This is Throwback Thursday #251. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc ...), please sent them to [email protected]. Thanks! email:[email protected].
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25 Years Ago - February 2000
- The General Meeting featured Doris and Russ Kemp speaking about Agates. The title of their presentation was "Agates - That Beautiful Lapidary Material".
- The Minerology/Micromount Study Group was looking at fluorencent minerals from Langban, Sweden.
- Mazon Creek fossils were the focus of the Paleontology Study Group.
- Archaeology was learning about the baskets of the Southwest. How were they made and with what materials.
- Announcements for the 2000 edition of the ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show appeared in the newsletter. It would be held at the College of DuPage.
- The ESCONI Keys Plant and Animal books were reprinted for the upcoming the show.
- Karen's Komments was highlighting some new dinosaur finds and potential pack hunting by Deinonychis and similar animals.
50 Years Ago - February 1975
- The General Meeting presentatiion was done by ESCONI member Harold McCleery. He spoke about "Our National Parks and Monuments".
- The Mineralogy Study Group was discussing "Minerals and Man".
- John Ade did a presentation on Williamsburg, Virginia for the Archaeology Study Group.
- The Micromount of the Month was Augite. Dick and Doris Ade collected some beautiful crystals near Haleakala Crater, Maui, Hawaii.
- On January 17th, 1975, the Joliet Herald News had a story about the potential flooding of Pit 11 to create the cooling pond for the nuclear power plant.
70 Years Ago - February 1955
- The General Meeting's topic was "Crystallography" by ESCONI member Roy Beghtol, who was one of the founders of ESCONI.
- The Riverside Juniors were learning about Aluminum, while the Downers Grove Juniors discussed Silicon.
- The first field trip for 1955 was announced as a behind the scenes tour of the Rocks and Minerals Departments at the Chicago Natural History Museum (Field Museum).
- Jay Farr's "The Earth is Born" lecture at the January General Meeting was well received.
- The Earth Science lectures at Downers Grove High School would be starting up again February. The lecturer was Dr. Ben Hur Wilson.
- The Paleontology Study Group was discussing some interesting topics - Carbon 14 dating by Dr. James Arnold of the University of Chicago and the Miller/Urey experiments to understand the origin of life.
