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With the Editor
Today at noon, the student body will be asked
several important questions on the issue of a
campus cooperative store.
By means of a questionnaire, students will in
dicate their desire of establishing a co-op. The
results of this questionnaire will determine All-
College Cabinet's action on the appropriation of
funds to give a campus co-op enough impetus
to get started.
College Calendar
All calendar items must be in the Daily
Collegian office by 4:30 p.m. on the day pre.
:eding publication
Wednesday, November 19
NEWMAN Club discussion group, Church
Rectory, 7 p.m.
WRA Badminton, 6:15 p.m.• Beginning
Bridge, 7 p.m.; Bowling Club, 6:30 pan.;
Modern Dance, 7 p.m., WH.
ETA Kappa Nu, 111 EE, 7:15 p.m.
WINDCREST Wives, Windcrest Commun
ity House, 8:30 p.m.
X-GI Club, 121 Sparks, 7 p.m.
PHI Sigma lota, 8 Sparks, 7 p.m.
HOME Ec Alumni meeting, 110 HE, 7 p.m.
POULTRY Club, 100 Hort, 7:30 p.m.
IFC Caterers', 417 Old Main, 7:15 p.m.
SIGMA Tau, 100 EE, 6:30 p.m.
AG Student Council, 206 Ag, 7 p.m.
AVC, 405 Old Main, 7:30 p.m.
CHESS Club. 7 Snarks, 7 p.m.
AG ENG Club, 105 Ag Eng, 7:34 p.m.
IFC Representatives and house presidents,
Photo Shop, 7 p.m.
IMPORTANT meeting of Sophomore Edi
torial Board and all editorial candidates, 6:45
p.m.
Thursday, November 20
LA Student Council, 2 Sparks, 10 a.m.
College Hospital
Admitted Tuesday: Robert Cruikshank,
Elaine Katz, Richaid Aronson.
Discharged Tuesday, Mary Austry.
At the Movies
Cathaum—Henry V.
State—Red Stallion.
Nittany—Dust Be My Destiny
Placement Service
Linde Air Products Company, Nov. 19 &
20, eighth semester men, Chem., Chem E.,
Phy.
Philadelphia Electric Company, November
, eighth semester men in EE, ME.
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc., Nov
20, seventh and eighth semester men, Chem
Eng, Phy., Chem, Pet & Nat. Gas (Pet 49]
required).
Army Security Agency, Nov. 24, eighth se
mester men and women, EE, ME, C&F, AL
(with language major or interested in further
language training.).
H. J. Heinz, Nov. 24, eighth semester men,
lE, ME, Arch., Chem.
Proctor and Gamble Distributing Com
pany, Nov. 20, men over six feet tall for sales
work.
Bailey Meter Company, December 1, sev
enth and eighth semester men, ME.
Bell Systems, November 18 and 19, eighth
semester men in EE, ME, lE, candidates in
terested in becoming patent attorneys.
Arrangements for interviews should be
made at once in 204 Old Main. •
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Some of the more ardent co-op advocates have
wondered why Cabinet doesn't just go ahead and
appropriate the necessary funds on the assump
tion that the store, once it is started, will be used
by the great majority of the students.
To those who are more cautious in business mat
ters, this plan seemed to be a poor financial risk,
especially when class dues collected from the stu
dents are involved. They wanted to be sure that
enough purchasers will avail themselves of the
savings which can be gained from a successful
co-op store.
Even a survey of over 200 colleges and universi
ties such as Cornell and Wisconsin where co-bps
are outstanding in their success was not enough
inducement for Cabinet to go ahead and devote
student money for such a project.
Cabinet wants to be sure that students at Penn
State are enthusiastically behind the idea of a
co-op before it can appropriate enough funds to
cover any losses in case such backing is needed.
It is up to the students.
If Cabinet decides that a co-op store will be
patronized sufficiently, however, the battle isn't
over. The question then goes to the Board of Trus
tees for approval, and this group will constitute a
tough hurdle to overcome.
The trustees are essentially businessmen who
are entrusted with the operation of the College.
They must be convinced that the students are in
need of a co-op, especially now in an era of high
prices.
When the residents of Windcrest petitioned the
trustees for a co-op mainly for the sale of food and
other necessities of operating a trailer within the
meagre G.I. allowance for married veterans of $9O
a month, they got their store.
This store, for example, can sell such corn.
modifies as ice cream at 18c a pint, while the
prevailing retail price is 26c a pint. This applies
to candy and other foodstuffs.
Now that the married veterans' budgets are
being aided, it is time to help all the other students
in the purchase of school supplies, toilet articles,
and other items.
Soph Elections
It was not our intention to let the coming Sopho
more elections pass unnoticed despite the fact that
the outcome directly concerns only a portion of the
student body.
More recently, the calibre of campus politicians
has been improving. There is no reason to call a
halt to the progress now. The election of .com
potent officers will facilitate a smooth transition
on the part of the sophomore class into a full
participation in campus affairs.
This election is uniaue in that all the voters have
not had the opportunity to see the nominees in ac
tion. Some of the candidates have made their mark
in leadership at the schools they attended, but none
of them have had a chance to display their talents
on this campus.
Both parties have been working hard for this
one, but the campaigning politicians have come
mainly from the ranks of the sophomore class. The
fact that a great many of the sophs are interested
in student government is a healthy sign. It is more
difficult to fool a large number of potential voters.
The best advice which can be given the voters
regarding this election is for them to consult stu
dents from the same schools where the candidates
spent their freshman year. Learn what activities
the aspiring student leaders participated in and
how well they fared. That is about all that can be
done unless you happen to know them personally
and can furnish your own opinions.
It won't be long after the election is over be
fore All-College Cabinet will put the new of
ficers to a test. If they produce, Penn State as
well as the sophomore class will benefit. If they
don't you'll hear about it.—LGF.
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Co-op Poll-
(Continued from page one)
Used books, paper, pencils, note
books, other incidental book sup
plies, and miscellaneous toilet ar
ticles will be handled by the store.
Temporary Union Building is the
inftended location.
Brown revealed the following
comparisons between proposed
co-op prices and average local re
tail prices:
Item Coop Retail
Shampoo .35 .49
Shaving Cream .27 .43
Tooth Brush .23 .30
Soap .09 .13
Retail mark-up on toiletries
averages 35 per cent; on book
supplies, 50 per cent, Brown con
tinued. At the co-op, the mark-up
would not exceed 5 per cent on
either. Any profits over cost of
operation will be returned to stu
dents in the form of lower prices
on future gales.
All, students will be automatic
members of the cooperative. At
the helm would be a student
elected board of directors
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"Beat Pitt" lags are available
at the Athletic Store. They can_
not be gotten at Student Union
as was falsely announced yes
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