Photo 'essay' pleas Ozark preservation
A photographic essay by freelance photographer, Leland Payton, which makes a pictorial plea for the preservation of the Ozarks, is being shown now in the South Lounge of the Union.
"The record of life coming up through 300 million years of occupation in one place is still intact here," said Payton, talking about his exhibit.
"We have a chance to preserve these last small pieces of Ozark wildland. Why should we? That is the subject of the exhibit," he said.
For the last few years Payton has been trying to get jobs which keep him near the highlands, the subject of his exhibit. He is currently working on a book, which will be the pictorial story of this region.
He is also trying to get enough signatures on an initiative petition to place on the ballot a referendum which will zone the 850 miles of Ozarks for parks.
"The Ozarks has the potential of becoming a huge low density slum area," said Payton, "and you can't cut down trees for development without washing everything away."
Payton expressed hope that with the current emphasis on ecology, people would get on the bandwagon to save the Ozarks.
Speaking again of the exhibit, he said, "This exhibit is the product of looking at the Ozarks —
Scholarship essay contest announced
An essay contest with a first prize of up to $500 bearing the title "Ethics in Society" was announced by the Office of Student Financial Aid Monday.
The essay is to give an account of the Judaeo-Christian ethical tradition as applied to social and political matters. Competition entries may take the forms of a research paper, a proposal or design for some useful social project accompanied by a supporting essay and budgetary statement, a well-grounded and thoughtful personal statement or a creative work (painting, sculpture, etc.) together with an appropriate essay.
Deadline for contest entries is May 4.
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seeking a viewpoint — I hope the immense importance of having these wild portions stay wild will be realized before the entire earth becomes a concrete, glass and asphalt development, formless and the same to the death."
Payton will speak at 7:30 p.m. Monday, in the Forum Room on the topic, "The Ozarks: Fragments of Wilderness." He will show slides and still shots featuring the region. He said he hoped there would be enough interested students to have a discussion after the speech.
Payton has been commissioned by the Ozarks Bi-Cultural Center, a federal institution to education, to create a travelling exhibit of the Ozark's national and cultural features.
He is also working on several books and photographic essays concerned with the national history of the Ozarks.
He recently was engaged by the Mark Twain National Forest to photograph the Eleven Point National Scenic Riverway.
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