Word: better
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Since the public discussion has begun, the strength of the reasons against the plan have been made clear much better than they were or could have been by my feeble and unaided efforts on the Board of Directors. Very few persons agree in toto with the plan proposed; and if the vote today is in the negative, there will be an opportunity in the immediate future to adopt a plan which will save to the members needed powers, and at the same time bring about changes which the majority of the Board of Directors probably feel the necessity of more...
...permanence of employment that is the right of every capable employee at present; for example, I should feel in duty bound to point out this weakness in the position of the Directors, to any employee of the Society who should ask me whether he should accept a chance to better himself by entering the employment of some one else...
...familiar as possible with student needs and closely in touch with the student body that they may quickly feel any dissatisfaction which might arise from the conduct of the company by the Board of Directors. For this service, nobody has yet been suggested who would be better fitted than members of the several Faculties. And among so large a number as these Faculties comprise, five can always be found willing to assume the responsibilities of stockholders, if properly protected, and who are at the same time of sufficient business experience to make trustworthy guardians of the interests of the ticket...
...third question is, how far does the new plan tend to realize the prime object--the saving of expenses to Harvard students? Financially it can do better than the present system only by decreasing the expense ratio, or by increasing the sales. It is not the purpose of the Directors to reduce expenses, but so far as can be inferred, to increase them, and at the same time to increase the sales in proportion. There is no magic in "incorporation" which can avoid this plain issue. The sales now amount to about $250,000 a year; and further increase...
Another way in which a close corporation might do better than the present elective directorate is by better management of the business. A letter in the CRIMSON from one of the Directors complains of "unintelligent interference in matters of administrative detail at the hands of the Board of Directors." On that point it is time to say a frank word. The Co-operative Society has twice been in danger of collapse, both times because of lack of good business management by the Superintendent. The first time, the Society was carried through by the personal credit of the then president...