About Lampy's Christmas Number

One must confess in reviewing the Christmas number of the Lampoon, if it is possible to review or summarize so heterogenous a publication, that the tone of the whole number is decidedly humorous; in fact there is hardly a serious page in the large issue, a state of affairs which I cannot condemn too severely.

To run through the number hastily--one starts at the cover, in which T. Sizer '16 shows the Christmas exodus in a well-received drawing with stained glass shadow motif. The prologue is a lyric, suggesting "ye oldene tyme," and is appropriately followed by E. E. Hagler's frontispiece, "Under the Mistletoe," done in the ante-bellum crinoline style. After a realistic diary of the musical club's western trip by H. Wentworth '17, one comes to the editorials.

It would be simple charity to pass over them in silence. But as a consciences reviewer I am compelled to comment on them. Two are incoherent; they seem to have to do with the Christmas spirit. The third is a spirited eulogy of the Musical Review, which looks as if the Lampoon editors were trying to make up for their recent tilts against the other college papers.

The next page which contains the brief "By the Ways" would be hopeless were it not for a clever review of "As you like it," in jingling rhyme by J. Garland '15. A charcoal sketch by H. Moise follows, and is quite the most finished bit of work in the number. Lampy takes a fling at Life, and its "poor little kids in the snow," in its center page, T. Sizer '16 and a full-page by H. F. Weston '16, although levity on such themes is not to be encouraged. H. F. Weston '16 has other characteristic drawings, and J. N. Burk '16 and D. ing '16 contribute some amusing sketches. The literary feature of the number is "Pyg and Gal" a romantic ballad by J. Garland '15. The usual array verses and jests finish off the number in a true Christmas flavor. W. A. FLEWELLING, Colby '09.