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Show THE SIGNPOST Monday, April 16, 1990 Historical lectures give glimpse into wild west TP 6 By Tammy Goulding Senior Reporter of The Signpost The Weber State history department announced Tuesday a new lecture series that will combine art and scholarship in portraying Western history. Named for William J. Critchlow III, a local attorney and a history authority, the Critchlow History Lecture Series will host a prominent guest lecturer each November. A new painting, based on the annual lecture topic, will be commissioned and added to the Bicentennial Historical Art Collection, now permanently displayed on the second floor of the WSC Stewart Library. To begin the lecture series, "Captain James Brown, A Founder of Ogden," was presented by Critchlow to a group of more than 70 people. Following Brigham Young's instruction in 1848, Brown, a great, great grandfather to Critchlow, purchased Fort Buenaventura and 210 square miles of Weber County from mountain man Miles Goodyear. "Thrown in with the deal," Critchlow said, "were Goodyear's stockade, four cabins, corrals, 75 head of cattle, 75 Spanish goats, 12 sheep, six horses and a house cat." Brown's family moved into the stockade during the winter of 1848. The first school in Weber County was established by Brown as soon as the family moved in. Brown's stepdaughter, Charilla Abbott "taught the alphabet by having the children draw or form letters on their little hands with charcoal because they had neither slates nor paper," said Critchlow as he described the school housed in one of the Brown's cabins. Brown built the first bridges over the Ogden and Weber rivers. He served as Ogden City councillor, territorial legislator and bishop of the first church organized in Weber county, the LDS Weber River Ward. Rquent the world's finest bars. r re t -.i '.-1 a t0mmjy For only S5 you can spend a great evening hanging out at Salt Lake's most famous hall. Come to the Utah Symphony as they jam live the greatest hits in history. Tickets are available at the Utah Symphony Box Office one week prior to each concert. Present your student I.D. for both ticket purchase and concert admission. Student season tickets are half price. Student tickets a mere five dollars. Call 533-6407. April 20 & 21 WALTON Joliaimeshtai; Festival Overlive PREWN Piano Com eno FRANCK Symphonic Variations fur Piano and Onlieslra STRAUSS R. Suite From Der Rosentnvalier Joseph Silverstcin. Conductor Andre Wans. Piano April 27 & 28 MOZART Svmplionv No. 29 TOWER Silver Ladders MENDELSSOHN Violin ComeHo Joseph Silverslein, Conductor Ralph MaLson, Violin iKSL 'I TV UtmSymphony Joseph Silverslein. Music Director KS1XSO INHmUAI KIN KAIHO i BRETT HART THE SIGNPOST "ENCOUNTER AT MOUNTAIN GREEN," by Gary E. Smith. Is one of the paintings on display In the Stewart Library. Stewart Library collection vone of a kind7 By Tammy Goulding Senior Reporter of The Signpost You may have seen them, but do you know what they are? As you arrive on the second floor of the Stewart Library, they surround you on all sides, but do you notice them the many paintings that adorn the walls? The Bicentennial Art Collection, initiated as a part of the celebration for the American Bicentennial, is a one of a kind collection that depicts the history of Utah through 63 paintings of early forts, trappers, pioneers, explorers and Indians. The project is the "brain child" of William J. Critchlow III past National president of the Sons of the Utah Pioneers. The paintings are based on specific historical events or places in Utah. One painting, "Legal Aid Butch Cassidy Style," depicts the Wild Bunch encampment at the mouth of Weber Canyon after they robbed the Montpelier bank. "Box Elder China Town" and "Circumnavigating the Great Salt Lake" are other historical topics depicted in the collection. Twenty-three Utah artists are represented in the collection, including faculty members from Weber State, Brigham Young, Utah State and the University of Utah. A number of professional and free-lance artists are also included. A complete brochure, listing the paintings and a brief historical description, is available at the reference desk in the library. Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson IS OH THE. SWINGS .' I CANT BELIEF IT.' UA.UA.! 1 A.UKST MEYER. GET A. SWING AX RECESS ; V'tUvSN.' NO ONE IS UlGUtRrV j S J TELLING ME HIGHER.' J WEE.' ) ..ElTUEB THS S KW LUOO( OAS, OR I (ASSED THE EUD-or-RECESS BELL A.GNN. ORCHESIS (continued from page 5) Sherwin Howard, the dean of arts and humanities at Weber. Several ideas were tossed around untiHhey settled on the image of "An Indan btoiy" Hornell V Native American Speaker Time 10:30 April 17, 1990 UB Room 338, No cost, Refreshments a Shaman woman looking back at the seasons of her life. Howard went away and wrote the poem and then brought it back to the two dancers. "He thought what he'd written wouldn't work at all," said Roll, "and then we said, that's it!" "The poem is really words for two dancers," Howard said, "Oral poetry designed to be accompanied by music... This was a very satisfying collaboration." The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19, thru Saturday, April 22. Tickets for the concert are $5 general admission and $2.50 for students and senior citizens. They may be purchased at the Dee Events Center ticket office or one hour prior to performance at the theater. For more information call 626-8500. |
