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...usually reached. "At Parting," a series of dainty triolets, is amusing and well composed, and seems, together with a poem which appeared in the last number, to promise that the Advocate has wisely decided to include within its province verse, not burlesque enough to be fit for the Lampoon, but yet of a light character. This especial poem, for instance, will be read with much more interest by the students, for whom this paper is meant, than will "The Girlhood of Beatrice," by Blair Fortesque, which attempts too much...
...CRIMSON'S annual baseball victory over the Lampoon took place yesterday afternoon on Holmes Field, the score being 20 to 10. The first few innings were played mostly by the umpire, whose perception showed at times remarkable adaptability. Bissell's work in the box, including a double play with Kendall and Lawrence, was the feature of the game. The Lampoon men showed no end of endurance, and to their credit let it be said that they did not even protest the game...
...Lampoon has elected to its editorial board, A. S. Dixey '02 and F. B. Hoffman...
...wittier number of the Lampoon than that which was issued yesterday has not appeared for some time. The reader laughs because he has to, not to get his money's worth, as has at times been the case; and an additional attraction lies in the illustrations, which are for the most part either well drawn or amusing...
...current number of the Lampoon begins with a timely and sensible editorial on the old College bell. It shows a creditable fairness in spirit, and goes directly to the heart of the question. The illustrations are only passable, with the exception of the cover, which is well executed and suggests the drawings of DuMaurier. The centre piece is not particularly amusing and as an illustration is rather flat and spiritless. The best of the poems is a parody on the "Psalm of Life," witty and cleverly carried out, but too late to be very effective. The short jokes and stories...