Friday. February 16, I955 SCARLET AND BLACK "MOST OF OUR PICTURES were taken on little ride excursions in which we visited small towns, slums, etcr . . . on foot." "HERE WE ARE DRINKING in the ethnic atmosphere of a small village bar . . . ffit ‘Faces of Mexico' Photo Exhibit Makes Debut in Forum Saturday By Bob Hodierne “Faces of Mexico,” a photo- graphic art exhibit resulting from [he eight-day, 3200»mile interim study project of two Grinnell students, will make its debut Saturday morning in the bulletin board area opposite the Forum desk. The exhibit. is the brain Child of John Phillips and Henry Wilr helm. The two bearded students made their photographic safari in a'VW and, during the course of the trip, [00k 600 pictures. The Show will feature about 50 of those. The two say the trip wasn’t originally planned with on eye toward an exhibit. In fact, they say, the trip wasn't really planned at all. It just happened. Not until nearly the end of their trip did the idea of an ex- hibit occur to them. “Twenty- four hours away is an entirely different culture," said Phil- lips, “Most people don’t. realize that. We thought we’d bring it baCk.” “We wanted to show some of the many facets of Mexico,” said Wilhelm, a 21-year-old freshman who served a year in Bolivia as a member of the Peace Corps. “We wanted to show Mexico’s beauty as well as its povertyl" Their photographic studies sweep from wealth and plush night-life lo bulliighting to the children of the Monterrey slumsr The two achieve their most dramatic results in their photo- graphs of the people, especial- ly the children The faces of the children say more of the life of the peasant than could ever hoped to be said in Words. The exhibit is truly a remarkable Work of art. Page Five "AFTER A LONG warr. our patience paid off in this picture when an old man driving burrol came into View." "we were SITTING in . park trying to sun