{"id":22769,"date":"2015-07-01T17:35:49","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T21:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitright.pmss.net\/?page_id=22769"},"modified":"2019-05-29T19:26:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T23:26:03","slug":"experiences-consumer-education-1940-1941","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=22769","title":{"rendered":"PUBLICATIONS PMSS Experiences in Consumer Education, 1940-1941"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pine Mountain Settlement School
\nSeries 17: Publications
\nGuide to Literature\u00a0by PMSS<\/a><\/h5>\n

Experiences in Consumer Education 1940-1941<\/h2>\n
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TAGS: <\/strong>Experiences in Consumer Education, 1940-1941 ; consumer cooperative; consumer cooperation; Gladys Hill ; shareholders ; stock ; wholesale houses ; retail stores ; Consumers’ Research reports ; U.S. government recommendations ; buyers ; banking ; sales slips ; invoices ; inventory ; interest on shares ; net profits ; rebates ; salesmanship ; Co-op Constitution ; Rochdale principles ; Rural Electrical Cooperative (REA) ; consumer buying ; U.S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics ; government grades ; Pure Food and Drug Acts ; credit unions ; budgeting ; interdependence in learning ; publicity ; co-op movies and plays ; study clubs ; co-op library ; growth index ;<\/p>\n

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Experiences in Consumer Education, 1940-1941,\u00a0<\/strong>is\u00a0a report by Co-op students on their studies and operation of Cooperative program at Pine Mountain Settlement School during the period of a school year. The subtitle of the report, “An expression of the correlation of Co-op Study, English,\u00a0and Printing as done by the Co-op groups of 1940-1941,” reflects the goal of the program, interdependence in learning.<\/p>\n

The central feature of the program was a cooperative store run\u00a0by tenth-grade students. Miss Gladys Hill<\/a>, the Co-op teacher and manager, was assisted by a senior and junior partner, a boy and a girl, chosen from the Co-op class. They presided at monthly meetings as chairman and secretary.<\/p>\n

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GALLERY: Experiences in Consumer Education, 1940-1941<\/h3>\n\n\t\t