California Pelican April 1940

Berkeley, CA: University of California. Very Good. 1940. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Magazine. B&W Illustrations; This magazine is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The magazine and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the covers have some edge wear, nicking and rubbing. The text pages are generally clean and bright. "The California Pelican was a college humor magazine founded in 1903 by Earle C. Anthony at the University of California, Berkeley. Lasting eighty years, it was the first successful student humor magazine in UC Berkeley, though it was preceded by Smiles in 1891 and Josh in 1895. It is succeeded by the Heuristic Squelch, which is still running. Gender was significant in the magazine’s name. Although early issues carried an illustration of the eponymous bird on its cover, at the turn of the twentieth century “pelican” was actually an uncomplimentary term for Berkeley coeds. The publication was even often referred to as “the Old Girl, ” in contrast to its cross-bay counterpart, the Stanford Chaparral, known as “the Old Boy. ”Often referred to simply as the Pelican, the magazine featured cartoons, poetry, original humor articles, and short jokes reprinted from other college humor magazines such as the Pennsylvania Punchbowl and Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern. Aside from its wealthy founder, the magazine's most well known contributor was Rube Goldberg, who drew cartoons for the magazine as a student." (technology Trends website) .