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Show . 1 McKay Speaks at Leadership vent PROVO, Jan. 15 "We are witnessing witness-ing th crumbling of civilization under un-der the weight of mechanism, or the birth ot new orgsniiation with a spiritual idea." declared David O. McKay of the council of twelve of the L. D. S. church In hia address at the Tuesday general assembly of Leadership week at th Brlgham Young university. "Never in the history of th world haa there been such a demand for an education that will lay a spiritual foundation for reconstruction. I am grateful that we have an educational institution that take for IU theme, not only for Leadership week, but for the very purpose of its existence, The Spirituality of Reconstruction." Almost 1300 persons were In attendance at-tendance at the meeting, which was under the direction of Dr. Franklin S. Harris, president of the university. univer-sity. Dr. Harris, In his introductory speech, declared that if he were to characterise the theme of Leadership week, "Spiritual Foundations of Reconstruction," Re-construction," he could think of no finer example. |