Judge — November 15, 1919 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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Drawn by Henstan PaLMer Judge Joux A. Suercitex, President Revoex P. Suercuen, Secretary Pexnitox Maxwett, Editor J. AL Watrrox, Editorials Irt Director q Editor Geant E, Hastuet Lawton Mackaut, Man \. E. Rottaver, Treasurer rary Edite Older Students in Our Universities IE matriculators in our Universities in Septem- ber from the army and navy were the oldest ever known, They trooped, or rather, hobbled, limped and jack-legged, with beards, grey heads and crutches, into the halls of learning—war-weary and world-wise veterans hungry for an education. ere was a great decrease in the departments of art—the majority wooing science. It 1s well—for it takes an artist to woo a college widow. Besides, it is positively indecent for old men to be harrowing their feelings over the erotic literature in the academic fields —over Priam trying to keep a woman, and odes that would bring the blush of shame to a minister’s daughter. Science concerns all mankind for all time —but not womankind in college time. With our schools full of scientists the nation can cast off all the fetters of folly. We would deem. ourselves emancipated from the thralls of all ancient superstitions except for the sneaking thought that Science is the blood-mother of Art, giving more perfect production and ful- ler appreciation. Such is the blessing of war. It sweeps ruth- lessly away the old prejudice against science, and the warriors, having saved their country in the field, return to save it in the laboratory. We passed the age ers, survived an age of polit business age, and now are about to evolve into an age of science —a nation blown from the mouths of cannon into specta- cles and knowledge. We are through with the tickling tri alities of love and repudiate the puerile phenomena of beauty. Drawn by RB. 11-15-19 Tue Axtitupe Recorp Aviator—Hang it! Out of gas and beyond reach of the earth's gravity! Genius is married to Science. Let the soldiers disci- pline the new American family into organized knowl- edge, binding thoughts and things, making the super- ficial the practical, turning dreams into deeds, ham- mering antagonism into harmony, developing specula- inert nature is transformed into a mass of , transfiguring all the complexities of all the ‘ologies to the simplicity of truth and giving to the next race of Yankees such faculties of universal power as shall make the tribe of German professors, w long have illegitimately obsessed the earth, mere pikers Judgelets Women express their love for animals by matrimony ! * Changing the personnel would help most marriages a lot. * Somebody please invent an extra leg to lean on, when a friend starts in telling the way he feels about prohibition. : ee ¢ rrest butchers for sell- ainted meat, and allow Lucullus to serve “high” game to the gourmets at his table? * 2 2 An_ investigation should be started at once to find out the reason for the plumbing invari- ably going wrong of a Saturday night eee The returned doughboy may remark, “Well, anyhow, — the League of Nations may take us some place where we can get a ! drink.” “ comichooks.