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Judge — April 30, 1921 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects humorous snippets from college and university publications (Ohio Wesleyan Mirror, Yale Record, Wisconsin Octopus, etc.), typical of Judge's regular feature showcasing student wit. **Key satirical themes:** - **Prohibition-era humor**: "A Modern Banquet" mocks 1920s bootleg alcohol by listing poison ingredients (wood alcohol, cyanide, lead sugar)—reflecting real dangers of illegal liquor during Prohibition. - **Academic absurdities**: "Saved by the Gong" equates boxing with enduring a dull philosophy lecture, suggesting student desperation to survive tedious classes. - **Dating/romance comedy**: Multiple jokes about courtship rituals, broken engagements, and gender differences in romantic behavior—standard collegiate preoccupations. - **Co-ed behavior**: References to young women "rolling down socks" and cutting hair signal changing post-WWI social freedoms that conservative readers found scandalous. The overall tone: affectionate mockery of college life's predictable anxieties—academic survival, romantic entanglement, and youthful irresponsibility.
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