He and others maintain that everyone on the magazine is no rich and that the Lampoon does give to charities through Phillips Broads House and concern more to order Harvard undergraduate publication, including the Advocate.

He says, however, that some of the donations were motivated by a desire to deflect accusations that Lampoon humor capitalized on the popularity of racial slurs.

In the early 70's the magazine experienced a style revolution from, purely literary to conceptual and even "bizarre, slapstick humor," says MeCormack.

"In the years up to the early 70's for more attention was paid to the text-in reworking things, editing and even proof reading-and the emphasis was on word play and puns," he adds, "In other words the work moved from verbal to visual."

The first attempt at this new approach to humor came together in "Your Issue" in 1976. I he idea, McCormack says, was "this is your magazine with your jokes and your ideas, and if it sucks, it's your fault."

Your Issue" was followed by "Up All Night," which mimicked the "experience of someone who...you guessed it, "he adds.

ALTHOUGH THE Lampoon has always prided itself is its high quality humor, the real world did not always provide opportunities for this type of expression.

The explosion of humor-oriented all forms of media in all forms of media in recent years has given Lampoon graduates new career options, allowing them to bring their Harvard humor to a broader public.

"When I was on the Lampoon there were people becoming lawyers with good sense of humor, doctors with good senses of humor, etc. Now I see people giving seniors thought to writing comedy, which before the 60's was going against the grain," says Beard, co-founder of the National Lampoon.

Many recent Lampoon graduates who have gone on to work in the television and movie industries say the kind of writing they did in the Castle comes in handy in their chosen professions.

"I'm doing the same thing now that I did in College except I get paid for it and I don't have homework." says former Lampoon President Jeffrey Martin '82, a writer for the David letterman Show in New York.

Some say that this trend toward graduate in-volvement in the entertainment industry has changed the atmosphere inside the Castle.

Lampoon members have become more savvy about the Hollywood scene as they think about their lives after Harvard, former President Mc. Cormack says.

As a result, Lampoon graduates who have succeeded in storming the entertainment industry become larger than life figures around the Castle.

"Any grad who sell big on a show gains power in the old grad network-probably to a greater extent than is healthy," he adds.