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...dubious of the fact that this policy will be met with approval by University graduates, but there is reason to fear that it may not be favored of the average undergraduate, who sad to say, seems to enjoy immensely the type of humor displayed by the average college comic papers. In spite of the fact that the colleges of the country are supposed to be made up of the sharpest-witted and most intelligent men of the younger generation yet for years this same smutty brand of humor has been in vogue in the humorous publications...
...have seen it in theatres and in the publications" he said, "and the Lampoon wishes to take its place in the world, not just as another college magazine, but as a publication that will be recognized as one of the most decent as well as the most original comic magazines in the United States...
This policy has been carried out in the first issue of the season, the Freshman number. If the policy is consistently carried out, it may mark a new era in the publication of college comic papers since the Lampoon is not only the oldest and one of the most influential humorous publications in the United States, but also has one of its members J. McK. Kimball '24, as president of an association of college humorous magazines formed last spring
...comedian is W. C. Fields, hitherto chiefly known as a smasher of cigar boxes. He existed for several seasons on weekly allowances, from Florenz Ziegfeld in return for certain comic contributions to the Follies. His pool game, his golf game, his juggling were classic. He seldom spoke. Now he too has opened his mouth. He is promptly promoted to our first families of funny...
...famous magazine is on a fair way to the happy hunting grounds. Die Fliegende Blaetter, comic weekly published at Munich and founded in 1844, is in serious financial straits. Its operating cost despite the immense depreciation of the mark is now actually more than in 1914. Its circulation has fallen off greatly. Its ends no longer meet...