Ski-U-Mah (magazine) explained

Ski-U-Mah (pronounced sky-you-ma), was the college humor magazine of the University of Minnesota^[1] (and named for a U. of M. sports cheer) from about early 1920s to 1950. The magazine was affiliated to the Sigma Delta Chi fraternity in the university.^[2] It was modeled on Harvard Lampoon.^[3]

Its most prominent writer was Max Shulman,^[4] who later wrote the stories that became the television program The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.

References

• Shulman, Max, Max Shulman's Guided Tour of Campus Humor, Hanover House, Garden City, New York, 1955.

Notes and References

1. Book: Douglass K. Daniel. Harry Reasoner: A Life in the News. 27 December 2015. 3 December 2009. University of Texas Press. 978-0-292-78236-5. 22.
2. Book: C. L. Sonnichsen. Ten Texas Feuds. 27 December 2015. 2000. UNM Press. 978-0-8263-2299-9. 10.
3. Book: R. Dixon Smith. Lost in the Rentharpian Hills: Spanning the Decades with Carl Jacobi. registration. 27 December 2015. 1 January 1985. Popular Press. 978-0-87972-287-6. 9.
4. Web site: Shulman, Max. American National Biography Online. 27 December 2015.