The Lincoln Imp Hilary Term 1925

Scope and Content

Edition of the Lincoln Imp, published by Fox, Jones & Co., Kemp Hall Press. Editorial committee is listed as JD Newth (editor), SR Denny (Treasurer), DS Delmer (Secretary of Amalgamated Clubs), RFS Baylis, and H McAneny. Editorial reflects on the human nature to partition into threes, and the “certain delicious Hereness and Nowness about the Hilary term”.

This edition contains advertisements for Walters & Co; Alden & Co (pictures); Macs (garage); J Thornton & Son (booksellers); Gammon, Wicks & Co (alcohol); The "Good-Luck" Tea House; Ducker & Son (footwear); Acotts (music); The Varsity Toilet Saloon; William Hunt (stationers); GW Watson & Son (electrics); Gillman & Co (photographers); WH Walker (formalwear); Hedderley's (tobacconist); Salter Bros (punts and boats); and Rowell & Son (silversmiths).

The edition also includes:

  • a reproduction of Hanslip Fletcher's drawing of "Lincoln from the North West", plus a full-page advertisement from WH Beynon & Co advertising his sketches;
  • College news including the JCR, the Fleming Society, the D'Avenant Society, the Williams Society, the Chess Club, the Goblin Club, the Cocktail Club, and the 'JPJ';
  • sports news including rowing, rugby, football, hockey, and athletics;
  • a list of semi-humorous congratulations;
  • 'Walrus Loquitur', with various updates about College life;
  • a crossword puzzle, with a few answers pencilled in.

There are also a number of short pieces of fiction, often humorous in tone, including:

  • 'An Elizabethan MS', a short theatrical scene "perhaps attributable to Sir William Davenant";
  • 'A Lament Over Certain Rashers of Bacon, Foully Done to Death in the College Frying-Pans', a short poem;
  • 'Phantom Notes' by 'CB Dull', a short piece written "with acknowledgements to our esteemed contemporary";
  • 'Lines Written in Dejection After the Annual Dinner of the Coronet Club', a short poem;
  • 'Poetry. A Learned Essay', a short piece about analysing metre;
  • 'Heavy Headlines: Or College News at a Glance', a series of humorous headlines relating to current College events;
  • 'A Protest', a short poem;
  • 'The Compleat Mangler', a dialogue between 'Oarsmanne' and 'Scholarre'.

36 pages.