Judge, 1921-03-12 · page 22 of 32
Judge — March 12, 1921 — page 22: what you’re looking at
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This page from Judge satirizes college life and student behavior through short humor pieces and cartoons. The content targets common college stereotypes: **Main Themes:** - **Student dishonesty** ("Truthful Liar"—a student claims every statement is true except one, creating logical paradox) - **Women students' vanity** ("Value Received"—mocking the excessive items a woman carries in her vanity case) - **Professorial naïveté** ("The Innocent Prof."—a professor discussing mining statistics while students make crude "gold-digger" jokes about women) - **Linguistic confusion** ("That That"—jokes about grammar and stammering) - **Dating behavior** ("Ready," "All Set"—flirtation and romantic pursuit) - **Faculty salary complaints** (implied criticism of professors) The cartoons include illustrations of students in cars and a figure in period clothing. The overall tone is lighthearted mockery of college culture, particularly student pretension, romantic entanglements, and academic absurdity. This appears designed as entertainment for readers familiar with college life.
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