Judge, 1929-03-30 · page 34 of 36
Judge — March 30, 1929 — page 34: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects college-themed jokes and humorous quotes from students at American universities (circa 1929-1932), reflecting 1920s campus life and attitudes. The jokes reveal period concerns: parental strictness ("tied to his mammoth apron strings"), academic mediocrity ("Cedric is a dumb cluck"), disciplinary cuts and injuries, and gender dynamics ("didn't make the team...my girl did"—mocking male athletic failure). The large cartoon depicts idle leisure—a woman on a couch while another spins thread, with a ship's wheel visible—illustrating domestic entertainment before modern technology. The humor is genteel and relatively tame: wordplay on "sallies," observations about parental disappointment, and gentle ribbing of fraternity life. The bylines suggest these were student submissions, making the page a record of how college students found humor in their own experiences during the Jazz Age.
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