Word: harvard
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...September, 1957, when Harvard Student Agencies appeared as headquarters for and overseer of student business enterprises in the University, only 14 agencies were in operation. In its first two years, H.S.A. has collected 27 agencies under its ample wing, and the number of students employed has risen from 58 to 390, their net earnings from...
Clad each Saturday in white rented uniforms (with "Harvard Student Agencies" embroidered in crimson), the student vendors plod up and down the aisles, crying their wares: hotdogs, peanuts, icecream, coffee and orange drink. Last week the Agency hired over 100 students as vendors. It is big business. Their vending equipment--tanks for the liquids, baskets for the other food--had to be purchased; carton after carton of supplies ordered; and the food prepared with either ice or fire...
...final touch, the Agency has even taught its vendors how to appeal to their Harvard customers. "Get your icecold hotdog here," one was heard to wail, offering a tolerably warm specimen. Then plaintively, "Please, somebody buy this hotdog." And people do. Each sale earns three cents for the hawker, and a penny saved is $50,000 a year...
Mark Mullin, who outran the University of Massachusetts team last week to spark an impressive Harvard victory, is expected to turn in good time, as are Ralph Perry and Jack Benjamin. Benjamin has a slight cold that may affect his running, but still remains a threat to the Indians. Sophomore Bob Knapp and captain Eddie Martin have overcome early-season injuries and add significantly to Crimson point potential...
...paper Dartmouth has a big edge over the Harvard squad, largely on the basis of its near-win last week over powerful Brown. Brown nearly routed Harvard last Friday...