Evening star., 1932-05-27
c. v. j, PRESIDENT
!. TO SHOW FIRST
COLOR SEA MOVIES
Unusual Films Taken Under
Water in West Indies
to Be Exhibited.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL UNION
TO CONCLUDE SESSION
DR.. Paul Bartsch Named President
of Scientific Group at Con-
vention Here.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

DR.. Cloyd H. Marvin, president of
George Washington University, nom
chalantly braving ferocious baracudas,
has succeeded in obtaining the first
natural color moving pictures Of life un-
der the sea.
This was revealed today when it was
announced that DR.. Marvin. one OF
whose hobbies is photography, would
make the first public showing CT his
films at the annual dinner of the Amer
lean Malacological Union at Plum Point
tomorrow evening.
DR. Marvin, accompanied DR.. Paul
Bartsch, National Museum, curator. on
an expedition to the West Indies last
Summer. In previous years DR.. BartSch
had succeeded in obtaining undersea
moving pictures, but only In black and
white. The George Washington presl-
dent continued this work with newly
developed method which made possible
reproduction of much of the gorgeous
coloring of the undersea jungle.
Went 30 Feet Deep.
In a diving suit Dr. Marvin re-
manned for long periods on the ocean
bottom from to 80 feet below the
surface taking long exposures. Hlth-
erto he has shown the films only to
few friends.
Perhaps the most remarkable cpl
sode photographed in color by DR..
Marvin is that of great barracuda
grabbing smaller fish. swallowing 1t
and. as DR.. Bartsch describes 1t. liter
ally smacking his lips" Although he
80 hn 1ntn H.
tation Of the barracuda, DR.. Marvin
stood quietly grinding his camera with
ing less than six feet Of the fierce
ocean carnivore which did not pay any
attention to him.
Other unusual pictures obtained In
cluGed one of skate flying through
the water and of the gorgeously col
ored yellow tails, butterfly fish and
squirrel fishes.
Will Close Convention.
The American Malacological Union,
composed of experts on molluSkS from
all over the United States, VIII con
clude its second annual convention with
the trip to Plum Point tomorrow. AT
the Chesapeake Bay resort they will
make extensive collections Of the fossil
mollusks of the so-called Calvert forma-
ton. Here, Dr. BartSch explained. is
the classical ground of American fossil
collections. the place where the first
fossils were found in the new world.
At the time the fossils were deposited
the climate of the Chesapeake Bay re-
gion approximated that now found in
Southern Florida. Among the fossils
which will be sought most earnestly
tomorrow are those of tropical pearl
oysters which once abounded in the
neighborhood.
The scientific sessions Of the union
National Museum. At the business
meeting last night DR.. Bartsch was
elected president. succeeding H. A. Pills
bury. Other officers elected were: Vice
| president, DR.. Junius Henderson, Uni
| versity of Colorado; corresponding sec
| retary, Norman w. Lermond, Thomas
| ton. Me; financial secretary, Mrs. 1mo-
gene C. Robertson, Buffalo; council
| members, DR.. William C.. Clench, Har-
ward University; Calvin Goodrich, Uni
versity of Michigan: DR.. Pilsbury, Phil
adelphia, and Mrs. Ida S. Oldroyd
Leland Stanford University.
Snails Being Exterminated.
Among the scientific papers presented
| today was one by M. K. Brady of Flor
,, ida on the plight Of the liguus snails
! in Florida. These, it was explained,
are the most snowy of American snails,
which are being exterminated at the
rate of millions a year because OF the
commercial value of their shells in the
manufacture of art objects. The
Neurological Union is working for the
| immediate establishment of the pro-
posed Everglades National Park to in
sure the preservation OF these pic
turesque animals.
Other scientific papers were pre-
sented by Dr. Pilsbury. DR.. Berlin H.
! Wright, DR.. burlington Baker. Edgar
o. Bowles, DR.. Paul S. Galtsof, DR..
Joshua L. Bailey, DR.. Clench, DR.. II.
P. K. Agersborg, DR.. Bartsch. Jose A.
| Gallardo. Mrs. M. @. Bowman. Dr.. B.
| G. ChitWood. DR.. Horace G. Richards,
Dr.. Clarence Cottam and DR.. William