Judge, 1926-01-02 · page 22 of 36
Judge — January 2, 1926 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a humor anthology page from Judge, featuring jokes and comic strips from various college and satirical magazines of the era. The content reflects early 20th-century collegiate and social humor: **Key themes:** - **College life satire**: Jokes about lazy students ("roll into a lot of dough after a four year loaf"), university social hierarchies, and fraternity pledging - **Dating/romance humor**: Double-entendres about courtship and infidelity ("I just saw you kissing your wife") - **Automobile humor**: Puns on car brands (Ford, Buick, Cadillac, Stutz) — cars were still novel enough to be comedy fodder - **World War I references**: A D.S.C. (Distinguished Service Cross) medal joke; the cook-shooting anecdote reflects trench-war dark humor - **Physical comedy**: A central panel cartoon showing slapstick mishaps The humor is largely innocent by modern standards—wordplay, puns, and situations that would appeal to college-educated readers. The attributed college publications (Northwestern Purple Parrot, Brown Jug, etc.) suggest these were reprinted from student magazines.
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