Judge, 1928-06-16 · page 24 of 36
Judge — June 16, 1928 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a college humor page from Judge magazine, circa 1928-1931, collecting witty observations and jokes submitted by students from various universities (Columbia, Yale, Harvard, Williams, etc.). The content satirizes **college life and youth culture**: academic authority (the intimidating Dean), romantic mishaps, stupid misunderstandings, and the gap between youthful pretense and reality. The cartoons illustrate representative jokes—one shows a dinner party scene, another depicts a car accident with cartoon characters. The humor is largely **self-deprecating collegiate humor**: students admitting their incompetence with tasks (the plumber going to the wrong address), romantic confusion (counting how many girls claimed to be "the first"), and anxiety about authority figures. The "Soliloquy on a Sudden Graduation" depicts a student terrified by the Dean's stern lecture. The overall tone reflects **1920s-30s upper-class college culture**—these are university students publishing in a national satirical magazine, finding humor in their own social world rather than broader political issues.
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Three Bags Full Ep Rvay, U. of Kansas, ’30 Soliloquy on a Sudden Graduation I'm feeling low and weak and mean—I've just been in to see the Dean. 1 went with sweetly smiling lips, to pass away with jest and quips, his dull and dean- like admonition: “Spring's not a time for erudition,” I planned to nd “Dean, look here, do you German best—or beer.” The things he answered made me wince—I haven't even chuckl d since. He looked me up and looked me down and frowned a dirty Deany frown, and said, “my boy” In accents grim, “what's this I hear of you and gym?" He talked and talked without retort; The things he said I can’t report, You'll never know, I'll never tell, except—God knows I went through hell! Yes, God alone knows what IT mean, and even God's seared of the Dean! —Dan Norton U. of California '30 Director, scenery 1s hero bumps into 1 knocks over the col- Superb! We'll change —Rocer D. Wirvon, Harvard °29 the plot and make you Samson!" “Your baby is three n't Ty more. “Know ye the Nero song “Nero my God to Thee?” yi ppe. My friend Joe is the pr owner of a bouncing colleg love song of the Russian ci love you. —Gronce A. Mackie, Trinity, Once there wa brought all his te to the wrong address. tapracit—Sure, Be Cossac' ‘oud iate it Mar- flivver. He got it through a foot- :p, Trinity ’31 ball bet. He lost the bet. —Lazan Grasten, years old C.C.NY.,°29 walks ‘any Ansarom—Do you know the "31 a plumber who but he went —J. Srrep Rew, Williams, "28 Dora ain't so dumb, but she still believes that “bumper crop” has something to do with trathe {and pedestrians. ! » —Nicnoras Mameca, ca Ohio State U., "31 He- think- ‘re the fifteenth man who ing of? has told me that I was the first Sup y girl he ever kissed. He—There you go, egu—al- “That's all You're the ways ego. Maxim: Grttty, “Tt must be Hodg . He never could lie with a straight face. sixteenth girl I've said that te —Jousx C. Dante, 129 Columbia, i "30 —Dantayaan, Williams, comicbooks.com