Show I A STUDENT CANDY STORE The rhe A. A S. S U. U U. U should have somo some steady source of revenue other than the tho yearly dues to take care caro of or emergency expenditures On May duo to lack of funds the association was forced to solicit the students for to send the tra track k team to the tho Rocky Mountain Conference meet There was no question about the tho urgency of s sending tho the team to the co conference ference But judging judging judging judg judg- ing by the way thu tho students responded tho tile tag lag sale salo did not meet with general favor I This begging policy was frowned upon as poor business ethics and the student body of of- of were powerless to do otherwise al alt all the funds Having been used up in accordance with the wishes of f the Urn majority of tho the students This j stance instance is only a repetition of the methods re resorted resorted re- re resorted sorted to in the past Two years ago an extra sum SlIm was asked of tho the students to send tho the basket basket bas has ket ball hail team to the national tournament at Atlantic Atlantic Atlan Atlan- Atlantic tic City And about a year car or two before that the student body ran short to the extent of 2000 which had to be bo made good by the students and the general public Tho The objectionable feature about such tag sales is that the campaigns as a rule are taken care caro of by ani only a 3 part of all the students It maybe may maybe maybo be bo pertinently asked tho the track team loam supposed supposed supposed sup sup- posed to o represent tho the whole school Then which of the two tho the student body or or tho the student minority minority min mm- sent the team to Boulder Yet to tax every ery student his share of the tho burden hurden would bring on a cloudburst of criticism whereas In face to face canvassing tho the disapproving disapproving dis dig approving ing ones instead of f making a a. verbal racket simply refuse to pay unless a co od's smile melts I them or perhaps they do not wish to be considered considered con con- tight light wads To lake take c care ro of financial exigencies the student body should run a store storo of its own own own- a car dy store at least There Thero can bo ho no objection to tho the school admi administration running tho the book store this function fits in correctly with the aim of this university But the conduct of tho the cand candy department in the tho book store is distinctly a de de- de It If is not unreasonable to expect all net profits tx to return to lo the students through i the A. A S. S U. U U. U activities cU A school of only students in Ogden purchased worth of candy in six months the gross profits being from 25 to 30 per cent of ot th sale salo price Basing the net profit conservatively at 10 per cen cent one needs no imagination in figuring figuring figur figur- ing inS the candy business in a a. school of 2500 stu stu- dents Since the need for more funds seems unquestioned unquestioned unquestioned un un- un- un questioned and the assessment method does not meet with general approval the A. A S. S U. U U. U store must appear as a's the most practical solution for this financial dilemma |