Judge, 1922-05-06 · page 22 of 36
Judge — May 6, 1922 — page 22: what you’re looking at
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This page from Judge magazine (appears to be early 1920s based on dates cited) collects humorous college-themed content reflecting post-WWI attitudes among American university students. **Main Cartoon ("The Waisted Generation"):** Shows a flapper-era couple—a woman in a short dress with bobbed hair and a man in formal wear. The title references F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1926 novel and satirizes the younger generation's perceived moral laxity and changing social norms around dating and fashion. **Supporting Content:** Multiple short humor pieces mock college life: - "Why I Hate the Language" critiques English grammar's illogical rules - Various student "preferences" describe dating choices based on material advantage (cars, imported cooks, family wealth) rather than character—satirizing materialistic values - "The College Man" contrasts romanticized versus realistic depictions **Context:** The satire targets 1920s youth culture—flappers, jazz age attitudes, simplified morality, and commercial materialism. The frequent references to drinking ("drives some men to drink") allude to Prohibition-era defiance. Overall, the page expresses older generations' anxiety about post-war social changes among college students.
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a Drawn by ELmer G. WELUIN, Michigan "24. “The Waisted WHY I HATE THE LANGUAGE BECAU SE Harold Bell Wright u it Because it is as musical as a steel mill, as beautiful as a canning factory Because it furnishes another field which to plead for purity Because it drives some men to drink and others to simplified spelling Because it gives an opnortunity of r ferring to the War as “the late unplea antness.” Because, no matter how long I live, I shall never cease to make mistakes with it. om Carskadon, Stanford '22. Curiosity She—Would you marry me for money He—No. How much have you got? William C. McHenry Wesleyan (Middletown) Eh WELLIN« Generation.” PROVERBS [F vou will play with fire, do it with a hose. Not to let one hand know what the other does is good Christianity but poor bridge. What is worth getting is worth trying for unless you can get it otherwise. Two heads are better than one, especially f they are on dollars. Jordan Owenby. Stanford. PREFERENCES LIKE Marcel, even though she is inne- cent and demure. She doesn’t pet and she dances decently, but I still like her. Her dad was awfully white to me once when I was tired. I like Helen. She prefers to dance all the time, but she has a nice car, and their ccok is imported from France. She doesn’t go so big with the college crowd, but then they’ve never fed there. Llike Ruth. She shoots a heavy line and then be caught. Variety is the spice of life—so I like Ruth. I ‘like Betty. She knows her lines best of all. Her dad is stingy, she hasn't a car, and I've never dined with her, ex- cept, of course, at the Biltmore, but there is something about Betty when she looks up and Drawn by ALrre M. RocHEster, College of Dental and Oral Surgery °22. THE COLLEGE MAN As he is often depicted. And as he really is. says, “Please that’s worth wi Ne I like Betty best. William B. Belden, MY FLAPPER FRIENDS By Joseph C. Ryan, Notre Dame, Ind. R. girl, Betty Mack, Her hair was red, But now it’s black. A sneer great, azie Doone, seems, jost the tune. A dinguit skilled, Isie Day, Foe “past ays “pas: Drawn by CHartes H. Woure, A peppy la Ohio Wesleyan Is Minnie Ware, University ‘23. She's always playing Herewesee a Solitair cast - iron suit SAD BUT TRUE That kept some dude I 2 aed to be from get- ting hurt. And while they call I came to it a coat coll e, the of mail thing I've We think done, it’s just has been an old him. knight Geo. S. Hulse shirt. Boston U. *. A Paradox “Can your daughter play the piano?” “No, but she do Viewpoint The Cynic said, “Ah, me, A marriage is sympathetic; A woman grabs a simp, And makes his life pathetic.” L. Thurston Pendleton, Amherst Drawn by J. A. HARTPFLL, Cornell "2 Hunch by C. A. YEATMAN, Cornell” “A Telling Blow.’