The Lincoln Imp December 1920

Scope and Content

Edition of the Lincoln Imp published by The Holywell Press. This edition announces itself to be a re-starting of the magazine, as discussed in the brief editorial. A formal editorial team is listed on the inside cover, comprising RR Martin (General Editor), KC Lawson and BA Wright (Literary Editors), SRK Glanville and DR McBride (Business Editors), and VG Darrington (Sports Editor).

Other features include:

  • 'A Keen College Mish-Mash', a series of poems described as a response to a recent College 'Miscellany';
  • 'Bulp!', a piece of short satirical fiction;
  • 'An Indian Love Song' and 'Triolet', both short poems;
  • 'Socrates at Henley', a mock Socratic dialogue between Glauco and Socrates about the art of rowing referenced as 'Plato: Sillias, Book I"
  • 'Goropatsi', subtitled 'A Fragment of an Unwritten Drama' with the characters Goropatsi ("a man who lives forever"), Balba, Crassus, Caesar, and Pompey;
  • 'John Wesley, M.A., Pioneer in Electrotherapy', which concludes by advocating for the installation of an "electrifying machine" in the baths;
  • a section titled 'College News' with reports on the Fleming Society, the Davenant Society, the Students' Christian Union, the Boat Club, and the rugby, soccer, hockey, and athletics teams;
  • 'OCT Field Day', describing an outing by the 'Lincoln Platoon';
  • a piece titled 'JCR' detailing the Sunday meetings and mentioning debates on current affairs such as Ireland and the coal strike.

24 pages.