Word: hsa
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Basically the HSA has three relationships to maintain; with the University, the local business community, and the students. The question of the organization's relation to the University is a vague and ambiguous...
Legally, there is no connection between the agency and the University, although the HSA's brochure states, "Since several University officials serve on the Board of Directors, the corporation will provide an organization through which the policies and regulations of the University affecting student businesses may be developed and communicated...
...HSA's relations with the University, though informal, have been very friendly. The House Masters and Freshman Dean have been willing to grant permission to member agencies to solicit in the College, at a time when the privilege of solicitation is a rare and limited one. In short, the University has no control over the HSA, but it does work in close cooperation with the corporation...
When the idea for the organization, according to Stone, was first presented to the members of the Harvard Square Businessmen's Association, "most of them approved of it outright. A few wanted to know how it would affect them. They were afraid the HSA would become some sort of monster...
These fears have failed to materialize, and despite its expansion, the HSA has not interfered with business in the Square. The corporation "has walked on egg shells in that area," as Monro phrased it. Consequently, the agency has received a fair amount of cooperation from local businessmen...