Word: poons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Gwynne, who is from Tuxedo Park, New York, and Adams House, is one of the leading staff artists on the Poon. He also has one of the principal roles in this year's Hasty Pudding production...
Exactly how many girls will be elected to the staff has not yet been decided, according to 'Poon president John P. C. Train '50. "We'll take at least three or four," he commented last night, "if we can find that many with talents in our line...
Just why the 'Poon editors feel it necessary to have girls on the staff is unclear--perhaps they think it will improve the humor of the magazine, which, in recent months, has slipped to a position somewhat short of overpowering. Perhaps the dutch tiles with which the walls of their sanctum are lined need a spring cleaning; perhaps they look forward to a gayer decor, with chintz curtains in every leaded window...
...these conjectures are, it must be admitted, colored by the traditional skepticism which has grown up among CRIMSON boards concerning the not always straightfaced deeds of the 'Poon. Let us hope that the more obvious jibes which this move could engender will not be thrown at the Lampoon--for it has shown that whatever reverence for antiquity antiquity in humor, it has the ability to adapt to at in humor, it has the ability to adapt to at least the most obvious trends of the community...
When the pinkshirts returned, the official speeches began, punctuated by blasts on the 'Poon's toy cannon...