Word: lampoons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Announcement was made last night from University Hall, that the building at present occupied by the Lampoon at the intersection of Mt. Auburn, Bow, and Plympton Streets, would be taken over by the University to serve as a dining hall of the "Gold Coast House" in the development of the House plan. This most recent and wholly unexpected move by the college authorities was made, according to statements issued by officials last night, as a direct result of the House plan number of the Lampoon, which went on sale yesterday evening...
Just recently the University appropriated a fraction of Mr. Harkness' gift of over $11,000,000 to buy up the mortgage on the Lampoon from Isaac Coolidge Ginsberg, of the North Cambridge Holdings Company. So badly has the Lampoon fallen in recent years, that the sandwich man hired yesterday by the Lampoon to advertise the Crimson competitions was advised by his lawyer to attach the Lampoon's Dutch tiles for his payment. The sandwich man's title to the tiles is being disputed by the Bursar's Office which plans to put the tiles on sale as companion pieces...
When questioned last night, the president of the Lampoon said that he was extremely surprised to hear that Mr. Ginsberg had sold the mortgage to the College, but declared that "if his college wanted the Lampoon Building, it was not for him or his aides to stand in the way of the development of the House plan." His business manager stated that the Lampoon unfortunately, was in no position to prevent foreclosure of the mortgage. Old Lampoon editors, the quondam rivals of the editors of the CRIMSON, and prominent Harvard Alumni, were unanimous in deploring the move made to throttle...
Albert Goodwill Churchill '30, of Livermore, California, was announced last night as the president of the Lampoon for the coming year...
Senior room applications closed last night and the drawings will be announced tomorrow in the CRIMSON. The Committee will hold office hours in the Lampoon Building from 2 to 4 o'clock, when chairmen should call for assignment cards for their respective groups...