Notices have been posted calling a meeting of the Co-operative Society tomorrow evening in Sever hall. In view of the fact that "if the members so vote, the meeting will be in place of the annual meeting in March," the occasion will be of unusual importance. Yet the evening chosen is the date of the Symphony concert, of the semi annual meeting of the Harvard Union, and of several smaller meetings. Worse than this, the Co-operative Society has engaged the same hall as the Harvard Union, and must therefore adjourn before half-past seven, when the latter society will take possession. Since the officers of the Society can not be ignorant that their time will thus be limited to less than half an hour, it would seem that they must have favorable reports to make, and expect little discussion. Unfortunately we can not believe that the affairs of the society are in a condition to be passed by without thorough and serious discussion. We have received numerous complaints of the inadequacy of the store. The stock in the book and stationery departments is small and of an inferior quality, and the clerks have but little acquaintance with what there is. The service as a whole is far from competent. Frequent and annoying mistakes have been made ever since the beginning of the term, especially in regard to ordering books. There have been instances of delays of as much as nine weeks in getting books, and it is a usual thing for the Boston bookstores and Sever's to have books on sale several days before the Co-operative. The dry goods department is also carelessly managed, and serious mistakes have been made in bills sent to members. Part of the blame for this inefficiency seems to fall upon the superintendent, who appears to give but little of his time to the affairs of the Society. He is engaged in business in Boston. which apparently engages most of his interest. It seems hardly possible that he can have the best interests of the society at heart while he allows his private store to supply books instead of having them purchased directly from the publishers. It also makes him doubly responsible for delays. Another sign of the deterioration of the Society is its failure to issue any dividends this year. Last year the payment of dividends was begun early in December, but this year no announcement has been made concerning them. If the surplus has been retained to improve the stock no signs of it are apparent.

While there is so much ground for complaint about the management of the Society, it will be impossible to reach any satisfactory result without more than half an hour's discussion. It would be exceedingly inadvisable to pass the matter over without discussion, for the Society's store has been badly managed in the past, and probably will be in the future if decisive action is not taken tomorrow. We remind members that there may be no other meeting this year, and that it is their duty to see that business is not rushed through too quickly. We believe that nothing more than ignorance has prompted the officers to call the meeting under such circumstances, we feel that their action deserves strong censure.