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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Other selections for the new staff of Harvard's humor magazine include Juniors Winthrop L. Carter Jr., treasurer; Robert C. Benchley, Jr., Ibis; Arthur W. Viner, Narthex; John W. Flint, Jr., Advertising Manager; Sumner R. Andrews, Circulation Manager; William Wesselhoeft secretary; and David B. Williams, business assistant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PHINIZY ELECTED LAMPOON PRESIDENT FOR NEXT YEAR | 12/6/1940 | See Source »

...Harvard scene, the latest P. B. H. activity is a "report to end all reports." This is the first publication of its kind at Harvard since Robert Benchley '12 put out a (serious) report in 1910. The current report, in addition to the comparative graphs and juvenile delinquency article, describes P. B. H. facilities and financial organization, and has pictures of 37 agencies with which P. B. H. is connected...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Is Forming Its Own Social Service Group As Community Work Gains Speed | 12/2/1940 | See Source »

...bossed him for six years as his secretary, decides she's going to boss him for sixty more as his wife. She baits him with a strictly business arrangement, hooks him strictly on love. All of which is very incredible, but very amusing. Complicating actors include Robert Benchley and a magnificent Russell-to-Aherne kick in the pants...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 10/28/1940 | See Source »

Three eminent Manhattan humorists-James Thurber, Robert Benchley, Stanley Walker-turned out to be contributors to Man to Man. They had once sold some pieces (sample title: How to Poker) to a naughty little journal called For Men formerly published by Country Press. Fawcett editors had resurrected their pieces from the files...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Sewage Disposal | 10/14/1940 | See Source »

Foreign Correspondent (Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, Robert Benchley, Albert Basserman; TIME, Sept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Gag Man | 10/7/1940 | See Source »

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