N E W S A- CHICAGO NATURAL 



HISTORY MUSEUM 



Children's Programs 



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) 



James Simpson Theatre. Saturday 

 mornings at 10:30. Free. 



Adult Lectures 



Color motion pictures, narrated in 

 person. 

 April 1 — Caribbean Crescent 



James Metcalf 

 Dowagiac, Michigan 

 April 8 — Indonesia 



John Nicholls Booth 

 New York City 



April 15 — Gone With the Wilder- 

 ness 



Karl Maslowski 

 Cincinnati Museum of Natural 

 History 



April 22 — Greece 



Gerald Hooper 

 Chicago, Illinois 



From "Caribbean Crescent," April 1 lecture 



April 29 — Austria 



Neil Douglas 

 Meriden, Connecticut 



James Simpson Theatre. Saturday 

 afternoons at 2 :30. Free. 



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Award 



William V. Kahler, President of Illi- 

 nois Bell Telephone Company, has re- 

 ceived one of the nation's top engineer- 

 ing honors, the 1961 Washington Award. 

 This award is conferred annually on an 

 engineer "whose professional attain- 

 ments have pre-eminendy advanced the 

 welfare of mankind." Mr. Kahler, who 

 has been a Museum trustee since Jan- 

 uary of 1959, was cited specifically "for 

 distinguished leadership in business and 

 civic affairs and for exceptional service 

 to education and humanity." 



Free Concerts 



A program of baroque music and a 

 three-day Mozart-Schubert festival will 

 bring to a climax Free Concerts Founda- 

 tion's 1960-61 concert series presented 

 in the James Simpson Theatre. 



Baritone William Warfield comes to 

 the Simpson Theatre stage on April 5 as 

 featured soloist in a program of music by 

 Bach and Handel. He will be joined 

 by assisting artists Ray Still, oboe; Don 

 Isaac, harpsichord; members of the Fes- 

 tival String Quartet; and additional 

 chamber ensemble players. The program 

 will consist of two Bach cantatas — Num- 

 ber 27, "Ich habe genung," and Number 

 56, "Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tra- 

 gen"; an aria from Handel's oratorio, 

 Samson, "Thy glorious deeds inspired my 

 tongue"; and Handel's Trio Sonata for 

 two violins, Opus 2, Number 6. Soloists 

 will be Sidney and Theresa Testa Harth. 

 The program begins at 8:30 p.m. 



In May the Free Concerts Foundation 

 embarks upon a new undertaking — the 

 presentation of a three-day (May 2-4) 

 festival of music featuring the works of 

 Mozart and Schubert. World-famous 

 musicians, including Leon Fleisher, pi- 

 anist, and members of the Festival String 

 Quartet will perform during the festival. 



Tickets for the concerts may be ob- 

 tained by writing Free Concerts Founda- 

 tion, Chicago Natural History Museum, 

 enclosing a stamped self-addressed enve- 

 lope. Festival tickets will not be available 

 until after the April 5 concert. 



Founded by Marshall Field, 1893 



Roosevelt Road and Lake Shore Drive, Chicago 5 



Telephone: WAbash 2-9-410 



THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 



Lester Armour 

 Wm. McCormick Blair 

 Walther Buchen 

 Walter J. Cummings 

 Joseph N. Field 

 Marshall Field, Jr. 

 Stanley Field 

 Samuel Insult, Jr. 

 Henry P. Isham 



William V. Kahler 

 Hughston M. McBain 

 J. Roscoe Miller 

 William H. Mitchell 

 John T. Pirie, Jr. 

 Clarence B. Randall 

 John G. Searle 

 Solomon A. Smith 

 Louis Ware 



J. Howard Wood 



OFFICERS 



Stanley Field, President 



Hughston M. McBain, First Vice-President 



Walther Buchen, Second Vice-President 



Joseph N. Field, Third Vice-President 



Solomon A. Smith, Treasurer 



Clifford C. Gregg, Director and Secretary 



E. Leland Webber, Assistant Secretary 



THE BULLETIN 



EDITOR 

 Clifford C. Gregg, Director of the Museum 



CONTRIBUTING EDITORS 



Paul S. Martin, Chief Curator of Anthropology 



John R. Millar, Chief Curator of Botany 



Sharat K. Roy, Chief Curator of Geology 



Austin L. Rand, Chief Curator of Zoology 



MANAGING EDITOR 

 Paula R. Nelson, Public Relations Counsel 



ASSOCIATE EDITOR 

 Marilyn Jindrtch, Associate in Public Relations 



Members are requested to inform the Museum 

 promptly of changes of address. 



Soundtrek 



Soundtrek, Chicago Natural History 

 Museum's pioneering radio guide to the 

 exhibits, has taken on a bright new look 

 this spring with the arrival of gaily col- 

 ored, lighter-weight receivers and new, 

 improved transmitting equipment. 



Also added recendy to the Soundtrek 

 system is an entertaining ten-minute ra- 

 dio-guided tour in the Hall of Pre- 

 Columbian Indians (Hall 4), with com- 

 mentary by Harriet Smith of the Ray- 

 mond Foundation. Miss Smith's tour 

 supplements the longer, more detailed 

 tour of this hall by George I. Quimby, 

 Curator of North American Archaeology 

 and Ethnology. 



The new Soundtrek receivers are now 

 available to Members without charge 

 and will be a feature of Members' Night, 

 April 28. 



