Word: pogo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Even the Pogo Riot of two springs ago does not exemplify the peculiar sort of school spirit which the beanie circuit so loves to rant over. Here was a case of a spontaneously begun riot which worked itself into a frenzy in a short time and died just as quickly. But there was no organization behind it, no crying editorials which said to get out and scream for the old school...
...down to this: 1) it is a rich paper and can afford to offend anyone, thus it is not fearless; 2) it is successful because it has no competition; 3) it fights McCarthy who fights Communism, but could not defeat McCarthy or Ike. We buy it because it prints Pogo...
...from satisfied, the mob headed to the Square, the vision of Pogo driving them on. "These things just don't happen, ya gotta make them happen," some body said. One enterprising student climbed on top of the Subway Station and led the incensed crowd in "Tiger Meat." Three more men quickly followed his example and were quickly surrounded by a horde of University Policemen. On Massachusetts Avenue traffic stood still. One by one the self-appointed cheerleaders dropped into the waiting arms of the policemen, and surrendered their Bursar's Cards. These were the Martyrs and the crowd shouted...
...Cahaly, a white mustached Syrian, has banked his fortunes on undergraduate caprice for the past twenty-five years. Together with Raphael, his younger brother, he keeps Cahaly's grocery store open every day and far into the night to cater to the owlish tastes of students for late snacks, Pogo, and Mickey Spillane...
Walt Kelly, creator of "Pogo," the possum from Okefenokee County, nominates this dignified man to be the next president of Harvard. Kelly describes him as "a composite of past and future...