Caption: Dedication - Illini Union 10 Year Anniversary (1951)
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The Mini Union is more than a building — it is an institution with its roots deep in the past. The completion of the building ten years ago was the realization of a dream held by many Mini since the beginning of the century. Two active student organizations, one the Woman's League organized in 1897, and the other the Illinois Union organized for men students in 1909, saw the need for a Union building as they worked together on activities such as Homecoming, pep meetings, cap burning, and student opera. In 1910 these student groups be• n making their plans and desires known. It took them nine years to get a start. In 1919 the Illinois Union rented quarters on the first floor of the Y.M.C.A. building on the corner of Wright and John streets — now Mini Hall. By 1927 the Union had purchased the whole Y.\\.( \. building plus the Bradley Arcade building as an annex* ih' Illinois Union w then a separate corporation did by students and faculty, (ailed the University < ! > 3
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