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...first major quarrels within Chokel's group resulted from Sean Withro's work on franchised publications during the summer. He subfranchised the Ski Guide, which brought in about $4000, under an arrangement where the HarBus would get only 30 per cent of the money. After making the deal, Withro wrote to the other proprietors and let them know what he had done. "The whole roof came down over the Ski Guide," Withro said, "with Jeff [Chokel] phoning from Chicago and insisting on changing my decision." In September, Withro's decision remained basically unaltered and he agreed to do the billing...
Withro's other blunder over the summer was the poor production of the HarBus franchise of the Student Handbook put out for first-year students. Besides being three weeks late and thereby antagonizing advertisers, the Handbook was printed up very sloppily. The most apparent error is a hole punched on the front cover which no one has been able to explain, not to mention the pages which were photographed lopsided and the smeared and misshapen corners of the photographic plates. To make matters worse for Withro, he had billed the HarBus for the number of hours he worked...
With Withro in almost universal disfavor, Wil Stevens was the second man to be turned against, although it took almost the whole first semester for the four other proprietors to harden themselves enough to ask him to resign. Stevens had become only a figurehead for the HarBus...
...next topic of contention was the HarBus contract with the Publications Board. One Pub Board member wanted to fine the HarBus for dragging its feet in the negotiations; he resigned when the Pub Board decided simply to continue negotiations. This controversy included questions such as whether the Pub Board could sponsor prospective-proprietorship cocktail parties with the $500 assessed against the HarBus for use of Business School facilities...
...with only five issues to go, the logical question arises of how, if at all, the HarBus can be improved under the next regime. Unfortunately, the three best first-year reporters are each heading separate proprietorship groups. There will also be a fourth group which has had no experience with the newspaper...