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...preference over others, and some are told, when they begin to realize they are being ignored, "Better go down the street. You got a good barber down towards the rail-road station." Those who finally make the inner circle are fitted for the symbol of acceptance--a $2 beer mug. It is a neat, compact little world, but Peter's fondness for a local loudmouth eventually blows it apart...
...prohibition dates to 1953, when the Masters banned the Student Employment Office (predecessor of the HSA) from room solicitations after the first two weeks of each term. The nuisance of a steady succession of hear mug, banner, and magazine salesman knocking on doors of House rooms led the Masters to restrict such sales to the dining hall news stands, then is operation...
...only one or two specific complaints did the committee offer a judgement of HSA practices. On at least one of these, the price of the beer mug sold by HSA, that judgement itself seems questionable. It was reported that of the $5.50 a student pays for a mug, 70c goes to the agency manager and 60c goes to the HSA for overhead. The committee saw nothing wrong with this; yet, considering the near monopoly position of the HSA, these figures seem rather high...
Although the committee did "not have time to scrutinize the books--that's for the new committee to do," they did come up with a financial profile of a beer mug, one of HSA's most contested items. A mug sells for $5.50, of which $3.20 is basic cost and shipping. $1.00 is the average commission to the seller, 70 cents goes to the agency manager, and 60 cents goes into the HSA for overhead. The committee said it was "satisfied" with the beer mug agency's operations...
...Beer mugs: The Committee observed the HSA representatives took orders on the basis of a mug far superior to the ones actually received by students. "You can see right through them," Purvis commented...