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Caption: Dedication - Illini Union 10 Year Anniversary (1951)
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Illinois Union, Inc. It owned all the property, and within the ranges of its fluctuating income from voluntary membership, it guided student activities throughout the twenties and most of the thirties. Meanwhile, interest in a specially built Union building intensified until 1 when A. ('. Willard was inaugurated as president (^\ the University. One c>\ President Willard's first official acts was to investigate the Union building problem, lie appointed an "Advisor) Committee on Functions nd Operations of Student Center Buildings." This committee didn't lea\ » uncounted nor a site unmeasured in their attempt to find just the n • l ation. And when the Universit) decided to raze Universit) Hall, the « d ision was unaminous to build the new lllini Union building where it now t ] >blem was money, Since it was not to be appropriated b) the tun. the Universit) obtained a Federal Grant of $5 ,000 and •mpanv loan of $656,000 more, to he paid off b) funds from 1 1 M<| against each student. The furnishings and v "« > purchased hom contributions ranging between $1.1X1 and »0 from alumni, faculty, and friends. the forerunner of the present lllini I nion Board was formed 1,11 Advisor) ( ommittceon the Management and Operation o\ the lllini Union Buildin Then, in 1939, actual construction work b( an. \nd with " " ' " " "i construction, work was also begun on organization and int( "' "' activiti( to lake place in the neu buildii I he first step w. mergena ol .. nc* • student organization, known as the Men's > 1,1 .l " m
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