Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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M-U Serves As Student Center Day and Night Around the clock the Memorial Union serves the students of Oregon State. Few other buildings on the campus play such an important role in their lives throughout the day. Serving as a center of all student activities, government, and publications, the M. U. also acts as the meeting place, the dance pavilion, and the recreation area. Also within the spacious confines of the Union arc located the men's dormitory eating facilities. a tea-room, and a snack shop. By day the Sturdy pillar of the Union reflect the sunlight and term to tell the student to remember the friend and the memorie of college da . Within the spacious central dome of the Union i» the er»icr flag of the college. The blue Mar centered around the mall clutter of golden one , remind the student that the Union i a li ing memorial. Night find the Union glowing in the reflected light of the campus. I)ancet, studying, or just plain relaxation is the kevnotr in the evenings. 5

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Memorial Union Evolved Through Faith of Students, Alumni Founded on massive concrete footings placed deep into the earth and crowned with a magnificent dome, the Memorial Union building stands as a center of campus unity, surrounded by 25 years of constantly thickening memories. The campus daily forms a steady stream in and out of this majestic structure, a building which was created in the minds of Oregon State students, designed by an Oregon State alumnus, and made possible through the faith and contributions of the students, alumni, faculty, and friends. The idea of a college union building first evolved from the debates of Oxford and Cambridge universities in England early in the 19lh century. Students who journeyed to these universities for a round of debating needed a place to stay, and buildings offering food and lodging for a night grew to meet their need. A little over 100 years later at Oregon State college, members of Gauntlet and Visor.” a sophomore student society, urged the society to launch a movement for voluntary contributions to a Student Union building. Their immediate purpose is only one of the Union's many services today; it was to provide a building large enough for student body social functions, but at the same time so planned as to provide facilities for various functions desired by smaller groups on campus. 6