Judge, 1924-01-12 · page 21 of 36
Judge — January 12, 1924 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects humor from various college publications (Yale Record, Pennsylvania Punch Bowl, Pitt Panther, etc.), featuring light satirical jokes typical of 1920s campus wit. **Key content:** The cartoons and jokes mock college life and dating customs. One cartoon shows a man asking a woman if she speaks Swiss—a nonsensical pickup line playing on the absurdity of flirtation. Another depicts an elderly woman lecturing a young man, suggesting generational friction. **Social references:** - "Grippe" (flu) jokes reflect post-WWI concerns - "Pin money" references outdated female dating customs - Biblical puns (Moses and bulrushes) show period wordplay - References to "the Lion of Lucerne" (likely a zoo attraction) and period slang **The satire's point:** These are gentle ribbs of college romance, gender roles, and generational attitudes. The humor relies on campus-specific references and collegiate audiences recognizing their own social dynamics reflected back at them.
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She—I’ve just recovered from the grippe. He—Whose?—Yale Record. So beautiful she seemed to me, I wished that we might wed, Her neck a pillar of ivory But alas! So was her ‘head. -ennsylvania Punch Boul. History College 1 see that Moses was a toreador. Wharton—How do you figure? College—Well, wasn’t he in the bulrushes?—Pennsyl- vania Punch Boul. He (to fair stranger)—Pardon me, miss, but do you speak Swiss? She—No, indeed. Why? “Neither do I. Let’s get ac- quainted. That’s one thing we already have in common!”—Penn- sylvania Punch Bowl. se ‘ X—This certainly is a lazy country. She—Anyhow, girls don’t ask Y—I should say it is. I for pin money like they used to. ¢ He—You're right, they've noth- ing to pin any more.—Pitt Panther. just saw a dog chasing a squirrel and they were both walking! —West Virginia Moonshine. Passion Fruit Tes wave in the wind, Beckoning to me, R ed souls. » some unshriven church- ard thing, My entelechy, my elan vital, i parning, The Maniac. oy Would You? *y Like to be a could-be If I could not be an are For a could-be is 2 : CRUTRELD With a chance of touching par. : I'd rather be a has-been Fresh—What do you think of a Than a might-have-been by fellow that goes horseback riding far, | at midnight and rides all night? , . ‘ack Ruth—Did you see the “Lion of Hl Profi #uculd tisk he’ wak For a might-have-been has Larecne”? crazy! Who did that? never been, Mary—My, no! I'm so sorry— “Paul Revere.”—Carolina Boll But a has-been was an 4 I didn’t even know there was a zoo | Weevil. Cornell Widow. there!—Virginia Reel. j 19 i bh