Word: coops
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...group, organized by Profit and Steven P. Roose '70, has until Oct. 15 to submit its slate, which must be accompanied by a petition signed by 25 current Coop members. According to the by-laws of the Coop, the board of directors must include one M.I.T. and two Harvard grad students, and one Radcliffe, two M.I.T., and three Harvard undergraduates...
Unless a quorum of five per cent of Coop members from Harvard-Radcliffe, M.I.T., and the Episcopal Theological Seminary attend the Oct. 23 meeting, the slate submitted by the ten Coop stock-holders will automatically be accepted for the year. Between 1400 and 1500 will have to attend the meeting to assure balloting for the new slate, Roose said yesterday...
John G. Morrill, general manager of the Coop, said yesterday, "If these kids intend to try for a quorum, I wish they'd come in and tell us. So far all we've had is rumor. We're certainly not attempting to keep anyone from running, but if 1500 people try to jam into Sever 35, it will look as if we're keeping them out and we're not. We have nothing to hide...
Profit said his group is not seeking a "dramatic confrontation" with the Coop. "We consider the new slate a way of making constructive changes in the society by using the established channels for change. Our concerns are radical only in the sense that 1500 people will be showing interest in improving the management of their co-operative society...
...possibilities for job training at the Coop, which would not only improve service but also enable employees to get jobs at other department stores...