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THE VIRGINIA UNION.

The Virginia Union was organized for the general purpose of directing
and coördinating various phases of student activity. It has set for itself
the three-fold function of initiating, promoting, and supervising movements
that merit student attention and deserve student patronage. Its activities
include intercollegiate debating, oratorical contests, and, through
the coöperation of the faculty Committee on Public Celebrations, the control
of miscellaneous lectures, concerts, and other entertainments. The
union gives at least one public program each term and holds informal entertainments
at frequent intervals. Membership is extended to students,
faculty and alumni of the University, on payment of an annual fee of two
dollars. All business is conducted through an executive board composed of
both student and faculty members, elected annually.