Hunger and starvation account for the lucrative nature of the Good Humor corner by the New Lecture Hall, according to the orange stick peddlers who have worked the coveted Oxford Street route. Harvard is one of the Best Humorous markets in Greater Boston, Melvin Lurie, ace grapestick hurler, reported yesterday when quizzed.

The popularity of the Harvard route among the Good Humored icemen is due to the fact that sales do not drop in cold or rainy weather, Lurie said, whereas most routes, such as beaches and residential areas, drop to two per cent of their usual income on damp or cool days. The reason for this, as accepted in local frozen sherbert circles, is that "people around here don't buy the stuff because they're hot, but because they're hungry."