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A CI NTER FOR SI l<\ l< I

Service facilities arc inevitable in connection with an insti tution like the Mini Union. The thousands of students, f ulty, townspeople and guests who come into the I nion to

ike part in its activities have to have a place to leave their tere has to be a place where people can bu) tickets tl d; . concerts, and banquets. There ha- to be a

plat to sit. a place to entertain mie-l-. So the

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not only is a center for activities, bin a center

til who enter its doors. W h a t are the m a j o r

ay time of any day you can find someone at t h e window on the main floor, purchasing ticket-

>me Universit) or I'nion function. The service, which List year handled 116,469 tickets for [47 different event

ind took in $71,303.09, is offered to student and staff organ-

izations without charge. \ place to wait for an appointed meeting, a place to sit and read the paper, a place to rest these are afforded b\ the Union's five excellently-furnished Loungt Fa litiesi th Main Lounge, the Wedgwood Room, A\U\ the Pine I oumrc °n the fust floor; the Faculty Lounge and the General Lounge on the s<« end floor,

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