



fh' -• "• «»Mr. t vv.ro well attended at the start, but during the 

 roldrst some diminution in nunibrrs prrsrnt. .Xs the 



