PLAN GEOLOGY TRIP TO OZARKS 



Field Museum, in cooperation with the University of Chicago, will sponsor 

 a Geology Trip to the Ozarks, April 21-27. The Ozark region is a diversified 

 geological area that consists of igneous and sedimentary rocks. The oldest 

 igneous rocks and granites were once molten, and are at least one billion years 

 old. The area was many times under the sea, and into it sediments — domi- 

 nantly limey — were deposited. These later became sedimentary rocks. Other 

 geologic processes produced deposits of minable ores, particularly lead and iron. 

 A wide variety of geological phenomena will be studied in the field and will be 

 supplemented with the evening lectures. Fossils and minerals will be collected 

 in the mines and quarries. 



The group will depart by train to St. Louis on Sunday, April 21. From 

 St. Louis the group will continue travel on a chartered bus. The return to 

 Chicago is scheduled for Saturday evening, April 27. 



Tuition including all transportation and hotel accommodations is $85. For 



those wishing private facilities an ex- 

 tra fee will be assessed. The trip will 

 include four long hikes, for which 

 hiking clothes are strongly recom- 

 mended . 



Matthew H. Nitecki, Assistant 

 Curator of Fossil Invertebrates will 

 conduct the tour. For further infor- 

 mation and application forms, please 

 phone Miss Barbara O'Connor, at 

 the University Downtown Center, 

 Photo by S. Silverstein FI 6 - 8300. 



CALENDAR OF EVENTS 



March Hours: Open from 9 a.m. to 

 5 p.m. daily. 



March 1—31 Chicago Shell Club's Annual Shell Fair. Displays of hun- 

 dreds of shells reveal the fantasy of form and color in the shell world. Ex- 

 hibits are arranged to show the development of shells and their geographical 

 distribution. 



March 2 Film-Lecture Series: Laos by Kenneth Armstrong, 2:30 p.m. in 

 James Simpson Theatre. 



March 9 Film-Lecture Series: Outdoor Yearbook by Karl Maslowski, 

 2 :30 p.m. in James Simpson Theatre. 



March 16 Film-Lecture Series: Alaska — America's Frontier State by 

 Harry R. Reed, 2:30 p.m. in James Simpson Theatre. 



March 23 Film-Lecture Series: The Two Worlds of Polynesia by Stanton 

 Waterman, 2:30 p.m. in James Simpson Theatre. 



March 26 Indiana University's Chicago Showcase of Music : Baroque Cham- 

 ber Players, one of the nation's outstanding groups, presents the final con- 

 cert in this series. Free tickets are available upon request. 8:15 p.m. in 

 James Simpson Theatre. 



March 30 Film-Lecture Series: The Congo by Lewis Cotlow, 2:30 p.m. in 

 James Simpson Theatre. 



March 31 Audubon Wildlife Film: Galapagos — Wild Eden by Roger Tory 

 Peterson. This is a rare field trip to equatorial volcanic islands inhabited 

 by some of the strangest creatures in the world — giant tortoises, sea-going 

 lizards, penguins. Waved Albatrosses and the beautiful Fork-tailed Gull. 

 2 :30 p.m. in James Simpson Theatre. 



Through May Spring Journey: Plants that the American Indians Used 

 Chicago Mountaineering Club, March 14, 8 p.m. 

 Sierra Club, Great Lakes Chapter March 19, 7:30 p.m. 



MEETINGS: 



METEORITE 



TALKS SET 



.\ course consisting of three informal 

 talks on meteorites is offered for the first 

 three Saturdays in April (Apr. 6th, 1 3th, 

 20th). The talks will be given by Ed- 

 ward Olsen, Curator of Mineralogy and 

 will cover all aspects of meteorites, mete- 

 orite work, and theories about them. 

 First hand examination of specimens will 

 be included. Each session will be ap- 

 proximately two hours long, starting at 

 10:00 a.m. The course is limited to 25 

 adult Members of the Museum. Reser- 

 vations must be made by mail on a first- 

 come-first-serve basis. Write: Dr. Ed- 

 ward Olsen, Curator of Mineralogy, 

 Field Museum of Natural History, Chi- 

 cago, Illinois 60605. 



FINAL BRIEFINGS 



Members of Field Museum's Mexican 

 Tour will view a unique motion picture 

 on Mexican archaeology and on the de- 

 velopment of pre-Hispanic civilizations 

 on March 29. "The Ancient New 

 World" illustrates its commentary with 

 museum artifacts which are given a life 

 of their own. 



Speaker of the evening will be Dr. 

 Donald Collier, Chief Curator of An- 

 thropology, who will discuss the peoples 

 who created the great cities of Indian 

 Mexico. Other programs for the Tour 

 include: March 15 — Erwin Bach, Cam- 

 era Editor of the Chicago Tribune; 

 March 18 — George 

 Schneider of the Art 

 Institute of Chicago, 

 and March 22 — 

 Phil Clark of the 

 Museum staff. 



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