Judge, 1928-12-22 · page 26 of 36
Judge — December 22, 1928 — page 26: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects student humor and jokes from American universities circa 1929-1930. The content reflects college-era comedy of the era: **Main Elements:** - A detailed anatomical diagram labeled "Browning's Complete Works" showing a student figure annotated with slang terms and college references - Numerous brief jokes and witticisms submitted by undergraduates from Yale, Columbia, Michigan, and other schools - A satirical narrative about "Oswald Musselbound" being celebrated as "the first man to strip down one of the new Fords"—mocking both celebrity worship and fascination with automobiles **Key Satire:** The humor targets college life (avoiding the Dean, unwanted gifts like neckties), medical absurdism (the surgeon forgetting a sponge in a humorist), and contemporary social trends (pre-Prohibition bootleg liquor, ticker-tape parades). The "Ford" reference reflects 1920s automotive culture and mass production enthusiasm. The page represents typical collegiate humor publication content—irreverent, punny, and focused on student life rather than political commentary.
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Browning's Complete Works. | —Gro, Licutenstein, | U. of Michigan *29 i} } Hi—What is it that has four i} legs and stands in a barn, and can i} see equally well with both ends? | Ball—A blind horse. | —Hower Wittiams, Denison "29 | Things I Do Not Want i} This Christmas } A purple necktie. i A silk shirt. | Roller skate Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf of Wi Books. i A steam roller. A job. | j A request to appear before the | Board of Deans. | —Banry Manoxey | Catholic U, “IT hear poor Tom was stran- gled to death.” “Yeah, he cut his throat while shaving and his room-mate made a tourniquet.” —Everett Freeman, | Columbia '30 Oversight “Open him up again surgeon to his assistant turned hurriedly to the operatin room. “I just found out this fel- low is a humorist and I forgot to leave a sponge inside.” —Raove Briumerra, Yale A house party is a place where a fellow takes a girl and then comes home cither engaged to her or off her for lif —Coun Hersury, U. of Colorado '29 Joe—He's a two letter man. College—That right? Joe—Yeh, let ‘er neck or let ‘er walk. —J.R. McRevnops Banks, Columbia ‘31 “Well, do you think it will rain, Arbuthnot?” “It all depends on the weather.” Gene Towner, U. of California ’30 You'd mak “Singing Foo! a great hit in the f you could sing. —Ricuarp A. Harte, Lafayette "30 Then there was the doubting Thomas, who bought some rei pre-war booze poisoning. died of sceptic R. D. Witepox, Harvard °29 Tons of torn ticker tape and telephone directories littered the pavement. Much more flurried furiously about the one man in whom the whole city was inter- ested. Bands blared, motor cops rushed hither and thither clear- ing the way for the procession in his honor. The City Hall was decked for the welcome of the hero. Fair ladies fainted, brave men were killed the rush. Above it all sat the man himself, smiling, bowing, idolized. Who he? None other than Os- wnalted—cehat-d’ya'aay? wald Musselbound, the first man Crvstar—l’m all shook up, to strip down one of the new too. — Warten Conratu, Fords! U. of Pittsburgh '29 Rov—I feel like a chocolate —Ep Heterr, Mississippi College ’29 comicbooks.com