Word: coops
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pediatric disorders, this term's booklines have proven a shocking disappointment to the moguls of Dr. Scholl's. After an initial rush, present lines move with the speed of a well-oiled production system, and the last interminable half-hour becomes bearable through the installation of seats in the Coop's bookroom. The regularly occurring fiascoes of previous terms seem to have driven home a hardlearned lesson among book dealers throughout the Square, but an early shortage of essential texts makes the actual purchase of books a highly dubious proposition...
...specially constructed college text store on the Coop's second floor was manned by 27 sales clerks yesterday, 22 of them hired for this week only...
Like Topsy, queues at the Coop and Phillips book stores "just growed" yesterday, as several thousand veterans, armed with G.I. authorizations, stormed local stails for immediately needed texts...
Lines around the Square reached peak length at mid-afternoon, when 250 students formed a grand march that wound from the back of the Coop into the street, and then up two flights of stairs until it reached the Valhalla of the second floor book stalls. Book-seekers waited 2 1/2 hours...
Enlarged facilities have eliminated the need for the two separate lines that students had to conquer last year, and therefore waiting time has decreased, George E. Cole, Coop president, explained yesterday...