Word: poons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Harvard community, the Vice-Narthex of the world renowned Harvard Lampoon announced that there will be a grand bacchanal this evening at the Lampoon building (once described by a Cambridge city councillor as a potentially inspired public toilet) at the corner of Plympton and Mt. Auburn Streets. The 'Poon's wine-cellar will be opened up to discriminating palates. Summer School I.D. will be required...
Lampoon--Although it is classified as some sort of tax-exempt museum, the Lampoon is as much of a final club as any one of the 11. It is a farce to think of it as anything else. The Poon uses the blackball system for elections, monthly dues are $15, and the Big Fun comes at the Thursday night dinners in the Castle, where the food-throwing might match that of the Three Stooges. Candidates seeking election must endure a hellish "Fool's Week," which in tedium can outdo any small college fraternity...
...have been precious, sweet little nothings-lots of gilt and no lily. Things frilly and roccoco are fine, but they must be done with infinite care. At the same time, any piece that showed merit has appeared at least 13 times in the last 12 months. Now that the 'Poon is in the chips, it can certainly afford to have the printer make up some new plates...
...made it up to the decent mark, it is useless to pretend that it is much of a provocative humor magazine. Like all Lampoonsthis issue has a few strong points, but the magazine needs more visual pep-cartoons, maybe photographs-and a less staid layout. But basically, what the 'Poon needs is more talent to widen the nucleus of good writers which has kept a spark of life in this year's issues...
...began the format revolution. Rumor has it that the newly-introduced Table-of-Contents, which brings the contributors off of the musty mast-head, is only the first step in Lampoon president Walker Lewis' drive to reform the layout. McClelland is digging up new type-faces so that the 'Poon can send the stupifying Bodoni back to the Congressional Record. The new look includes photographs, and the full-page ones in this issue are of Harvard's beautiful people." They must have been taken either by W. Laney Thornton, the sole member of the Photographic Board, or by a Leica...