TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1962

THE MICHIGAN DAILY

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ROCHDALES PRINCIPLES:
Students ShareResponsibilities in Co-ops


By GUIDO COLLING
In the 1930's there arose a new
system of living known as the co-
operatives.
Twenty-six years ago, a group
of University students started the
first co-op in the nation, because
living expenses had risen after the
depression. The expenses were re-
duced by the students living as a
unit instead of as individuals. This
way they got more for less; they
all shared the housework, expenses
and savings equally.
Set of Principles
The students, in order to live
cooperatively, arranged a set of
principles, the Rochdale principles.
There are three of these, which
are as follows: 1) Open member-
ship: Each house is inter-racial,
inter-faith, and neutral of all ex-
ternal political matters. 2) Democ-
racy: Each member shall have
one vote in the decisions the or-
ganization makes. All decisions are
made at open meetings by major-
ity vote. 3) Cooperation. Duties
and responsibilities are shared
equally as well as the benefits.

These were all established to give
the students a democratic way of
life.
Run By Council
The co-ops are run by the Uni-
versity's Inter-cooperative Council
GC) ; it holds the deeds, mort-
gages, and negotiates real estate
deals; it also coordinates the af-
fairs of individual houses.
Each of the member houses
elects one ICC delegate for every
ten members. They meet twice a
month and have the final say about'
maintenance, expansion, and poli-
cy matters in general. The ICC's
work is done by committees. The
ICC also elects its own officers
proportionally, from the houses..
There is also a full-time paid exec-
utive secretary, who' serves in an
advisory capacity to the officers,
keeps the books, and does the gen-
eral office work.
The names of the co-ops are as
follows: for men, Michigan, John
Nakamura and Robert Owen co-
ops; for women, Muriel Lester, A.
K. Stevens andlHarold Osterweil
houses; for graduate women, Mark
VIII co-op; and for married stu-
dents, Lois Brandeis co-op.

Read the advertising in
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styles

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University students.

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CO-OP LIVING-By sharing housework students living in co-ops
find it possible to live cheaply despite the high cost of living in
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