MUSEUM NEWS 



Chicago Natural History Museum 



Founded by Marshall Field, 1893 



Roosevelt Road and Lake Shore Drive 



Chicago, Illinois 60605 



Telephone: 922-9410 



THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 



For the Children 



V>ihildren taking the Museum's new 

 Journey for spring will find themselves 

 in an exhibit land of gay costumes, de- 

 lightful toys and games, and elaborate 

 puppet theatre. The Journey is to China, 

 or more specifically, to the Museum's 

 new exhibition hall portraying everyday 

 life under the last Chinese emperors. 



In traveling the prescribed Journey 

 route, youngsters will discover : how boys 

 and girls of Old China spent their out- 

 of-school hours; the favorite arts and 

 crafts of the Chinese, including some 

 very special kinds of "cut-outs"; the 

 materials with which Chinese students 

 write; and the articles included in the 

 wardrobe of the well-dressed family. 



Instructions and questionnaires for the 

 Journey are available at the information 

 desk and at the north and south en- 

 trance doors of the Museum. 



JV our Saturday morning film programs 

 for children will be presented this spring 

 by the Museum's Raymond Foundation. 



They are: 



March 7 Nature's Children 



Camp Fire Girl Day 



March 14 Your Camping Through 

 the Years 



Girl Scout Day 



April 11 The Kingdom of the 

 Elephant 



April 18 Secrets of Life 



(A Disney color film) 



The free programs begin at 10 :30 a.m. 

 in the Museum's James Simpson Thea- 

 tre. 



Camp Fire Girls of the Chicago area 

 will be honored at the March 7 pro- 

 gram. On March 14 special recogni- 

 tion will be given to the Girl Scouts of 

 Chicago. The April 11 film program 

 will double as an honors program, with 

 the presentation of Journey achievement 

 awards to youngsters who have com- 

 pleted from four to 17 Museum Journeys. 



Saturday Programs for Adults 



A he museum's spring series of free pro- 

 grams for adults, on people and places 

 around the world, gets under way on 

 Saturday, March 7. The programs are 

 presented every Saturday afternoon dur- 

 ing March and April, each beginning 

 at 2:30 p.m. in the Simpson Theatre. 

 Reserved seats for Members are held 

 until 2:25 p.m. 



Following is the complete schedule: 



March 7 — American Indian Dances 



A "live" performance by The Laubins 



March 14 — The New World 

 Rediscovered 



Laurel Reynolds 



March 21 — Bali, Java, and Sumatra 



Phil Walker 



March 28 — The Last Cannibals: 

 Expedition to New Guinea 



Jens Bjerre 



Lester Armour 

 Win. McCormick Blair 

 Bowen Blair 

 Walter J. Cummings 

 Joseph N. Field 

 Marshall Field, Jr. 

 Stanley Field 

 Clifford C. Gregg 

 Samuel Insull, Jr. 

 Henry P. Isham 

 William V. Kahler 



Hughston M. McBain 

 J. Roscoe Miller 

 William H. Mitchell 

 James L. Palmer 

 John T. Pirie, Jr. 

 John Sbedd Reed 

 John G. Searle 

 John M. Simpson 

 Edward Byron Smith 

 Louis Ware 

 J. Howard Wood 



OFFICERS 

 Stanley Field, Chairman of the Board 



Clifford C. Gregg, President 



James L. Palmer, First Vice-President 



Joseph N. Field, Second Vice-President 



Bowen Blair, Third Vice-President 



Edward Byron Smith, Treasurer 



and Assistant Secretary 



E. Leland Webber, Secretary 



THE BULLETIN 



EDITOR 

 B. Leland Webber, Director of the Museum 



CONTRIBUTING EDITORS 



Paul S. Martin, Chief Curator of Anthropology 



John R. Millar, Chief Curator of Botany 



Rainer Zangerl, Chief Curator of Geology 



Austin L. Rand, Chief Curator of Zoology 



MANAGING EDITOR 



Paula R. Nelson, Public Relations Counsel 



ASSOCIATE EDITOR 

 Marilyn J. Arado, Associate in Public Relations 



Members are requested to inform the Museum 

 promptly of changes of address. 



jlvonger Museum hours begin March 1 

 when the Museum doors will be open 

 seven days a week from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m. 



April 4 — The Holy Lands 



Charles Forbes Taylor 



April 11— Valley of the Rhine 



Clifford J. Kamen 



April 18— Italy 



Kenneth Richter 



April 25 — Here's Hawaii 



Willis Butler 



(A description of each program is given 

 in the Museum's February Bulletin.) 



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