Judge, 1924-12-06 · page 22 of 36
Judge — December 6, 1924 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a collection of brief jokes and comic sketches from college humor magazines (Penn State Froth, Columbia Jester, Rutgers Chanticleer, etc.), typical of early 20th-century American college publications. The humor targets include: - **Vanity and appearance** (opening joke about hair) - **Logic puzzles** ("See the man" football joke playing on double meanings of "catch") - **Courtship and gender dynamics** (the "polite boy" racing a lady for a trolley seat) - **Financial anxiety** (debt jokes) - **Dating etiquette** ("sleighing party," "alone in balcony") - **Racial humor** (the final large illustration and dialogue featuring African American dialect, referencing the Ku Klux Klan—presenting the KKK member as foolish) The style reflects college-humor conventions: absurdist wordplay, mild social satire, and casual inclusion of period racial stereotypes that would be considered offensive today. The overall tone is lighthearted pranking rather than serious commentary.
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Howpy—If I do say it myself, I think I've @ pretty good head on my shoulders. Dew—It's not really beautiful. It's the way I do my hair. —Bucknet Bette Hor Rey “Mother, do my dear. Didn't you hear ats go to heavy the minister say that animals didn’t have souls? “Well, where do th strings for the harps ther —Bucknell Belle Hop get the tae See the man. The man is play-ing foot-ball. The quar-ter-back throws the ball. Does the man catch the ball? No, the man does not catch the ball. What will the man ca The man will catch Hell. —Columbia Jester Prey “Bill is sure the polite boy, isn’t he “Is he?” “Sure. If he sees an empty seat on the trolley, he always points it out to a lady and then races her for it.” —Dartmouth Jack: 0 Lantern ttt “Why so gloomy?” “T can’t get out of debt.” “That's nothing; I can't even get in. —Columbia Jester Conductor—Did I ¢ Passenger—1 suppos spector ‘was looking the other way. Penn State Froth sao Salesman—This car has a wonder- ful pick-up. Dignified — Banker—Neither my family nor myself are interested in that sort of thing. —California Pelican eeey Dumb Dora (reading sign over ticket office) —Ol tire balcony John, it says, Let's get it, so we'll be all alone. —De Panw Yellow Crab eeey “Want to go ona sleighing party?” “Sure. Who're we going t —Rutgers Chanticleer p) . . Be, ri an Brenda dn, Het ee Nail “han eal. \ fmt f, GEOU HELLER “Laws, Mose, why you s'pose them flie “Them ain't flies. Them’s buckshot.” Necro Parsox—Bredren, dem Ku Kluxers think dey'se somefin’, but dey ain't nothin’, naw, dey ain't nuffin’ Ku Kiexer (entering in uni- form)—IWhat’s that? And dey ain't nothin’ like *em, bredren—nuffi lile Cem in dis world.” —Vireinta Ree. He—1 bet the Swiss are trick dancers. Ha—They ought to be, you hear so much about their movement. —Penn State Froth | follows us so close?” Cotumbra Jester comicbooks.com