Judge, 1932-12 · page 8 of 38
Judge — December 1932 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two distinct satirical pieces about college life: **Top cartoon ("Judge"):** Depicts a chaotic scene of students in a vehicle labeled "KINETIC," with the caption "Well—in th' future watch what you're pickin' up!" The satire appears to mock reckless student behavior and poor judgment. **"College Characters" section:** A character sketch of "The Smith Sophomore"—a female college student who enjoys drinking, tells crude stories, reads modernist literature (Faulkner), and engages in casual socializing. The satire mocks pretentious intellectual affectation mixed with crude behavior. References to Leslie Howard (actor) and "the New Republic" ground this in 1920s-30s college culture. **"Simile" section:** A brief humorous comparison about an apartment janitor, using the metaphor of "lettuce in a sandwich shoppe." The overall tone satirizes youthful excess and affected sophistication among college students of the era.
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College Characters THE SMITH SOPHOMORE Sr groans audibly at every pun, and repeatedly says that the only punster she ever could stand was Shakespeare. She smiles knowingly at any mention of Amherst and confides that Amherst boys are nice but really awful kids. She boasts that she can hold her liquor well but that she can’t stand the taste of gin. She tells a dirty story at the drop of a handker- chief but in a manner implying that she really doesn’t know what it’s all about. She is a devout follower of Mrs, Parker and Aldous Huxley, thinks William Faulkner’s novels are “superb.” She gets innumerable letters bearing postmarks of college towns, all of which she faithfully answers and reads to her room-mate. She wasn’t old enough to vote of course, but if she had been her vote would have gone to Norman Thomas. She tells interminable stories about week-ends in New Haven, Cambridge and Hanover. Her favorite movie actor is Leslie Howard and her contempt for Rudy Vallee is indescribable. She is crazy about football but a little hazy as to what a down is, She thinks it is a great mistake for college girls to get “serious” about love affairs. She is immensely thrilled by talking to drunks, riding in a horse drawn hack, eating in a lunch wagon, and by meeting a man who has had a poem accepted by the New Republic. —ARTHUR SILVERBLATT “Well—in th’ future watch what you’re pickin’ up!” Simile Got into more things than a head of lettuce in a sandwich shoppe. As a rule we're not superstitious, but among the signs pointing to a : long, hard winter we notice that ou ‘ ope eee nant house is to have the pated “I may be sentimental, but I can’t help thinking of the old janitor. old-fashioned Christmas, with food and things like that!” comicbooks.com