FALL LECTURES 



for Adults 



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while their parents browse the unique 

 shops of Scottsdale. 



October 31 

 "Hong Kong" 



Karl Robinson 

 An adventure in understanding, Rob- 

 inson's "Hong Kong" presents the teem- 

 ing city against the background of age- 

 old Chinese culture and skills. Unique 

 among the political subdivisions of Asia, 

 Hong Kong houses more than three mil- 

 lion people, many of them refugees from 

 Communist China. This staggering den- 



sity of population has precipitated short- 

 ages of water and land, of housing and 

 jobs. How a progressive government is 

 aiding the assimilation of refugees, open- 

 ing ways for them to contribute to the 

 life of the colony, and encouraging in- 

 dustrialization to raise their standard of 

 living, constitutes a dramatic chapter of 

 our time. Karl Robinson enlivens his 

 tale with myriad scenes from the life of 

 the city: the harbor where ships dis- 

 charge cargoes that keep the colony alive; 

 the junks and sampans that house a 

 floating population; the magnificent res- 

 idences of Kowloon; the humanitarian 

 efforts of the Church World Service; 

 skilled work with brocade, ivory, and 

 jade; agrarian life outside the cities; 

 and the festivals of the Chinese year. 



November 7 

 "Chile" 



Nicol Smith 



November 14 



"A Naturalist in Southern Africa" 



Cleveland P. Grant 



November 21 

 "North of the Circle" 



Finn Ronne 



November 28 

 "The 1963 Mount Everest Story" 



(Illustrated with color slides) 

 Maynard Malcolm Miller 



Complete descriptions of the Novem- 

 ber programs will be published in next 

 month's Bulletin.  



FALL WORKSHOPS 



for Children 



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OCTOBER 17 

 "Rocks All Around Us" 



10:30 a.m. only 

 for ages 6 through 9 

 Ernest Roscoe in charge 

 Rocks may be found almost every 

 place and at any time of year. Children 

 will handle many kinds of rock speci- 

 mens, see Museum exhibits, and partici- 

 pate in demonstrations and chalk talks. 

 They will learn how to recognize the 

 main types of rocks, discover how rocks 

 were formed, and how their past stories 

 are revealed. 



"Introduction to Rocks 

 and Minerals" 



1:30 p.m. only 



for ages 10 through 13 



Ernest Roscoe in charge 



A beginner's introduction to rocks and 



minerals by means of specimen study, 



work with question sheets in the exhibit 

 halls, a movie, and demonstrations. Sub- 

 jects covered include: the major types 

 of rocks, how they are formed, and the 

 characteristics used in rock identifica- 

 tion; also, what minerals are, the main 

 physical properties used in mineral iden- 

 tification, and the major groups of rock- 

 forming minerals. 



OCTOBER 24 



"Introduction to Fossils" 



10:30 a.m., repeated at 1:30 p.m. 



for ages 10 through 13 



Ernest Roscoe in charge 



A movie, examination of actual fos- 

 sils, and work in the exhibit halls help 

 youngsters to understand how fossils are 

 formed, how they are recognized in the 

 field and collected, and how they reveal 

 the prehistoric life of the earth. 



"Spices: Trail-Blazers to New Lands" 



10:30 a.m., repeated at 1:30 p.m. 



for ages 10 through 13 



Marie Svoboda in charge 



Spices were once worth their weight 



in gold. So much in demand were they 

 that the search for precious spice plants 

 led explorers to strange and distant lands. 

 What were these spices, where did they 

 come from, and how do we use them 

 today? Children will have a chance to 

 explore these questions through speci- 

 mens and exhibits. Included are whiffs, 

 sniffs, and tastes of the plant bits that 

 played such an important part in the 

 discovery of our own country. 



If you wish to accompany your chil- 

 dren to the Museum you will find that 

 special arrangements have been made to 

 help you enjoy the time. In the mornings 

 the extra cup of coffee you had to leave 

 behind to get here by 10:30 a.m. will be 

 available. On October 3 there will be a 

 tour covering progress being made in the 

 major construction now under way to 

 expand Museum research facilities. On 

 October 1 we suggest that you take our 

 new Acoustiguide tours. For October 

 17 and 24, we have planned an intimate 

 view of current research-in-progress. 

 These same tours will be open to you 

 in the afternoons at 1 :30 p.m.  



MUSEUM NEWS 



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flight path is included along with a sketch 

 of the craft's attitude during the final 



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seconds of its drop toward the moon. 

 The exhibit identifies the area of im- 

 pact, which visitors will find easy to 

 locate on the large, 19-foot relief model 

 of the moon permanently displayed in 



Hall 35. 



Other photographs in the special ex- 

 hibit show Ranger 7 undergoing pre- 

 flight checkouts at the hangar; the cou- 

 pling to the Agena missile; and lift-off.  



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