Show New Folklore Group to Aid AidIn AidIn id idIn I In Preserving Utah History U- U t x 4 4 fi y i fr u Professor Karl Young Youn holding boldin I Indian dlan medicine bag bar formerly owned by a L Crow Indian brave bran I PROVO PROVo PROVo-Folkl Folklore re rc o of the Great Basin region region near near forgotten tales of or early arly Mormon settlers and Indians stories Indians stories of heroism ancient battles and legends legends all all will be preserved and recorded as nearly as possible by a folklore society which will be organized by interested individuals at Young university's fourteenth annual leadership week announces Karl Young professor of English at B. B Y U U. and authority on Indian lore Two rich fields of folklore for S this region the region the Indian and the early white settlers mainly Mormon Mormon are arc almost untouched said aid Professor Young and offer oHer opportunity for interesting in in- cresting and valuable research The society which is being instituted instituted mainly through efforts of Professor Pro- Pro fessor Young Dr Lewry Nelson director of the B. B Y U. U extension division division di di- vision and H H. R. R Merrill B. B Y U. U professor profesor of ot journalism w will ll invite membership of all Interested ted It is planned to try to get one person from each locality who will gather legends and folklore Typical of oC Indian folklore and around which much of it centers is the medicine bag contents o of which were thought to carry divine powers of safety for its owner said Professor Young These articles are arc illustrative of oC sources which should yield an abu abundance dance of ancient legend and lore for workers of the proposed society he said |