The mysterious disappearance of the Ibis, sacred bird of the Lampoon, was cleared up yesterday afternoon by the announcement of Paul Brooks '31, president of the comic magazine, that it had been recovered. Brooks refused to divulge the ways and means of recovery.

Although the majority of Harvard was taken in by the reputed robbery of the Lampoon building, the return, as mysterious as the disappearance of the Ibis, has finally given the suspicion credence that the whole affair was merely a publicity stunt engendered by the Lampoon officers to advertise their forthcoming issue, The Tercentenary number.