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Show oct. 13, 1972 signpost page 3 geograph ers gather a t wsc Weber State is hosting the annual meeting of the Great Plains-Rocky Mountain Division of the Association of American Geographers today and tomorrow. Dr. Deon C. Greer, acting chairman of WSC 'sGeology-Geography Department, has been chairman of the division thisyear and was influential in the choos ing of Weber State as site for the annual meeting. Wayne L. Wahlquist of the Geography Department is the local arrangements committee chairman and has been in charge of planning and making arrangements for the conference. About 150 geographers and geography professors are expect- geographers meet, observe area sites J. Warren Nystrom will speak at the Banquet meeting of the Great Plains-Rocky Mountain, Division, Association of American Geographers, being held at the Chuck-A-Rama at 7:15 tonight.He is the present executive director of the AAG and has been manager of the International Relations Department of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Some of those attending this annual meeting of the Great Plains - Rocky Mountain Division are from as far as Calgary, Canada; Tuscon, Ariz.; Washington, D.C.; and Virginia. Noted geographers Gilbert White of the University of Colorado and Walter Killmorgen, past president of the association, are also expected to be in attendance. Field trips for AAG members attending the conference are planned for tomorrow morning. One is a bus trip to see Great Salt Lake minerals and other points of interest and the other is an airplane flight to view area geographical features. Geographers, who study the surface of the earth and man and his environment, were ecology minded 50 years before flu shots Influenza shots will be available to Weber State Col lege students, faculty and staff today. The place is the Student Health Center, located in An nex 4 north of the Security Building. Shots will be given between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. by Dr. R.N. Hirst. The cost is $2. most other people, according to Dr. Deon Greer who is present chairman of the Great Plains-Rocky Mountain Division and head of Weber State'sGeography-Geology Department. ed in attendance. After registration this morning, a luncheon and business meeting will be held at which a chairman andsecretary-treasurer will be elected for the coming year. At 1:15 p.m. the two winners of student competition papers will be presented. College students from the region which includes Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, part of Oklahoma, and Alberta, Manitoba andSaske-tchewan have been eligible to enter papers. Unfortunately, no students are entered from Utah which is hosting the annual meeting of the division for only the second time, the first being at the University of Utah four years ago. Contest winners will receive a $50 first prize and $25 second prize. Twofold purpose of this annual conference is the presentation of papers plus the informal association and exchange ofideas by AAG members. This year the proceedings and papers from the meeting will be published. It is hoped this will become an annual publication. CHAMPION Termpapers, 636 Beacon St. (605) Boston, Mass. 02215, 617-536-9700. three sessions form conference schedule of geography groups Students are invited to attend sessions of the geography conference on campus today. Schedule of meetings is: SESSION ONE (2:30 to 3:30 p.m.): UB 347, Chairman, Merrill Ridd, University of Utah, papers on ecology and conservation, negligence and environmental decision making, and land studies for land planning. Also an open panel discussion. This session is expected to be of particular interest to students.Historical Geography, UB 352, chairman is Brian W. Blouet, University of Nebraska, papers on Mormon settlement plats, pioneering in Big Horn Basin, interpretation of pike's geographical knowledge of Louisiana, and railroads and South Dakota settlement. SESSION TWO (4 to 5 p.m.): Man and Environment (II), UB 347, chairman: Merrill Ridd, University of Utah, papers on problems of development in Guatemala, technological change and mining districts, and factors retarding growth in the Four Corners Region. 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