Word: axing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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According to City Arborist Jack R. Kelley, "Those nice little gentlemen at the Lampoon took it upon themselves to put an axe to that tree." Yet despite incontrovertible evidence, Dean of the College Archie C. Epps III said, "some persons--we do not know if they were members of the Lampoon--attacked the tree...in effect killing the tree...
...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...
...Those nice little gentlemen at the Lampoon took it upon themselves to put an axe to that tree...
...Those nice little gentlemen at the Lampoontook it upon themselves to put an axe to thattree," Kelley said...
...said that the Lampoon staff had attacked thetree last year, about two-and-a-half months afterasking the city to cut it down. When removed, hesaid, the tree had about 140 axe marks, and anarea around its circumference had been completely"debarked." Some of the cuts were as deep as sixinches, he said...