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This action is wholly in keeping with the club's policy of giving to its members the greatest possible experience in all forms of theatrical interest. In this respect the club comes under Benchley's head of "the more or less serious." Its chief appeal is for undergraduates really alive to the possibilities of the drama rather than those who enjoy the publicity of the footlights. This new experiment is typical of its trend away from the amateurish toward the businesslike professional. It will be interesting to see with what success the club has been able to advance into this...
...light verse in the Lampoon than when Lawrence McKinney '12, Roger Burlingame '13, and Richard Evarts '13, were writing for it had better read "Integer Vitae or As You Were" and the other jingles in the Graduates' Number. Those who want to know the sort of absurdities that Robert Benchley '12 committed for the Lampoon before he gave up drawing and became Life's dramatic editor should consult page 455. Those who believe there is an abler comic artist in the country than Gluyas Williams '11, should glance at page 458 before making an irrevocable decision. Those who liked "Dere...
...committee in charge is composed of the following: B. G. Waters '94, chairman; B. W. Trafford '93, William Edmunds '00, Sidney Curtis '05, R. C. Benchley...
...known war correspondent and author, as the principal speaker. Among the guests of honor will be Professors Dupriez and Poussin, formerly of the University of Louvain, G. W. Cram '88, W. R. Thayer '81, A. W. Longfellow '76, J. L. Butler, business manager of the Yale Record, R. C. Benchley '12, a former president of the Lampoon, and K. S. Kate '09, a former editor of the CRIMSON. The University Quartet will be present and will sing several selections...
...crew, will preside at the reception tonight. The other speakers will be Mr. R. F. Herrick '90, who coached the crew during the month before the regatta; L. Saltonstall '14, captain of the second drew; Captain H. A. Murray, Jr., '15, of the University boat; and R. C. Benchley '12, a former president of the Lampoon...