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Show FOUNDER'S DAY COMMITTEE - Left to Right, First Row: Steve Swindle, Sue Breinholt, Sharon Peterson, Mary Ann Shumway, Janet DriscoII. Second Row: Sheryl Benson, Kathleen Camhell, Katny Linrord, Janice Elmer.With its multiple events, Founder's Day, always a big affair at the U. was even better in its 1960 edition. The event was touched off £>y an assembly featuring Neal Maxwell, assistant to the president. Across campus, Utes were approached by vivacious Spurs somewhat resembling floral sprays as they carried the red and white carnations they had for sale. Realizing that more interest might be created for Founder's Day if the queen judging were open to the public, Chairman Pat Beane and her committee inaugurated a new method of judging. Prior to this year, contestants had been screened privately by a board of judges. This year the six finalists were interviewed and presented their talents before a large and receptive audience. These events, the annual speech and essay contest, plus the Alumni Banquet which hosted Secretary of Health, Welfare, and Education, Arthur Flemming as guest speaker, helped to turn the Utes thoughts back to the day when the University of Utah was a rough, log building, eighteen students, and one teacher.Highlights of the founding fete were the Banquet with Secretary Arthur W. Fleming speaking and the President s reception, "Operation 110, and its tours of the Union. |