| Show by Randy Hendricks “The One America’s West: Odyssey” leaves you wondering what it was really like to live a hundred years ago in San Francisco or Santa Fe or Utah In its second summer the Odyssey has been expanded and improved from the pageant of a year ago which received the George Washington Honor Medal from the Freedom Foundation Valley Forge Pa The pageant if pageant of fascinating the most festival’s and spectacular features is the photography which begins the show and continues as an introduction to each new unfolding scene throughout the show The projections photographs line drawings and paintings are used to illustrate the Chill Wills’ narration of the pageant Wills’ narration helps to tie the entire show together The veteran western actor the entire show prior to assembling of the cast Peter Strauss rear-projectio- n pre-tape- d ac- curately describes the hour presentation portrays the settlement of provides dance and dramatization It Utah’s began Wednesday Americana Dancers The dancers in this year’s Odyssey are members of the America’s west through music Pioneer Day and will continue through Aug 3 every day except Sunday stirring on-sta- ge narration during the show Americana Dance Theatre Choreography was done by Burch Volume 71 Number 94 Mann The entire pageant is For the Promised Land” written and produced by Gerald But the promise carried only to R Sherratt a portion of the country’s people But any discussion of the and the Odyssey describes the pageant itself would run amiss plight of the proud brave without mention of the amazing American Indian and his art work of Glen Edwards and his struggle culminating in the staff injustices of Wounded Knee Wide Screen projections Utah’s Mormons are shown in showing America particularly their trek west driven by a far the west in a series of different motive than the one photographs of the area The which would soon afterwards drive the gold prospectors to Odyssey then begins Wills tells of the drive that the California A drive which to the drive early American felt changed San Francisco to a small of conquer the land the need to bay town of 800 to a tent-cit- y move outward firm in the con- 400000 in two short years viction that he was to fulfill the Climax of “Manifest The Cowboys occupy center meaning Destiny” On a large stage-siz- e map stage for a short period and most Strauss tells a human story of the of its childhood glamour settlement of the west Coronado evaporates in the narrative of to Western Women and the long dusty rides for little pay chorus picks up the cry “Bound little food and lots of death The chronicles the too and their pageant badmen-outlaw- s stories seem humorous now although obviously tragic to those who suffered by them And the climax to the show is shown through the spectacular stage of America’s history It closes with the joining of East and West when the railroads were joined at Promontory Point May 10 1869 The pageant is one event of the Festival of the American West being held currently on the USU campus Other events of interest are the Arts and Crafts show daily on the USU quad the paintings and posters displayed around the concourse of the Spectrum nightly prior to the and the Jensen Odyssey Historical Farm which is opened to visitors daily Utah State University Logan Utah Veteran's center opens this fall ’ counseling and information center for veterans and their families will open this fall on the A Utah State University campus the Department of Sociology Social Work and Anthropology announced The center will provide social work training opportunities for up to five social work student trainees who each year will participate with professional in the social service personnel social and health services in the the direction of Professor Nile Meservy Social Work Program Coordinator at USU and Dr Yun Kim head of the Department of Sociology Social Work and Anthropology Operated as a rural outreach program with the cooperation and guidance of the Social Services Department of the Veterans Administration Hospital of Salt Lake City the activities of the center will be coordinated with the existing health and social service programs of the area region served Being funded by a grant from AdThe center will emphasize the Veterans US the of rural families and will needs should ministration the program run for a four year period An expand and improve the quality initial $30066 has been allocated of student field practicum exfor the academic year 1974-7- 5 periences in rural areas while direct with an anticipated $75600 serving veterans and their funds families cost plus some indirect A counseling and veterans being awarded for the three year benefits information service will period from 1975-7- 8 The center is to be established also be provided by the students and in operation with the involved under the supervision of fall an experienced social work staff beginning of the 1974-7to the center quarter It will be operated under member assigned 5 photo crodit Allan Swalnston WESTERN ODYSSEY brings to life the colorful and harsh life of the settlers who came to the vast pioneer frontier Dr John M Neuhold of Utah State University has been named Photos highlight festival Rare photographs and engravings of the early West will be displayed throughout the Festival of the American West activities in the Spectrum at Utah State University July 24 to Aug 3 One hundred 20 by 24 inch photographs and line drawings many being shown for the first time will be exhibited on four 20 foot long displays around the concourse of the Spectrum for the public to view Pictorially representing four the in history the of lives photographs show the pioneers railroaders Mormons and Indians Gerald Sherrett director of the festival said Gathered through the National Archives in Washington DC Library of Congress Denver Public Library Utah Historical Society and the Church of Jesus Saints the Christ of Latter-da- y display will include captions of the providing explanations scenes periods director of The Institute of Ecology an international sortium of universities Headquarters of the institute (TIE) will move to the USU campus where Dr Neuhold will continue as director of the USU Ecology Center His new appointmeit effective time September is a con- Also being displayed are 10 full-leng- th drawings of prominent persons from history prepared by Glen Edwards of USU Graphic in his drawings are Brigham Young Jacob Hamblin and Wild Bill Hickock Services Institute moves to USU Neuhold named director Included 1 position A one-fourt- h project assistant administrative assistant and a available be will The displays secretary will complete the for viewing during the showing of director’s staff Dr Neuhold said the historical pageant “The Dr Neuhold has served as a West: America’s Odyssey” trustee of TIE for two years and which will begin nightly at 8 pm has been Its research review chairman As the new director he succeeds Dr Arthur D Hasler a Utah native now at the University of Wisconsin who completes a two-yeterm ar TIE is a federated system founding comprised universities and research centers located throughout the Western Hemisphere It has 60 Ecology Assembly members from every walk of life and is governed by 14 trustees It undertakes regional projects with input and does not compete with single institutions for grant and contract funds the new director explained of 118 multi-institution- al |
