Repository: UIHistories Project: Book - Pictorial Guide to College of Engineering (1919) [PAGE 31]

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SERVICE

FLAG

OF T H E

UNIVERSITY

The picture was taken before the close of the war and the number on the flag representing students, graduates, and faculty does not give the total number who went into service.

Y.

M.

C.

A.

QUARTERS

OF T H E

UNIVERSITY

OF

ILLINOIS

T H I S building was formerly occupied by the Presidant of the University as his residence but during the war it was released to the Y. M. C. A. which in turn released its own building to the United States Government to be used as a barracks for Aviators in training.