Word: poons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Meanwhile, R. Sibley (The Cat) Ludendorf, playing manager of the CRIMSON's high-flying nine, declined to name a starting hurler from among the 23 veterans of last year's aggregation which eked out 23-2 win over the 'Poon. "I hear they have only two lettermen back," he chuckled confidently. "And you know what that means...
...object of their feverish search was the April 14 edition of Newsweek magazine, which the 'Poon' editors had hoped to make different from any copy the public had ever seen before. No real issue of course, this was merely the Ibisters' way of reviving their old "Parodies" series, which has in the past included the New Yorker, the Alumni Bulletin, and Cosmopolitan Magazine...
Somewhere along the line someone slipped up, and the outcome was consternation among Poon editors remaining in Cambridge over the vacation. They were horrified to see their carefully planned issue, set for distribution tomorrow, hit the stands four days early. And so, Friday was devoted to withdrawing the magazine from circulation...
Some sort of sign of stability was recorded, however, in the announcement that for the third year in the row, Joan Crawford had been awarded the Poon's humh-in-nose accolade as the "Actress with the Most Toes in the Grave...
After things fell thick and fast--as the Alumni Bulletin remarked. "If you want publicity, come to Harvard." The CRIMSON replaced its wartime replacement on schedule and proceeded to the fray with assorted attacks on the 'Poon's sanctity, stuffed Ibis, ball-playing ability, and honesty--most of which seeped into outer regions through the press and radio...