Ibismen Meet Match in Yale Record; Phony Newsweek Hits Stands Early

Somebody out-Lampooned the Lampoon Friday, and as a result, the magazine's staff spent the day scoring the local newsstands in a frenzied attempt to save the work of two months from premature annihilation.

The object of their feverish search was the April 14 edition of Newsweek magazine, which the 'Poon' editors had hoped to make different from any copy the public had ever seen before. No real issue of course, this was merely the Ibisters' way of reviving their old "Parodies" series, which has in the past included the New Yorker, the Alumni Bulletin, and Cosmopolitan Magazine.

Somewhere along the line someone slipped up, and the outcome was consternation among Poon editors remaining in Cambridge over the vacation. They were horrified to see their carefully planned issue, set for distribution tomorrow, hit the stands four days early. And so, Friday was devoted to withdrawing the magazine from circulation.

Too busy buying up the bogus Newsweek to make an extended statement, the Bow Street aviary nevertheless did manage to take time out between newsstands to declare that "this left us speechless." By last night, however, they were sufficiently recovered to direct their suspicions at the Yale Record.

Acting in a typical buildoggish manner, it appears, the Record's editors somehow got wind of the project, telephoned local distributors to get out the issue ahead of time, and spent Saturday and Sunday rubbing their hands in glee.

Senator Surveys Spring

According to Lampy's Newsweek, the most important development of the past week has been the advent of Spring--which has had widespread repercussions from Capitol Hill to the Kremlin. Typical comment upon this earth-shaking phenomenon was that recorded by Senator Clag R. Polecat, "who said he know the dangers of overeating in hot weather. I was young once,' he cracked, 'but I'm grey-haired and sharp-eyed now.'"

Back page sections of the issue included a movie page, largely devoted to a recapitulation of the Poonsters' traditional "Ton Worsts." This year, it was noted, things were so bad in the movie industry that the Ton Worsts had been stretched to twelve.

Some sort of sign of stability was recorded, however, in the announcement that for the third year in the row, Joan Crawford had been awarded the Poon's humh-in-nose accolade as the "Actress with the Most Toes in the Grave.