Judge, 1929-02-09 · page 25 of 36
Judge — February 9, 1929 — page 25: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This 1929 page from Judge contains college humor jokes and cartoons reflecting Jazz Age anxieties. "The Call of the Wild" poem satirizes young men tired of modest living (flivvers, yellow slickers) yearning for urban sophistication—Mercedes cars, chorus girls, and saxophones on Park Avenue. It mocks the tension between campus life and Jazz Age materialism. Other jokes target college experiences: hazing ("didn't count on the sophomores"), athletic injuries ("over-trained Cholly"), and academic performance (the dropped football player returning to class). The photography complaint and milk jokes represent generic college humor. References to "Happiness Boys" and "Charley Horse" songs indicate contemporary radio entertainment the readership would recognize. Overall, the page captures early-1930s college culture's aspirations toward urban glamour and modern consumption, while gently mocking student pretensions and misadventures.
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JUDGE Co-rp—Mercy, I must have over-trained Cholly! 1 he goes, tackling another player around the neck, ye STRINER. U. of Texas "29 The Call of the Wild » South's brunette I want to dat In a Vills lisplay. follies girl baret. I'm sick of driving flivvers Through mud and. yellow I want to steer a foreign car Mong Park Avenue. £00. I'm tired of yellow slickers And mashed-up, old feli hats. I long to sport a derby, A yellow cane and spats. Yes, I want to drive a Mercedes With a chorine ‘To some whoopie destination Where the saxophones preside. Jack Anrtew, Duke Univ. 30 my side, “Poor Mr. Jones! The bandits ned him on his own domain.” , another case of domain poisor W.O. McDaniet, Virginia *31 Customer—1 don’t like these pictures. They don't do me jus- tice. what you want is merey -Raovt Brewe Yah ‘Tune in on the Happiness Boys nd hear this one sung: Happy—Dja bear the new “Charley Horse” song? next wee Sappy—Nope. How goes it? Happy—-Kink for a Day, —Invine Seuxemen, Lapy Verne pe Vere—And, my dear, they simply wouldn't let me pass until T told them who I was! Miss) Hirre.sirimen—dAnd ho did you tell them you Rowiaxn Lyo The McSnooze family iron- ing out a little difficulty. —Frev Koc U. of Cincinnati ‘29 The father who sent his sen to college to paddle his own canoe, didn’t count on the sophomores. —Hl. Lowe Rutgers 31 First Scotchman—Let's go out and get tight, Second Spendthrift—What are you trying to do, kid ime —R. L. Dart Penn State’: Said the waiter to the student who had just’ been given” his fourth ss of milk, “You must be fond of milk.” Replicd the student to above waiter, “Yes, or I wouldn't. be drinking so much water to get a little.” —Lrvon Srnox, M1. T. '29 “It looks as if Bill was dropped from the team. There he is in class again.” —Manim Girtix, C. C. N.Y. '29 comicbooks.com |