NATURE NOTES - 1942
DATE	AUTHOR	TITLE
ASTRONOMY
Nov. 42	O'Byrne, Stuart	The Inconstant Star - The variable stars.  Extensive.
BOTANY
Mar. 42	Kroeter, Doris	Bellingrath Gardens, Mobile's Mecca of Beauty.
Mar. 42	Jones, S. P.	Browsings - Biographical sketch of John Bartram, pioneer Quaker
		botanist.
Mar. 42	Botany Gr.	Phytologue - Botany Group trip led by Dr. Edgar Anderson.
Mar. 42	Krautter, Betty	Phytologue - Botany Gr. Meeting on April 17.  New officers
		were elected.
		Chairman - May Brinkmeyer
		Secretary - Beulah Bedell
		Reporter - Betty Krautter
May. 42	Krautter, Betty	The Rockwoods Reservation Trip (on April 19) - Report on.
May. 42	Christ, Arthur	Corydalis - Two species found on Rockwoods Reservation trip.
Jun. 42	Christ, Arthur	Parasitic Orobanche (the most interesting plant found in bloom)
		at R. Ludlow Hill's Bird Sanctuary on May 3.
Jun. 42	Rau, Mrs. David	Blue-Eyed Mary
Jun. 42	Pfeffer, Magdalen	Daucus Carota - These Queen Anne's Lace flowers at Ranken
		have a dark red spot in the middle; elsewhere they're purple!
Jul. 42	Rau, Maude L.	Flower of the Month:  The different species of Coreopsis.
Jul. 42	Krautter, Betty	Phytologue - Report on May Meeting of the Botany Group.
		Speaker was Paul Kelleter, Supervisor of the four-section
		Clark National Forest.  His speech dealt with various aspects
		of forest management.  (Comprehensive report).
Aug. 42	Christ, Arthur	Stick Leaf (Mentzelia oligosperma)
Sep. 42	Krautter, Betty	Photoperiodism - Describes a discourse on the subject by a
		speaker at the June Botany meeting.
Nov. 42		Report on trip to Louis Weber cottage at Sherman, Mo. - On Aug. 9
Nov. 42	Rau, Edna	Flowers seen on a field trip to Rockwoods Reservation.
Nov. 42	Krautter, Betty	Review of Vernon Quinn's Book "Leaves.  Their Place in Life and
		Legend", by Mrs. Mary K. Pickens
Dec. 42	Dreyer, Adolph W.	The Ice Flowers of December - About frost flowers.
CONSERVATION
Aug. 42	Heinze, Dorothy	Protect the Pelican - An open letter to WGNSS members.
Aug. 42		The National Resources Council of Missouri - Aims and
		organization of this rapidly growing infant organization.
Sep. 42	Mo. Conser. Comm.	Missouri Conservation's Role in Total War (excerpts from an MDC
		pamphlet enclosed with this issue of Nature Notes)
Sep. 42		Our Conservation Agents; contacts with two agents, one in
		St. Louis and the other in St. Louis County.  Comments.
Sep. 42		A Week-end Nature Staudy Class (at Rockwoods).  Info. About
		A Week-end Nature Study Class (at Rockwoods).  Info. About
		registration for.
ENTOMOLOGY
Feb. 42	O'Byrne, Harold	The New Insect Collection (at the Lodge).  Catalog of contents
Feb. 42	Rau, Phil	Migrating Butterflies, Libythea bachmanii larvata Stkr., in Texas.
		Deals specifically with migrating snout butterflies. (Ent. News,
		vol. 32, pp. 277-278, Dec. 1941)
Feb. 42	Entomology Grp.	Bug Dope - At the group meeting on Feb. 10 Mr. Ralph Lewis will
		talk about the economically important insects known as thrips.
Apr. 42	Entomology Grp.	Bug Dope
Apr. 42	Satterthwait, A. F.	Weevils Affecting Chufa (Ent. News, vol. 53, pp. 11-16, Jan-Feb.,
		1942.
May. 42	Lewis, Ralph M.	The Order Thysanoptera (extensive)
May. 42	Rau, Phil	Birds as Enemies of Polistes Wasps (Canadian Entomologist, Oct.
		1941)
May. 42	Rau, Phil	The Terms, Instinct and Intelligence, as Used in Discussions of
		Insect Behavior (Ent. News, vol. 53, pp. 79-82, March 1942)
Jun. 42	Rau, Phil	Temperature as a Factor inducing the Hibernation of Polistes
		annularis (lAnnals, Ent. Soc. Of Amer., vol. 35, pp. 94-96,
		March 1942)
Jun. 42	Rau, Phil	The Nesting Habits of Bombus medius, the Mexican Bumblebee
		(Psyche, vol. 48, pp. 1166-1168, Dec. 41)
Jul. 42		Photographing insects - Mr. Gilbert Wright, Zoologist of the
		Illinois State Museum, showed pictures of insects of the various
		orders at the June meeting of the Entomology Group.
Aug. 42	O'Byrne, Harold	About Scorpion Flies (unusually abundant at Ranken this year)
Sep. 42	Rau, Phil	Clouds of Butterflies in Mexico (Ent. News., vol. 53, pp. 121-126,
		151-155m, 181-184m, 1942).  Tells about assemblages of butter-
		flies observed at moist spots along the Pan-American Highway.
Dec. 42	Espy Jay	The Headless Horse - A boyhood encounter with a praying mantis.
Dec. 42	Rau, Phil	The Nesting Habits of Polistes Wasps as a Factor in Taxonomy.
		(Annals Ent. Soc. Of America, vol. 35, pp. 335-338, Sept. 1942)
GEOLOGY
Jan. 42		The Mineral Prize Contest.  Names of winners will be announced
		at the Geology Group meeting on Jan.27.  There's still time to
		get your entry in, but hurry!
Feb. 42	Geology Grp.	Petroglyphs - There will be a general discussion of the Mineral
		Contest questions at the February meeting.
Jun. 42	Pfeffer, Magdalen	A Member in the  Dog House -For not donating a new
		cephalapod species named after her as the discoverer for not
		donating it to the Lodge Museum.  Gives her reasons.
Jun. 42	Ofelein, Irma	An Illustrious Member - Miss Magadalen Pfeffer has been rewarded
		by the finding of a hitherto unknown fossil, and it has been
		named in her honor.  The fossil was found in the Fern Glen
		formation of Dennis Hollow, one mile east of Valmeyer, Illinois,
		beside State Route #158.
Jun. 42	Pfeffer, Magdalen	The Geology Library of the Museum (quite comprehensive)
Jul. 42	Bowman, Helen O.	Rock of the Month:  Bentonite, which forms a six-inch layer
		between the Decorah limestone and the underlying Plattin, on Hwy
		66 near the Lodge.
Aug. 42	Bowman, Heleon O.	Geology Group - Report on the June 7 hike.
Oct. 42	D. W.	Rockwoods Geology Trip (led by Harold O'Byrne, Conservator)
LODGE
Jan. 42	Museum Board	Please Return Books (as soon as you finish reading them)
Jan. 42	Pfeffer, Magdalen	We Saw.  Congratulations to those who turned out at the
		woodcutting bee on Nov. 16 and who gave the lodge a thorough
		cleaning.
Jan. 42	Museum Board	Thanks to those who turned out in December to work on the
		Museum's insect collections.  More needs to be done and
		another meeting has been scheduled for Jan. 21
Feb. 42	O'Byrne, Harold	The New Insect Collection and catalog of contents.
Feb. 42	Rau, Maude L.	New Goings-on at the Lodge.  New amenities have been added,
		thanks to hard work by Magdalen Pfefafer and Ed. Diers
Jun. 42	Pfeffer, Magdalen	Mystery Solved - Good detective work found that the new bridge
		over the creek at Ranken was installed by A. W. Dreyer, for which
		all are grateful.
Jun. 42	Pfeffer, Magdalen	Museum Addition - Robert McCormick, who has left town to assume
		an important defense position, has loaned his mineral collection
		to the Geology Dept. for the duration.
Jun. 42	Pfeffer, Magdalen	The Geology Library of the Museum (quite comprehensive)
Oct. 42	Pfeffer, Magdalen	And Referring to Rocks - We need some for new fireplace at
		the Lodge. Gather and drop on the north side of the Lodge.
Oct. 42	Lewis, Ralph M.	Imminent limitatations on gasoline threaten to make the Lodge
		generally accessible.  It is proposed to build a traveling exhibit
		case that can be maintained in a central position.  Sketch shown
		and donations for cost solicited.
Oct. 42		Woodcutting bee on Sunday, Oct. 18.  Spend the day at the Lodge.
Dec. 42		Eighteen Man Hours and a Swarm of Wasps - Work party at the
		Lodge interrupted by a wasp invasion.
ORNITHOLOGY
Jan. 42	Comfort, J. Earl	Bird Notes - Oct.-Dec., 1941
Jan. 42		January Bird Club Lecture (at the Adult Study Center, Lake and
		Waterman Avenues, St. Louis.)  Cleveland P. Grant will show a
		motion picture on "Wings of the Western Wastelands" and
		"Alberta Adventure".
Jan. 42	S. P. Jones	Report of the Christmas Bird Count - 35 species, 1324 individuals.
Feb. 42	Comfort, J. Earl	The 1941 Bird List.
Feb. 42	Short, Wayne	Bird Club Lecture, Monday, March 2, at the Adult Sltuy
		Center, Lake and Waterman, St. Louis.  Alfred M. Bailey,
		Explorer, will present "Sea Birds, Sea Lions, and Sea Elephants".
Feb. 42	Comfort, J. E.	A Glendale Bird Count, Dec. 28, 1941 - 25 species, 489 birds in
		6-1/2 hours.
Feb. 42	Comfort, J. E.	Bird Notes.
Feb. 42	Editor	Correction to Jan. 1942 Nature Notes:  The 81 pelicans reported
		at Creve Coeur Lake were white, not brown.  The red-bellied
		sandpiper should have been a red-beaked sandpiper.  Please
		move the red to the correct part of the bird's anatomy.
Mar. 42	Comfort, J. E.	Bird Notes.
Apr. 42	Comfort, J. E.	Bird Notes.
Apr. 42	Short, Wayne	Bird Club Lecture, 8 PM, Friday, April 10.  Dr. Olin Sewall
		Pettengill will present "Bird Magic in Mexico".
May. 42	Comfort, J. E.	March 22 Ranken Bird Count.
Jun. 42	Toubu	A Whip Over Our Heads - Viewing a whippoorwill during midday
		on a visit to Art Christ's clubhouse on the Meramec.
Jun. 42	Comfort, J. E.	Bird Notes.
Jul. 42	Comfort, J. E.	Birds - Reports on various topics.
Aug. 42	Jones, S. P.	Missouri's Banner Bearer - The Bluebird - How the Bluebird came
		tp be the state bird with the leadership of WGNSS - Comprehensive.
Aug. 42	Comfort, J. E.	Birds of Arkansas - (JEC now stationed at Camp Robinson)
Aug. 42	Editor	Report on June meeting of the group.
Sep. 42	Comfort, Mrs. H. B.	Ornithology Group Report
Sep. 42	Comfort, J. E.	Birding Through the Year - Generalities concerning.
Oct. 42	Van Benthuysen, Jack	My Walden - Kenrick Seminary is adapted for nearly all types of
		birds.  Includes map of seminary grounds.
Oct. 42		The European Tree Sparrow.  One reported from Pittsfield,Ill. And
		a second near Hannibal High School.  This would indicate am
		extension of their range.
Oct. 42		St. Louis Bird Club program schedule, Oct. 1942 thru May 1943.
Oct. 42		Fall Meeting of the Audubon Society of Missosuri - Because of
		war time tire and gasoline regulations, regional meetings will be
		held this fall.  One will be held at the St. Louis University
		Auditorium on Friday, Oct. 23, at 8 PM.  Additional events will be
		on Oct. 24 at Lake Park, Ill. And on Sunday at the Ranken Nature
		Lodge.  Attendees are also invited to dedication of a new fire
		tower at Rockwoods on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 25.
Nov. 42	Comfort, J. E.	Birds of the Little Rock Area.
Nov. 42	Comfort, Mrs. H. B.	Ornithology Group (Report)
Dec. 42	Grumman, Mrs. Susan	Non-Resistance - A bluejay's reaction to carved bird stick supporting
		a green jade plant.
Dec. 42		Harris's Spararow (Kansas City's own bird) - History of the bird
		and its relation to Kansas City.
Dec. 42	Comfort, Mrs. H. B.	Ornithology Group (Report)
Dec. 42	Berkowitz, Albert	(Report on) Audubon Regional Meetings, Oct. 24/25 - Includes
		report on Lake Park, Ill, the (woderful) Klinkerfuss Party, and the
		Field Trip to Ranken, Oct. 25, which featured large flocks of
		migrating cormorants and large flock of cedar waxwings.
PEOPLE
Jan. 42		Mr. Frank P. Jones, the brother of Sterling P. Jones and Miss Anne
		A. Jones, has passed away.
Mar. 42		Beginning March 1, Harold O'Byrne will be employed at Rockwoods
		Reservation as Conservator.
Mar. 42		WGNSS Party at 8 PM, Saturday, March 14, at the Zempel
		home to celebrate the marriage of Miss Helen Comfort to Mr.
		Robert Hill.  (See Social Events below)
May. 42	Comfort, J. E.	The W.G.N.S.S. Party - Humorous report on the Hill/Comfort
		party.
Jul. 42		WGNSS Members in the U. S. Army:  Earl Bess, Robert J. Hill,
		and James Earl Comfort
Jul. 42		Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. H. I.  O'Byrne on the birth of a son
		on June 22.
Aug. 42		They are serving our our country and would appreciate letters from
		members.  Pvt. James Earl Comfort and Pvt. Robert Hill.
		Goodbye, Mr. Christ (who is being called to military service)
Sep. 42		Betty Krautter moves West (to Colorado).  She's donated some
		items, including a comfortable chair, to the Lodge.
MISCELLANEOUS
Jan. 42		At the A.N.S.S. meeting (in Dallas, Dec. 30 and 31), WGNSS
		was represented by Edna Rau and Harold O'Byrne.  Miss Rau read
		reports on the recipients of summer camp scholarships in 1941,
		and Mr. O'Byrne presented a paper "A Buttefly Hunter's Gossip".
Feb. 42	Stones, Hattie	Nature Study and Old People - Old people don't have to sit and
		fold their hands because they can't take part in all the activities of
		youth.  Suggestions given.
Jun. 42	O'Byrne, Harold	Summer Camp Scholarship:  This year the A.N.S.S. will award
		one summer camp scholarship for $25.
Jul. 42	Bowman, Helen O.	Order-Chiroptera - About bats, and comprehensive.
ADMINISTRATIVE
Jan. 42	Braden, Fern	Receptionists Appointed (by the Executive Board to spot
	(Memb. Chmn.)	and greet newcomers at WGNSS functions).  They are:
		Astronomy - Art Christ
		Botany - Beulah Bedell
		Entomology - Elizabeth Supplee
		Geology - Betsy Berkowitz
		Ornithology - Albert Berkowitz
Feb. 42		New Members (7)
Feb. 42		Nominating Committee for officers for the new year will be
		Mrs. William Pickens, Mr. Fred Pfeiffer, and Mr. David Rau.  Let
		them have your suggestions.
Mar. 42	O'Byrne, Harold	Special Notice - Beginning Mar. 1 the Editor will be employed as
		Conservator at Rockwoods Reservation in Glencoe.
Mar. 42		New Members (2)
Mar. 42		Group Elections (will be held in March).  Each group will elect
		a Chairman, Secretary, Reporter, and Receptionist.  Please attend.
Mar. 42		(List of) WGNSS Members (225 counting husband and wife as two
		people).  Four honorary members:
		Dr. & Mrs. Edgar Anderson
		Mrs. R. C. Lange
		Mr. Oscar Petersen
		Mrs. C. S. Stones
		Mr. & Mrs. Satterthwait still on list as members.
Apr. 42		New Group Officers (reported to date)
		Entomology
		Chairman - Ralph H. Lewis
		Secretary - Dr. M. F. Day
		Reporter - Harold O'Byrne
		Astronomy
		Chairman - Betsy Blackwelder
		Secretary - May Brinkmeyer
		Reporter - Ruth Meyer
		Music
		Chairman - David Rau
Apr. 42		New Members (3)
May. 42		New Members (5)
May. 42		Executive Board Members for 1942/43
		President - Arthur Christ
		1st VP (Membership) - Miss Frances Pickel
		2nd VP (Publicity) - Hugo E. Press
		Secretary-Treasurer - James Earl Comfort
		Museum Director - Ralaph H. Lewis
		Lodge Director - Max D. Schwarz
		Editor - Hugh E. Preis
		Group Chairmen
		Astronomy - Betsy Blackwelder
		Botany - May Brinkmeyer
		Entomology - Ralph M. Lewis
		Geology - Helen Bowman
		Music - David Rau
		Ornithology - Albert Berkowitz
Jun. 42		New Members (5)
Jul. 42		An Appointment and a Resignation - S. P. Jones has agreed
		to become Editor of Nature Notes, a position that has been vacant
		for three months.  Mr. Hugh Preis pinch-hit for the first two
		numbers.  Miss Doris Kroeter, who was Curator of Properties,
		has also resigned because of the pressure of business.
Jul. 42		James Earl; Comfort has been called for service in the Army.  His
		duties as Secretary-Treasurer will be assumed by Mrs. Clinton
		N. Day.
Aug. 42		New Members (one new and two returns)
Sep. 42	Hill, Helen	The Curator of Properties Speaks - I've just been appointed
		Curator.  Please let me know if you have any of the Society's
		property so I will know where things are.
MEETINGS
Feb. 42		WGNSS General Meeting, Friday, Feb. 8, at the home of S. P.
		Jones, 690 Bonita Ave., Webster Groves.  Subject:  "Wood
		Preservatives", by Ira Hatfield of the Monsanto Chemicals Co.
Apr. 42		WGNSS Annual Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Apr. 3, at the home of
		Mrs. Wm. Pickens, 72 Marshall Pl., Webster Groves.  Annual
		reports and election of officers.  Programs:  "Petroglyphs" by
		Mr. Diesing; "Report of A.N.S.S. Meeting at Dallas", by Edna Rau.
Jun. 42		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, June 5, at the home of
		Max Schwarz, 625 Tuxedo Blvd., Webster Groves.  Arthur Buck
		will show colored motion pictures of his trip in the Eastern Arctic.
Oct. 42		Combined General Meeting with Geology Group, at Room 108
		Sodality Hall, corner of Grand and West Pine.  8 PM, Friday, Oct.
		2.  Subject:  The Multicolored Canyons of the West.  Carved by
		Waters, Winds and Frost.  Speaker:  Rev. Victor J. Blum, St.
		Louis U. Dept. of Geology.
Nov. 42		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Nov. 6, at the home of
		Max Schwarz, 625 Tuxedo Blvd., Webster Groves.  Mr. Pete
		French will give a talk on the Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana, S.A.
Dec. 42		WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Dec. 4, at the home of
		Mrs. Wm. Pickens, 72 Marshall Pl., Webster Groves.  Program:
		Forest and Wildlife in Missouri by Harold O'Byrne and photographs
		of underwater ice-flower formations by Adolph W. Dreyer.
BANQUETS/SOCIAL EVENTS
Mar. 42		WGNSS Party, 8 PM, Saturday, March 14, at the Zempel home,
		7823 Stanford Ave., University City, Missouri to celebrate the
		marriage of Miss Helen Comfort to Mr. Robert Hill.
Apr. 42		General Field Trip to Rockwoods Reservation, led by Mr. Harold
		O'Byrne.  9 AM hike on nature trail; 1:30 PM hiking on
		marked trails near picnic area; 2:30 PM, Conservation Pageant
		by  school children from nearby communities; 6 PM, campfire
		supper at O'Byrne home followed by gabfest and star study.
		Bring lunch and supper.
May. 42		General Field Trip on Sunday, May 3, to R. Ludlow Hill's Bird
		Sanctuary.  Program:  8 AM - Bird Walk; 2 PM - General
		Walk.  Plan to come for an all-day outing.
Jun. 42		Special WGNSS Party for our potential newly-weds, Miss May
		Brinkmeyer and Stuart O'Byrne.  The shin-dig will be at the
		home of Mrs. Wm. Pickens, 72  Marshall Place, Webster Groves,
		starting at 8 PM on Saturday, June 20.
Jun. 42		General Field Trip, 8 AM to 1:30 PM at Schnaedelbach's cottage
		near Allenton.  Come prepared to stay all day, and don't forget
		that there will be swimming..
Jul. 42	Christ, Arthur	The Field Trip (in April) to Rockwoods Reservation - a very
		enjoyable day.  Conservator O'Byrne led the morning walk on a
		trail ordinarily closed to the public.
Jul. 42		General Field Trip on Sunday, July 12, to the cottages of
		Sam Alfend and Arthur Christ.
Aug. 42		General Field Trip to the cottage of Mr. Louis Weber at
		Sherman, Mo. (also known as Jedburg) at 9 AM on Aug. 9
Sep. 42		General Field Trip on Sunday, Sept. 13, starting from the
		Nature Study Lodge at Ranken, 9 AM and 2 PM.  Bring lunch and
		spend the day.