CO-OPERATIVE APPOINTED

At its last meeting the Corporation voted to appoint the Harvard Co-operative Society official purchasing agent for the University as respects all branches of merchandise in which the Co-operative now carries on business. This will include all stationery and related supplies required by the University in its various laboratories, offices, and departments. Heretofore it has been the custom of the various departments and officers to secure their supplies directly from retailers chiefly in Cambridge or Boston. This system has not only fostered great variations in quality and price, but it has been the source of some inconvenience to the various officers of the University. Under the present arrangement blank requisitions will be furnished to all who have occasion to buy supplies to be paid for out of University funds and these requisitions when filled out and signed will be accepted by the Co-operative Society at its store. It is hoped that the plan will not only effect a considerable saving in University expenditure through standardization of qualities and prices, but will prove a convenience to officers of instruction and administration as well as expedite the delivery of supplies when ordered.