Word: poon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lampoon editors last night were contradictory in their evaluations of last Saturday's clash with the Yale police force, in which officers seized 300 copies of the 'Poon's parody football program while it was being distributed on the grounds of the Yale Bowl...
Despite the welter of conflicting testimony, however, the CRIMSON was able to reconstruct part of the story. Apparently a crew of 'Poon editors and candidates armed with New Haven vending licenses descended on the Connecticut city Saturday morning with the intention of distributing 3000 copies of their program...
...contrast to Crawford, 'Poon President Edward Tarlov '60 took a broad view of the matter, laughing off the confiscation as a "pretty poor effort." He grounded his assertion on the fact that, despite police action, 'Poon candidates had been able to sell a large number of parodies on Bowl grounds. As for the 300 copies, he stated that they were being held in New Haven and would be reclaimed by the magazine this weekend...
...disastrous effort to bring victory to their Bow Street masters. Scuttling out on the bridge, they flung a coarse fishing net over the side to snare the shell passing below. The net, traditionally used to "spider" and swing new editors during their colorful initiations, unerringly fell on the 'Poon boat, almost capsizing its old friends...
...time the 'Punies were disengaged, the CRIMSON shell, dodging between the obstructive wherries which 'Poon editors rowed in its path, shot under the Weeks Memorial footbridge. In a final, desperate attempt more 'Punie hopefuls hurled sacks of flour and a rubber dinghy after it. But it was no use, for upping the stroke to a climatic 48, the Crimeds stretched to a racing finish and crossed the line as cheers echoed across the river