Judge, 1928-05-26 · page 26 of 36
Judge — May 26, 1928 — page 26: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from Judge magazine collects student humor and anecdotes, likely from the late 1920s based on the attributed schools and years ('28, '29, '30, '31). **Top cartoon** depicts surgical students in a humorous operating theater scene, illustrating the section "The Song of the Surgical Students" — a play on the Irving Schneider quote about sawing and lingering maladies. **Middle cartoons** show college romance scenarios: one features a couple with a large moon and blanket, another shows a man with an enormous pencil trying to write a joke with a woman. **Bottom section** contains "Anecdotes of Famous Characters" — brief jokes attributed to students from Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and other universities. The Queen Victoria anecdote appears to be a humorous fictional "faster" (quicker/snappier) comeback than her famous "We are not amused" quote. The humor relies on wordplay, double meanings, and college-life situations typical of 1920s student magazines — relatively mild by modern standards but designed to amuse an educated readership.
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JUDGE bes? ae so —s x CLR VADRSS The Song of the Surgical Students “The Sawing Is Ended, But the Malady Lingers On.” —Inving Scuneier, iGo Yao Ist—I keep thinking that to- morrow is Saturday. Znd—Well, it i Ist—1 know; that's why I keep thinking it is—B. W. Har Woodberry Forest '30 Prof—Give me a sentence with the word APOLLO in i Stude—An Apollo day keeps the doctor —P. Rosexzweics, U. of Cincinnati ’28 ciency Expert Visits H —Manevs A. Messincen, U. of Southern California 30 *31—Well, I guess I'll give the girls a treat tonight. Anecdotes of Famous “Look, I have a pencil.” *30—Oh, so you're not going to Characters “Swell! Let's write a joke.” the Prom? —Rocer D. Wurpvos, —Henry S. Pennxyracken, With all apologies to Big Bill Harvard °29 Princeton 230 Thompson, we feel constrained to snake a fast one over on Queen Victoria. On the same night that the nuptial queen is reported to have exploded her bromide about ii re not amused,” she is also to have stuck around a few minutes longer to disgorge | the following faster one as, feel- ing a little griped about the whole performance, she gently rubbed F repeating “Oh, hum; now Ih ictorian feeling ag: “Is he nonchals “Is he? He waiter at the Ritz —Rocer D. “Moonbeam, kiss her for me.” Harvard ’29 —Grorar T. Eucreston, California ’28 comicbooks.com