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VISUAL EDUCATION
GREAT HORNED DINOSAUR, TRICERATOPS
Illustrating the use of models to show subjects of great size. "This dinosaur," the label explains, "was about 8 feet in height. A pair of long, tapering horns extended forward from above the eyes. A single smaller horn grew upon the nose. From this armament the animal has received the name TRICERATOPS. This is a Greek word which means THREE-HORNED-FACE. Another striking feature was its great horny shield. In Triceratops, then, we may imagine a primitive warrior armed with a shield and three sharp lances. . . . Petrified skeletons of this and other horned dinosaurs were first discovered in Converse County, Wyoming, in 1889."
treatment of motor car travel. The thing is being done, of course, in the museum's department of botany, but not only are their methods too costly to be feasible for this department, but the flowers themselves are far too delicate and fragile for our purposes. "The so-called 'artificial flowers' do not solve the problem. They do not measure up to museum standards of accuracy and fidelity. The time will come, however, when some one will hit
upon the answer. Perhaps the solution will come when the art of foliagemaking by the electroplating process has been perfected. We are continually experimenting with that and other processes in this department." "special customers" Many calls for the use of the portable exhibits reach the museum from quarters outside its normal field of service. Other cities, hearing of the good work that is being accomplished in Chicago,
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