Word: humorously
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Harvard Lampoon has announced new officers who will attempt to keep Bow St.'s funniest humor magazine on the newsstands for yet another year. President will be Samuel H. Young '61, of Kirkland House and Philadelphia; Ibis, John L. Berendt '61, of Lowell House and Syracuse, N.Y.; Narthex, J. Jeremy Johnston '61, of Lowell House and South Hadley; Treasurer, John A. Herbert '60, of Lowell House and Quincy; Secretary, George Crawford, Jr. '60, of Dunster House and Salters...
Patrick's script comments wryly on religion. Bunny, a "you-all" type from the southwestern United States, played with high humor by Louise Latham, claims as her faith "extinctionism." In her credo, "nothing matters... God created man to become extinct; in fact, the world ended six hundred years ago." Since, therefore, Bunny doesn't really exist, her cult tells her "anything I do doesn't matter--it's a divine religion...
...graffito (or 'sgraffito, as in 'sblood) is a rudely scratched inscription, figure or drawing found on rocks, walls, vases or other objects. It is derived from an Italian word for scratching (as in dogs with fleas). Some alumnus with a sense of humor thought that the fine new wall of the Quincy House dining room would look well with a rudely scratched inscription, and so he donated an undisclosed sum to purchase such a phenomenon...
Quincy House opened this fall, and people began eating in the new dining hall. Half of them faced the graffito, and half did not. There has been no record made of the diner's reaction, but recently several alumni without a sense of humor have expressed profound concern lest the digestive processes of Quincy pioneers be disturbed by the rudely scratched inscription on the wall...
...impossible, however, for one engaging feature of a rudely scratched inscription is that it sits there, rudely scratched, until a new wall is constructed. No, whitewashing is not the answer to Quincy's digestive problems. The graffito will have to remain untroubled, until another alumnus with a sense of humor donates a curtain to hang in front...