Word: lampooning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Harvard Lampoon, which has long sought to associate its name with that of the CRIMSON, is the group which actually made the award. Jeremy J. Johnston '61, former Narthex of the Lampoon, said, "I was the one who nominated him for that award. He actually was the worst actor. But the shouldn't have felt badly, we named Tonka the worst horse...
...Lampoon announced yesterday the following officers for 1961: president, Sean M. Winter '62, of Lowell House and Forest Hills, N.Y.; Ibis, Michael K. Frith '63, of Adams House and Paget, Bermuda; Narthex, Robert D. Sweeney, Jr. '62, of Lowell House and Washington, D.C.; treasurer, J. Warren Young '61, of Leverett House and Orange Park, Fla.; secretary, Marshall Field V '63, of Adams House and Chicago...
...eighty day "cooling off period" over, The Wall Street Journal parodies The Lampoon, which never recovers. At a Pre-Reunion meeting, angry alumni hire the Harvard Band for a march on Leverett Towers. The group parades around the structures seven times, shouts "Veritas" causing the building to crumble into dust. Premier Khrushchev announces, "We will bury you on the 27th, and this time we mean it." Eisenhower announces a State Department reading period assignment of "What You Should Know About Communism" in preparation. At noon on the 27th, the sun stands still...
...bottle of Haig & Haig to drink on the Capitol steps. From University Hall comes news that a rhinoceros has been appointed to the vacant Geography professorship. "It costs relatively little to feed," Dean Bundy explains, "and we can use the money saved elsewhere." To relieve exam period monotony, the Lampoon parodies the Wall Street Journal. The Journal returns with a parody of the Lampoon. The Lampoon parodies the parody. The Journal parodies the parody parody. The Lampoon asks for an eighty day "cooling off period." It is granted...