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Show THE UNIVERSITY STUDENT BOOKSTORE THE students, who were attending the University of Utah previous to 1894. when it was located on the west side of the city, were compelled to purchase their books and supplies from one or the other of two stores located on Main street. Considering the means of transportation available at that time these sources of supply were a long distance from the University. About 1894, the faculty of the University held a meeting and came to a gentlemen's agreement that one of their number should order the necessary textbooks and be responsible for them. The late Professor George Coray was selected to handle this business. While the agreement was working and each professor cooperating, a slight margin remained from the sale of books and since there was no overhead expense the margin was used to purchase books which were very bady needed for reference, and in this waj' many books were added to the library. The arrangement worked satisfactorily for a few years until the faculty grew larger and new men came in who were not willing to cooperate. As a result, this gentleman's agreement became inoperative and considerable dissension arose. Mr Seibert Mote 'n '900 when the University was moved to its present Manager, Student \Book Store location, the school authorities saw the necessity of controlling the purchase and sale of the text books and this responsibility was added to the duties of Professor D. R. Allen who was then Secretary of the Board of Regents and from then on, under his able management, the store gave the necessary and specialized service to do the detail work for Professor Allen. To Professor Allen belongs the credit of the early development of the University Book Store. Professor E. D. Thomas was appointed Secretary and Registrar upon the resignation of Professor Allen and the responsibility of the store fell to him during the strenuous period of the war and, since he had an able assistant in the person of Mrs. Merrill, the store continued to advance in its service. In 1921, Professor E. D. Thomas resigned to devote his full time to teaching. Mr. Thomas Hull was then appointed secretary of the Board of Regents and assumed the management of the store as part of the many duties of this position. In 1924, Mr. S. W. Mote was appointed assistant manager and took active charge of the business in which position he has continued to date. From the small beginning described from serving less than one hundred college students and faculty, the University Book Store has grown to its present large proportions, furnishing, as it now does, a specialized service to nearly 3,500 resident students. Fhe Bookstore Page 126 M ^1 ' |
