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Number five of the Lampoon succeeds in being fairly humorous except when it drops into poetry, as the Lampoon likes to do. Only two of the shortest verses are worth their space--one about "Ella," the other about "Solitary Sue." Both are ridiculous enough to be amusing. Several of the prose contributions show more originality than usual, notably the extract from Gulleivr's travels, which is a very clever parody. A large proportion of the shorter jokes are also above the average, such as the strangely familiar "Men at the Dunyer Cafe." Especial credit is due to the reportorial work...
...Harvard Alphabet" was to have appeared last spring, but through some accident the publication was delayed until now. It contains a verse and drawing for every letter in the alphabet, done by five members of the 1901 Lampoon board...
...Crimson-Lampoon football game will be played on Soldiers Field at 4 o'clock this afternoon. In order to provide more opportunity for brilliant individual play than the usual Rugby game affords, it has been decided to adopt the Association rules...
...annual football game between the Crimson and the Lampoon will be played Friday at 3 o'clock. In accordance with the regulations of the Crimson-Lampoon Athletic Association, no previous practice will be permitted by either team, individually or collectively...
...football number of the Lampoon shows throughout a sense of what is proper and fiting for the occasion. A Yale game is emphatically a serious proposition; for this reason, no doubt, almost all humorous matter has been edited from the pages of the present issue. Exceptions have been made in favor of "The True Story of Sampson," which is undeniably funny, if rather long-winded; and of a caricature sketch, by far the best thing of its kind that has come out for a long time. The editorials are prosy and excited no false hopes. A great deal of dull...