Judge — September 10, 1927 — page 14: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This cartoon depicts a social commentary on education and parental responsibility. A well-dressed figure (likely representing a parent or guardian, marked with "PARENT") sits outside a college building, appearing to hand off or abandon a baby to a stern-looking college official at the doorway. The satire critiques parents who outsource their children's education and moral upbringing entirely to colleges, treating educational institutions as convenient places to deposit parental duties. The nighttime setting with the crescent moon adds drama, suggesting parents' neglect occurs under cover of darkness. The cartoon likely reflects early-20th-century anxieties about changing family structures and the expanding role of colleges in American life, mocking the assumption that institutions could or should replace parental guidance and supervision.