'stuff of archaeology for me; and I 

 think we are on the threshhold of an ex- 

 citing breakthrough in the study of pre- 

 history." 



Collier Gives Talk 



R, 



recently the Extension Division of 

 the University of Minnesota presented 

 Dr. Donald Collier, Curator of South 

 American Archaeology and Ethnology, 

 in a public lecture on the Incas. Dr. 

 Collier was one of nine specialists from 

 all parts of the country who were invited 

 to Minneapolis to participate in a series 

 of talks on the high cultures of Latin 

 America. 



Inger Conducts Seminar 



L/r. robert f. inger, Curator of Am- 

 phibians and Reptiles, conducted a sem- 

 inar on the campus of the University of 

 Iowa in which he reported some of the 

 findings uncovered in his current eco- 

 logical studies on the amphibians and 

 reptiles of the rain forests of Borneo. 

 Attending the seminar were faculty and 

 students of the university's Department 

 of Zoology. 



Clark On Study Trip 



L/r. john clark, Associate Curator of 

 Sedimentary Petrology, is spending six 

 weeks traveling through South Dakota, 

 Nebraska, and Wyoming to gather in- 

 formation on the paleo-climatic history 

 of those western states. 



Dr. Clark reported on his research on 

 ancient climates in a series of two arti- 

 cles that appeared in the February and 

 March Bulletins this year. These stud- 

 ies have enabled him to make predic- 

 tions concerning climatic changes likely 

 to occur around the world in future 

 years. 



Artist Rejoins Staff 



W 



alter boyer, former Ceramic Re- 

 storer in the Department of Anthropol- 

 ogy, has rejoined the staff as an artist in 

 Botany after leaving the Museum three 

 years ago to devote more time to his 

 personal artistic pursuits. His first work 

 for the Department of Botany will be in 

 the new Hall of Useful Plants, now in 



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process of installation, as well as general 

 exhibition and renovation. Boyer is a 

 graduate of the School of the Art Insti- 

 tute. 



New Book Shop Manager 



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I ew manager of the Museum's Book 

 Shop is Mr. Uno M. Lake, who comes 

 to the Museum from a managerial posi- 

 tion with Fred Harvey. A graduate, in 

 business administration, of Lake Forest 

 College, Lake also has worked for 13 

 years for Marshall Field & Company. 



The new manager replaces Mrs. Jane 

 G. Comiskey who managed the Book 

 Shop from 1957 to 1964. 



PRIZE- WINNING GEMS 



ON DISPLAY 



IN JUNE 



J une 1 marked the opening of the 14th 

 Annual Amateur Handcrafted Gem and 

 Jewelry Competitive Exhibition featur- 

 ing outstanding examples of lapidary 

 art. Exquisite cut gems, jewelry of orig- 

 inal design, collections of polished stones, 

 and decorative objects ingeniously fash- 

 ioned from rock materials comprise the 

 display located in Stanley Field Hall. 

 All are prize-winners in the Chicago Park 

 District's 1964 amateur lapidary com- 

 petition. 



The exhibition demonstrates how 

 skilled craftsmen can transform not only 

 precious and semi-precious stones but 

 common rocks, as well, into objects of 

 rare beauty. The exhibit will remain on 

 display through July 5. 



"NATURE MAGIC," 

 NEW JOURNEY 

 FOR CHILDREN 



jLY. full-scale investigation of some of 

 nature's wizardry will get underway in 

 the Museum on June 1, the beginning 

 date of the new children's Journey for 

 summer, "Nature Magic." 



Emphasis of the Journey will be the 

 role played by pigments and prisms in 

 the creation of the wide variety of ever- 

 changing colors that occur in the world 

 of nature. The Journey will guide the 

 way to exhibits on: unusually colorful 



forms of life found in the oceans; insects 

 of brilliant and changeable color; and 

 birds whose plumage reflects the entire 

 range of the color spectrum. 



Children who would like to take the 

 summer Journey need only pick up an 

 instruction-questionnaire at either of the 

 Museum doors, or Information Desk, 

 and then follow closely the directions 

 given. 



Summer Hours 



Beginning July 1 and continuing 

 through Labor Day, the Museum will 

 observe longer hours of 9 a.m. until 

 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 

 and Sunday. On those evenings the 

 cafeteria will serve dinner from 5 to 

 7 p.m. Hours on Monday, Tuesday, 

 and Thursday remain 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 



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 



Lester Armour 

 Wm. McCormick Blair 

 Bowen Blair 

 Walter J. Cummings 

 Joseph N. Field 

 Marshall Field, Jr. 

 Stanley Field 

 Clifford C. Gregg 

 Samuel Instill, Jr. 

 Henry P. Isham 

 William V. Kahler 



Hughston M. McBain 

 J. Roscoe Miller 

 William H. Mitchell 

 James L. Palmer 

 John T. Pirie, Jr. 

 John Shedd Reed 

 John G. Searle 

 John M. Simpson 

 Edward Byron Smith 

 Louis Ware 

 J. Howard Wood 



OFFICERS 

 Stanley Field, Chairman of the Board 



James L. Palmer, President 



Clifford C. Gregg, 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 

 E. Leland Webber, Director of the Museum 



CONTRIBUTING EDITORS 



Paul S. Martin, Chief Curator of Anthropology 



Louis O. Williams, 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. 



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