25 Years Ago

January 19, 1972

Supply Store officials accept book pile upsby Cash RobertsNews EditorStudents Supply Store officials are assuming a “grin and bear it” attitude toward the large quantities of discontinued texts filling up the basement of the main store after the start of semester buying sprees.When asked how many books were discontinued, Assistant Book Department Manager Tom Setzer first estimated 15 percent, but a close check Saturday showed that within a year, 25 percent of the books at the Supply Store were discontinued as officially adopted texts.C.L. Chambers, Book Department Manager, said “large numbers of books at $3.50 or less are continually being dropped and new ones are adopted for the next semester. Therefore, we can’t predict the wholesaler’s prices.”

Enthusiasm for grade changeby Hilton SmithAssociate EditorEditor’s Note: The following is the last in a four-part series on the revised grading system proposed by the Academic Policy Committee of the Faculty Senate.Members of the Academic Policy Committee of the Faculty Senate think a good grading proposal has come out of their months of work to find a better system for the State campus.The proposed A, B, C, no-credit system and related changes will be a definite improvement over the A through F system, as well as eliminating some of the current inequities, the committee said.