Judge, 1919-11-22 · page 28 of 36
Judge — November 22, 1919 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects humorous pieces from college humor magazines, satirizing early 20th-century collegiate life and social attitudes. **Key content:** - **"To Janet"** poem mocks romantic melodrama—a man complains that a woman has interfered with his grand ambitions (literature, learning, success), treating her assertion of importance as tyrannical usurpation of his rightful place. - **College humor bits** satirize dating customs ("Man Overboard! You Brute—It's a Woman!"), airplane joy-rides being too expensive, and romantic indecision ("Even Seau"—a girl juggling multiple suitors). - **"Dartmouth Jack O'Lantern"** cartoon shows three men pointing/confronting one, captioned "Odds, Three to One Against"—likely satirizing peer pressure or social conflict. - Scattered jokes mock kissing booths, weather excuses, and social climbing. **The satire targets** collegiate pretension, romantic posturing, and gender dynamics of the era—presenting college students as self-important while navigating modern social anxieties around courtship and ambition.
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