Seeing Is Believing so... Geology students crowd in for chuck at Green Lake in the Uintahs. Ponderosa pine, type of rocks and box with Scrowcroft label indicate that it was not Bryce Canyon, says Prof. Walter Buss. Snapping scenes during a field trip are Wendell Farr, squinting through Speed Graphic, Robert Burnside, fiddling with box camera, and LeGrande Fletcher, plainly torturing both himself and the kodak. Definitely Dinosaur National Monument, since rockhound Clejo Campbell dragged camera along that trip. Other students de picting fossil zeal are Mr. and Mrs. DeLoss Eggelston, Arie Mogen-son and Don Knight. Field Trips By Dell Foutz "Pass the noodles . . . we're on another field trip." Various departments at Weber College have found that one day of field work is worth several class lectures, besides being more fun. To teach geology, engineering or photography without junkets into the country would be like trying to describe red to a blind person. Just try it sometime. Indoor photography, for instance, is limited to pretty girls, animal pets, fruit baskets, table displays, pretty girls, flowers, pretty girls and a few others. But outside one may have mountains, clouds, buildings, trees and other scenes behind the pretty girls. Travel by itself is educational and the enginering classes have traveled extensively to see the fruits of their interest firsthand. A good deal of the engineering student's time is spent outside, packing around heavy equipment and getting eye strain from an upside down world through a transit. Field work is important to many classes but is most important to the study of the earth, geology. Consequently, the geology department in cooperation with the Geodiscipulus travel club has toured extensively in Canada, Mexico and the United States. All the western states have been sampled by the wandering rockhounds, who see all the average tourist sees and they have an educational background to really understand and appreciate what they see. Enough students still have to be shown and so in spite of rain, cold, and dust and pepper in the stew, Weber is planning to maintain extensive travels in the open spaces of America. Some of the spring quarter trips will include: A geology trip to the southwestern section of Utah which will take place from about March 22 to 24. Also, during April and May, geology trips will be made to Bryce's park and Zion's park, to Monument Valley, Timpanogos Cave and to Bear Lake. On or about July 15, the college on wheels will take a six-week trip to Mexico. Classes will be given in geology and geography. Other possible classes may include biology, history, and French or Spanish. ROLAND PARRY Maestro of Musical Narrative Composes and Directs "All Faces West" The Parrys, Roland and Helen, are exceptionally photogenic. Here with their baritone lead, Igor Gorin, well in hand on the record folder, they look just the way one expects artistic persons to look. By Afton Knuz and Jim Sullivan Hearts of more than 15,000 persons were captivated by the 1951 feature of Ogden Pioneer Days when Roland Parry of Weber College vocal music department presented his original music drama, "All Faces West," with world-famed Igor Gorin as baritone lead interpreting Brigham Young. This saga of the pilgrimage of long ago drew religious and poetic beauty from native materials of the mass movement of the Mormons. Tragedy attended the crawling progress across prairies and rivers of the mid-continent of America. Untimely death at times halted the snail's pace. But religious faith confronting vicissitudes had an answer finally, and the composer brought his work along a parallel course to the high point in Mormon history and arrival at Great Salt Lake. It was written especially for the celebration by Mr. Parry and his wife, Helen Talmage Parry, and portrayed the migration from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Salt Lake City in songs, dancing and staging. It held listeners in rapt attention for over two hours nightly during the three-night run. Mr. Gorin as star of the music-drama was especially impressed with the quality, message, and spirit of the music. He chose to sing "Fly Lower Birds," "Prayer for a Safe Journey," "All Faces West," "Then Shall the Desert Blossom," and "This is the Place," because "They had a melodious, straightforward, and simple way of depicting a great event in American history." This is one of the few times that Utah has had a world renowned soloist, supported by top singers and musicians, performing a music-drama of the Mormon saga created by a Utah composer in this elevated spiritual mood. The composition possesses varied diversity, from the primitive excitement of the Indian dance to the sad, soul-stirring notes of "Fly Lower Birds." Because of the beautiful quality, much of the music from "All Faces West" achieved national recognition at once. A select group of choral students from New York University sang numbers over Town Hall on December 15. Par-Go Recording Company has also recognized the power of Mr. Parry's music and has recorded several of the numbers with Igor Gorin and a select group of singers and musicians to form an album. Recording of other parts of "All Faces West" with other stars is also being considered. The narrative was written by Wayne Carver, Weber English instructor. 15