Judge, 1929-07-13 · page 25 of 36
Judge — July 13, 1929 — page 25: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects humorous quotes and quips submitted by college students (identified by school and year), a common Judge feature. The cartoons are light social satire rather than political commentary. **Main cartoon (bottom right)**: A woman and child stand at a neighbor's door requesting to borrow beer until "our'n is fit to be drunk"—satirizing Prohibition-era hypocrisy, when alcohol was illegal but widely consumed anyway. The humor relies on the absurdity of the excuse and the matter-of-fact delivery. **Other content**: Student submissions mock: - Drinking culture ("tight-rope walker until he failed. Now he's just tight") - Academic pretension (Phi Beta Kappa students writing "I want a B bad") - Dating etiquette and casual insults The page reflects 1920s-early 1930s college humor and Prohibition-era drinking culture, where the contradiction between legal prohibition and actual consumption provided regular comedic fodder.
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