Word: lampooning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tipping wine glass. The title of this picture was given as The Goddess of Liberty; the artist, "Mr. Hotmama"; the caption, "If this be treason, make the most of it." The Boston Police Force did make the most of it. For the first time in The Lampoon's 40 years, it was ordered off the Boston newsstands by Law. Theretofore, its occasional involuntary suppressions had been commanded by the Harvard Faculty...
Typical of the burlesque reading matter which the Lampoon editors published...
When 75 copies of the banned Literary Digest number of the Lampoon were forwarded Saturday by postal authorities to the dead letter office in Washington, there to be destroyed, the chain of incidents arising from the suppression of the annual Lampoon parody neared its end. Whether or not this is to be the concluding episode in te matter will be determined by verdict of United States District Attorney Harold P. Williams '03 when he announces today or tomorrow his decision as to the advisability of prosecuting the editors of the University comic, and by the action of a joint meeting...
Following the action of the police of Boston and Cambridge a week ago in removing the Lampoon from the newsstands, it seemed probable that the editors of the publication would defend their issue in the courts. Professors in the Law School advised litigation; the Lampoon announced it would turn to counsel for advice. On Monday Boston newspapers declared that the final decision was to let the matter drop. This statement the Lampoon emphatically denied last night. There has been no action taken since the original statement was issued by the officers a week ago last Saturday. The meeting with...
While Attorney Williams has yet to investigate certain aspects of the case, he indicated to the CRIMSON last night that he would advise against hailing the Lampoon board into court. "While the editors of the Lampoon have perhaps erred in their judgment and have been guilty of poor taste," he declared, "I question whether it is a matter worthy of serious prosecution. I can make no promises...