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Show Tradition continues of Founders' Day climaxed on February 28 witli the traditional minute of silence and a special presentation of the opera op-era "Cavalleria Rusticana" at the Salt Lake Theatre with Governor George H. Dern and the state legislators as guests. A Founders' Week was held in 1921 also, starting another tradi- ' tion which would last many years. This year, some state legislators legisla-tors will be present at the banquet, ban-quet, although none have been invited to speak. The minute of silence and gun salute has been discontinued and there has not been a Founders' Week since the early 1960's. The University celebrates Founders' Foun-ders' Day Friday and marks its 120th anniversary. Although the University was established o n Feb. 2&, 1850, the official observance observ-ance comes this year on Friday. The first Founder's Day was celebrated on February 28, 1899, four days after the moving of the University to its present campus. The governor and members of the legislature were asked to attend and to participate in the ceremonies. cere-monies. This started a tradition of inviting legislators to the ceremonies cere-monies which lasted for several years. The following year, 1900, was the 50th anniversary of the University Uni-versity and special exercises were held. For the next 20 years, little attention was paid to Founders' Day. It became an annual assembly assem-bly at which a legislator would be invited. During World War I, however, a minute of silence was held on February 28 each year followed by a salute of guns. The Founders' Foun-ders' Day program expanded each year after that until 1925 when an elaborate celebration was held for the 75th anniversary. An assembly was held on February Feb-ruary 24, the anniversary of the new campus, with Dr. John A. Widtsoe, Dr. Joseph T. Kingsbury, Kings-bury, Dr. Richard R. Lyman, and President George Thomas of the University as speakers. Banquets, dance.-;, and speeches were held throughout the week which was |