KNOW YOUR CHICAGO

SUMMARY OF LECTURES AND FIELD TRIPS FROM 1949

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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO GRAHAM SCHOOL OF GENERAL STUDIES 1427 E. 60TH STREET CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60637

1949

Sept. 30 The History of Chicago Paul Angle, Director, Chicago Historical Society

Oct. 7 Politics in Chicago Milburn Akers, Chicago Sun-Times

Oct. 14 Chicago’s Welfare Program Fred Hoehler, Director, Department of Public Welfare, State of Illinois

Oct. 21 Chicago’s Housing Problems Elizabeth Wood, Executive Secretary, Chicago Housing Authority

Oct. 28 A Neighborhood Solution to the City’s Problems Saul Alinsky, Chairman, Industrial Areas Foundation

Nov. 4 Public Education in Chicago Herold Hunt, General Superintendent, Chicago Public Schools

Nov. 11 Race and Cultural Tension in Chicago Louis Wirth, President, American Council on Race Relations

Nov. 18 Chicago’s Public Recreation Program Walter Roy, Director of Recreation, Chicago Park District

Dec. 2 Crime in Chicago Joseph Lohman, The University of Chicago

Dec. 9 Chicago as a Medical Center Dr. J. Roscoe Miller, President, Northwestern University

1950

Oct. 6 The Arts in Chicago Mary Hastings Bradley, Author; Rudolph Ganz, President, Chicago Musical College; and Daniel C. Rich, Director, The Art Institute of Chicago. Moderator: Frederic Babcock, Editor, "Magazine of Books," Chicago Tribune

Oct. 11 Field Trip: Architectural Landmarks: Old Glessner House, Illinois Institute of Technology campus, Robie House and Rockefeller Chapel

Oct. 20 Chicago as a Psychiatric Center Helen Ross, Administrative Director, The Institute for Psychoanalysis

Oct. 25 Field Trip: The Institute for Psychoanalysis, Veterans Rehabilitation Center, and The Institute for Juvenile Research

Nov. 3 The Role of Private Social Agencies Meyer Kestnbaum, Past President, Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago

Nov. 8 Field Trip: Illinois Children's Home and Aid, Lighthouse for the Blind, Hull House, the Harbor Light Station of the Salvation Army

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Nov. 17 The Administration of Justice Federal Judge William J. Campbell

Nov. 29 Field Trip: Federal and Municipal Courts

Dec. 1 The Impact of the Industry of Chicago General Robert E. Wood, Chairman of the Board, Sears, Roebuck and Co.

Dec. 6 Field Trip: Inland Steel Indiana Harbor Plant and the Stock Yards

1951

Sept. 28 Chicago’s Bronzeville The Reverend Archibald Carey, Alderman, Third Ward

Oct. 3 & 10 Field Trip: Provident Hospital, Parkway Community House, Parkway Ballroom and Funeral Home, the Mecca, Ebony Magazine, and Dearborn Homes

Oct. 12 Chicago: Market Basket of the U.S.A. Colonel Edward Wentworth, Director, Livestock Bureau, Armour & Company

Oct. 17 & 24 Field Trip: Fruit auction, packing house, candy kitchen

Oct. 26 Chicago as a Research Center Henry T. Heald, President, Illinois Institute of Technology; Dr. L. T. Coggeshall, Dean, Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Chicago; Carl Kraeling, Director, Oriental Institute

Oct. 31 & Nov. 7 Field Trip: Institute for Nuclear Studies, Institute of Radiobiology and Biophysics, American Meat Institute, and the Oriental Institute

Nov. 9 Chicago as a Financial Center James Day, President, Midwest Stock Exchange

Nov. 14 & 21 Field Trip: Board of Trade, Grain Market, Midwest Stock Exchange, and a clearing house

Nov. 30 Public Opinion in Chicago John Nuveen, President, Chicago Sunday Evening Club; Clifton Utley, News Commentator, NBC; Cyril O. Houle, Dean, University College, The University of Chicago

Dec. 5 & 12 Field Trip: City Hall, a TV and radio station, the Chicago Tribune, and the Lakeside Press

1952

Sept. 26 Chicago’s Children Judge Robert J. Dunne, Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, formerly Judge, Cook County Family-Juvenile Court; Miss Lois Wildy, Director, Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society; and Mrs. Clifton Utley, Member, Chicago Board of Education

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Oct. 1 & 8 Field Trip: St. Vincent's Orphanage, Spaulding School for Crippled Children, Lucy Flower Girls' Technical High School, and Cook County Juvenile Court

Oct. 10 Organized Labor in Chicago Frederick H. Harbison, Professor of Industrial Relations, The University of Chicago

Oct. 15 & 22 Field Trip: Illinois Industrial Commission, the headquarters of the Illinois State Federation of Labor, Chicago Federation of Labor, radio station WCFL and weekly publication Federation News, and Hart, Schaffner & Marx

Oct. 24 What Can Religion Do for Chicago? Father Edward V. Cardinal, C.S.V., Director, Sheil School of Social Studies; Rabbi Jacob Weinstein, K.A.M. Temple; Rev. Joseph Haroutunian, Professor of Theology, McCormick Theology Seminary

Oct. 29 & Nov. 5 Field Trip: Holy Name Cathedral, Quigley Seminary, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Sinai Temple, Rockefeller Chapel, Harbor Light Corps of the Salvation Army

Nov. 7 Culture in Chicago Chauncy McCormick, Board of Trustees, The Art Institute of Chicago

Nov. 12 & 19 Field Trip: Behind-the-scenes at the Art Institute, and a Goodman Theater rehearsal of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Nov. 21 Chicago Plans Its Future Guy M. Reed, President, Chicago Crime Commission; William Ko Spencer, Chairman, Chicago Plan Commission; Mrs. J. Harris Ward, Chairman, Know Your Chicago Committee. Moderator: Lawrence A. Kimpton, Chancellor, The University of Chicago

Nov. 26 (one trip only) Field Trip: Chicago Planning Commission pictorial display (at Commonwealth

Edison Company auditorium), the Institute of Design, the new Greyhound Bus Terminal, and Chicago Filtration Plant

1953

Oct. 2 Chicago as an Inland Port Harold M. Mayer, Assistant Professor of Geography, The University of Chicago, and former member, Chicago Regional Port District Board

Oct. 7 Field Trip: All-day boat trip on Chicago River [both branches] and Lake (one trip only) Michigan, docks, Calumet Sag channel and ship basins

Oct. 16 Chicago as a Recreation Center Vernon F. Hernland, Assistant to the Director of Recreation, Chicago Park District

Oct. 21 & 28 Field Trip: Bus tour of Chicago recreation centers, Planetarium and Lincoln Park Zoo, Conservatory, and stadiums and field houses of Park District.

Oct. 30 Chicago as a Merchandise Center Lawrence Sizer, Chairman, Board of Directors, State Street Council

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Nov. 4 & 10 Field Trip: Behind-the-scenes tour of Marshall Field & Company and a mail-order house

Nov. 13 The Crime Syndicate in Chicago Virgil Peterson, Executive Director, Chicago Crime Commission

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1954

Sept. 24 Chicago As a Transportation Center Harold M. Mayer, Assistant Professor Geography, The University of Chicago; former member, Chicago Regional Port District Board

Sept. 29 &Oct. 6 Field Trip: Behind-the-scenes tour of the railroad yards which make Chicago the world's greatest railroad center; the Electromotive Division of General Motors in La Grange, where the group will be guests for lunch; and United Airlines maintenance and commissary sections.

Oct. 8 A Survey of the Mental Health Health Problem in Chicago James G. Miller, M.D., Professor of Psychology and Chairman of the Department of Psychology, The University of Chicago

Oct. 13 & 18 Field Trip: Visit to Manteno State Hospital with its ultramodern occupational and recreational therapy.

Oct. 22 Chicago Against Attack General Robert Woodward, Director of Civil Defense, State of Illinois

Oct. 27 & Nov. 3 Field Trip: Tour of Chicago defense establishments, including Central Operations Headquarters, the Air Defense Filter Center, and O'Hare Field

Nov. 5 Archives of American Culture Stanley Pargellis, Director, Newberry Library

Nov. 10 & 17 Field Trip: Tour of Chicago libraries and archives, including the Chicago Public Library, John Crerar Library, Chicago Historical Society, Library of International Relations, and Newberry Library

Nov. 19 Mass Education in Chicago Paul Wagner, Director, Film Council of America; Walter Colmes, President, Emerson Film Corporation; Judith Waller, Educational Program Director, WMAQ

Nov. 22 & 29 Field Trip: Tour of documentary-film production studios

1955

Oct. 12 Field Trip: Inland Steel Company, Indiana Harbor; Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc.

Oct. 19 Field Trip: Standard Oil Co. (Ind.)

Oct. 21 Chicago’s Problem Children Joseph D. Lohman, Sheriff of Cook County; Lloyd E. Ohlin, Director, and Frank T. Flynn, Jr., Associate Director, Center for Education and Research

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in Corrections, The University of Chicago. Moderator: Maurice F. X. Donohue, Dean, University College, The University of Chicago

Oct. 28 & Nov. 2 Field Trip: Arthur J. Audy Home, Geneva State Hospital for Girls, and St. Charles School for Boys

Nov. 4 Theatre Arts in Chicago Sydney J. Harris, "Strictly Personal," Chicago Daily News

Nov. 10 Field Trip: Goodman Memorial Theater; behind-the-scenes at a Lyric Opera (one tour only) rehearsal

Nov. 18 Urban Renewal James C. Downs, Jr., Housing and Redevelopment Coordinator, City of Chicago

Nov. 21 & 30 Field Trip: Slum clearance: Model apartment in a housing project, a vacated apartment pending demolition, Lake Meadows shopping center; conservation in Hyde Park-Kenwood

1956

Sept. 21 The Challenge to the Chicago Public Schools Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr., President, Chicago Board of Education; Benjamin C. Willis, General Superintendent, Chicago Board of Education; Mrs. James Mason, President, Citizens Schools Committee

Sept. 26 & Oct. 3 Field Trip: Chicago's schools: Old and new, academic and vocational, special education for the socially maladjusted and physically handicapped

Oct. 5 "Urbs in Horto [City in a Garden]” R. Milton Carleton, President, Chicago Horticultural Society

Oct. 10 & 17 Field Trip: Morton Arboretum, behind-the-scenes at Garfield Park Conservatory

Oct. 19 Chicago: The Market Basket of America Franklin J. Lunding, Chairman of the Board, Jewel Tea Company

Oct. 24 & 31 Field Trip: Fruit auction on South Water Street, Milani Foods, Sawyer Biscuit Company, and Jewel Tea Company

Nov. 2 The Negro Comes to Chicago Edwin C. Berry, Executive Director, Urban League of Chicago

Nov. 7 & 14 Field Trip: South Side Art Center, Johnson Publishing Company, Fuller Products Cosmopolitan Community House

Nov. 16 Chicago’s Role in the Atomic Age Richard Humphreys, Assistant Director for Technical Development, Armour Research Foundation, Illinois Institute of Technology

Nov. 20 & 28 Field Trip: Argonne National Laboratory: The research reactor, "hot laboratory caves," food irradiation, cyclotron, and the biosynthesis greenhouse

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1957

Sept. 18 The World Looks at Chicago Angelo Giaroli, Italian Trade Commissioner; Harold M. Mayer, Associate Professor of Geography, The University of Chicago; Gerald A. Newman, Consul General of Canada; Raoul du Val, Commercial Counselor of France. Moderator: Carter Davidson, Executive Director, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations

Sept. 24 & 25 Field Trip: All-day boat trip on Chicago River (both branches) and Lake Michigan, docks, Calumet Sag Channel, ship basins and industry at work

Oct. 2 Metropolitan Area Planning Philip M. Hauser, Professor and Chairman, Department of Sociology, The University of Chicago

Oct. 9 Field Trip: City Planning Department, Sanitary District, Park Forest (example (one tour only) of good planning), Robbins (no planning and deterioration)

Oct. 16 Education for Leadership Lawrence A. Kimpton, Chancellor, The University of Chicago

Oct. 22 & 23 Field Trip: Illinois Institute of Technology (psychological testing and reading clinic), University of Chicago (discussion class), American Bar Center (facilities and services), and Wright Junior College (TV College, audio- visual library)

Oct. 30 The Expanding Influence of the Arts Earle Ludgin, Chairman of the Board, Earle Ludgin & Company

Nov. 6 Field Trip: Art, music and ballet at The Art Institute: Picasso exhibit (talk by (one tour only) George Culler), contemporary music (lecture/demonstration, George Kuyper

and symphony orchestra members), and ballet (Ruth Page and dancers)

Nov. 13 The Changing Welfare Pattern Robert H. MacRae, Executive Director, Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago

Nov. 15 & 18 Field Trip: Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society, Lower North Center, Senior Centers of Metropolitan Chicago, and Chicago Welfare Department Rehabilitation Division

1958

Sept 8-15 "Know Your Chicago" Week Sept. 17 Chicago’s Changing Skyline

William E. Hartmann, Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Architects

Sept. 23 & 24 Field Trip: Chicago's new buildings: Chicago Sun-Times, Executive House, Prudential, Morton Salt, Inland Steel, and a short tour of older architectural landmarks

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Oct. 1 Chicago: Cultures in Conflict Maurice F. X. Donohue, Dean, University College, The University of Chicago

Oct. 7 & 8 Field Trip: Lawndale area and the Chicago Commons neighborhoods which have undergone ethnic and cultural changes

Oct. 15 Obstacles to Law Enforcement Virgil W. Peterson, Operating Director, Chicago Crime Commission

Oct. 21 & 22 Field Trip: Central Police Building's Narcotics Bureau, "rogue's gallery," crime laboratory, central complaint room, and women's detention quarters, County Jail, and House of Corrections

Oct. 29 The Flow of Money in Chicago Ezra Solomon, Professor of Finance, School of Business, The University of Chicago

Nov. 5 & 6 Field Trip: Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, First National Bank, and Federal Reserve Bank

Nov. 12 Chicago in the Space Age A Panel Discussion: Horace R. Byers, Professor of Meteorology and Chairman, Department of Meteorology, The University of Chicago; Bernard E. Howard, Associate Director, Systems Research, The University of Chicago; Marcel Scheil, Professor, Department of Physics and the Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies, The University of Chicago

Nov. 18 & 19 Field Trip: Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies, and Cook Technological Center

1959 INGREDIENTS OF GREATNESS IN THE CITY

Sept. 23 Historia Great Cities of the Past: Philip M. Hauser, Chairman, Department of Sociology, The University of Chicago

Sept. 29 & 30 Field Trip: Oriental Institute, “Recreating the Ancient City,” lecture and tour; Illinois Institute of Technology, the Western city; Museum of Natural History, Pre-Columbian cities

Oct. 7 Politika The Development of the Body Politic: Stephen A. Mitchell, Former Chairman, Democratic National Committee

Oct 13 & 14 Field Trip: City Hall, and the League of Women Voters Headquarters. Talks by Democratic and Republican Ward Committeemen

Oct. 21 Charitas The Heart of a City: Edward L. Ryerson, Industrialist and Civic Leader

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Oct. 27 & 28 Field Trip: Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital, New Conrad Senior Center, Julia Lathrop Housing Project, Community Fund of Chicago Inc. Budget Reviewing Committee, with Lynn Brandenburg, Assoc. Executive Director

Nov. 4 Topos Site and Industrial Success: Meyer Kestenbaum, Manufacturer and Economic Advisor to President Eisenhower

Nov. 9 Field Trip: Western Electric Company and Mars Candy Company

Nov. 10 Field Trip: Western Electric Company and R. H. Donnelley Company

Nov. 18 Ethos Genius of the City: Stanley Pargellis, Director, Newberry Library

Nov. 20 Field Trip: Harper Library, Rockefeller Chapel, Law School buildings; Chicago Historical Society, and rehearsal [Thais] at the Lyric Opera

1960 THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE IN CHICAGO

Sept. 21 Human Values in City Planning Dorothy Rubel, Director of Metropolitan Housing and Planning Council

Sept. 27 & 28 Field Trip: Downtown Center: slide lecture, bus tour accompanied by guides from the Chicago Dept. of City Planning to view: sites (north) the proposed Marina Towers, La Salle Street Redevelopment Area, Old Town, (west) the Gateway Plan, Near West Side Redevelopment Area, Medical Center, bus freight terminal, (central area) proposed sites for the University of Illinois, consolidated railroad terminal, and (east) Lake Meadows apartment complex

Oct. 5 Religion as a Social Force The Reverend Granger Westberg, University of Chicago, Federated Theological Faculty; Rabbi Ralph Simon, Temple Rodfei Zedek; John C. Hayes, Acting Dean, School of Law, Loyola University, and President, National Council of Catholic Men. Moderator: Dr. Leo K. Bishop, Vice President, National Conference of Christians and Jews

Oct. 11 & 12 Field Trip: Fourth Presbyterian Church, Temple Emanuel, St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Church, Chicago Buddhist Church, and Marillac House

Oct. 19 The Lively Arts: Creating a Standard of Taste Norman Boothby, Dean of the School of The Art Institute of Chicago

Oct. 25 & 26 Field Trip: Institute of Design, IIT (lecture, photography as an art), The Art Institute of Chicago (panel discussion on Jazz in Chicago); split into small groups to visit: Fairweather Hardin Galleries, Superior Street Gallery, Frumkin Gallery, Holland-Goldowsky Gallery; and a rehearsal at Second City.

Nov. 2 Civic Administration--New Objectives in Law Enforcement Gen. Franklin M. Kremel, President, Chicago Police Board

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Nov. 9 & 10 Field Trip: East Chicago Avenue Police Station (operations on the district level), Planning Section of the Police Dept. and Youth Bureau (1104 S. Wabash), and Central Police Building (1121 S. State) to visit the Communications Section

Nov. 16 Scientific Progress in Chicago Dr. John T. Rettaliata, President, Illinois Institute of Technology

Nov. 17 & 18 Field Trip: Armour Research Foundation, IIT, to tour: Nuclear Reactor, Univac Computer, Acoustics Laboratories, Building Materials Laboratories; the University of Illinois Professional Colleges, West Side Medical Center, to tour the Aero-Medical Laboratory (studies on man in space) and the new medical research Laboratory (modern facilities for work on research animals)

1961 CHICAGO—THE CROSSROADS

Sept. 20 Convention City Gerald G. Sanderson, Executive Director, The Chicago Convention Bureau, Inc.

Sept. 26 & 27 Field Trip: McCormick Place for a lecture on its history and operation and a tour; the British Import Show at Carson Pirie Scott & Co.; Auditorium Theatre; view Pick-Congress Hotel's renovation, and the management and internal operation of a large metropolitan hotel

Oct. 4 World Port Maxim M. Cohen, General Manager, Chicago Regional Port District

Oct. 10 & 11 Field Trip: Walk along Navy Pier's new observation deck overlooking the cargo loading/unloading dock; Calumet Harbor: inspect the handling of imports/exports on the docks and warehouses, loading operations at the grain elevator, and construction in progress for the new anchor basin

Oct. 18 Newcomers and New Citizens Panel: Marion K. Crane, Executive Secretary, Division on Family and Child Welfare, Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago; Edward Marciniak, Executive Director, Commission on Human Relations; Abner J. Mikva, State Representative, 23rd District; Theodore T. Robinson, Hearing Officer, Division of Unemployment Compensation, Illinois Department of Labor. Moderator: John H. Dowd, John Marshall Law School

Oct. 24 & 25 Field Trip: University College for short lecture, tour neighborhoods of new residents, guided by The Mayor's Commission on Human Relations, W. C Goudy School, and McCormick Boys Club

Nov. 1 Host to the World Mrs. Clifton Utley, Director, Midwest Office, Institute of International Education

Nov. 7 & 8 Field Trip: Woodrow Wilson Room (116 S. Michigan): meet representatives of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, International Hospitality Center of Chicago, Institute of International Education, and Experiment in

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International Living; University of Chicago campus: International House, to meet foreign students, Law School Auditorium, where Public Administration Clearing House representatives describe work with foreign governmental representatives, and tea served at the Alliance Francaise (Nov. 7) or the English Speaking Union (Nov. 8)

Nov. 15 Cultural Interchange Dave Chapman, Industrial Designer, Dave Chapman, Inc.; Miss Carol Fox, General Manager, The Lyric Opera of Chicago; Richard N. Gregg, Director, The Art Institute of Chicago; James Speyer, Curator, The Art Institute of Chicago

Nov. 20 & 21 Field Trip: University College, to view imported art film shorts, Harris Bank and Trust Company, to view example of new international style of architecture grafted onto an old building, Dave Chapman, Inc., and Herman Miller and Knoll Associates

1962 CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES AFFECTING CHICAGO

Sept. 19 New Programs in Health and Welfare Richard S. Bachman, Executive Director, Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago

Sept. 25 & 26 Field Trip: Tinley Park Mental Hospital for a tour and discussion of hospital facilities, programs in psychotherapy, occupational therapy, etc.; Oak Forest Infirmary to tour the hospital and view physical rehabilitation programs

Oct. 3 The United States and the Common Market David M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Board, Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Co.

Oct. 9 & 10 Field Trip: Ditto Corp., a subsidiary of Bell & Howell Co., for a tour demonstrating the complicated effects of liberalization of U.S. trade policy on this industry; G. D. Searle & Co., to view the automated processes in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals.

Oct. 17 The Urgent Need for Court Reorganization Owen Rall, Peterson, Lowry, Rall, Barber and Ross, Immediate Past President, Illinois State Bar Assn.

Oct. 23 & 24 Field Trip: Appellate Courtroom (30 N. Michigan) to hear the oral argument of a case before the Appellate Court of the First District of Illinois; visit the Municipal and Criminal Courts (County Bldg.) and Family Courts

Oct. 31 Critical Problems in Public Education Dr. Benjamin C. Willis, General Superintendent of Schools, Chicago Board of Education

Nov. 7 & 8 Field Trip: Byrd School, to visit classrooms to view the most modern teaching facilities and see the closed circuit TV in operation; Doolittle School, for a brief lecture on a mental health and learning project sponsored by the

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Wieboldt Foundation; Dunbar Vocational School, to view training facilities and various work-study projects under way; and mobile classroom units

Nov. 14 Labor and Industrial Change Gilbert A. Cornfield, Kleiman, Cornfield & Feldman; Ralph Helstein, President, United Packing House Workers of America; Joel Seidman, Professor of Industrial Relations, Graduate School of Business, The University of Chicago; George P. Shultz, Professor of Industrial Relations, Graduate School of Business, The University of Chicago

Nov. 19 & 20 Field Trip: Midwest Stock Exchange, to view the computing/data processing machines floor of the Exchange; John Sexton & Co., to view automated material handling; and Burny Bros. Bakery, to see completely automated production process

1963 CHICAGO—THE CHANGING CITY

Sept. 18 Physical Geography: Water, Wealth and Waste Gilbert F. White, Professor of Geography, The University of Chicago

Sept. 24 & 25 Field Trip: All-day boat trip on Lake Michigan and the Chicago inland waterways with a member of the U.S. Corps of Engineers as a guide/lecturer

Oct. 2 City Planning: Chicago Today and Tomorrow James C. Downs, Jr., Chairman of the Board, Real Estate Research Corp.

Oct. 8 & 9 Field Trip: University College, to view film short on implementation of city planning, view (by bus) planning/progress in central business district and nearby rehabilitation/renewal projects, tour Filtration Plant , and see redevelopment areas in the South Side. Tour accompanied by members of the Metropolitan Housing and Planning Council

Oct. 16 Basic Industry: Its Impact on Chicago Edward C. Logelin, Vice President, United States Steel Corporation

Oct. 22 & 23 Field Trip: Gary Mill, U.S. Steel Corp. Tour includes the tin plate section and the hot strip mill

Oct. 30 Law Enforcement: Obstacles and Objectives Panel: James P. O'Brien, United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois; Richard B. Ogilvie, Sheriff, Cook County, Illinois; Col. Minor K. Wilson, Chicago Police Dept. Moderator: Virgil W. Peterson, Operating Director, Chicago Crime Commission

Nov. 5 & 6 Field Trip: Chicago Police Department Headquarters, Cook County Jail, and Coroner's Office

Nov. 13 Mass Communication: Methods and Needs Father John A. Banahan, Director, Radio and Television, Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago

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Nov. 19 & 20 Field Trip: Illinois Bell Telephone Company (telecommunication), WGN-TV (live program viewed behind-the-scene), and U.S. Post Office (systems/ department)

1964 CHALLENGES FACING CHICAGO

Sept. 16 Transportation: Chicago on the Go George W. Barton, Barton, Aschman Associate Inc., Engineering and Planning Consultants

Sept. 22 & 23 Field Trip: Chicago Transit Authority, to view central control operations, Proviso Yards, via Chicago & North Western railway, to view the "hump" and the "piggyback" systems, and United Air Lines, to visit management and stewardess schools

Sept. 30 Problems of Prejudice Charles Sumner Stone, Editor-in-Chief, Chicago Defender

Oct. 6 & 7 Field Trip: Tour Hyde Park-Kenwood, well-established inter-racial community, Trumbull Park, scene of the nation's worst race riot in 1953, First Presbyterian Church in Woodlawn (inter-racial), and visits to Negro homes in Chatham, Marynook and Hyde Park-Kenwood, arranged by the National Conference of Christians and Jews

Oct. 14 Politics in Progress Emmett Dedmon, Executive Editor, Chicago Sun-Times

Oct. 20 & 21 Field Trip: Board of Election Commissioners at City Hall for special briefing on election procedure and film on judging elections, Central Committee Headquarters of Republican and Democratic parties, and party headquarters in representative wards

Oct. 28 Population Pressures Philip M. Hauser, Professor and Chairman, Department of Sociology, The University of Chicago

Nov. 4 & 5 Field Trip: Cook County Hospital, to tour main hospital (obstetrics/gynecology sections), Children's Hospital (abandoned "boarder babies"), Fantus Clinic, 63rd Street Planned Parenthood Clinic, Woodlawn Mental Health Clinic, and Robert Taylor Homes (public aid, housing, etc.)

Nov. 11 Chicago’s Theatre: Our Changing Stage Peter P. Jacobi, Theater Critic, Christian Science Monitor

Nov. 17 & 18 Field Trip: Hull House Theatre (community drama), Goodman Memorial Theater (drama school), and Second City (improvisational theater)

1965 SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL SERIES

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Sept. 15 Use and Misuse of Urban Open Space Dr. Charles F. Samelson, Psychiatrist, Member of the Open Lands Project Committee

Sept. 21 & 22 Field Trip: Tour Chicago Park District Headquarters, Meigs Field, Jackson Park, Rainbow Beach, Sand Ridge Nature Center (new forest preserve), and Calumet Beach Park (showing examples of Chicago's outdoor recreational facilities but stressing problems of encroachment and pollution)

Sept. 29 Public Higher Education in Chicago: Strength in Diversity Dr. Richard G. Browne, Executive Director, State of Illinois Board of Higher Education

Oct. 5 & 7 Field Trip: Loop Branch of Chicago Junior College, Chicago Circle Campus of the University of Illinois, and Chicago Teachers College North

Oct. 13 Exciting Advances in Medicine Dr. George V. LeRoy, Professor of Medicine, The University of Chicago

Oct. 19 & 20 Field Trip: Rehabilitation Institute, Children's Memorial Hospital, and Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital

Oct. 27 Chicago’s Architecture: the Old and the New Harry M. Weese, Architect, Harry M. Weese and Associates

Nov. 2 & 3 Field Trip: Some of Chicago's world famous architecture: Auditorium Theater, Monadnock Building, the Rookery; representative examples of the newest construction, renovation and renewal (of the Charnley House, Madlener House, and Old Town area)

Nov. 10 New Approaches to the Problem of Delinquency Paul Kalin, Midwest Representative, National Council on Crime and Delinquency

Nov. 16 & 17 Field Trip: Illinois Youth Commission's Reception and Diagnostic Center (Joliet) for boys referred by the Family Court for clinical appraisal and placement in appropriate rehabilitation programs, and Chicago Federal Building for a talk and film on the Federal Pre-Release Guidance Center and Federal Probation Office

1966 CHICAGO REACHES OUT

Sept. 14 Toward the Four Corners George P. Shultz, Professor and Dean of the Graduate School of Business, The University of Chicago

Sept. 20 & 21 Field Trip: First National Bank, to learn about the bank's foreign operations and see film on selected overseas projects, Union Stock Yards tour, and Adventurers' Club to see film of exploration activities

Sept. 28 Toward the Better Life (panel discussion) Dr. Donald L. Benedict, Executive Director, Chicago City Missionary Society; James Gordon Gilkey, Jr., Director of the Suburban Program,

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Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago; Theodore A. Jones, Director of the Great Lakes Region, Office of Economic Opportunity

Oct. 4 & 5 Field Trip: View Community Renewal Foundation and Casa Central's work on housing for Spanish-speaking immigrants, and cooperative efforts for neighborhood improvements by Catholic, Protestant and Jewish groups in the Lawndale area

Oct. l2 Toward the New Sound Leonard B. Meyer, Chairman of the Department of Music, The University of Chicago

Oct. 18 & 19 Field Trip: Columbia College, for discussion by director of the Center for New Music, Orchestra Hall for tour and rehearsal of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, lunch at a discotheque, and Harper Theatre for lecture-demonstration of electronic music and dance

Oct. 26 Toward the Past John A. Wilson, Andrew MacLeish Distinguished Service Professor, Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago

Nov. 1 & 2 Field Trip: Oriental Institute, to view film, "The Archaeologist and How He Works" and hear about excavations in Nubia and see some finds, Field Museum, to attend illustrated talk on discovery in Indiana of sharks 280 million years old, and a behind-the-scenes tour of the Chicago Historical Society

Nov. 9 Toward Outer Space John Simpson, Professor, Department of Physics and Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago

Nov. 15 & 16 Field Trip: Lindheimer Observatory at Northwestern University, Cook Electric, a major electronic gear supplier, laboratories for astrophysics and space research and the Enrico Fermi Institute of Nuclear Studies, The University of Chicago

1967 CHICAGO ‘67

Sept. 13 Publishing and Printing Dennis O'Shea, Vice President and General Sales Manager, Rand McNally & Company

Sept. 19 & 20 Field Trip: Downtown Center to view the Chicago Tribune film "Big City Newspaper", Scott, Foresman & Company to hear talk on publishing, and tour of Rand, McNally & Company.

Sept. 27 The Atom in Your Future Albert V. Crewe, Professor of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago

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Oct. 3 & 4 Field Trip: Argonne National Laboratory, tour to include visits to a reactor, hot laboratory, the Zero Gradient Synchrotron, the Biological and Medical Research Division, and Radiological Physics Division

Oct. 11 Education and the "Inner City" Dr. George C. Giles, Division of Education, University of Illinois Chicago Circle

Oct. 17 & 18 Field Trip: Chicago Child Care Society's Child and Family Development Center to observe activities and educational techniques for pre-school children, Center for Inner City Education, a unique project for preparing teachers to serve in inner-city schools, and Science Research Associates, Inc., to hear about development and use of teaching materials

Oct. 25 Merchandising ‘67 Oct. 31 & Nov. 1 Field Trip: Marshall Field & Company tour including candy, baking, testing,

carpentry, and personal shopping departments, talk by a fabrics buyer followed by a fashion show, and visits to the studios of Sharon Harris, a Chicago designer, and to the Old Town home of Margaret Alschuler, weaver

Nov. 8 Contemporaneity in Art Harry Bouras, artist, sculptor,writer and teacher

Nov. 14 & 15 Field Trip: Christian Science Church (Harry Weese, Architect), Contemporary Art Museum to see the opening exhibit, Robert Mayers' private collection (Winnetka), and tour of North Shore Congregation Izrael (Yamasaki, Designer)

1968 20TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR

Sept. 11 Talks by Eminent Chicagoans Mortimer J. Adler, philosopher; Dr. Henry Bo Betts, psychiatrist; Colleen Moore, movie actress; William A. Patterson, air transportation executive

Sept. 17 & 18 Field Trip: Chicago Academy of Sciences for talks with slides by: Mrs. William D. Shorey, Awards Committee of the Chicago Beautiful Committee, Robert Everson, Chicago Park District, Thomas Palazzolo, Chicago film maker; Lincoln Park Zoo, to meet with Mrs. John W. Taylor, Executive Director, Lincoln Park Zoological Society; Quigley Seminary Chapel (replica of Sainte-Chapelle, Paris); St. James Cathedral to meet with the Rev. Robert H. Owen, "Night Pastor” for the Episcopal Diocese, and the Rev. Robert P. Taylor, Executive Director, St. Leonard's House

Sept. 25 Talks by Eminent Chicagoans Avery Brundage, engineer and amateur sportsman, His Eminence John Cardinal Cody, clergyman, Lewis Hill, City Planner, and Dr. Eric Oldberg, surgeon

Oct. 1 & 2 Field Trip: Visit studios of award-winning dress designer Walter Holmes and internationally known fashion photographer Victor Skrebneski, the Chicago Sun-Times to meet with Marshall Field and take a short tour; Lyric Opera to

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attend rehearsal and meet with Carol Fox, Daggett Harvey, and Mrs. Edward Byron Smith, and the Adlai Stevenson Institute for a talk by William Polk and a tour of Robie House, where the Institute is housed

Oct. 9 Talks by Eminent Chicagoans Dr. Daniel X. Freedman, professor of Psychiatry, Maria Tallchief, ballerina, and Jan van der Marck, museum director

Oct. 15 & 16 Field Trip: Cantigny Museum and McCormick Estate, Oak Brook Complex, and Morton Arboretum

Oct. 23 Talks by Eminent Chicagoans Francis Brenton, adventurer, Mary Gehr, artist, Newton N. Minow, lawyer, Win Stracke, folk singer, Rolf A. Weil, university president

Oct. 29 & 30 Field Trip: Near Westside Conservation Area (Italian, Greek, Jewish communities) for tour including Our Lady of Pompeii Church, Hull House, neighborhood Greek restaurants (lunch stop), Fire Academy, St. Ignatius High School (Muriel Wolfson Bach's rendition of her famous ethnic monologues), and Holy Family Church for a short concert by the Children's Choir, sponsored by the Urban Gateways Program.

Nov. 6 Talks by Eminent Chicagoans Joseph L. Block, steel executive, Ferd Kramer, real estate developer, Jesse Owens, Olympic champion, and Henry Rago, poet and editor

Nov. 12 & 13 Twentieth Anniversary Party honoring EMINENT CHICAGOANS. Held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at The Casino Club, 195 E. Delaware

1969 THE SOLUTION SEEKERS

Sept. 17 Maintaining a Livable Environment Dr. John B. Sheaffer, Center for Urban Studies, The University of Chicago; Casey Bukro, The Chicago Tribune; John Brough, Director of Air and Water Control, Inland Steel Company. Moderator: C. Ranlet Lincoln, Dean of the University Extension, The University of Chicago

Sept. 23 & 24 Field Trip: Southwest Incinerator, the city's newest garbage disposal facility, the site of a landfill using solid waste, Salt Creek, an example of a badly polluted stream, and the Metropolitan District's Stickney Sewage Treatment Plant

Oct. 1 Setting a Positive Pace in the Inner City Daryl Grisham, President, Cosmopolitan Chamber of Commerce; Senator Richard Newhouse; Mrs. Thelma Pratt Jackson. Moderator: Mrs. Eleanor Peterson, Executive Director, Leadership Resource Program

Oct. 7 & 8 Field Trip: Operation Breadbasket at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Sivart Building for a discussion of the Cosmopolitan Chamber of Commerce and the black business community, Salaam Restaurant for lunch and brief talk on the Black Muslims, DuSable African- American Museum, South Side Community Art Center, and Woodlawn Mennonite Church for talk by the Rev. Curtis Burrell on Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization (KOCO)

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Oct. 15 Communication by Film Film makers: Gerald Temaner, William Hare, and Thomas McComas

Oct. 21 & 22 Field Trip: The Film Group for a special screening of documentary films and a discussion of their production and use, North Advertising Company for talk on "Gun Control Commercials and the Story of Their Making,” Notre Dame High School for Boys student-produced films, Kodak Film Processing Laboratory, brief information stop, and Fred A. Niles Communications Center, Inc., for a tour and film showing

Oct. 29 Combatting Organized Crime Daniel Walker, President, Chicago Crime Investigating Committee

Nov. 4 & 5 Field Trip: Ceremonial Courtroom, Federal Building, for talks by: John Mulchrone, Deputy Superintendent, Chicago Police Department, Edward Hanrahan, State’s Attorney, Cook County, John Foran, United States Attorney, and Marlin Johnson, head of the Chicago office of the F.B.I.. Attend hearing and criminal cases in process of trial (Federal Building)

Nov. 12 Revitalizing the Heart of the City Leonard J. Currie, Dean of the College of Architecture, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle

Nov. 18 & l9 Field Trip: First National Bank of Chicago to tour electronic security and fire alarm systems, data processing complex, executive floors, and art collection, and John Hancock Building for a tour

1970 THE NEW DECADE

Sept. 16 Drug Abuse-- Prevention and Rehabilitation Dr Bruce B. Boyd, Psychiatrist, Northwestern University; Carl Charnett, Director, The Gateway Foundation; Dr. Daniel Y. Freedman, Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Chicago. Moderator: Dr. Joseph Skom, Internist, Passavant Hospital

Sept. 22 & 23 Field Trip: Downtown Center for slide show on methods of treatment and panel discussion on prevention of drug abuse, and tour of Gateway House (Chicago's largest drug rehabilitation center)

Sept. 30 Preserving Our Architectural Heritage William Marlin, Architect, The Perkins and Will Partnership

Oct. 6 & 7 Field Trip: Brief walking tour of landmark buildings on Dearborn Street, visits to the B. & O. Railway Station (S. S. Beman, designer, also architect of Pullman City) and the Widow Clarke House (oldest in Chicago), tour of Pullman (planned community created by George Pullman in 1880), Kimball House, and Glessner House

Oct. 14 Chicago’s Park System Daniel J. Shannon, President, Chicago Park District

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Oct 20 & 21 Field Trip: Adler Planetarium and new Sky Theater, Park District Administration Building, Washington Park's new Marshall F. Bynum Adventure Playland, and Garfield Park Conservatory's new Garden for the Blind and greenhouses

Oct. 28 Young Chicagoans Marshall Field IV, Publisher; Chester J. Rempson, Director, Office of Service Opportunity, The University of Chicago; Dr. Kenneth D. Schmidt, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital; John Wabaunsee, Community Organizer

Nov. 3 & 4 Field Trip: Stateville Penitentiary (Joliet), talk by Ira Distenfieid, investment banker, who conducts investment class for prisoners; Hancock Building's 95th, lunch and talk by Michel Grobon, executive chef; attend experimental theater by The Body Politic, Paul Sills, Director

Nov. 11 The Artist in the Seventies Donald J. Irving, Director of the Schools of The Art Institute of Chicago

Nov. 17 & 18 Field Trip: The Art Institute of Chicago, for a behind-the-scenes tour of the schools; The Gallery, for an exhibition of student work; Fashion Design, fashion show; and a technical rehearsal at the Goodman Theatre

1971 NEIGHBORHOODS IN EVOLUTION

Sept. 15 Neighborhoods and Communities—an Introduction Brian J. L. Berry, Department of Geography, The University of Chicago; Morris Janowitz, Chairman, Department of Sociology, The University of Chicago

Sept. 21 & 22 Field Trip: Tour of three planned communities: Riverside (planned by Frederick Law Olmsted, American landscape architect), York Center, and Four Lakes

Sept. 29 Uptown—a Study in Diversity State Representative Bruce Douglas; Roger Reynold, Executive Director, Uptown Chicago Commission; Commander James Connoll, 20th District, Chicago Police Department; Edward Farmalant, Administrator, Grasmere Residential Home

Oct. 5 & 6 Field Trip: Hull House Uptown Center for a film, "American Revolution II," dealing with Uptown, and a panel discussion; American Indian Center; Andersonville lunch stop; McCormick Boys Club; Graceland Cemetery

Oct. 13 Two Communities Build for the Future Bruce Sagan, publisher of community papers

Oct. 19 & 20 Field Trip: Holy Angels Church and School, Harriet Harris YWCA Center for a talk on The Woodlawn Organization (TWO), Woodlawn Gardens (housing development), TWO-Hillmans (supermarket), and the Englewood Urban Progress Center for a film and talk on the creation of the new Englewood Shopping Concourse

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Oct. 27 Ethnicity and the Urban Church Galen L. Gockel, Director, Urban Studies Program, The Associated Colleges of the Midwest

Nov. 2 & 3 Field Trip: Midwest Buddhist Church,St. Stanislaus Kostka (Chicago's oldest Polish Church), Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral (designed by Louis Sullivan), St. Simeon Mirotochivi (new Serbian Orthodox church), and Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church

Nov. 10 Spanish-Speaking Chicago Mrs. David Cerda, member of the Board of Education, Chicago Public School System; Felipe Ayala, Director of the Academia de los Barrios at Casa Aztlan; Carlos Caribe Ruiz, Puerto Rican Congress Member and Executive Director, Spanish Speaking Study Commission

Nov. 16 & 17 Field Trip: A day in Spanish-American neighborhoods: Jungman School for a talk focusing on language as tool for survival, Emanuel Presbyterian Church, the Pilsen area where 65,000 Mexicans live for a talk and walking tour of 18th St., Ravenswood Presbyterian Church for a slide show on one Cuban family's introduction and adjustment to life in Chicago, and two settlement houses, Casa Central (Logan Square) and Association House (West Town)

1972

Sept. 13 Open Shelves and Open Minds Lawrence W. Towner, Director and Librarian, Newberry Library; Louis Lerner, Publisher, the Lerner newspapers

Sept. 19 & 20 Field Trip: The Chicago Public Library for talk and tour, Northwestern University (Evanston) Library for a slide presentation and exposure to new concepts in library design, and the Newberry Library to tour the bookbinding and preservation laboratories and the rare book collections

Sept. 27 A Better Chance Peter Bensinger, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections; Margaret K. Rosenheim, Professor of Social Service Administration and Research Director, Center for Study of Welfare Policy, The University of Chicago; John J. Twomey, Warden, Joliet-Stateville Penitentiary

0ct. 3 & 4 Field Trip: Illinois Training School for Boys in St. Charles and the new Valley View School for Boys, to see new concepts used in the rehabilitation of delinquent youths

0ct. 11 The Day-Care Dilemma Dr. Maria Piers, Dean, Erikson Institute; Mrs. John Bergan, Past President, Council for Community Services of Metropolitan Chicago

0ct. 17 & 18 Field Trip: Downtown Center, film on day-care program initiated by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, and discussion on day-care programs in Chicago. Tour (group divided into three): Cordi Marion,

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Lawndale Day-Care Center, Marcy Day-Care Center, and Educational Facilities Center

0ct. 25 The Power Crisis Thomas G. Ayers, President, Commonwealth Edison Company; Dr. Manson Benedict, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dr. Donald Pritchard, Director of the Chesapeake Bay Institute, The Johns Hopkins University

Oct. 31 & Nov. 1 Field Trip: Commonwealth Edison's Nuclear Power Station, Zion, to visit control room, turbine area, etc., Westinghouse Nuclear Training Center for tour, Illinois Beach State Park for lunch and talk by a naturalist, tour of the Chicago Horticultural Society's Botanic Garden, and Skokie Lagoons, to see what has been accomplished by environmental control in 30 years

Nov. 8 Chicago Theatre Scene Hope Abelson, theater producer and consultant; Richard Christiansen, theater critic, Chicago Daily News; Mike Nussbaum, prominent Chicago actor

Nov. 14 & 16 Field Trip: University Theater at the University of Illinois (Chicago Circle), to hear about plans of three theater groups and see excerpts from the current Circle Campus Theater production, dramatic monologue, and highlights from experimental theater program, Ivanhoe Theater for a talk by producer/director George Keathley, and the "New Town" theater scene (Kingston Mines and Body Politic)

1973 25TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR

Sept. 12 Profits and the Public Conscience Dr. Mark Reshkin, Director, Division of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Northwest; Michael Tenenbaum, President, Inland Steel Company

Sept. 18 & 19 Field Trip: Bethlehem Steel's Burns Harbor Plant to tour the basic oxygen furnace, hot strip mill and slabbing mill, and Dunes National Lakeshore headquarters for a talk on the formation of the new National Park and a film on the Dunes

Sept. 26 Making Preservation Part of Progress William E. Hartmann, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chairman, Mayor's Commission for the Preservation of Chicago's Historic Architecture; Richard A. Miller, attorney, President, Landmark Preservation Council

Oct. 2 & 3 Field Trip: View restoration and current use of national landmarks: Auditorium Theatre Building (current tenant, Roosevelt University) for a talk on the problems of adapting a world-famous landmark to the needs of a growing university and a tour of its restoration, Lathrop House (currently The Fortnightly) for lunch, and mid-north and Astor Street residences restored and adapted for contemporary use

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Oct. 10 The Present Financial Situation Roger Anderson, Chairman, Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company

Oct. 16 & 17 Field Trip: Federal Reserve Bank, Midwest Stock Exchange, Board of Trade, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, First Chicago Center to attend a program on Chicago as an international financial center, with commentaries by First Chicago Corporation executives

Oct. 24 Wing and Wave Kenneth Meinen, Vice President, American Airlines; Arnold Sobel, Executive Vice President, Material Service Corporation

Oct. 30 & 31 Field Trip: Chicago and North Western Railway's operation and facilities: passenger station at Canal and Madison, California Avenue Coach Yards coach rebuilding facility, and Proviso Yards' piggy-back operation and the "hump"; and the Jewel Companies complex to see a food and merchandise operation

Nov. 7 Perspective on Printing Andrew McNally III, President, Rand McNally and Company

Nov. 13 & 14 Field Trip: Downtown Center to see film on methods of typesetting, tour of the American Can Company Printing Division, The Regensteiner Press for a look at photo engraving and transfer of picture and text, and Brock and Rankin's automated book bindery

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1974

Sept. 11 It’s a Gamble Bob Wiedrich, Columnist, Chicago Tribune; James Hutchins, Secretary, Illinois Racing Board; Ralph Batch, Director, Illinois State Lottery; "Mr. X," Member, Gamblers Anonymous

Sept. 17 & 18 Field Trip: Bally Manufacturing Corp.'s slot machine assembly line for a tour and to try out amusement devices in the demonstration playroom, Police Academy to see gambling devices confiscated in vice raids, Hawthorne Race Track for a tour of the stable area tack rooms, dining hall, horse testing facilities and maintenance equipment station and paddock area, learn from tote machines how computers handle bets, and meet owner and jockey

Sept. 25 Juvenile Justice: To Help Versus Punish Judge William S. White, Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Division, Circuit Court of Cook County

Oct. 1 & 2 Field Trip: The Juvenile Protective Association's Bowen Center for a talk, film and tour, the Special Service Unit of the Illinois Department of Corrections to hear about parole program from the commander of Youth Division, Chicago Police Dept., and Juvenile Courts for a talk and visit

Oct. 9 Special Resources for Special Children Mrs. Gordon Hallstrom, Member, Illinois Commission on Children, Chairman, State Advisory Council on Education of Handicapped Children; Mrs. Louise G. Dougherty, Assistant Superintendent of Pupil Personnel Services and Speclal Education, Chicago Board of Education

Oct. 15 & 16 Field Trip: Dysfunctioning Children Center at Michael Reese Hospital for a talk and audio/visual tape on the Center's special approach to teaching the psychotic non-verbal child, Pritzker Children's Hospital for a tour and to see the uses of a variety of disciplines in helping a psychotic child, Searle Bldg. for Communicative Disordersat Northwestern University to observe programs offered in rooms with one-way mirrors and to witness sound demonstrations in echoless and reverberation chambers

Oct. 23 There’s More to Oil Than Gas John E. Swearingen, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Standard Oil Company (IN)

Oct. 29 & 30 Field Trip: Amoco Research Center, Naperville for a tour of three areas of research and development: 1) research leading to the formation of Amoco Foods Co., 2) development of additives used in lubricating and fuel oils, and 3) work on plastics and development of consumer goods

Nov. 6 New Corporate Environment Film: "The New Chicago," presented by the Chicago Association of Commerce & Industry; speakers: Frank Carioti, Space Planning Consultant, Design Director (1972) of the Graphic Art Collection, Standard Oil (IN); and Richard Himmel, American Institute of Decorators

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Nov. 12 & 13 Field Trip: Sears Building to view city from the top, see the Sears Board Room, view slides in auditorium about the building, and visit Northwest Industries' offices, Standard Oil Bldg. for a talk and slide show on its conception and construction, a visit to the offices of Kirkland & Ellis and to Standard Oil's executive offices, and a viewing of the art collection, and Johnson Publishing Co. for a tour and film showing on Black and African art

1975

Sept. 10 Crime and Society James R. Thompson, Former United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois.

Sept. 16 & 17 Field Trip: Criminal Courts Building: orientation in the court of the Presiding Judge, visit of Jury Room, courts in session and three jails, and a meeting with Winston Moore, Executive Director, Cook County Department of Corrections

Sept. 24 City Hall-- Plans and Programs for People Erwin France, Administrative Assistant to the Mayor; Jane Byrne, Commissioner of Consumer Sales, Weights and Measures

Sept. 31 & Oct. 1 Field Trip: City Hall: City Council Chambers to view a film on major services provided by the City of Chicago, and a behind-the-scenes tour of the physical and environmental planning and public health services departments and the fire and ambulance dispatch nerve center; Garfield Parent-Child Center, one of the nation’s thirteen Experimental Centers, enrolling mothers and their children from infancy to age five; and Garfield Community Services Center, one of Chicago’s twelve "Urban Progress Centers"

Oct. 8 The Practicalities of Art: Finance and Law Stanley Freehling, Chairman, Goodman Theatre Committee, Former Chairman, Illinois Arts Council, Former Chairman, Ravinia Festival Association; Scott Hodes, Attorney, Arvey, Hodes, Costello and Burman

Oct. 14 & 15 Field Trip: Museum of Contemporary Art to view process of art work from the loading dock to the gallery floor, Columbia College for talks on film, print-making and other crafts and a visit to the new art gallery and its laboratories, Arnie’s for lunch and a talk by Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Morton, owners, about their eclectic collection of furnishings, and the Ruth Page Dance Foundation for a lecture and demonstration of dance by Ruth Page

Oct. 22 What’s News: T.V.’s Approach to the News Newton Minow, Honorary Chairman, Chicago Public Television Station and Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission

Oct. 28 & 29 Field Trip: Chicago Educational Television Station (WTTW) on North St. Louis Street to see Northwestern University students being trained as newscasters, Channel 5 (NBC-TV) at the Merchandise Mart to watch preparation of the noon news show, Merchants and Manufacturers Club for lunch and a talk by Jorie Lueloff, Commentator, and Ed Planer, News Director, and the Public

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News Center (WTTW) at 2 Illinois Center to hear John Callaway, News Commentator

Nov. 5 New Concepts in Public School Education C. William Brubaker, Senior Vice President, Perkins and Will, Architects; Manford Byrd, Deputy Superintendent, Chicago Board of Education; Dr. Joseph P. Hannon, Assistant Superintendent, Chicago Board of Education

Nov. 11 & 12 Field Trip: Visit three innovative public schools: 1) Walt Disney Magnet School, with its magnet approach to education in which students are selected by computer to reflect the racial, cultural and ethnic composition of the district, 2) Whitney Young High School, a city-wide magnet high school using the open-space concept, and 3) Jones Commercial High School, a vocational work-study program

1976

Sept. 8 From the Farmer’s Gate to the Consumer’s Plate Harold B. Steele, President, Illinois Agricultural Association

Sept. 14 Field Trip: Visit a hog and cattle feed lot in Kane County, enjoy a pork barbecue luncheon, and visit a farm where approximately 1,000 steers are fattened for market to view necessary farm machinery

Sept. 22 An Inside Look at the Modern Zoo Benjamin B. Beck, Brookfield Zoo; William P. Braker, Shedd Aquarium; Lester E. Fisher, Lincoln Zoo; George B. Rabb, Brookfield Zoo

Sept. 28 Field Trip: Brookfield Zoo, where George Rabb will speak on various exhibits emphasizing animal behavior. Transportation on the Zoo Motor Safari. Luncheon will be at the Safari Lodge followed by a show at Seven Seas

Oct. 6 New Horizons in Medicine Dr. Henry Betts, Executive Vice President and Medical Director, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago; Dr. John Sciarra, Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University; Dr. Harold Visotsky, Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry

Oct. 12 Field Trip: Visit to the Rehabilitation Institute for a slide presentation and tour of the facilities and tour of Prentice Women’s Hospital. Lunch at Lake Shore Club of Chicago, with a question and answer session from a doctor and head nurse from the hospital

Oct. 20 Shopping the Supermarkets-- the Next Hundred Years Ruth Ellen Church, Former Food Editor of the Chicago Tribune and noted author of books on food and wine; Dr. Roy Upham, Director of Food and Drug Administration for the State of Illinois

Oct. 26 Field Trip: Tour of the South Water Market wholesale produce center for the Midwest and Walker’s wholesale fish market, Jewel Foods headquarters in Melrose Park for a behind-the-scenes inspection of a major food processing operation and a special demonstration of meat cutting, grading and labeling,

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and an exclusive tour of the United Airlines Flight Kitchen along with an inspection of an airplane testing galley

Nov. 3 International Science and Technology in Chicago William McDonough, Executive Vice President, the First National Bank; Robert McLellen, Vice President, FMC Corp.

Nov. 9 Field Trip: Visit Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia for a program on research being done in high energy physics and a tour of the facility, and a visit to the Caterpillar Tractor Company

1977

Sept. 14 Is the All-Volunteer Force Viable? Morris Janowitz, Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago and Chairman, Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society

Sept. 20 Field Trip: Visit Ft. Sheridan, the Army Recruiting Command for the entire country, and the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, including barracks and advanced training school

Sept. 28 Crazy Over Horses John A. Davies, President, North American Riding for Handicapped Association; Nancy Hamill Winter, Coordinator, Wayne DuPage Hunt Pony Club Riding Program for Exceptional Children; Lieutenant Timothy Gainer, Chicago Police Department, with movie "Ambassadors on Horseback"

Oct. 5 Field Trip: Visit the largest group of Lipizzans in the world and tour farms including the stallion, broodmare, yearling and filly barns, picnic at the Retreat, and visit the Temple Performing Arts Center

Oct. 12 Means to an End Rev. Christian A. Hovde, Ph.D., Director, Bishop Anderson West Side Medical Center; Carolyn L. Sachs, Trust Officer, The Northern Trust Company; Richard James Stevens, attorney; Dr. Frank W. Miller, Executive Director, National Selected Morticians.

Oct. 18 Field Trip: Visit Rosehill Cemetery, Gast Monuments, a funeral home to discuss funeral practices and costs, Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Chicago to view modern cemetery equipment, shops, yards and nurseries and the Queen of Heaven Mausoleum, and visit the Brenner Casket Co.

Oct. 26 Hidden Treasures R. Russell Maylone, Curator, Special Collections Department, Northwestern University; Ann Dudley Goldblatt, Private Collector and President of the University of Chicago Library Society

Nov. 1 Field Trip: Visit Regenstein Library Special Collections, bus to Adler Planetarium and take field trip to Field Museum.

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Nov. 9 Chicago Chic Dorothy Fuller, fashion coordinator, Apparel Center.

Nov. 15 Field Trip: Presentation on the history, preservation and acquisition of fashions by Ms. Elizabeth Jachimowicz, Curator of Costumes, visit Merchants and Manufacturers Club at the Merchandise Mart, and visit Apparel Center and The School of the Art Institute

1978

Sept. 13 A Private Look at Public Art John Hallmark Neff, Executive Director, Museum of Contemporary Art; Janice Crebbs, Executive Director, Chicago Council on Fine Arts; Panel of CETA Representatives

Sept. 19 Field Trip: Visit Hubbard Street, St. James Cathedral, Lincoln Park Zoo and the Navy Pier

Sept. 27 Community Preservation: Economic-Racial-Architectural James J. McClure, Village President of Oak Park; Dr. Robert Irving, Acting Chairman of the Humanities; Jeffrey Jahns, lawyer specializing in tax laws and zoning

Oct. 3 Field Trip: Visit Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple, the Village, the new mall and see the birthplace of Ernest Hemingway and the home of Edgar Rice Burroughs, visit Frank Lloyd Wright’s home and studio, walk down Forest Avenue, and visit the Thomas Gale home and the new Village Hall.

Oct. 11 Landmarks of Faith: Religions in Transition Rev. Martin E. Marty, Distinguished Service Professor, Divinity School, The University of Chicago

Oct. 17 Field Trip: Visit the Second Presbyterian Church, KAM-Isaiah Israel, Graham Taylor Chapel, and Christ Universal Temple.

Oct. 25 Progress: An On-Going Goal James J. O’Connor, President, Commonwealth Edison Company; Marshall Suloway, Commissioner of Public Works, City of Chicago; Albert Glasser, Director of Education and Editor of Publications, Lyric Opera of Chicago; Robert M. Hunt, Chief Executive and President, The Chicago Tribune Company

Oct. 13 Field Trip: Visit South West Supplementary Fuel Processing facility, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Tribune Tower for a special presentation and tour including the City Room, the new Tribune Kitchen and Special Features department and the newspaper presses.

Nov. 8 On the Waterfront: Chicago’s Front Yard Dr. Charles Collinson, Adjunct Professor of Geology; Robert Drevs, Retired Chairman, Peoples Gas Company; Douglas Schroeder, Architect, Douglas Schroeder Associates.

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Nov. 14 Field Trip: Visit South Shore Country Club, Central Water Filtration Plant, Chicago Yacht Club, and the Chicago Academy of Sciences.

1979

Sept. 12 Born-Again Buildings. . . A Neighborhood Revival Walker Johnson, Architect, Holabird and Root; Margaret G. Krenshaw, art historian

Sept. 18 Field Trip: Visit Roosevelt Road, where an overview will show the progress of Dearborn Park and its proximity to the Loop, visit nearby Polk Street Station and Printer’s Row, Wicker Park, and a unique enclave of nineteenth- century houses, the community established by McCormick Seminary

Sept. 26 The Many Tracks of Railroading Carl Brossard, Superintendent, Hazardous Material, Ill. Central Gulf R.R.; Robert O’Brien, Director, Corporate Relations, Illinois Central Gulf R. R.; Jack Kruizenga, President, Union Tank Car Co.; Robert Thornburg, Senior Vice President, Union Tank Car Co.

Oct. 2 Field Trip: Aboard a special commuter Highliner car, railroad officials will detail commuter, passenger and freight services; then visit and tour I.C.G. Markham Yard, Union Tank Car Co.’s highly automated facility, to see how tank cars are precision built.

Oct. 10 The Marketing Spectrum Dr. Sidney J. Levy, Professor, Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University; Hal Fleig, Vice President, A. C. Nielson Co.

Oct. 16 Field Trip: Visit the acclaimed Misericordia Home for special children, the Illinois Regional Library for the Blind and the Physically Handicapped, La Rabida Children’s Hospital and Research Center, the Jane A. Neil Elementary School, and attend a performance by the members of Imagination Theater.

Nov. 7 ". . . And All That Jazz," an Introduction Art Hodes, distinguished jazz musician, composer, author, and teacher; Richard Wang, Chairman of Chicago Jazz Archives at the University of Chicago

Nov. 13 Field Trip (evening): Visit Jazz Showcase for after-work jazz session and discussion by Charles Sherrell, stop at Rick’s Cafe for performances by Bradley Parker Sparrow, Geraldine de Hass, and Shelly Mann, and visit "Ears"

Nov. 14 Field Trip: Visit the DePaul University School of Music's Recital Hall for a performance and discussion, and Rick’s Cafe for performances by Adegoke Steven Colson, Geraldine de Hass and Bradley Park Sparrow

1980

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Sept. 10 Latin America Fidel Lopez, Manager of Neighborhood Investment Program, Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust; John W. McCarter, Jr., Executive Vice President , DEKALB AgResearch Inc.

Sept. 16 Field Trip: Visit the U. S. Customs Service to see demonstrations by dogs specially trained to snoop out illegal mailings, the U. S. Immigration Service to learn what an individual encounters when migrating to the U.S., the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and the historic St. Francis of Assisi Church.

Sept. 24 The Middle East Marvin Zonis, Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences and former Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Chicago; and a Candidate at the Institute for Psychoanalysis.

Sept. 30 Field Trip: The Amoco Oil Refinery at Whiting, Indiana, the company’s oldest and second largest, and Nahigan Brothers, Inc. at 645 North Michigan Avenue for a lecture and showing of the intricacies and beauty of the famous Persian rug designs.

Oct. 7 Field Trip: Northwestern University Center for a special presentation on the African Studies Program and the activities of its faculty and graduates in the areas of education and development in Africa, a presentation on the holdings of the Herskovits Africana Library, talks by Elkin Sithole on African music and Justine Cordwell on African fashion, art, and body adornment, and a tour of the varied African collections of the Field Museum.

Oct. 15 Africa Meyer Feldberg, Director, Executive Programs, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; Dr. Elizabeth Hart, Assistant Economist, The Northern Trust Co., former Professor of Political Science, DePaul University.

Oct. 22 The Far East Frank Gibney, Vice Chairman, Board of Editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica; Norman Ross, Vice President for Public Affairs, First National Bank.

Oct. 28 Field Trip: Lecture and special tour of newly opened galleries at the Art Institute by Jack Sewell, Curator of Oriental Arts, visit Navy Pier for a private look at the National Exhibition of the People’s Republic of China, trip to the Hyatt Regency for an explanation on their operations in the Far East, and a demonstration of Kendo.

Nov. 5 Europe J. W. Van Gorkum, Chairman, Trans Union Corporation; Robert K. Wilmouth, President, Chicago Board of Trade.

Nov. 11 Field Trip: Auditorium of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for an explanation of how the Exchange operates by Clayton Yeutter, President of the Exchange and a guided tour of the frenetic trading floor in session, visit to Leonard Solomon warehouse for a lecture and demonstration on how European wines and cheeses are handled in Chicago, a visit to the Polish

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Consulate for a slide presentation on the Art Posters of Poland, and the Alliance Française for a program.

1981

Sept. 9 Living With the Lake Edith M. McKee, independent consulting geologist, who includes bathymetric and geologic mapping of the bottom terrain and geology of Lake Michigan among her special interests; Frank Dalton, Chief Engineer, Deep Tunnel Project, Metropolitan Sanitary District.

Sept. 15 Field Trip: Shedd Aquarium lecture, "Man Acts, Fishes Change," by Curator of Education Linda Wilson on the biological history of the lake, followed by a visit to the research vessel Neptune, docked at the Aquarium and operated by Metropolitan Sanitary District, North Side Sewage Treatment Works.

Sept. 23 Growing Older, Getting Better Dr. Elizabeth Ann Kutza, Associate Professor, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago; Joseph L. Block, retired Chairman, Inland Steel; Vice-President, Executive Service Corps.; Shirley Brussell, Executive Director, Operation A. B. L. E.

Sept. 29 Field Trip: Visit the new facility for the care of the indigent aged at 2325 North Lakewood which is provided and staffed by the Little Sisters of the Poor, a French order in Chicago since 1882, the Sheltered Workshop of the Japanese-American Service Committee, the Levy Center for Senior Citizens, one of a network of City of Chicago multi-purposed service centers, and see a special demonstration at the Illinois Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.

Oct. 7 Chicago Architecture—1981 Helmut Jahn, architect, Executive Vice-President and Director of Planning and Design, Murphy/Jahn, Inc.; Jared Shlaes, Real Estate Consultant and Developer.

Oct. 13 Field Trip: Visit the new Archicenter, where Ruth Moore Garbe and Carolyn Johnson will speak on preservation of Chicago’s world famous buildings, tour the new atrium office of the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill and see the firm’s computer, visit the Illinois Institute of Technology to observe students at work in Crown Hall, designed by Mies van der Rohe, and visit the University of Illinois Circle Campus, where Dean Richard Whitaker will guide us through studios where future architects are being trained.

Oct. 21 On Line With Computers Jan Klodner, Manager, Compushop, Skokie; Donald Koscheka, Field Representative, Apple Computer, Inc., Rolling Meadows.

Oct. 27 Field Trip: Visit Continental Bank, where Edward S. Bottom, Executive Vice-President of the Trust Dept., will discuss the future of banking, IBM at One IBM Plaza for a non-technical presentation on the evolution of the computer

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followed by a discussion of current business uses of computers and a demonstration of present generation machines.

Nov. 4 Space-Age Communications Newton N. Minow, former Chairman, FCC, former Chairman, PBS, and Partner, Sidley and Austin; John Trutter, Vice-President, Illinois Bell Telephone.

Nov. 10 Field Trip: Visit Motorola, Inc. to find out how the process which began when a radio was placed in a car has developed to the point where voices can be sent from the moon to the earth, and to where we can now have a cordless telephone, visit WTTW, where William W. McCarter, President and General Manager, WTTW, will introduce us to cables, discs and satellites, and stop at Field Electronic Publishing, Inc. for a demonstration of Kefax, an electronic newspaper, and the first commercial Teletext equipment in the U.S.

1982

Sept. 8 Cruising Down the River Joanne H. Alter, Commissioner, The Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago; Judith M. Stockdale, Executive Director, Open Lands Project.

Sept. 14 Field Trip: Day-long trip on Chicago’s waterways.

Sept. 22 There’s a Small Hotel Miles Berger, Chairman, Chicago Planning Commission; J. Patrick Foley, President, Hyatt Hotels Corp.

Sept. 28 Field Trip: Walking tour of hotels on the near-north side, starting at the Drake.

Oct. 6 Take Good Care of Yourself Moderator: John F. Hartray, Jr., Architect, Nagle Hartray & Assoc., Ltd. Panel: Joseph J. Fitzgerald, Architect and President, Joseph F. Fitzgerald & Assoc., Inc.; John Gnaedinger, President, STS Consultants, Consulting Geotechnical and Materials Engineers; Rolf Jensen, President, Rolf Jensen & Assoc., Inc.; and Eugene Holland, Consultant and President, Eugene Holland & Assoc. Ltd.

Oct. 12 Field Trip: Visit Underwriters Laboratories, Northbrook, to see the comprehensive testing procedures that lie behind the UL label on such products as burglar alarms, kitchen appliances, fire wall and doors, kerosene heaters, hospital equipment, and explosive gas and vapor detectors, and visit Wiss Janney, Elstner and Associates to learn more about safety testing procedures.

Oct. 20 The Bells Are Ringing William L. Weiss, President, Illinois Bell; Robert S. Ingersoll, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan and former Chairman of the Board, Borg Warner Corp.

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Oct. 26 Field Trip: Illinois Bell Headquarters, the Telephony Museum, Center for the Disabled Handicaps; the Hawthorne Works.

Nov. 3 A Little Night Music William Ferris, Director, William Ferris Chorale; Alfred Glasser, Director of Education, Lyric Opera; Dr. Clayton Hannah, Gospel Historian.

Nov. 9 Field Trip: Visit the Como Inn for a show by singers from the Old Town School of Folk Music and by the SchizoPhonics Barbershop Quartet, the Church of Our Savior for a rehearsal by the William Ferris Chorale, the First Unitarian Church for a rehearsal by the Chicago Children’s Choir, and the Checkerboard Lounge.

1983

Sept. 7 Building and Rebuilding Chicago George Burke, Director of Community Affairs, Chicago Tribune Company; Bruce J. Graham, Principal Designer, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Sept. 13 Field Trip: Visit the Widow Clarke House, travel to Pilsen to learn about the 18th Street Corporation’s restoration and neighborhood employment program, walk through the Annex to the Board of Trade Building, tour the striking new offices of the law firm of Reuben and Proctor, enjoy a box lunch in the Bismark Theater, and tour the soon-to-be completed State of Illinois Building.

Sept. 21 Saluting Chicago’s Off-Loop Theatres and the Jeff Awards Hope Abelson, consultant and patron of theater; Diane Gallert, Executive Director, League of Chicago Theaters and Chicago Theater Foundation; Morton H. Kaplan, President, Illinois Arts Alliance and the Arts Alliance Coalition.

Sept. 27 Field Trip: Visit the Organic Theater Company, the Theater Building, a warehouse converted into three theaters, the Steppenwolf Theater Ensemble, The Body Politic, Victory Gardens, and Second City for a performance and box lunch.

Oct. 5 The Catholic Church in Chicago Rev. Stephen J. Mangan, S.T.D., Pastor, St. Malachy’s Church; Ellen Skerrett, writer, editor, and researcher on the history of Chicago parishes

Oct. 11 Field Trip: Visit Quigley Prep North whose chapel is a replica of Ste. Chappelle in Paris, for a panel discussion, visit St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein, guided by Rev. Richard F. Schroeder, Procurator, followed by lunch at Techny Towers, and visit Misericordia North.

Oct. 19 Developing the High Technology of Tomorrow Charles T. Brumback, President and Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Tribune Company; Blake Robinson, Midwest Regional Marketing Manager, IBM Advanced Manufacturing Systems

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Oct. 25 Field Trip: At RALES, visit a laboratory where wind tunnels are used to determine patterns of wind flow, see an industrial laser, and lunch in the student cafeteria.

Nov. 2 Evanston: Old Spaces, New Faces M. Leanne Lachman, President, Real Estate Research Corporation; Louis H. Masotti, Professor of Political Science, Urban Affairs, and Policy Research, Northwestern University

Nov. 8 Field Trip: Travel to Terra Museum of American Art, visit Noyes Cultural Center, enjoy lunch at the Orrington Hotel and see a visual presentation, take a bus tour of the Historic District conducted by the members of the Evanston Historic Preservation Commission, hear a talk by Provost Raymond W. Mack at Northwestern University’s Scott Hall, and conclude with selections from the University’s WaaMu show.

1984

Sept. 12 Symposium Only in Chicago: Three Trading Floors

Robert K. Wilmouth, President, National Futures Association

City in Transition Richard P. Taub, Associate Dean of the College and Professor of Social Sciences, The University of Chicago

State and Local in Action State Representative Barbara Flynn Currie, D-26th District

Shall We Dance? Ann Barzel, critic, Dance Magazine and Dance News; consultant, National Endowment for the Arts

Sweet Business of Chicago William Brime, Botany Department, Field Museum of Natural History; Herbert Knechtel, President, Knechtel Research Science, Inc., creator of the Frango mint; Shaun Block and Leslie Douglass, Co-Owners, Top Hat Company, purveyors of dessert sauces

Sept. 19 Field Trip: Visit the Board of Elections at City Hall, tour the 48th Ward and visit Seen Academy, tour the 4th Ward, and lunch at Provident Hospital

Oct. 2 Field Trip: Explore the revitalization of a manufacturing and warehouse area into Chicago’s newest cultural district, visit the Chicago Conservation Center which includes two apartment interiors in an 1888 loft, Leslie Hindman, the Midwest’s largest auction house, local art galleries, Sue Lindstrom’s Paper Source, and the Gruen Iron Works, with speakers during lunch at Lino’s

Oct. 16 Field Trip: Visit On State Chicago (School for Performing Arts), Ruth Page Foundation School of Dance, and Chicago City Ballet, enjoy lunch at Sogni

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Dorati Restaurant, and visit Kennedy-King College and the Academy of Art, Music, Dance and Theater

Oct. 30 Field Trip: Visit three of the world’s principal trading floors: the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade, and the Chicago Board of Options Exchange

Nov. 13 Field Trip: Visit the Kitchens of Sara Lee, a division of Consolidated Foods, lunch at Sara Lee, and visit E.J. Brach & Sons, a division of American Home Products

1985

Sept. 11 Symposium Where Are We Now? Where Are We Going?

Donald S. Perkins, Chairman, Commercial Club of Chicago

What are the Implications of Current Changes in the Financial Services Industry for Chicago’s Future Development? Silas Keehn, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

How Can Chicago Expand its Role as a National Center for Research and Science? Walter E. Massey, Vice President for Research Programs and for Argonne National Laboratory.

How Will Current Urban Planning Affect Chicago’s Future Prosperity? Elizabeth L. Hollander, Commissioner, Department of Planning, City of Chicago

Sept. 18 Field Trip: Travel the Illinois and Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor by bus from Bridgeport to Joliet with commentary by expert guides, stop at Chicago Portage, St. James and Saganashkee churchyard, lunch in a restored landmark in Lockport, and visit the refurbished Rialto Theater in Joliet.

Oct. 1 Field Trip: Visit the newly developed Burnham Park area, the former site of the New York Central Railroad switchyards, tour the Santa Fe building on Michigan Avenue, visit the renovated Chicago Hilton Hotel, including both lunch and a tour, and tour the Pilsen East Artist Complex.

Oct. 15 Field Trip: Visit the new Oak Brook McDonald’s training school and lodge and tour classrooms, the art collection, the campus, and the lodge, enjoy lunch at the Walter’s Edge Restaurant in the lodge, and visit Triton College

Oct. 29 Field Trip: Visit a number of dynamic South Side enterprises: The Woodlawn Organization (T.W.O.), the South Shore Country Club, the ETA (Ebony Talent Association), the Soft Sheen Products Company, Leon’s Bar-B-Q, including a tour and lunch, Washington Park to see the Du Sable Museum of Afro-American History, and the St. Martin de Porres House of Hope

Nov. 12 Field Trip: Tour two high-fashion dress factories, Sansappelle and Loft Atelier, visit the new corporate headquarters of Helene Curtis Industries, stop for a box lunch in river-level dining room, and visit Krantzen Studio, Inc.

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1986

Sept. 10 Symposium The Immigrant Experience in Chicago

Herman Kogan, Chicago historian, Field Enterprises

The Underclass and the Social Transformation of the Inner City William Julius Wilson, Lucy Flower Distinguished Service Professor and Chairman, Department of Sociology and the College, The University of Chicago

Black and Hispanic Youth and the Future of Metropolitan Chicago Gary Orfield, Professor, Departments of Political Science and Education and the College, The University of Chicago

The Myths of Poverty Judith Walker, Commissioner, Department of Human Services, City of Chicago

An Insider’s View of the Performing Arts Frank J. Galiti, Professor, Department of Performance Studies, Northwestern University and Associate Artistic Director, Goodman Theater

Sept. 16 & 17 Field Trip: Back to Campus Tour exploring the special academic resources and approaches of The University of Chicago. Beginning with a visit to the recently restored Kent Hall auditorium, this tour includes a classroom visit, lunch at Hutchinson Commons, a tour of the John Crerar Library. An afternoon walking tour of the University will include stops at Bond and Thorndike Hilton chapels, the Oriental Institute, and the Kersten Physics Teaching Center.

Sept. 30 & Oct.1 Field Trip: Confronting the Cycle of Poverty Tour focusing on aspects of the cycle of poverty and some innovative programs that provide Chicago residents with opportunities to escape from it. Tour includes visits to the Robert Taylor Homes and the Provident Hospital complex, as well as three schools: the Simpson Alternative School, the Mary C. Terrell School, and Du Sable High School. Other tour stops include the Spanish Coalition, Sunbow Foundation, the landmark Lexington Hotel, and a lunch at the Center for New Horizons.

Oct. 7 & 8 Field Trip: State of the Art A tour offering a glimpse behind the scenes at The Art Institute with presentations from Richard Brettell, Searle Curator of European Painting, William Leisher, executive director of conservation, and John Kent Lydecker, executive director of education. Demonstrations include "Fakes and Forgeries," " Photo Conservation," "Textiles," and "Paper." Tour includes lunch in The Art Institute’s Stock Exchange Room.

Oct. 14 & 15 Field Trip: Educating for the Performing Arts A tour offering an opportunity to visit Columbia College and Northwestern

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University, two institutions whose programs have helped to make Chicago an outstanding place to gain an education in the performing arts. Tour includes an elegant box lunch and performances by current students at Northwestern University.

Oct. 28 & 29 Field Trip: Looking Back Into Chicago’s History This tour journeys back into Chicago’s history. Visits to the Art Gallery of The University of Illinois at Chicago, Jane Addams’s Hull-House, Printers Row, Grace Episcopal Center, the historic William Le Baron Jenney building and Dearborn Station will be included in this tour. Lunch at the Greek Island restaurant is included.

Nov. 18 & 19 Field Trip: The "United" Way This tour offers a look at the inner workings of United Airlines. A tour of United’s flight operations includes the filing of a flight plan, cargo services, 767 cabin simulator, and the use of the simulator in-training flight attendants. Tour stops include a visit to the twenty four hour nerve center for weather monitoring, flight dispatch, operations control, and the maintenance and repair facilities. Lunch at the flight kitchen, a tour of United’s new "Terminal for Tomorrow," and an opportunity to visit the Helmut Jahn building are also included in this tour.

1987

Sept. 9 Symposium Chicago’s Children

Harold A. Richman, Hermon Dunlap Smith Professor, School of Social Service Administration, The University of Chicago.

Chicago’s Newest Residents: Refugees and Immigrants E. Stephen Voss, Director of Program Operations, Travelers and Immigrants Aid of Chicago.

Behind the Big Bass Drum Lieutenant-Colonel John R. Cheyne, Divisional Commander of the Metropolitan Division of Chicago and Northern Illinois, Salvation Army.

Ways of Seeing Contemporary Art Judith Russi Kirshner, Curator, Terra Museum of American Art.

New Shoreline Dilemma Lee Botts, Environmental Consultant, Author.

There’s New Business in Show Business Susan B. Kellett, Managing Director, State of Illinois Film Office; Partner, Odeon Group.

Sept. 15 & 16 Field Trip: Film in Chicago— Behind the Scenes Tour highlighting the film-making industry in Chicago. Tour stops include Chicago Access Corporation, RAH Producers Center, and Facets Multimedia Incorporated. Lunch at Scoozi! is included in this tour.

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Sept. 29 & 30 Field Trip: Children Under Stress This tour, focusing on efforts to detect children at risk, will include visits to Juvenile Court, St. Joseph Carondelet Child Center, and Children’s Memorial Hospital. During lunch at Ann Sather’s restaurant, Leon Intrater, Director of Neon Center (a drop-in center for homeless children) discusses the problems of young runaways in Chicago. In addition, several of these young people speak about their experiences.

Oct. 6 & 7 Field Trip: The Indochinese Experience in Chicago This tour, which will introduce subscribers to members of several Southeast Asian groups who are building new lives and communities in Chicago, begins at Truman College. An overview of the Indochinese refugees’ experience in Chicago and a visit to English classes for newcomers is also included at this stop. Visits to the Vietnamese Association of Illinois, the Cambodian Association of Illinois, a Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, and the Chinese Mutual Aid Association are also included. Tour includes lunch at a neighborhood Southeast Asian restaurant and a visit to Argyle Street, which is lined with Asian shops.

Oct. 13 & 14 Field Trip: Living With the Lake This tour, which will explore various experimental and costly strategies to control erosion along the Lake Michigan shoreline, begins with a visit to Lake Forest City Hall to learn of their model shoreline protection project. A visit to this model project to study its effectiveness follows. A visit to the Illinois Beach State Park in Zion will include a hayride tour of the park, a stop at the park’s North Point Marina and a lunch at the park lodge. A film on the Des Plaines River Wetlands Demonstration Project and a visit to the project site in Wadsworth conclude this tour.

Oct. 27 & 28 Field Trip: Beyond Impressionism A tour offering a fresh look at a thought-provoking subject—contemporary art. Visits included in this tour are the Museum of Contemporary Art, two private collections of modern art, and the collections of John Nuveen and Company. A stop at Lill Street Gallery to view jewelry and works in glass and clay and a visit to the studios of Richard Hunt, an award-winning sculptor, are also included in this tour. The landmark Como Inn provides the setting for lunch.

Nov. 10 & 11 Field Trip: In Service in Chicago A tour to acquaint subscribers with the Salvation Army, this tour goes beyond the Christmas concerts on street corners and tagging on Doughnut Day. A visit to the Officers’ Training Center includes a tour of dormitories, classrooms, the chapel, Booth Manor (which houses offices, a library and a museum), and lunch in the dining room of the Center. A tour of Salvation Army supported shelters and programs includes stops at the Emergency Lodge, the Tom Seay Center, and the Harbor Light Freedom Center.

1988

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Sept. 14 40th Anniversary Symposium Chicago Architecture

Stanley Tigerman, FAIA, Principal Partner, Tigerman McCurry; Director of the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Chicago Public Education The Reverend Dr. Kenneth B. Smith, Sr., Former President, Chicago Board of Education 1980-81 and President, Chicago Theological Seminary.

Growing Up Chicago Irish Reverend Andrew M. Greeley, priest, author and sociologist

Chicago Parks and Boulevards Walter A. Netsch, FAIA, Commissioner, Chicago Park District.

Chicago Public Housing J.W. Van Gorkom, former Managing Director of the Chicago Housing Authority.

Chicago Cultural Plan Joan W. Harris, Commissioner, Department of Cultural Affairs.

Sept. 27 & 28 Field Trip: A Sanitary Centennial This tour is a day-long, mostly water-borne celebration of the Metropolitan Sanitary District’s up-coming 100th Anniversary. While traveling on the Fort Dearborn, officials from the MSD will discuss the history and development of Chicago as seen from the Chicago River. After viewing the MSD’s Centenary Fountain, representatives from the Chicago Dock and Canal will explain the 60-acre Cityfront Center Development under construction. The boat will sail the South Branch of the Chicago River to the South-West Treatment Works at Stickney where buses will transport participants to MSD’s Mainstream Pumping Station at Hodgkin