MUSEUM NEWS 



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past two years, Mrs. Gibson has been 

 Assistant in the Department, having 

 previously served as Secretary. 



Oceanic Curator 

 Joins St. ill 



In the Department of Anthropology, 

 Fred M. Reinman has joined the staff 

 as Assistant Curator of Oceanic Arch- 

 aeology and Ethnology. 



Mr. Reinman has been Lecturer in 

 the Department of Anthropology at the 

 University of California, Los Angeles, 

 and is a doctoral candidate of that 

 University. In line with his research in- 

 terest in maritime adaptations of primi- 

 tive island peoples, Mr. Reinman has 

 made a number of archaeological in- 

 vestigations of extinct Indian sites on 

 San Nicolas Island and other offshore 

 islands of California. 



Here at the Museum, he will have 

 an opportunity to continue this interest 

 through the resources of the Pacific Re- 

 search Laboratory, one of the Museum's 



major research facilities. The Labora- 

 tory contains the largest collection in 



FRED M. REINMAN 



the United States of ethnological mater- 

 ials from the South Sea Islands, and 

 includes the world-famous Fuller col- 

 lection. 



Editor Appointed 



The Museum's new Editor is Mr. 

 Edward G. Nash. A graduate of Ford- 

 ham University, Mr. Nash majored in 



MEMBERS' NIGHT 



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Botany 



Vascular Plants: Flowering plants 

 that parasitize other flowering plants 

 Botanical Curiosities: Use of cur- 

 ious plant materials for adornment 

 Herbarium: How botanical speci- 

 mens are preserved for study through 

 the centuries 



Plant Reproduction : How the Mu- 

 seum's exquisite plant models are 

 made 



Geology 



Invertebrate Paleontology: Coal 

 Age fossils of Illinois 

 Sedimentary Petrology : Predicting 

 the weather of the future by recon- 

 structing climates of the ancient past 

 Mineralogy: An informal tour of 

 the Museum's meteorite collection 



Zoology 



Birds: Birds' eggs from the Museum's 

 collection of some 60,000 specimens 



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Fishes: Types, sizes, shapes of fish 

 scales 



Insects: Research underway on the 

 Ectoparasites of Panama; fossil insects 

 (including insects in amber); large 

 and showy insects; preparing speci- 

 mens 



Taxidermy : Taxidermy and tanning 

 techniques; exhibits in progress 



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'n May 8 the Museum's doors will 

 open at 6 p.m. The cafeteria will be 

 open until 7 p.m. At that time Mem- 

 bers will be admitted to the third and 

 fourth floors and to the ground level 

 Division of Fishes and Reptiles, where 

 they may wander freely through lab- 

 oratories, workshops, storage rooms, and 

 offices. 



Members' Night ends at 10 p.m. Spe- 

 cial shuttle buses to carry visitors to and 

 and from the Loop will be available 

 every fifteen minutes from State Street 

 and Jackson Boulevard. 



English and Philosophy. His academic 

 preparation includes training in Latin, 

 Greek, and French, as well as a year 

 of study at the University of Louvain 

 in Belgium. He comes to the Museum 

 from an editorial position with Time 

 Magazine in New York. 



Helen A. MacMinn 

 1898-1964 



Mrs. Helen A. MacMinn, Associate 

 Editor of Museum Miscellaneous Pub- 

 lications for 17 years, died suddenly last 

 month in her home in Hammond, In- 

 diana. 



Mrs. MacMinn retired from the edi- 

 torial staff one year ago, ending an as- 

 sociation with the Museum that began 

 in 1945. Since 1947, she had been As- 

 sociate Editor in charge of the Annual 

 Report, the Raymond Foundation's 

 children's stories, the Museum Guide 

 and numerous other Museum publica- 

 tions in the popular series, as well as 

 exhibit labels, posters, and post cards. 



Mrs. MacMinn was born in Chicago 

 in 1898. She attended Indiana Univer- 

 sity and the University of Chicago, and 

 received a Master's degree in English 

 Literature from the University of Ill- 

 inois. 



Her death has greatly saddened all 

 her friends at the Museum. 



EIGHTY-SEVEN RECEIVE 



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JOURNEY AWARDS 



/ighty-seven youngsters will receive 

 awards on the stage of the James Simp- 

 son Theatre, Saturday, April 11, at 

 10:30 a.m., for outstanding achievement 

 in the Museum's Journey awards pro- 

 gram. 



The awards will be distributed ac- 

 cording to five levels of accomplish- 

 ment: for completion of four, eight, 

 twelve, or sixteen Journeys — with the 

 highest honor, membership in the Mu- 

 seum's Discoverers' Club, going to those 

 "journeyers" who have gone on to suc- 

 cessfully finish the special honor Jour- 

 ney, the "Voyage of the Beagle." This 

 spring 12 new members will be admit- 

 ted into the club, the largest number in 

 the nine-year history of the Journey pro- 

 gram. 



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