Judge, 1927-10-15 · page 37 of 68
Judge — October 15, 1927 — page 37: what you’re looking at
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This page contains early 20th-century American humor with several distinct pieces: **"Campus Fever"** is a parody of John Masefield's poem "Sea Fever," satirizing college students' priorities. The narrator laments wanting easy courses, warm dorms, and jazz-age pleasures (coon coats, saxophones, gin) rather than genuine education—mocking how undergraduates prioritize social life and avoiding failure over actual learning. **The central cartoon** shows a man introducing another couple to his wife, with the caption "Well I'll be a naughty name! cried the surprised husband." The joke appears to involve infidelity or an awkward social encounter. **"Novice Globe Trotter"** is a brief joke about a man asking if a ship will sink; the punchline relies on insulting his wife. **"No Present"** mocks a bank employee who, despite five years' tenure, hasn't advanced to Vice-President—suggesting either incompetence or the slow advancement of corporate hierarchies. These pieces reflect 1920s-era college culture, contemporary anxieties about "modern" youth behavior, and workplace humor typical of Judge's satirical content.
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JUDGE Campus Fever (Sorry, Mr. Masefield) I must go down to the C’s again, to the minus D’s and the To the prosy profs and instrue- tors dull who lecture me almost deaf; And all I ask is an easy course, that there’s no risk flunking, And a room that’s friendly dorm, and a banjo’s plunking. warm in a I must go down to the C’s again, for a B I'll never rate, Because of the lure of the foot- ad, and the call of the And all I ask is 2 coon coat, and cut-down crimson flivver, And a saxophone. and a hip ttask, and gin that blasts the liver. C’s again, to the carefree campus life, To the da and the damned with I must go down to the guests, tent and tea Prexy’s wife; And all I ask is a co-ed fair, in reach of the week-end rover. And a passing mark and a soft job when the long year’s over. —Jonun R. Swain Novice Globe Trotter (buying tickets for crossing on the Levia- than)—You're sure there’s no danger of the ship sinking when my wife and I get aboard? Ticket Agent—I guess you've never seen the Leviathan. Well, you've never seen my wife! WELL I'LL RE A NAUGHTY NAME! CRIED THE SURPRISED HUSBAND An old gent was pulling a fast line on a dame. “When I first came here I was so weak I couldn't speak and I had to be carried around when I wasn’t “Well, in cell, and what cured you?” “Nothing, I was borne here!” cackled tke mean old cookie. “T wish I could meet the fellow who wrote ‘Our Feathered Friends.’” bed,” announced old Frothingham. asked old Miss Gillespie. No Present Blink—What your birthday? Blank—A year older. did you get on This heard in’ the room of the rest First National Bank. “That fel was Said a stenographer: low, Jones, is dumb, isn’t he “Dumb,” replied a friend. “TI should say he is. He has been with this bank for five years and he ain’t a Vice-President yet.” comicbooks.com