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Caption: Dedication - Illini Union (1941)
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i of Trustees, the chairman of the Trustees' Committee on Buildings and Grounds, the members of the Alumni Executive Committee, those of the Memorial Committee and Professors Burrill and While. After some unavoidable delays this Conference was called \>v Mr, Bullard, now President of the Alumni Association, for May 2, L91 t, at the University, to discuss the whole matter and to decide if possible upon some definite form of memorial structure. When the meeting was called to order there were present the following named delegates: President James President W. L. Abbott and Mr. 0 . W. Hoit of the Board of Trustees Professors Burrill, Baker, and White of the Faculty, and President Bullard and Messrs. J. E. Armstrong, II. M. Dunlap, P. L. Hatch and Peter Junkersfeld of the Alumni Association. Those absent "were: Professor Talbot, Messrs. II. J. Burt, J. N. Chester, E. G. Graham, J. C. Llewellyn, J. A. Ockerson and Lorado Taft. CONFERENCE AND COMMITTEE ACTION After full discussion during which many suggestions were made, often widely different in character, unanimous agreement was at length reached and all voted for the following resolution: "Resolved, that the memorial to be erected to Dr. Gregory on the University campus be a Gregory Memorial Building and Art Collection, that $150,000 be raised for the purpose, and that the University Trustees be requested to assign a site for the building south of Lincoln Hall, west of the Auditorium and facing the site chosen for the new Library building." Later, on the same day, the recommendation of the Conference was approved by the memorial committee and \)v. T. J. Burrill was appointed director of a campaign with Messrs. Bullard, Baker and Dunlap as a abcommittee, to carry the proposition into effect. It was a greal Step forward to gain this unanimous agreement on the part of the committee and the designation so clearly marked of the kind ad COSl oi* a memorial. The site selected is for one of the major campus buildings, near the center of things as the campus develops. LPLANATI02 By the help of the accompanying Surroundinj can ! < easily made out. >• plates the Location and Plate I. shows, on a small seale, tl U arran ineijts of the present buildings and wonderful suggestions for ture on.-^ Along the west side south of Green street occur in order: Library Building 'with a new extension on the SOUth), the ('ommerco jjJdinr only the . ,r,t half now u p ) , the Womans' Building, Lincoln Hall ' ,t half now • isf in- , ami the proposed UlVgory Memorial hiijldin with the Auditorium directly cast, across Burrill tivenuo, ! thin Memorial building on the south ia the proponed new library 5
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