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1 ill ILLIN I SI • I hrouvjh its itin hist : I he Illmui'. Union his s ittemptiii : • » 1 ' " nt a ir i at the University ot Illinois I ho stal d urpos< of Tl I Him Uni n is to pro mote lllm s SJ : and lovalt) I II j siblc n\ in- .ind to i ster .ill legil itc 1 n ; of stud H ci ti< pec iallv b\ the n lintt iana o! .; sou I ami i i I >nal ceni r for Illinois m i ai w > n < m The llliii >is I mon was tiz I in !'• it th< ug estion o\ 1 \ 1 ilont 1 dmund J m 1 I { owth of the oi ani iti n ind its tivities ! In n stea during the 22 years ol its i stena nd has k>: i pa ith th» neral growth i the University On Janu ' • 19! the Union rente I fr i the Y M ( A tl fii : n\>or o: L the Y M. C. A. Building, at the rner i I Wright nd John Streets. I wo years latei in 19 tl\ L'I n to k ova on a rental bas i, the entin Y M. ( A Bu Iding. In 1923 the Union entered into a contract with the Y \I. ( A. to purchase the buildin the Uni< i de< d t tin f i. M L A. real estate in which th< Vn\^ n had invested its ivin s wilu. I at $30,000 00. 7 In 19 the Union, in ordei to provide foi furtl expansion, purchased the Bradley Arcade Buildin wh h 2 ins the Union Building site on the north. rhe governm nt ol rhe Illinois Union is vested in a hi ird of in tors composed ol the president, vice prcsi nt, treasure! (who, with the consent of the president of the Unr rsil is the comptrollei ol the University

On officer of t h e A l u m n i A s s o c i a t i o n , five Student members

t th( Illinois Union, elected annually, one from each of the five major alleges; three members ol the Mumni \i ciation, and three members ol the University ol llli nor. I.K ulty. I he three Alumni directors are appointed by 1 th pi lident ol tl)* Alumni Association, rhe three faculty lii tor. are appointed by the < ouncil ol Administration