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This page collects brief humorous anecdotes and jokes from three universities, organized under university mastheads (Ohio State, Michigan, California). The humor targets several contemporary concerns: **Post-WWI themes**: References to war inflation ("cost of living"), draft exemptions, and soldiers reflect American preoccupation with the recent war and its disruptions. **Gender and courtship**: Multiple jokes depict men and women negotiating romantic and physical boundaries—a woman yelling "Attention!" to stop a soldier's advances plays on military discipline tropes. **Class and social observation**: Jokes about "town fools," working-class characters (the Irishman), and affectations of sophistication mock both pretension and naïveté. The humor is gentle, collegiate-focused satire typical of Judge magazine's approach—poking fun at everyday social awkwardness rather than cutting political critique. The visual cartoons complement rather than dominate the text-heavy page.

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