Judge — April 29, 1911 — page 14: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This cartoon depicts a mischievous student who has drawn a face on a large globe—specifically stitching lines across it like a grotesque or skull-like visage. The student stands before the globe in a classroom setting, with a blackboard behind showing "A, B, C, D" and what appears to be lesson notes. The joke's humor relies on the student's prank: defacing educational equipment by giving the Earth an absurd, menacing appearance. The caption "I Wonder if the Teacher Will See the Joke?" suggests the student doubts whether the authority figure will appreciate this act of vandalism or merely punish it. This reflects common early 20th-century school humor—the tension between student mischief and institutional discipline. The cartoon satirizes both youthful irreverence and the rigid classroom environment, likely resonating with *Judge* magazine's adult readership who remembered such pranks.