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...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...
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...
Starting at 4 o'clock in the Oval Room, the contest will go through as originally planned, with but one change in the program: in all probability the 'Poon will only send five girls against the Rose chorus-line...
...engineer in charge of the Poon's annual publicity drive could not be reached for comment last night, and the number, names, and measurements of any of the entrants could not be ascertained. Rumors seeping out between the tiles of the decaying 'Poon building, however, have it that a well-rounded 55 girls will be there tonight...