Word: joking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Several years ago a mule cheered for M.I.T. much to the embarrassment of its keepers until they discovered it was a joke being perpetrated by some Harvard students...
...humor is of a much lustier breed. Much of it is simply the practical joke. At least one third of the gags, for example, are built about a broken-down illiterate cowboy star's being baited by two mad pranksters, who would seem to be the only two brains in Holly-wood. Roy Roberts, in the role of one of these, probably carries off the acting honors. He represents a scenario writer who would much rather be back in Vermont writing a book of the soil, and who consequently treats his associates, especially the cowboy and the preposterously pedantic boss...
...crowns and toes have been scissored. A young woman dressed in cap & gown displays explanatory placards bearing such legends as: "You Pay $10 for Lounging Pajamas of which $1.98 goes for Taxes," "Hidden Taxes, like a Thief in the Night, steal the Wealth and Credits of a Nation," "The Joke's on You, Fellow Taxpayer, You're paying too much for Government." The curtain falls on this incredibly vulnerable political tableau with one beauteous young model mincing off stage in a barrel, accompanied by the sign IF THE NEW DEAL WINS. To illustrate IF THE NEW DEAL LOSES...
...proved that it had the old patient endurance last night as 13 undergraduate extra-curricular leaders sold their pet projects to the new Yardlings, sold by brilliant bombast, repartee, swear words, and even a lengthy joke here and there...
Stephen Greene '38, president of the Dramatic Club, next spoke on the actors, prop-men, business managers, and the plays of that organization. Stephenson gave the next talk, mentioned above, and presented as Harvard's permanent Joke and single word "Radcliffe...