▁academic ▁year ▁and ▁is ▁distributed ▁in ▁Y ale ▁resident ial ▁college ▁d ining ▁h alls ▁and ▁around ▁the ▁nation ▁through ▁subscri ptions . ▁ ▁Content ▁from ▁the ▁magazine ▁is ▁made ▁available ▁online ▁and ▁entire ▁issues ▁can ▁be ▁downloaded ▁in ▁. pdf ▁form . ▁ ▁History The ▁Record ▁began ▁as ▁a ▁week ly ▁newspaper , ▁with ▁its ▁first ▁issue ▁appearing ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 1 8 7 2 . ▁Al most ▁immediately , ▁it ▁became ▁a ▁home ▁to ▁fun ny ▁writing ▁( o ften ▁in ▁verse ▁form ), ▁and ▁later , ▁when ▁printing ▁technology ▁made ▁it ▁practical , ▁hum orous ▁illustr ations . ▁The ▁Record ▁th riv ed ▁immediately , ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁turn ▁of ▁the ▁century ▁had ▁a ▁wide ▁circul ation ▁outside ▁of ▁New ▁H aven — at ▁prep ▁schools , ▁other ▁college ▁towns , ▁and ▁even ▁New ▁York ▁City . ▁ ▁As ▁Y ale ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁bell w eth ers ▁of ▁colleg iate ▁taste ▁and ▁fashion ▁( es pecially ▁for ▁the ▁younger ▁univers ities ▁looking ▁East ), ▁so ▁too ▁The ▁Record ▁became ▁a ▁model — F . ▁Scott ▁Fitz ger ald ▁referred ▁to ▁the ▁magazine ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁har bing ers ▁of ▁the ▁new , ▁lo oser ▁mor ality ▁of ▁colleg ians ▁of ▁that ▁time . ▁But ▁it ▁wasn ' t ▁just ▁laugh s ▁The ▁Record ▁was ▁serving ▁up — d uring ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s , ▁The ▁Record ▁ran ▁a ▁popular ▁spe ake asy ▁in ▁the ▁bas ement ▁of ▁its ▁building ▁at