Word: beanpot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Clark goes on to say that "the more articulate student of today is a 'wise bird'--nothing fools him, especially the cherished institutions in or out of college." He doubts the sincerity and significance of student discontent upon evidence gathered from five sources: the Boston University Beanpot, the Harvard Lampoon, the Harvard Advocate, the Nassau Literary Magazine, and the Syracuse University Speckled Bird--all of which fell under the ban of censorship. If the two Harvard publications are representative of the others in this quintet, it would be folly to say that their suppression is evidence of any deepseated revolt...
...University authorities would never take such action against the Lampoon as Boston University officials used to suppress the Beanpot, B.U.'s comic magazine," declared Professor G.B. Chase '96 last night...
...editorial attack on the Boston University R.O.T.C. resulted in the forced resignation of Miss Henrietta Perkins, editor of the Beanpot, and the suppression of the magazine. The editorial made reference to the financial remuneration which the university receives for each man in the corps...
Boston University apparently is not without its 100 per cent Americans, ever ready to champion militarism. The recent issue of the Beanpot has been suppressed and Miss Perkins, the editor, obliged to resign, because she had the temerity to express her disapproval of compulsory military training. There appears again the old bitter problem of free speech. It seems odd after all this has been fought over and thrashed out so thoroughly that any official leg should be left to stand upon...