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Did anybody else know that you hadn't gone?

Oh, later on, not then. I suppose the press agent wrote the letter for her. I met her years later and told her this story and she screamed with laughter.

You started this drama column. What other new policies were you able to institute?

In those days, you see, there was no New Yorker yet. Now every college magazine in the country imitates the New Yorker or fills its columns with pop art, camp, and humor that I can't follow. I'm delighted to say that both my boys worked on college humor magazines. Chris, the oldest boy, was the vice-president of the Harvard Lampoon. Jon, my youngest boy, is now president of the Lampoon. They're two amazing kids. Chris is going to have a book published by Doubleday this October (1968).

A collection?

All the little things he's written for the Lampoon and other pieces done since. He's a great boy. They're both great boys.

But, anyway, this first interview gets me into college!

I still want to find out a little more about the Jester. I'm sure you must have done quite a bit with that.