The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-07-16
CAMPUS C0-0PS
COAST STATES
HOLD CON ference
Plan Program of Joint Buy
ing at Pacific Coast Confer
ence; Nine Colleges Repre-
sented as Coast Students
Tackle Problems.
By HAROLD NORTON
Secretary, Pacific Coast League of
Student Co-operatives

BY HAROLD NORTON
Secretary, Pacific Coast League of
Student Co-operatives
PULLMAN, Wash.-The third an
nual conference of the Pacific Coast
Student Cooperative League June 16
20 drew together representatives OF
campus co-operatives from nine
schools: University of Washington
Montana State College, University OF
Idaho, University of Oregon, San Jose
State College, University of California
at L. A., Stanford University, Univer-
sity of California and Washington
State College, the latter acting as host
on it's home campus here. Although
many of the delegates had TO travel
great distances-in some cases almost
5000 miles round trip, fifty were pres
ent to take a vital part in the dis
cussion groups centering around the
administration and operation of stu
dent Co-ops and also in planning
League affairs for the coming year.
The program of the conference in
Guided panels and discussion groups
on administration, finance, member
ship responsibility. and education and
meetings of the administrative Off
GERS of the various Co-ops. Ray Davis
of the Farm Security Administration
in one of the few conference speeches
told how the FSA is adopting COOP
erative techniques in the agricultural
areas under it's jurisdiction. The over
tone of his words revealed to the con-
clave the remarkable potentialities
of the cooperative movement, and
consequently impressed the gathering
with its timeliness.
The administrative officers of the
individual Co-ops met at intervals
during the convention to discuss the
possibilities of inaugurating mutual
and beneficial buying program among
the member units. The proposal was
enthusiastically received and the sec
rotary of the league instructed TO con-
tact all sources of supply to obtain
towards establishing such
a buying program. Machinery has
been set up to carry out the plans
wherever possible.
Among the matters discussed at
the business meetings were the prob
quate programs, issuance of the re-
ports and the publication of League
handbook. An official League pin
was adopted. Those elected to the
board of directors for the coming year
are: Leo c. Poole, chairman, Univer-
sity of Calf; Ernest Conrad, Univer-
sity of Washington; Vernon Ravens
croft, University of Idaho Willard
Mitchell, Stanford University; and
Eugene Olsen, Montana State College.
The alternates chosen to fill any oc-
curing vacancies are: Richard Ross,
State College; Edward
Dissosway, UCLA, and Joyce Adds
of Oregon. The elected
representative to the National Com
mittee of Student Co-operatives is Lee
c. Poole. The appointed secretary of
the league is Harold G. Norton, Uni
versity of California.
A full report was presented by the
of the utilization of the
PCSCL with The Cooperative League
of the U. S. A. and a resume made
of the potentialities implied by this
particularly in the educa-
tional fields. Announcements were
made of the opportunities offered in
the vocational field by the Rochdale
Institute and the various Institutes to
be held during the year throughout
the country.
On a social plane the week was
highly enjoyable, many features hav-
ing been planned by the host school,
among which was a trip to the student
co-operatives at the University of
lance from Pullman. After an in
spection of the co-operatives and
tour of the campus, the group finished
put the afternoon with a round of
golf on the University golf links. A
picnic supper brought the day to a
close. The climax of the weeks So
cial events was the final evenings
banquet followed by dance and pro-
gram of entertainment. During the
the group babe farewell
o Bill Ingham, manager of the Coop
1t Washington State College and re-
signing member of the board. Mr..
ngham has been largely instrumental
n the formation of the league and
lis loss will be keenly felt.
The final action of the group was
he selection of the place for the next
annual meeting and the invitation of
he Montana State College Student
Cooperative Association, Bozeman,
Montana was accepted.