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This will be the outstanding feature of the Lampoon's policy in the future according to F. H. Nichols '24, president, who discussed the situation at some length with a CRIMSON reporter last night...
...that the Lampoon is about to reform is not quite the story, for I think that the Lampoon has always been the cleanest of college comics; there have been however, occasional lapses when it has strayed after false gods. In the future we shall endeavor to eliminate these periodical departures," said Nichols. He explained further that this is not being done with any idea of reform or with the thought that the Lampoon's mission is to take the lead in abolishing "smut" in college comics, but perhaps more in an attempt to be original...
...policy comes largely through the desire to take the advice of such literary lights as Charles Dana Gibson, president of Life, E. S. Martin '77, Life's Editorial writer and one of the first editors of the Lampoon, and Oliver Herford; all of whose suggestions would seem worthy of the weightiest considerations" explained Nichols. "These men seemed satisfied that the Lampoon had maintained a fairly clean standard of humor, but that frequently there had been noticeable deviations. They felt that the only way was to be thoroughly consistant in the policy and not to permit a half-way reform...
...program will include short speeches by officers of the Lampoon, Advocate, and Crimson, the Glee-Club and Phillips. Brooks House Association. In addition there will be a speech by C. H. Hubbard '24, football captain, by Professor E. C. Moore, chairman of the Board of preachers, and by Mr. E. C. Carter '00, who invented and was in charge of the Y. M. C. A. huts in the American Expeditionary Forces...
...Lampoon announced yesterday that it will start a ten-week competition for writing and drawing candidates, open to Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors, at 7 o'clock Thursday evening at the Lampoon Building...