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...felling of the tree marks the latest incident stemming from a feud which dates back to the 1960s. Much suspicion falls on the Lampoon, a semi-secret organization known to occasionally publish what some hesitantly call a humor magazine. Lampoon members were unavailable for comment yesterday...
...Former Cambridge Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci, on the city's removal of the locust tree formerly located outside the Harvard Lampoon's One Freedom Square headquarters. The Lampoon president denied any association with the tree's demise. But the Cambridge arborist said members of the semi-secret society, which periodically publishes a humor magazine, contributed to the gradual deterioration of the former Mt. Auburn St. landmark by attacking it last year. Over 140 axe marks were found in the tree when it was felled, some of which were six inches deep...
Harvard lore has it that Lampoon members yearning for an unobstructed view of Mt. Auburn St, have repeatedly sought the tree's death over the years. Last year, officials of the semi-secret club, which is best known for its tireless and unceasing efforts at humor, asked the city to cut the tree down...
...celebration was sponsored by members of the Harvard Band and the Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Bow Street organization which occasionally publishes what they claim are humor magazines...
...funny, as usual--Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III was not especially amused when he learned the planned launching of a new right-wing student magazine might be tied to a Harvard Lampoon prank. But Epps was used to the antics by that semi-secret social society--which allegedly publishes a humor magazine--and responded "It was irresponsible, but not surprising...We are not amused...