Word: lampooner
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Dates: during 1876-1876
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...Lampoon will be out next Thursday...
...scarcity of the earlier numbers of the Lampoon continues, we rejoice in being able to put the editors on the track of their disappearance. See Rape of the Lock...
...only person in whom hypocrisy has been discovered. As the students are hypocrites in their relations to the Faculty, so are the members of that august body hypocrites in their relations to the overseers and examiners. To such a painful conclusion does the discovery of the Lampoon lead us. To disprove this final result of the charge would require knowledge of proceedings to which ordinary mortals are not admitted. I must leave, therefore, the implied statement that "about half" of the Faculty are hypocrites "to a more or less extent," to be disproved by some one who lays claim...
...review separately each of the charges of hypocrisy, and to endeavor to find out how many of the statements in the Lampoon were too strong would take too much space and time. There is, however, at the close of the list of accusations, a singular statement. The Glee Club, the Institute, and the Art Club are attacked at one blow, and we are assured of being Digbys in our relations with ourselves as well as with the Faculty. It is amusing to see "the singing of the Glee Club" and "the Art Club's knowledge of art" condemned...
...regular toasts were given by Mr. Blaine, and were responded to as follows: "The Class of '78," drank in silence: "The Institute," Mr. Homans; "The Athenaeum," Mr. Moore; "The Boating Interest," Mr. Littauer; "The Nine," Mr. F. W. Thayer; "The Eleven," Mr. Lombard; "The Press," Mr. B. Tuckerman; "The Lampoon," Mr. W. S. Otis; "The Musical Societies," Mr. Paullin; "The Art Club," Mr. P. Tuckerman. The class songs were well sung under the able leadership of Mr. Dorr...