Judge, 1925-09-05 · page 19 of 36
Judge — September 5, 1925 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Judge* magazine is a collection of humorous one-liners and jokes sourced from college newspapers across America. The "Hall of Fame" nominations mock everyday situations with gentle satire. The jokes target college life: a landlady describing student tenants as "bums, loafers, dead beats"; a teacher frustrated when a student gives a pedantic zoological definition instead of a simple sentence; a confused new father asking a nurse if he's a "father or a mother" (likely a gender-role joke). The central cartoon shows a ticket agent refusing to make change, captioned with a traveler's complaint—likely satirizing penny-pinching service workers or travel frustrations. Other jokes reference social expectations (kissing obligations), golf, real estate schemes, and Post College's reputation for graduating many students. The humor is mild, collegiate, and reflects 1920s-era campus culture without targeting specific political figures or events.
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AGCA Teacner—Johnny, use the word “butterfly” in a sentence. Jounny—The butterfly is an animal of the Phylum Arthropoda, class In- secta, family Lepidoptera. —Princeton Ticker PIs Applicant for Room—What are your terms for students? Landlady (in college town)—Bums, loafers, dead beats and wonderful promisers. | —Colby White Mule Sas He — How do you keep your youth? She —I don’t let him near the freshman women. —Stanford Chapparral ead Tke—My stock is slipping. Mike — Vell! For vy don't you wear garters? —California Pelican PDD Young Hus- band to Nurse— Quick, am I-a father or a mother? —Pitt Panther We Nominate for the Hall of Fame The man who leaves his neck dirty so that his last shirt looks clean. —Lehigh Burr sas Our girl asked us where Post College is, for as she says, “It has so many graduates.” —Hamilton Royal Gaboon InTELLEcTuAL Reapinc — Some- thing big, vital, onrushing is about to enter your Li “Silly Awss!” —Boston Branrot Voraceur—Ticket to Chefoo. Acrent—Change at Pekin. “No, damn it, I want my change now.” oot CHEER LEADERS Cav; ay —Brown Jus. v “And how is your golf game, Bost- wick?” “Increasing bad, Newvilcher, I'm going from bunk to bunker.” —Cimcaco Pua@nix sas Real Estate Agent—I don’t see why you hesitate. This tobacco planta- tion is a bargain at any price. Budding Financier—I was just de- ciding whether I would grow cigars or cigarettes. —Hamilton Royal Gaboon sas Kissing a girl just because she expects you to is like scratching a place that doesn’t itch. —Illinois Siren Konkokt a Klause Kon- taining Cheese. Cheese a good girl. —TIowa Green Gander. sas A thing of beauty keeps you broke forever. ~ —Vanderbilt Masquerader comicbooks:com ———__l