Word: lampoonable
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...interest settied chiefly in the three relay races. In the Publication Relay, the CRIMSON team, composed of J. C. White '24, Robert Worthington '23, Corliss Lamont '24, and T. W. Norris '24, retained the championship when it won easily from its two competitors, the Advocate and the Lampoon, who finished in the order named. Although out-distanced at the start, the news men refused to be discouraged, and after a fine exhibition of ability came in first at the tape...
There will be three feature relay races. In an interclass race, teams of seven men will compete, while in the newspaper event quartets from the Crimson, the Lampoon, and the Advocate will run. An innovation this year will be a manager's race between managers of all major sports...
Warwick Potter Scott '23 of Lansdowne, Pa., has been elected president of the Lampoon. Other officers have been chosen as follows: Charles Bedell Monro '23 of Pittsburg, Pa., Ibis; Bradlee DeLamater Nash '23 of Brookline. Treasurer; John McKinstry Kimball '24 of Portland, Maine, Secretary...
Furthermore, I believe Mr. Code's point of view is wrong. He does not seem to realize that the Lampoon is a club which prints its thoughts in an irresponsible way in the organ it has founded for that purpose. It tries to keep away from the atmosphere of a publication office, and its literary pretensions are consequently ingenuous and insignificant. The members of this club enjoy seeing their works in print; this enjoyment is the only return for their trouble. Why the magazine should have been compared to "Life" I cannot see. The CRIMSON might as well be compared...
...must be understood that while I was in college I had no affiliations with the Lampoon beyond the subscription list, so my personal feelings are untroubled by Mr. Code's tirade. Lampy, I think--and I am not alone in this opinion--, is at a point of development which is nearer to the type of a professional humorous publication, however, than any other representative of collegiate wit, and I think also that Mr. Code, if he takes a dose of pepsin and another look at the sheet, will agree with me. I am, sir, Yours etc, G. EMMONS '16 Concord...