Word: newsstand
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...reply to Mr. Webber's letter, dated November 7th, which appears in your columns today, I would say that it has not been the policy of the Union to cash checks at the newsstand heretofore. However, I find, on looking into the matter, that some checks have been cashed when this privilege was especially asked for by members personally known to the cashier...
This matter has been taken up by the Governing Board of the Union, and it has been decided that in the future checks not exceeding $15 shall be cashed for all members of the union upon presentation of a membership card at the newsstand; providing the funds are on hand...
...treated as strangers. No greater difference can exist; under such conditions one can never come to consider the Union as something really close to the student body. In several ways this distinction is manifest, but most notable is the rule that ordinary members cannot cash checks at the newsstand there--unless, indeed, he happens to "stand in" with the man behind the counter. When favoritism is added to the system of making the less favored members feel like strangers, the Union becomes quite the opposite of an all-inclusive club...