New-York tribune., 1906-12-23
COLLEGE JOKESlIITHS.
Many of Them Turn Their Gift to
Good account.

The good fellowship, the genial pleasantly. the
healthy ioity Of college fraternity life have had
an appreciabe influence upon modern American
humor Student wit has had its effect upon the
national wit Many Of the leading comic periodicals
OF the country to-day have been evolved out Of
the comic journals OF the campus, which, in turn
have grown out OF the college ANIMALS edited by
the fraternities-
Until about a quarter OF a century ago the most
popular funny papers IN the club. the hotel lobby
or on the train were those which caricatured life
in an extravagant way. Their tendency, all too
often was toward grOssuess. Their jokes were
of much the same type as those heard on Lns - our
esque stage But the periodicals OF this charaeteE
have lost their old time supremacy Their neld
The followers OF this school are be found on the
STATS of the younger publications, ana many OF
them are from universities, where they were edi-
tors Of college comics, whose Wit is saner' Cleaner
kindlier more buoyant- ,, -, A..
stage IN the growth OF college huHor, were esIao-
raaso1 is not Far TO seek The fraterntes had been
organized TO provide a fuller social hte foT tne
student. AS this social life was developed its
Jova side found expression IN hqqFc % RRa2s RRa2s5
gF3nre. the tunior was compared to half matured
colt all legs and neck, and the senior was repre-
sented with balloon shaped head. inflated to its
fullest with academic wisdom
that there was not enough OF them They were NOT
published frequently enough In me oisser uni
essarv support could be obtained monthly and even
weekly periodicals. OF much the same character as
ward Iampoon' is the oldest OF the college comics
that have survived Others among the leaders
in this class Of journalism are The Yale Record
I,l9 35 J,-;75' .-ba SDhinv 0S the lint
versity OF Wisconsin; The Lehigh Burr" The
C,Lanarrai" of stanford University; The AIichi-
gan clarion and The Punch Bowl OF the Unit
Versitv OF Pennsylvania
best In them IT is snapper than in the ANIMALS.
because it is uewsier In them the s4trist Is able
ARE So ueis 6 rn3IRs fire on the subject Of football
rafo beginning or the movement, ana
week after week and month after month they kept
shooting at this target, no matter at what angle
when president Nicholas NJ. Butler Of Columbia
4i6n T lester published series Of articles in
which II discussed the situation as II II had hap
R!S-iSs' !sThe jester Ie ter said said '''-
And To- there arose in the IsrI Of KIurnba leader OF
Of tue Land and he called council q yae people
q the land v & sf fs ' 81 " ,b s ,haSa6s r' q, SF Nc
arc even they that we're wont To do raught keep
their noses % papynls And behold. there
neither did they move And Niehoas stood before
the people aud s2ote - uly psoIie . crIel tae kisS
Er'S % { 2 Tad not sent form an eIicl against hi
h1c "a = Ift-ra while v-5Ild tra and ~ EiU1lbis
have been without iahaoi'aGs and stand asainzt the
s5re s5rtDf sjo6psd s;t G5 i's the Rough Game
whenever The Princeton Tiger spoke on foot
ball reform 1t always took occasion TO poke fun at
the alleged prudishness OF Harvard This is what
ii said in an EDITORIAL
Waen such man as President Eliot. with his hrm
grasp OF what is SONG on aI"aad hln N the college
v-4~rE
~ hi Ana when the lily-handed % Harvard con
able 10 continue the without
brutalizinE themselves endansering their persons
certainly the rest OF the
can universities 10 stick TO the sport
In a cartoon The Yale Record" made kindly
sport of Columbia, by picturing the university
which had abolished football a little girl stand
tne before great chimney place and watching her
srScIliug or which pinned this note
Dear santa: Please bring milk bottle and II you
think ii too rough, game OF tiddle-1swinks.
Most college comics take Il upon themselves 20
aid in the enforcement or class discipline. Here
is illustration.
Rumors have reached the sanctlm OF The sphinx
that one fippant. have bs-u Oh
served smoking pipes While make 10 say "a
We consider Dame Runor tickle shameless Great
ure nevertheless wish that The sphinx
will policy printing names OF any
rambunctous freshmen caught violating Wisconsin tra
dtOns
Another important duty OF the college humorist
- 10 assist In the government OF the city In which
his college is situated. should The Mayor ind him
self unable 70 cope with some civic problem OF Pc
cuar difficulty. the college satirist il always ready
solve IL for him. And then, II the Mayor or any
OF his department heads makes a blunder the car
pus wit always explain how eaSv iL would
have been to have done the thing right The
sphinx offers this Illustration:
We wish 20 congratulate thu Madison Fire Department.
upon the excellent manner = which conducted itsee
the recent nra Is yEoks Of genius hrssk tss