Judge, 1931-09-19 · page 6 of 36
Judge — September 19, 1931 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Cartoon Analysis: Judge Magazine, 1931 The top cartoon satirizes college admissions standards. A stern authority figure (likely a college dean) calls a young man a "tycoon," mocking him for apparently gaining admission through wealth or connections rather than merit. The caption references "Time, September 3rd, 1934," suggesting a contemporary scandal about preferential college admissions. The bottom cartoon depicts a teacher's pet scenario in 1931—a student offers a bottle (likely alcohol, given Prohibition-era context) to an authority figure at a desk, while other students watch from below. This satirizes corruption and favoritism in education, showing how students attempt to gain advantage through bribery rather than academic performance. Both cartoons critique institutional integrity during the Depression era.
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JUDGE “Beg pardon, sir, Time, September drd, 1931, calls you a tycoon, sir Teacher's Pet, News from the Colleges Beatxsixe this year no one is to be adini to Dartmouth Col without at least two years of Latin and four years of ice-skating. The annual graduates’ reunion at Holy Cross will not be held this year until the ending of the big league baseball season, The University of Maine has de creed that students who throw vege tables at Freshmen who hum the col lege song will be expelled for six weeks. The athletic department of Yale University has purchased a sedan for Captain Booth to ride to football prac- t n. Night club proprietors in New York are being supplied with of all Columbia underg order that they will) he in kicking them out. A new Get T her Club has been formed at Harvard. The object is to encourage friendly relations between the students. The club expects to have all the members of the football team speaking to each other before the end of the The girls of Smith College will meet carly next month to choose the heroine of this year's kidnapi ARTHUR SILVERBLATT ap-shots duates in no trouble | comicbooks.com