The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-05-11
STUDENT STORE
GREAT SUCCESS
PHENOMENAL GROWTH IN FOUR
YEARS; HELENA BOY is
GENERAL MANAGER
How a $4,000 Business Institution
Has Grown From a 5000 Liability
in -Four Years; Students Sell Sup
plies to Themselves.

From $500 liability to a business
of $4,000 in four years is the rec
ord of the Associated Students store
of the State university. Started as
a student enterprise with text books
as the only staple commodity, it has
grown rapidly. Undergraduate man
ayers have guided its career cannily
and added new lines of merchandise
to their stock in response to student
demand, until now it has expanded
to such size that new building is
contemplated to house the varied
wares that line the shelves and fill
the display cases.
On the 1853 feet of floor space of
the rectangular, implanted, weather
beaten frame shack with its single
story height of roof, covered with tar
paper, there is on view an imposing
array of articles for sale. School
supplies, such as books stationery,
and other sundries form the bulk of
the exhibit. Novelties consisting of
and other objects that beguile the
student fancy are next. Then an ar
ray of candies and CONNECTIONS entice
the eye and the appetite of the ever
hungry campus citizens. And along
side of new model cash register
the homogeneous appearance of to-
bacco1 cutter tells of the presence
of a supply of smoking and chewing.
There is also a limited stock of drugs
to meet the demands of first aid. A
fountain for the dispensing of soft
drinks and ice cream completes the
general array.
Redding in Charge
Under the management of Arthur
Redding of Helena, the store is in
creasing the service which it gives
to the student body and the univer-
sity. There is staff of three stu
dent clerks who average about four
hours a day of work outside their
regular school course. In addition to |
affording employment for students |
earning their way through school the |
store furnishes office supplies to the |
university business department, in a |
limited amount, at substantial saw
ing in the cost. Some $500 text are
sold to students at 20 per cent re-
ductiOn from the usual rates. Sec
ond hand books are sold for a COM
of 10 per cent of the selling
price, and growing mail order bust
ness in text books is handled for the
correspondence study department.
The Associated Students Store,
representing an investment of $1,000
in fixtures and stock, is incorporated
under the statutes of the state of
Montana. Control is vested in
board of five directors chosen by
vote of the student body. This board,
which has the power of appointing
a manager, meets on the first We'd
nesday of every month and reviews
the report of the student auditor. If
there is any surplus on hand at the
end of the fiscal year it goes into a !
store building fund or reverts to the
general A. S. u. M. activity fund. Ii
is Campus Center
The location of the store makes it '
/ convenient distribution point for {
Information and the campus maya
lines and newspaper. Ticket sales !
or university shows and other cam {
JUS activities are handled through {
he store. Bulletin boards in con- t
ipicuous places contain announce g
nents of general and special inter
st. During the annual inter-scholas- '
ic track and field meet the store s
erves as an information bureau. {
campus gossip finds focusing point S
n the store. Incidents of student r
life spiced with wit and humor are s
old in a continuous tale or formal d
ecord of the actual happenings of f
he daily routine. a