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...member of the University, though not of the Co-operative Society itself, I have always felt the necessity of the Society to the University as a means not only of supplying such books as every one requires, but also of generally keeping down Cambridge prices. To attain this end, the service of the Society must be quick, efficient and economical. Such service the present scheme of organization precludes. It is impossible for a perfect system to be developed when its promoters have staring them in the face the possibility that their plans may be reversed by a handful...
...discussion in the columns of the CRIMSON about the plan for incorporating the Harvard Co-operative Society has been confined to that very small part of the members who take interest enough in the affairs of the Society to come to the annual meeting. The vast majority of the members have not been heard from. These men join the Society because it is a convenient place in Cambridge at which to purchase most of the supplies that students need. They want quick, intelligent service, convenience in getting what they need and the chance to buy goods at lower prices than...
...policy of the present Board; and it had been widely advertised that matters of vital importance were to be considered. It is the unanimous action of this meeting, which was the largest of recent years which is now attacked. If ever a matter has been settled by the active co-operation of the members of the Society, it was this vote on salaries. That it is attacked now is as practical and striking a demonstration as could be desired that stability of administration cannot be hoped for under the present system...
Professor Hart's statement that the audit of the Co-operative Society's accounts was established by a student director, backed up by members of the Society, neither refutes nor weakens the contention that the Society has suffered from "unintelligent interference in matters of detail at the hands of the Board of Directors." The question of an audit, like the question of the publication of a detailed annual statement, is a question of public policy, not a question of administrative detail. The present Board of Directors heartily endorses the statement that the members at large can aid the management...
...policy as to which there is room for honest and intelligent differences of opinion. Such men are entitled to an intelligent verdict upon their policy. On the other hand, a poorly attended annual meeting affords no guarantee whatever of such a verdict. The men in charge of the Co-operative Society are entitled to an intelligent verdict, not only in their own interest, but above all in the interest of third persons and innocent persons whom they are morally bound to protect. Reversals of policy are liable to mean changes in the persons employed in the Society's stores...