The building known as the Edward C. Elliott Hall of Music was dedicated on May 3-4 1940 to the expansion of the human mind. From its beginning, the Hall of Music has been a place of people.

Below is a paragraph appearing in the dedication brochure:
The new Hall of Music, then, will serve Purdue University’s first purpose-the building of its students into adequate and cultured citizens of the world. But it will do more than that. The University has a service to perform to the citizens of the State, some thirty or thirty-five thousand of whom come to its campus every year for the increase of their interest and the renewal of their knowledge in their special fields of action. Now they will be served as they, supporters of Purdue University, should be served.

 

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