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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Whether or not the drug counters of Harvard Square pharmacies have been besieged by flocks of Ibises and Presidents bawling for relief, we do not know, but that some purge of humors has been employed, is, at first glance, obvious. In the old days, on make-up nights on Mount Auburn Street, cork helmits were a necessity much as they were in any British tropical outpost, that is, to keep those present from going completely under when their back teeth were floating. Under the new regime, however, it appears that at least the invaluable Bob Lampoon keeps semi-sober...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PURGE OF HUMORS USED IN "NEW YORKER" PARODY PRODUCED BY LAMPOON | 4/27/1928 | See Source »

...their efforts have not been in vain. Most of the initiated probably have at best a vague idea of the difficulties against which the D. A. R. is struggling. That there is a storm in progress in D. A. R. circles is evident, though its precise nature is not obvious to a layman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MUCH ADO | 4/23/1928 | See Source »

...George", and made ominous accusations that the congress had been a "steam-roller convention", seems to have won a great victory. The contract for supplying the members' pins was cancelled by a unanimous vote, the former holder of the contract having apparently been identified with the "Insurgents." It is obvious that such drastic treatment must get results, and with the delicate problem of members pins out of the way, the situation, whatever it is, certain to clear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MUCH ADO | 4/23/1928 | See Source »

...citizens, drew no edification from these developments, beyond this: where many a Mr. Feasance might have acquired fat graft with one or two cunning strokes, this alleged Mrs. Feasance was accused of enjoying only $782.57 personally, obtained in trifling amounts from time to time by a series of clumsy, obvious, petty pilferings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Mrs. Feasance | 4/16/1928 | See Source »

...University swimming meet yesterday afternoon is ample-proof of the need of a new pool. The anonymous donor of the necessary sum apparently made his gift just in time. Athletics for all is an excellent slogan, but it has already exceeded its physical bounds, and the most obvious overcrowding anywhere is at the Big Tree...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DROPS OF WATER | 4/5/1928 | See Source »

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