Judge, 1925-01-24 · page 24 of 36
Judge — January 24, 1925 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a humor page collecting short jokes and quips from college newspapers and humor magazines, typical of Judge's "The Cheer" column format. **Key content:** The jokes target college students and young people through romantic misunderstandings, wordplay, and campus life scenarios. Examples include: - A co-ed identifying herself by a vaccination mark (poking fun at women's limited identifying documents) - A couple sitting on dance steps rather than dancing (innuendo about petting/necking) - Isaac's malapropism about "pents" and suspenders (ethnic/class humor, possibly Jewish given the name) - Mock comparisons of movie adaptations to source material ("Hunchback of Notre Dame wasn't like the book") **Social context:** These reflect 1920s-era college culture, courtship customs, Prohibition-era references, and casual sexism. The repeated "neckin'" reference points to period anxieties about youth morality. Most jokes originate from university humor publications—Yale, Notre Dame, Washington, etc.—creating an in-group collegiate audience. The humor is mildly risqué but ultimately genteel by modern standards.
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“Marriage is a wonderful institu- tion.” “Yes, indeed, no family should be without it.” —Yate Recorp Heard at the Hops Slap—Who is that keen calic over there? Slip—Je ne sais pas. “Well, take us over and introduce ustoJenny. —Virginia Sniper Fal Prof.—And now that I’ve proven the infinite age of the earth, are there any questions to be asked? Stude—Yeah. What time is it? —Washington Dirge Pas Bank Cashier—Have you any way of identifying yourself? Co-Ed—I have a vaccination mark on my left leg. —Washington Cougar’s Paw Cael “T can’t understand why you stayed outside so long with such a wonderful dancer as Ralph.” “But he showed me some new steps and we sat on them.” —De Pauw Yellow Crab —$———————— * April Fool! This is only a picture of a young man going home with the groceries. —S. Caurrornia Wamrvs —Z Bedtime Story-teller—. . . and poor little Katherine Cat lost her whiskers. And what do you think she did? Future Cow Editor—I_ know! She used her paw’s. —Williams Purple Cow Deal Mother—Mabel, you stood out on the porch quite a while last night. Mabel—Why, mother, I only stood there for a second. “But I am sure I heard the third and fourth.” —Missouri Outlaw Epwarp—I'm sure Moses must have been a college boy. Co-Epwina—Why? “Why the Bible says he rent his garments.” —Norre Dame JuccLer AAD The chairs in the bobber shop were full—*‘Ten minds with but a shingle thought.” —Notre Dame Juggler das “Did you say she danced like a zephyr?” “Zephyr, hell—like a heifer.” —Alabama Rammer Jammer pas Ode on a wild night—$82.50. —Alabama Rammer Jammer Famous Sayings “T don’t know where I'm going but I'm on my way.”—Columbus. “Keep the home fires burning.” — Nero. “The first hundred years are the hardest.”—ethuselah. —Navy Log sae Her mother called, The clock struck three, The milkman came, But still sat he A-neckin’, The roof fell in, Two planets met, The dead wake up, But he’s there yet, I reckon. —Penn Punch Boul as “Pray let me kiss your hand,” said he, With looks of burning love. “I can remove my veil,” said she, “Much easier than my glove.” —Brown Bull PAD Teacher—Give a sentence illus- trating the use of the word “pencil.” Isaac—If I don’t vear suspenders my pents’ll come off. —Virginia Sniper Pec—The Hunchback of Notre Dame wasn't at all like the book. Hen—That’s nothing! - Humor- esque wasn't a bit like the music. —Pirt PanTHER comicbooks.com