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...future, the Dean hopes Radcliffe may eventually build a large brick cooperative to combine the educational advantages of co-op life with the amenities of new housing. The building would be separated into units for 25 students, but would have a central heating and electrical plant as well as a general storage area. This kind of construction should prove more economical than dormitories, because it removes the need for service personnel, and is easier for the girls to operate because many of the facilities in the old frame houses are today somewhat antequated...
...cooperatives, the financial saving is the most important reason for their not living in dormitories. Girls can save up to $300 yearly by preparing and serving their own meals and paying for only those they actually eat. At the same time, they can bear the combined responsibility for their co-op's success, competing to spend as little as possible for meals and getting the equivalent of "a home economics course for free," as one girl...
...Yale offered only three undergraduate courses in religion, one of which (Biblical literature) had only four students. Today the university offers twelve courses, and Biblical literature alone has 400 students. Meanwhile, the Yale Co-op lias had such a demand for religious books that it has set up a separate section for religion...
...receives a coupon to buy "a $14 photograph" for $1. At the studio the prospect is pressured into buying a frame ($2.95 extra), tinting ($6 extra), and perhaps a whole set of pictures. In Chicago, bait advertisers plug a food-freezer plan. By buying in large quantities from a "co-op," the prospect supposedly saves enough to pay off the cost of a freezer. But, says Chicago's Better Business Bureau: "The savings to the consumer through the food-freezer plans are no greater than if the consumer bought his freezer through regular retail channels and stocked...
...miles northeast of Washington at a cost of $14 million. Because its 900 dwelling units covered a 2OO-acre tract surrounded by 3,100 acres of Maryland countryside, the town was named Greenbelt. Greenbelt's residents, including Abraham Chasanow, set about electing a local government, operating an consumer co-op to run the town's stores, organizing a health insurance plan and a recreation center...