Judge, 1925-01-17 · page 22 of 36
Judge — January 17, 1925 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a humor anthology page from Judge magazine featuring college newspaper jokes and quips, primarily sourced from university publications (Michigan, Amherst, Columbia, etc.). The jokes reflect early 20th-century campus life: a "fizzician" pun, Pullman porter racial humor (common in the era), relationship complaints, smoking references, and courtship mishaps. The military science exchange satirizes officers as unprepared. A recurring joke involves rejecting a woman's proposal—inverting traditional gender roles for comedic shock value. The cartoons supplement these written jokes with visual gags about cigars and football. The recurring "Amherst Lord Jeff" attribution suggests these quips came from Amherst College's humor column. Most humor relies on wordplay, romantic rejection, and situational comedy. The material reflects college student sensibilities of that period, though some racial and gender dynamics reflect attitudes modern readers would find dated or offensive.
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re you a physician?” “No, just a fizzician.” —Micican Garcoyie He Could Use It Trareler—Did you find a roll con- taining $50 under my pillow? Pullman Porter—Yas, sul, thank you, suh, = —Bucknell Belle-Hop Poe “He doesn’t love me any mor The dear girl cried in great “He doesn’t love me any m Because, you see, he broke his arm,” —DePauw Yellow Crab sae Mac—V'm smoking a terrible lot of cigars lately! Jack—You certainly are, if that's one of them! = —Columbia Jester “Do you know the difference between a pig skin and a skinned pig?” “y “Well—wouldn’t you make a hell of a football player!” —Cauirorsia Pevican yy aunty.” Amherst Lord Jef as Randall—Why is it that you are not eating candy any more? Rachel—Oh, TL kinda got out of the habit si ing with you. —S. California Wampus See Some men marry for money and others are mer less. Missouri Outlaw “Where did you do most of your skating when learning?” “TL think you're horrid!” —Oino State Sux Dian Gone But Not Forgiven Tonce had a bottle of rve Most expensive that me Duy: T hired a feller To sweep the Tonce had a bottle of rye. —Penn Bunch Bowl “When T was in China I woman hanging from a tree.” “Shanghai?” “Oh, about six fect.” —Ambherst Lord Jeff Student in Military Science Class— Captain, [have neither peneil nor paper. Captain—What would vou think of a soldier who went to battle without | ammunition? “TL would think he was an officer, Denison Flamingo sent ring . yer girl throw We got married.” —Williams Purple Cow } “That lini isn’t any good at all.” Vell, you don't have to rub it in.” —Washington Dirge ; Dotr—Is it true that you proposed to Alice and were rejected? Tep—Not exactly rejected. She said that when she felt like making a Sool of herself ske'd let me know. | Pexs Puxcu Bown comicbooks.com