Word: lampoons
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...last number of the Lampoon contains three jokes. Two of these are drawings; the other is a clipping from the CRIMSON. Of the humorous drawings, the "Freshman impressing his family with his college experiences," is an excellent bit of characterization accomplished with few strokes; while the Hi. mister! scramble a nut," gives us something really new and refreshing on the squirrel question. A page drawing by Breck '07, is without character, and forms an excellent illustration for the accompanying "joke." The idea expressed in the centre page is of well tried excellence, but careless drawing makes it less effective than...
...Sophomore and Freshman classes with any writing or drawing ability, who have not already come out as candidates for the Lampoon, are requested, to meet in the Sanctum at 7 o'clock tonight...
There will be a meeting of candidates in the Lampoon Sanctum at 7 o'clock tomorrow. All men in 1906 and 1907 who have any literary or drawing ability are requested to attend...
...Manton '05 and R. C. Sturgis Jr., '05, have been elected regular editors of the Lampoon, and C. J. Webber 01 has been elected a business editor...
...history of the College papers for the last thirty years or so shows a curious tendency for the periods of most vigorous blossoming to come about ten years apart: there was the time of '76-'77 in which the Lampoon was shot forth on its joyous way, the time of '86-'87 in which the Monthly was launched with high hopes and ambitions, and the time of '95-'96 in which again there seemed to be an overplus of writers so brilliant that editors in chief could hardly set their standards too high. Between these periods the spirit of literature...