CHICAGO 

 NATURAL 

 HISTORY 

 MUSEUM 



News 



Museum exhibits of 

 every variety— from 

 turtles to South Sea 

 masks — are reflected 

 in an exhibition of 

 student art opening 

 May 18. 



Student Art Exhibit 



A he chalk drawing reproduced on 

 this month's cover is from the Museum's 

 annual spring exhibition of art by stu- 

 dents in the Junior School of the Art 

 Institute of Chicago. 



Created by young artists aged 5 to 18, 

 the more than 50 paintings and draw- 

 ings on display were stimulated and in- 

 spired by Museum exhibits. A variety 

 of techniques, including collage, scratch- 

 board, and various paint media, are em- 

 ployed in the spirited and imaginative 

 exhibition. It can be seen from May 18 

 through June 9 in Hall 9, on the Mu- 

 seum's first floor. 



Science Fair 



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Lundreds of top science projects de- 

 signed by students of the Chicago area 

 will be on exhibit in Stanley Field Hall 

 on Saturday, May 23, from 9 a.m. until 

 5 p.m., in the 16th Annual Chicago Area 

 Science Fair. 



An outstanding demonstration of stu- 

 dent comprehension and application of 

 scientific principles, the Fair brings to- 

 gether projects carried out by sixth 

 graders through high school seniors in 

 the public, private, and parochial 



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schools within a 35-mile radius of Chic- 

 cago. The exhibits have been chosen 

 for display in the Museum through pre- 

 liminary competitions held in each 

 school. The Fair is sponsored by the 

 Chicago Area Teachers Science Associ- 

 ation. 



Library Honored 



V>(hicago Natural History Museum Li- 

 brary has been designated a United 

 States Government Depository Library 

 to receive publications under the se- 



lective plan of distribution. This means 

 that the Museum Library will now enjoy 

 the privilege of receiving, free of charge, 

 many publications in fields related to the 

 Museum's programs of research which 

 are published by agencies of the Fed- 

 eral Government. Among these agen- 

 cies are the United States National 

 Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, 

 the Library of Congress, the Department 

 of Agriculture, the Department of the 

 Interior, the National Science Founda- 

 tion, and the National Research Coun- 

 cil. 



Staff Notes 



X he asociacion Ornitological Del 

 Plata in Buenos Aires has recently hon- 

 ored two Museum ornithologists. Dr. 

 Austin L. Rand, Chief Curator of Zool- 

 ogy has been elected a Corresponding 

 Member of the Association, whose pub- 

 lication is El Hornero. Mr. Emmet R. 

 Blake, Curator of Birds, was elected an 

 Honorary Member in recognition of his 

 "valuable contributions to the knowl- 

 edge of neotropical birds." 



Mr. Blake has also been appointed 

 to the Committee on Classification and 

 Nomenclature of the American Orni- 

 thologists' Union. This committee will 

 be responsible for preparing the sixth 

 edition of the official Check-List of North 

 American Birds, which will be expanded 

 to include Mexico. The volume is sched- 

 uled for publication in 1972. 



Marion G. Grey 

 1911-1964 



X he museum records with deep regret 

 the death on March 20, 1964, of Mrs. 

 Marion G. Grey (Mrs. Arthur L. Grey), 

 Associate in the Division of Fishes. She 

 was 52 years of age. Mrs. Grey became 

 associated with the Museum as a vol- 

 unteer with an interest in marine inver- 

 tebrates. During World War II when 

 the Curator of Fishes was serving in the 

 Navy, Mrs. Grey kept the Division op- 

 erating and was elected an Associate 

 in 1943. 



Her interest in marine biology began 

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