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$1.25 million business
The Exchange Store, which
was started as a one-room store
on $1,000 of borrowed money, is
expected to do $1.25 million
worth of business this year, and
most of the profits will go to
student activities and organiza
tions.
The store’s book department
was recently expanded, since,
according to Store Manager
Chuck Cargill, “the previous
space wasn’t sufficient enough
for us to carry the required
books, much less the supplemen
tal reading material.”
The remodeling expanded the
space from 2,400 to 2,700 square
feet, and required the rearrang
ing of the clothing, drugs, and
gift departments.
Additional cash registers have
been installed to make shorter
lines during the rush periods at
the beginning of the semesters.
Cargill said there is also more
emphasis on self-service in the
store.
He said there will be signs
placed to direct the student to
the books he wants and, if he
needs help, there will be an in
formation booth where the stu
dent can ask for assistance. Car
gill noted the store is cutting
down on the number of employ
ees due to the self-service policy.
The store’s book ordering pro
cedures have been altered to a
computerized method to speed up
handling, and will cut the order
ing time from approximately two
weeks to one day.
Cargill said the computerized
ordering process will benefit the
student by making a list of books
which will be distributed through
out the store. The list contains
the course number, the book title,
and the professor’s name when
several professors are using dif
ferent books for the same course.
Cargill said the only thing the
student will need to know is the
course and his professor’s name,
which can be obtained before the
class meets.
A black lighting method of
pricing books has been installed
to prevent switching price tags.
A florescent powder which
glows only under a special light
will be used to mark the price on
the books and each check out
counter will be equipped with the
lights.
The only price the student will
be able to read will be on the
shelf where the books are kept.
The exchange store has run in
to some unusual problems from
both students and competing
merchants off campus. Cargill
said the students don’t under
stand the store’s policy for buy
ing used books.
“A used book is bought by the
store at 50 per cent of the new
book price and then it is sold at
75 per cent of the new book
price,” Cargill said. “We do this
if the book is still going to be
used.
“If the book isn’t going to be
used, then we certainly can’t buy
it back because we would take a
loss. There are four wholesale
companies which put out cata
logues listing the prices they will
pay for books that are no longer
used. We buy the books at whole
sale prices and we get a five per
cent commission.”
Traveling engineer heads
CATV technicians course
A former technical sales engi
neer who traveled the nation
troubile-shooting cable antenna
television (CATV) systems heads
the new CATV technicians course.
Thomas F. (Tom) Straw, 32,
joined the Texas Engineering Ex
tension Service staff Wednesday.
He will be responsible for the
nation’s only technician-type
CATV training program, accord
ing to Ed Kerlick, chief instructor
for the Electrical and Telephone
Technician Training Division of
TEES.
Straw comes from Ameco, Inc.,
of Phoenix, Ariz., a CATV equip
ment manufacturing company. He
had Worked as a technician, tech
nical engineer and technical sales
engineer for Ameco the past five
years.
The Eaton, Ohio, native has a
varied background in electronics,
installation, customer relations,
sales and CATV engineering.
Straw graduated from Jackson
Township High School, Ohio, and
completed electronics courses at
the Cleveland Radio Institute and
Radio-Electronics Television
School, Dayton, Ohio.
He was an electronics techni
cian with Avco Ordnance in Rich
mond, Ind., prior to joining Ame
co. Avco is a manufacturer of
military electronics equipment.
The CATV school will begin
classes in mid-September. The
school is funded by the Texas
Cable Antenna Television Associ
ation and expects to train approx
imately 260 men in two-week
basic CATV courses during the
first year.
“From the experience I’ve had,”
Straw relates, “the qualified peo
ple are few and far between” in
CATV companies. “Most employes
are operating above their heads,”
he said.
Straw noted the courses will
give the CATV employe the “nuts
and bolts” of operating a system.
The emphasis will be on doing
the job, not just reading about
how to do it, he added.
THE BATTALION
Tuesday, September 1, 1970 College Station, Texas Page 3
Proposed MSC expansion—This artist’s conception depicts
the proposed Memorial Student Center-auditorium complex.
The project is now in the final stage of design. The tower
will be devoted to “continuing education” activities, usch
as conferences and short courses. The complex will include
a major addition to the present Memorial Student Center,
(right) as well as completely new auditorium facilities
(left) on the site of the current Guion Hall.
A Small Note to Transfer Students:
In the midst of the rush of welcoming new freshmen and returning students,
we want to take time to welcome you to Aggieland. We hope you will enjoy con
tinuing your education at A&M.
If at any time we at Loupot’s Trading Post can assist you in any way with
information or advice to help you get along at A&M, please call on us.
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