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...Clark goes on to say that "the more articulate student of today is a 'wise bird'--nothing fools him, especially the cherished institutions in or out of college." He doubts the sincerity and significance of student discontent upon evidence gathered from five sources: the Boston University Beanpot, the Harvard Lampoon, the Harvard Advocate, the Nassau Literary Magazine, and the Syracuse University Speckled Bird--all of which fell under the ban of censorship. If the two Harvard publications are representative of the others in this quintet, it would be folly to say that their suppression is evidence of any deepseated revolt...
...Library. I mended shoes and repaired bicycles, and to this day a certain Dean tells me with much gusto of the miracle I performed on his wheel while he finished dessert during the lunch hour with his family. I addressed envelopes and painted wagons. I sold the Lampoon for "Alex," and I wrote an article about the humor in "Mutt and Jeff" for the Boston American, I went without lunch sometimes and occasionally I wore two rubbers that belonged on the left foot. I rode an old bicycle to save carfare, for I hated debt and under no consideration could...
...Donald Ogden Stewart's inimitable bit in the "Parody Outline of History," in which Mr. Stewart expounds the theory of this liqueured revolt in a very amusing imitation of the bedtime story style of Thornton Burgess. All of which is very interesting but has little to do with the Lampoon's recent offspring. The point in question is, however, that there is very strong objection to the cut on page 332 with its underlying caption, and to the epistle of Hashmundi Kickapajama on the preceding page...
Arthur has arranged with the Lampoon to take over the room which Jimmie's Lunch has occupied for the past few years downstairs in the Lampoon Building. Arthur will also have the Lampoon showroom permanently at his disposal, as the Lampoon has decided to convert Benny Hyte's tailor shop into a larger and better showroom...
Item: Benny Tyte, very much Occ., ingeniously sought to land in the Smith quadrangle from a passing airplane. Unfortunately he took off just a mile too soon and may be found almost any time on top of the Lampoon building...