Judge, 1928-03-31 · page 26 of 36
Judge — March 31, 1928 — page 26: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This Judge magazine page contains college humor from circa 1928-1929, featuring student jokes and satirical cartoons mocking undergraduate life. **Key content:** The main cartoons mock: - **Fraternity life**: A joke about not shaving becoming a habit - **Cow-catcher fantasies**: A student's absurd dream of living on a cow catcher - **The flagpole sitter**: A contemporary fad where daredevils sat atop flagpoles for days; the cartoon jokes that even this champion sitter must wait for his wife like ordinary men - **"Oh, Devil Take It!"**: A satire on an article promoting better vocabulary instead of profanity. A student tries replacing curses with elaborate Victorian language after losing his two-month work project, only to abandon the effort in genuine frustration The humor relies on collegiate anxieties (grades, dating, social status) and references faddish behavior of the era (flagpole sitting). The Jekyll/Hyde reference plays on the student's "hidden" frustrated self emerging beneath polished speech.
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