has been America's destiny, but calls for 

 retaining what little wilderness remains. 

 His camera shows us what we lose when 

 the bulldozers move in — woodlands 

 where the summer tanager sings and 

 the katydid strums; quiet marshes filled 

 with queen's lady slipper orchids, sundew 

 plants, cottonwoods and alders; wind- 

 swept prairies with a red-shouldered 

 hawk overhead and meadow grass- 

 hoppers below, and where prairie chick- 

 ens dance each spring on the open 

 grounds. 



April 22 — Greece 



Gerald Hooper 

 Chicago, Illinois 



Greece — birthplace of the gods and of 

 civilization as we know it! This sunny 

 land, which has inspired centuries of art, 

 is the subject of a fresh, new film that re- 

 cords the life and activities both of the 

 Greek mainland and of the Mediterra- 

 nean islands — Crete, Corfu, Rhodes, 

 Mykonos, Hydra, and Delos. The cam- 

 era takes us to the valley of 10,000 wind- 

 mills, so high in the mountains of Crete 

 that it is rarely seen by travelers. Archae- 

 ology comes alive as Professor Carl W. 

 Blagen of the University of Cincinnati 

 explains the work of his crew at the site 

 of the ancient Palace of Nestor. It was 

 Nestor, along with Agamemnon, who 

 outfitted the Greek expedition against 

 Troy. The elaborate palace believed to 

 be his was sacked and burned by Dorian 

 invaders 1200 years before Christ. Other 

 marvels of the ancient world are shown, 

 also — the Acropolis; Delphi, where the 

 famed oracle gave advice that sometimes 

 determined the course of history; Delos, 

 island birthplace of Apollo; Olympia, re- 

 nowned for the Olympian Games. Nor 

 is modern Greece neglected : in Athens, 

 for example, the camera captures all the 

 pageantry of the Royal Family's partici- 

 pation in a festive St. Paul's Day cele- 

 bration. 



April 29 — Austria 



Neil Douglas 

 Meriden, Connecticut 



Join the contagious gayety of the Aus- 

 trians as they relax to the music of 

 "Fledermouse" heard by the shores of 



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Lake Constance. Visit Vienna, with its 

 blue Danube, vineyards, parks, com- 

 posers, fabulous architecture, "grinz- 

 ing," coffee houses, and charming store 

 windows. Enjoy world-renowned Salz- 

 burg, city of monuments, markets, and 

 music. Roam historic cities and royal 

 castles. Explore the glacier at Silvretta, 

 bright with funiculars, toy trains, and 

 vivid costumes. Marvel at the Oetztal 



Valley, where exposed chair lifts draw 

 the skier 9,000 feet up to the Wildspitze. 

 Soar thousands of feet with the Zell Am 

 Zee glider school, and finally join the 

 student mountain climbers on the high- 

 est of the eastern Alps, to see spectacular 

 falls on the rope and plunging skiers set 

 against the breathless beauty of the 

 Grossglockner. You'll find it the gayest 

 holiday of them all ! 



MUSEUM NEWS 



(Continued from page 2) 



lake, pink snow, and a grasshopper gla- 

 cier; the story of the Eskimo, in life and 

 legend; a Hans Christian Anderson fairy 

 tale; and even a journey through space, 

 beyond the solar system we know, into 

 the far reaches of the sky. The film pro- 

 grams are presented at 10:30 A.M. Chil- 

 dren may come alone, in groups, or ac- 

 companied by adults. 



Following is the complete film sched- 

 ule for March and April : 



March 4 — The Ocean 



March 1 1 — The Land of Pink Snow 



March 18 — The Living Stone 



March 25 — Emperor's Nightingale 



April 1 — No Program 



(Easter week-end) 



April 8 — Indian Lore 



(Camp Fire Girl Day) 



April 15 — Around the World in 



Chicago (Girl Scout Day) 



April 22 — The Universe 



(Museum Traveler Day) 



April 29 — Treasure Chest U.S.A. 

 (Cub Scout Day) 



Free Concert 



Baritone William Warfield joins the 

 Festival String Quartet on April 5 in the 

 James Simpson Theatre in a program 

 which will include, among other selec- 

 tions, two Bach cantatas. In addition 

 to the quartet that evening there will be 

 assisting instrumentalists to comprise the 

 small orchestra required for the Bach 

 cantatas. The program will begin at 

 8:30 p.m. 



Tickets to the concert may be obtained 

 by sending a stamped, self-addressed 

 envelope to Free Concerts Foundation, 

 Chicago Natural History Museum, 

 Roosevelt Road and Lake Shore Drive. 

 Free parking is available in the Muse- 

 um's north and southeast parking lots. 



New Museum Journey 



An ocean treasure hunt is in store for 

 girls and boys visiting the Museum dur- 

 ing March, April, and May when the 

 Raymond Foundation offers its new 

 spring Journey, "Between the Tides." 

 Children old enough to read and write 

 will have an opportunity to explore a 

 world of sponges, sea urchins, sea stars, 

 corals, and other marine invertebrates — 

 some of the strangest and most beautiful 

 animals in the world — by obtaining 

 travel instructions and questionnaires at 

 the information desk, or the north or 

 south door, and following a carefully 

 charted route leading to the Museum 

 "sea shore."' 



A different Museum Journey is offered 

 every three months. With the successful 

 completion of four Journeys, a youngster 

 receives a formal Museum Traveler cer- 

 tificate; with the completion of eight, he 

 becomes a Museum Adventurer; with 

 12, a Museum Explorer; and after 16 

 different Journeys he becomes eligible 

 for the special Journey leading to mem- 

 bership in the Museum's Discoverers 

 Club. 



Spring Hours 



Beginning March 1 the Museum will 

 be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven 

 days a week. 



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