> 4 f) • tt u CHICAGO' NATURAli /77//7//77a .* -* HISTORY vm 3* tAb. 4 0^ Page 2 CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM BULLETIN January, 1960 Chicago Natural History Museum -THIS MONTH'S COVER- JANUARY 6 CONCERT Founded by Marshall Field, 1893 FEATURES SOPRANO Our cover symbolizes the dawn- Roosevelt Road and Lake Shore Drive, Chicago 5 Telephone: WAbash 2-9410 ing of the New Year. Designed by The Festival String Quartet makes its Staff Artist E. John Pfiffner and second appearance on the stage of James him in collaboration Theatre on 6 when THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES prepared by Simpson January Phyllis with Assistant Photographer Curtin, soprano, and Ray Still, oboist, join Lester Armour Henry P. Isham Sewell L. Avery William V. Kahler Homer V. Holdren, it is based on the quartet as special guest artists for the Wm. McCormick Blair Hughston M. McBain the Museum's life-size diorama of The will Walther Buchen J. Roscoe Miller evening's performance. program Chesser M. Campbell William H. Mitchell a Neolithic sun-worshiping priest include music by Haydn, Villa-Lobos, Hin- Walter J. Cummings John T. Pirie, Jr. Joseph N. Field Clarence B. Randall welcoming a new day. The scene demith, and Debussy. Miss Curtin, making Marshall Jr. John G. Searle Field, is the avenue of her first in will Stanley Fibld Solomon A. Smith mysterious pre- public appearance Chicago, Samuel Insull, Jr. Louis Ware historic menhirs at Carnac in sing three Villa-Lobos songs, followed by France's ancient of Brit- OFFICERS province Hindemith's "Die Serenaden." tany. The time is debut in Stanley Field President represented The quartet's James Simpson Hughston M. McBain First Vice-President approximately 4,000 years ago. Theatre on December 9 was attended by Walther Buchen Second Vice-President Joseph N. Field Third Vice-President The diorama is one in a series of nearly 1,000. Members of the string quartet A. Smith Treasurer Solomon eight in the Hall of the Stone are concertmaster of the Chi- Clifford C. Gregg Director and Secretary Sidney Harth, John R. Millar Assistant Secretary Age of the Old World (Hall C) cago Symphony Orchestra, and his wife, Te- illustrating stages in the develop- resa—violinists; and two other members of ment of man from about — THE BULLETIN early the Chicago Symphony Rolf Persinger, 250,000 years ago to the first days violist, and Harry Sturm, cellist. EDITOR of recorded history. Other concerts will be presented on Feb- Clifford C. Gregg Director of the Museum ruary 10, March 9, and April 13—the entire CONTRIBUTING EDITORS series presented free to music lovers by Free Paul S. Martin Chief Curator of Anthropology Concerts Foundation, headed by Mrs. J. Theodor Just Chief Curator of Botany of Sharat K. Roy Chief Curator of Geology Dennis Freund. Selection James Simpson Austin L. Rand Chief Curator of Zoology STAFF NOTES Theatre for the free music series came as the MANAGING EDITOR result of the discovery, last August, of the theater's musical At that time H. B. Harte Public Relations Counsel The Museum was represented by three potentialities. delegates at the annual meeting of the Amer- time Mrs. Freund sponsored a program of ASSOCIATE EDITOR ican Anthropological Association in Mexico chamber music. Marilyn Jindrich Assistant in Public Relations City, December 28-30. Dr. Paul S. Mar- Roger Dettmer, drama and music critic for tin, Chief Curator of Anthropology, pre- Chicago's American, commented after the Members are to inform the Museum requested sented a paper on "Recent Excavations in program: "For many it came last summer promptly of changes of address. Arizona." Dr. Donald Collier, Curator of as a pleasant surprise to discover in the west South American Archaeology and Ethnol- wing basement of Chicago Natural History AUDUBON SCREEN-TOUR ogy, presented one on "Agriculture and Civi- Museum, a theatre suitable for chamber lization in Peru." I. ON 'WILD EUROPE' George Quimby, music that has (1) good acoustics, (2) com- Curator of North American Archaeology and fortable seats, (3) unimpaired sight lines, A traveler may have toured, in the con- Ethnology, was the third Museum delegate. (4) ample parking facilities, (5) passable de- . Dr. Curator of Oce- ventional sense, all of Europe and never have Roland W. Force, cor . Simpson Theatre turned out to be seen that side of the Old World continent anic Archaeology and Ethnology, presented the best concert hall in Greater Chicago se- that the famous ornithologist, Roger Tory a paper on "Metonomy, Metaphor and Pa- lected by the committee (Pan American Peterson will show in his color motion pic- lauan Sociai Organization" at the annual Games) for anything." Similarly, Robert " ture, Wild Europe" when he lectures for the meeting of the American Association for the Marsh of the Sun-Times, after the Decem- Illinois Audubon Society in the James Simp- Advancement of Science held in Chicago ber 9 concert, called it the "city's finest audi- son Theatre of the Museum on Sunday after- December 26-31. ... Dr. Rainer Zangerl, torium for small instrumental groups." 17. Curator of Fossil Dr. S. noon, January Reptiles, Eugene Tickets are required for the concerts in the In his film he will show such Curator of Fossil Inverte- sights (usually Richardson, Jr., series and may be obtained by calling in per- the the Dr. Robert H. Curator of neglected by average tourist) as spec- brates, Denison, son at the Museum or writing Free Concerts of Fossil and William D. tacular gathering oystercatchers at Hilbre Fishes, Turnbull, Foundation, Chicago Natural History Mu- Island in the Irish the in the Assistant Curator of Fossil at- Sea; flamingoes Mammals, seum (Roosevelt Road and Lake Shore Drive, vast salt lakes of the Rhone ruffs danc- tended the recent Darwin Centennial Cele- delta; Chicago 5) and enclosing a stamped, self- in the of the bration of the for the ing bogs Netherlands, habitat and meetings Society addressed envelope. of the white spoonbill; families of storks on Study of Evolution, held in Chicago late in old churches in the Rhine valley; red kites, November. Dr. Richardson was official del- black kites, and imperial eagles among the egate of the Paleontological Society. Dr. Curator of Insects, attended meetings of the cork oaks of Andalusia; great griffon vul- Zangerl and Dr. Richardson also attended a Society for the Study of Evolution. Mr. tures soaring about the ancient citadels of field conference with the Indiana Geological Wenzel also attended the Detroit meetings Spain, and bee-eaters, the most colorful birds Survey. Mr. Turnbull attended the meet- of the Entomological Society of America, of Europe, hawking the Mediterranean air ings of the Geological Society of America and and was elected to the standing committee for dragonflies. The screen-tour includes the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in on entomological nomenclature. He has wild life refuges on the coasts of Holland, Pittsburgh. Most members of the Zoology been appointed a research associate in the islands off Britain's shores, the great Ca- staff attended some of the Darwin Centen- department of biology at Northwestern Uni- margue region of France, and the forests of nial meetings at the University of Chicago. versity. Mr. Dybas recently lectured on Finland. D. Dwight Davis, Curator of Vertebrate Panama before the Chicago Entomological The lecture will begin at 2:30 p.m., and Anatomy, Rupert L. Wenzel, Curator of Society and the Thornton Township High admission is free. Insects, and Henry S. Dybas, Associate School Biology Club, Harvey, Illinois. January, 1960 CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM BULLETIN Page 3 By Stag Illu : Marion Pahl SOUTH SEA ISLES: WHAT LED TO EARLY DISCOVERIES By ROLAND W. FORCE over countless reefs in craft, strug- Spanish), (2) 17th century (Dutch), and CURATOR OF OCEANIC ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY landing gled through unbelievable terrain to get close (3) 18th century (English and French). Part I enough to a concrete pillbox to use a flame- Of course, the Pacific was sailed into by to con- YOU WANT frighten yourself, thrower or automatic weapon. Chinese junks for a limited distance as early sider life on a IF spending your tiny speck And some stayed on—in the military cem- as 200 B.C. Contact was established with of sand which rises no more than twelve feet etery in the Punch Bowl—that ancient and Java, the Philippines, and Japan. Then, too, above the surface of the ocean and upon quiet volcanic cone which stands guard over there is the possibility that some unfortunate which can make a and you complete leisurely Honolulu. The Coral Sea, Leyte Gulf, Mid- voyagers from China or Japan actually got circuit while a For as far smoking cigarette. way, Iwo and less well-known spots such as lost and drifted across the Pacific from west as can see on all sides there is you nothing a small isolated inlet of Iwayama Bay in the to east and landed on the Northwest Coast but wetness. And you can see only 12 miles Palaus where at low tide the aluminum skel- of America or in the Hawaiian Islands. One before the horizon limits view to your sky. eton of what looks strikingly like a ptero- thing which has never been explained is the those 12 miles there be Beyond may 1,200 dactyl projects out of the mangrove mud, all existence of iron in Hawaii at the time Cap- more— as wet as those can just you see; became well-known to many Americans. tain James Cook discovered the islands in the 1,200 miles which are seldom traversed by Latter-day writers such as Ernie Pyle, late 18th century. either or —even today. Twelve ship plane James Michener, Richard Tregaskis, and Prior to the rather late period of explora- hundred miles of dark blue deep, treachery Norman Mailer put zoom lenses on the Amer- tion in the Pacific by Europeans there had that to The constantly try submerge you.