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University Daily Kansan
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Union to Start Buying Books
Wednesday, May 26, 1954
Used textbooks may be sold to the Student Union bookstore beginning tomorrow and continuing through final week. Ray Verrey, manager, said today.
A list of books which will be bought and the prices to be paid will be posted on the window near the entrance, he said. The regular price is 50 per cent of the current list price.
An out to town buyer will be available to buy the books no longer used at KU. He will be unable to pay as much as the Student Union, due to his shipping costs and the risk of losing sales. Mr. Verrey said.
"I suggest that students do not sell those books which they feel will be valuable to them," he said.
College stores generally operate on a higher margin with used text-books than with new ones, according to Mr. Verrey. An overstock of new books frequently can be returned to the publisher for credit, whereas losses, on excess used
UVO Asks Murphy For Fair Elections
The University Veteran's Organization has sent a letter to Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy asking him to take steps guaranteeing the elimination of all "possibilities for unfairness, coercion, and dishonesty" in future Campus elections.
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The letter asked the Chancellor to appoint a committee of students to study the election system with a view toward improving the present system. It also recommended that "this election committee receive suggestions on possible election systems from any interested individual or organization on the campus," and that the final decision of the proposed committee be made effective by the Chancellor.
books must be absorbed by the store, he explained.
"At least our bookstore and at Rowlands there will be a system whereby students who mistakenly have sold someone else's book may be traced and the original owner found. If a student discovers a book missing, he should immediately go to either store and 'identify it.' Mr. Verrey said.
S21.040.80 Bid for Bleachers
A quoted $21,040.80 was the apparent low bid on supplying sectional bleachers seating 1,800 persons for the new fieldhouse. The bid was made by the Berlin Chapman company, of Berlin, Wis.
Union to Display Pictures of Clowns
An exhibition of paintings entitled "Clowns" is displayed in the main lounge and music and browsing room of the Student Union as part of the program for commencement.
Sponsored by the Student Union and the Museum of Art, the exhibition is circulated by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It will be on display until Tuesday, June 8. Some of the artists represented are Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso, Rouault, Klee, Bombois, Kuhn, Evergood, and MacIver.
"Each artist has dealt with the subject in his own way emphasizing some aspect of clowns which appeals to him." Edward Maser, director of the Museum of Art, said.
Summer Kansan Starts June 11
The first of 17 issues of the Summer Session Kansan will be published Friday, June 11. It will appear semi-weekly thereafter until the end of the summer session.
Persons interested in doing writing, editing, or photography are invited to participate in publishing the Summer Session Kansan, Stan Hamilton, executive editor, said today. Those interested should contact him at the journalism building.
Members of the U.S. Army First Corps contributed more than $385,— 000 to Korean charities during the past year.
KC Cab Company Wants KU Students
A chance for part time employment has been offered to "mature University students" as Yellow Cab drivers in Kansas City, according to a letter James K. Hitt, registrar, has received from J. T. Quigley, personnel director of the Yellow Cab company.
Requirements are a 25-year old minimum age limit and possession of a sufficient knowledge of Kansas City.
Business Unit Elects Officers
The Future Business Leaders of America recently elected new officers. they are Wilma Morton,
education junior, president; Edwin Gould, education senior, first vice president; Don Elkins, business junior, second vice president; Mary Lu Valk, education junior, secretary; Ronald Bartlett, coillege freshman, treasurer, and Glenna Williams, business junior, reporter.
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