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Show OF U ALUMNI TO I MARK FOUNDING ( Jniversity of Utah alumni in ah and the rest of the country if Jll hold meetings Saturday, ' lruary 28, marking the 98th aijniversary of the founding of Hk university. founders' day celebrations are b for Salt Lake City, Ogden, Itice, Cedar City, St. George and Ixosevelt in Utah, and elsewhere j iii New York, Chicago, Los An- 'Jli's, Berkeley, Washington, D. C and Denver. Over 500 alumni are expected af the Salt Lake banquet Friday. , Principal speakers will be Vivian Meik of the Deseret News, Elton vl. Pace, president of the alumni ofcanization and President A. Ray QJpin. Mr. Pace will review Jny of the accomplishments of te alumni group during the past ffw years, and in contrast, Present Pre-sent Olpin will discuss plans fr the future. '; Student activities on the cam-f cam-f is will include musical skits, 'esentation of two winners of e alumni sponsored oratory 'ntest, and a talk by Mr. Olpin an assembly on Thursday. At dance Friday, three queens, ueen of 1850, Coed of 1948 and iss Millenium, will be crowned. It Although founded in 1850 as ie University of Deseret, the spool's name was changed, un-f un-f r a new charter to the Uni- - Jisity of Utah in 1892. Since ; M time, the physical plant, - ?PL1S' and number . of schools , courses offered have grown, fitil now nearly 9000 students ionie 32 buildings on the 153 rt campus and the portion of t . Douglas leased from the fed-jfiovernment. |