Show Class Visits ts Vernal Dr E M Spieker professor of geology at the the University of Ohio made a short visit to Ver Ver- Vernal Ver- Ver Vernal nal and the Dinosaur National Monument this week He was accompanied by a group of ge ge- ge geology geology students traveling in three station wagons The class is making geological geological cal studies in the Sanpete Val Val- Valley Val Val- Valley ley this summer Dr Spieker advised G E that he had a difficult time making a decision whether to spend this summer in Vernal which he considers con con- considers siders an exceptional geological area or whether to have his group study in the Sanpete val val- valley val val- valley ley The Sanpete area was selected selected ted for this season because the students study covers a phase which deals with the transition from the high plateaus of Utah to the Great Basin The Sanpete region is the logical place for this type of study Dr Spieker expressed a keen keene interest in the tee Utah Field House I e of Natural History development at Vernal and stated that future I student groups will wUl find it a splendid orientation center He lIe predicted that future depart depart- department ment of geology field classes at Ohio University will wUl spend con con- r time in the Dr Spieker is no stranger to this region having made hydro carbon studies here in the late He is the author of the paper Bituminous Sandstones Near Vernal Utah which was included in Contribution to Ec Economic Geology published in 1930 |