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Show &rtfr s I hi Jk :W: ,! Sr David O. McKay Pres. McKay To Be On U of U Founders Day Program Pres. David O. McKay of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter-day Saints will deliver the principal princi-pal address and dedicatory prayer at the annual University of Utah Founders Day banquet on Feb. 28. The banquet, scheduled for the new U of U Union, also will mark the formal dedication of the $2.5 million structure which opened on New Years Day. Marvin J. Bertoch, banquet chairman, and J. Grant Iverson, president of the U. Alumni Assn., said they expected the largest crowds in history to attend the combined banquet and dedication service. Pres. McKay is a U. graduate, receiving a normal degree in 1897 (Continued on Page 2) Pres. McKay (Continued from Page 1) and starring on the school's first football team. All the members of his immediate family have been educated at the U and one son, Dr. Llewelyn R. McKay, is chairman of the school's language department. depart-ment. A recent personal project undertaken under-taken by the venerated Church official is the proposed construction construc-tion of a "memorial" Salt Lake Theater on the U campus. A bill to authorize construction of the structure struc-ture has been introduced in the State Legislature, |