SMALL NET GAIN IN SALES OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY

The total membership at the Harvard and Technology stores of the Co-operative Society is now 3,365, according to a statement issued by the president, Mr. L. F. Schaub LL.B. '06. The membership at the corresponding time last year was 3,602, the decrease being accounted for by a smaller percentage of S. A. T. C. men joining, because of their expectation of being here for only a short period.

The semi-annual report of the Co-operative Society for the six months ending December 31, 1918 shows sales at the Harvard stores amounting to $190,977.31, as against $204,085.47 for the same period last year. The sales at the Technology stores amount to $78,483.07 as compared with $56,956.96 for the same six months last year, making a net gain in the sales of both stores of $8,417.95. The decrease in sales at the Harvard stores is largely due to the late opening of the S. A. T. C. and its demobilization in December. The greater part of the increase at the Technology stores resulted from the business of the two barber shops and the aviation canteen, which were conducted by the Society in 1918 but not in 1917.

The largest item in the sales column of the Harvard stores was that of books, amounting to $40,165.18. Stationery came second with $30,549.90, followed by men's furnishings, $24,043.64; university stationery, $18,855.73; tailoring, $18,269.00; Radio School, $12,756.17; special furniture, $11,129.81; coal and special men's furnishings, $7,663.91; reg-special men's furnishings, $7,663.96; regular furniture, $7,198.03; and athletic goods, $1,008.84. At the Technology Branch Store the largest item was stationery, while books were next in demand.