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Union Will Return 7 Per Cent Refund
Patronage refunds at the Kansas Union Book Store will likely remain at seven per cent next semester, Frank R. Burge, director of the Kansas Union said yesterday.
Last year the Executive Committee voted to drop patronage refunds or rebates from 10 per cent to seven per cent. Greatly expanded facilities and extra services caused the drop.
WHEN TEXT BOOKS run out at enrollment, the bookstore sends telegrams to the publishers for air mail deliveries, Mr. Burge continued.
"We try to give the students the best possible service," he said.
"At this moment I expect a recommendation of seven per cent for patronage refunds to be made to the Executive Committee," Mr. Burge said.
THE UNION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, the operating board of the Union, will meet in December to decide what per cent will be offered as refunds to students. The Union operates on a six month fiscal year
"This costs money," he continued. "But we feel it is necessary if we are to serve the student adequately."
Specifically, such things as elevators, air conditioning and rising freight rates necessitated the drop, Mr. Burge said.
Also, operating costs are rising constantly, Mr. Burge said. He made a comparison of food costs in 1951 and 1961.
"In 1951 we paid 47 cents a pound for ground beef," Mr. Burge said. "Now we pay 89 cents, an 85 per cent increase."
he said the same was true with the bookstore.
"I DONT KNOW what this pen cost in 1951," he said picking up a ball point, "but I bet it costs me more now than it would have then."
The Union is a self-supporting operation and must remain so, Mr. Burge said.
"The bookstore is expected, in the total concept of the plant, to make a contribution in direct proportion to the services and expenses incurred," he explained.
the consensus of the Executive Committee in January was that the total concept of the plant should prevail.
"BECAUSE OF THE Union's high operating costs a 10 per cent rebate was not possible at that time." Mr. Burge said. "In fact, it was doubtful that a seven per cent patronage refund could be approved."
A strict analysis of statistics made it possible, Mr. Burge said. A similar opinion was reached in June when the committee again met.
The bookstore's budget provides for these rebates. It pays 72.60 per cent on the dollar to suppliers. Direct operating expenses are about 17 per cent. This leaves 10 per cent, three per cent of which is used for general Union operating expenses. These are the higher costs the Union must pay. Thus seven per cent is left for rebates.
THE BOOKSTORE FIRST gave rebates in September 1946, the initial year of its independent operation. L. E. Woolley, manager of the bookstore, said that rebates from 10-15 per cent would be offered to
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students. The 15 per cent rebate was established in January 1947 and lasted until January 1957 when the rebate was dropped to 10 per cent.
The Mid-America State Universities Association sponsors the event with the State University of Iowa and Colorado State University attending as guests.
Mr. Burge said the Executive Committee saw an excellent way to reduce the cost of education to the student.
"A clear analysis showed there was a surplus available." he said. The Executive Committee decided to offer the excess funds to the student in the form of rebates on his bookstore purchases.
Improvement of the college theater will be discussed by Big-Eight theater directors here Oct. 27.
"We do the same thing directly in line with our ability to pay," Mr. Burge said.
Theater Directors To Confer Here
The directors are meeting to improve the quality and the number of cooperative theater programs. Some of the points they will cover include mutual exchange of faculty, productions, establishing a touring circuit for all schools to use, and regional playwriting contests .
DALLAS, Tex. — (UPI) — House Speaker Sam Rayburn, 79, had another comfortable night but his doctors said there has been no change in his general condition.
Rayburn Resting Comfortably
Rayburn has a cancer and doctors at Baylor University Medical Center are trying to build up his strength so they can continue treatment to prolong his life.
The latest hospital bulletin said Rayburn felt well enough yesterday to sit up in bed for a time.
phase of treatment with cancer- remission drugs. The treatment will be resumed as soon as he is stronger.
It was the fifth straight day doctors reported he has "rested comfortably" since he completed the first
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FAIRCHILD, Wis. — (UPI) — Winnebago Indians will stage corn dances, grass dances, and war dances at the wedding Saturday of young Stand on Cloud, Chief Frank Thunder announced.
Why a war dance? "The war dance is very symbolic of marriage," Thunder explained.
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University Carillonneur Ronald Barnes will be a guest carillonneur this weekend at Culver Military Academy, Culver, Ind.
Zimmerman was assistant carilonneur at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., where he did his undergraduate work.
Carl S. Zimmerman, mathematics graduate student and student carilonnueur, will play the regular concert at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon on the KU Memorial Carillon.
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