Repository: UIHistories Project: Dedication - Illini Union [PAGE 2]

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A building is, after all, but a collection of bricks and mortar; the spirit behind the building determines its character and usefulness. The students, faculty, and staff who have given time, effort, and interest to the Illini Union may have given little thought to spirit, or its development, yet their very efforts and interests have produced, over the years, an ideal of service to the campus community — the Illini Union spirit. This brochure, published on the occasion of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Illini Union, is an attempt to illustrate, if only briefly, the ever-developing ideals, functions, and services of the Illini Union, Even as this copy goes to press, changes in the services offered to meet the needs of the campus community are outdating the printed word. Only in being sensitive to the changing needs of University life can the Illini Union retain the basis of its spirit — to be of service . . . service to the students, staff, faculty, alumni, and guests of the University of Illinois.