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March 28—“ The Oldest Known Bird.” 
Dr. O. P. Hay, 
Assistant Curator of Ichthyology Field Columbian 
Museum. 
April 4 — “ Masterpieces of American Art.” 
Prof. W. H. Holmes, 
Curator of Anthropology, Field Columbian Museum 
11 — “The Evolution of Transportation.” 
Mr. Willard A. Smith, 
Hon. Curator Dep’t Industrial Arts, Field Colum- 
bian Museum. 
18 — “The Illustration of Books.” 
Mr. Edward L. Burchard, 
Librarian, Field Columbian Museum. 
u 25 — “ Caricature.” 
Prof. John H. Finley, 
President, Knox College. 
The semi-circular mural paintings on the sides of the room 
possess an intrinsic and historical value. The one on the north 
wall — a* scene in Homeric Greece — is by Mr. F. D. Millet; the 
other illustrates a typical industry, that of pottery, and is by 
L. K. Earle. These paintings adorned the ceiling of the corner 
pavilions to the Manufactures Building, and were contributed by 
the Exposition to the Museum. On the west wall is a large eques- 
trian picture of General Winfield Scott, while opposite it is one of 
General John A. Logan — the former loaned by Robt. McMurdy, 
the latter by the Chicago Veteran Club. In the corners of the 
Hall are placed a heroic bust of Washington, presented by 
Susse Freres of Paris; a life-size statue of Edwin M. Stanton, 
Secretary of War in the Lincoln Cabinet; and the stooping figure 
of a fawn — a fragment of a fountain — by R. P. Bringhurst of St. 
Louis. 
