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...NATIONAL LAMPOON'S LEMMINGS...
...something of an anti-climax from these great Achaean contests. The Crimson also took on The Advocate and The Lampoon, but in the less taxing sport of tug-of-war, which was, inexplicably, as popular at Harvard then as Frisbie throwing is today...
...architecture, Education, Bricks, and Mortar, doesn't mention the building at all, Newspaper buildings by and large are rough, functional structures, which serve a practical daily purpose and expedite the production of their publications. Few of them win architecture awards, and none of them can approach in grandeur the Lampoon's pleasure dome. The Crimson's building has served its purpose for two generations...
MORE FEATURES--a regular graduate school column, more and more frequent reviews, a 1924 Campaign series written by Faculty members--cropped up in the Twenties. Punches, elaborate initiation ceremonies, dances, dinners, and pranks on the Lampoon made the decade sparkle. It took three tries to photograph the Lampy Castle with a "For Sale" sign, but, when it was done, the College was informed that the humor magazine had gone bankrupt. The 23 to 2 victory over Lampy--in baseball, football, basketball, hockey and anything else--was already a tradition; Starting in 1925, the Confidential Guide to Harvard gave the students...
Giggles on the Associated Press service are about as scarce as deadpan reporting in the National Lampoon. The venerable news agency will try to change that beginning this week by syndicating "The Phoenix Nest," which ran for 14 years in Saturday Review before Norman Cousins left the magazine. Martin Levin, who edits the column, thinks that the heartland is ready for some topical humor because "the little old lady from Dubuque is now in touch with Germaine Greer-if only with a ten-foot pole." In the first column, Lawyer Peter Friedman tells how his circle benefits from the presence...