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This is a satirical column mocking elite collegiate culture and snobbery among Ivy League students. The "Judgette" narrator responds defensively to criticisms from Yale, Harvard, Columbia, and Dartmouth students who object to his writing in *Judge* magazine. The satire targets: - **College pretension**: Students boasting about their schools' superiority while dismissing the author's humor - **Class affectation**: References to exclusive prep schools (Choate, Taft) and cocktail culture ("Here's How") - **Collegiate tribalism**: The absurd notion that which college you attend determines your worth - **Hypocrisy**: The author admits going "under the table" at parties while his critics lecture him about propriety The lower cartoon shows a figure juggling books amid clouds—likely satirizing the pompous intellectualism these college students display. The column's message is fundamentally democratic: stop taking your school's prestige seriously and "be yourself" rather than a "Harvard gadget." It's social commentary attacking upper-class pretension disguised as casual banter.

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