''Ski-U-Mah'' (pronounced ''sky-you-ma''), was the college humor magazine of the

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(and named for a U. of M. sports cheer) from about early 1920s to 1950. The magazine was affiliated to the Sigma Delta Chi

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in the university. It was modeled on '' Harvard Lampoon''. Its most prominent writer was Max Shulman, 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. Student magazines published in the United States College humor magazines Defunct magazines published in the United States Magazines published in Minnesota Magazines with year of establishment missing Magazines disestablished in 1950 University of Minnesota 1920s establishments in Minnesota Magazines established in the 1920s 1950 disestablishments in Minnesota {{UMinnesota-stub