Life, 1905-03-02 · page 27 of 44
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**Main Article - "Mr. Pulitzer Holds Off":** Publisher Joseph Pulitzer is delaying the opening of his promised College of Journalism at Columbia University until after his death. The article satirizes wealthy benefactors who maintain control over their endowments while living, citing friction at other institutions (Chicago University under Rockefeller, Stanford under Mrs. Stanford, Cornell under the Sages). Life's point: donors should die promptly so institutions can operate freely without the benefactor's interference—a darkly humorous critique of ego-driven philanthropy. **"The Lamb's Song" Comic:** A whimsical illustrated fable celebrating carefree bull-calves who live "jolly" lives free from human care, contrasting with working animals. The tone is lighthearted verse. **Bottom Cartoons:** A slapstick domestic scene of someone keeping a baby quiet under a dish-pan, and a joke about "Bighead" being annoyingly accurate—mocking pedantic precision. The page blends social commentary on wealth and institutional control with humorous illustrations typical of Life's satirical approach.
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Mr. Pulitzer Holds Off. R. PULITZER decides to postpone the open- ing of the College of Journalism until after his death. He will provide the funds—two million dollars, half of which has already been turned over to Columbia University— but he prefers that the conduct of the enter- prise should pass into other hands. We have sometimes thought that folks who endow edu- cational institutions owe it to the objects of their benefac- tions to pass promptly out of life, that their gifts may do their work untrammelled. Friction often results because of disparity of purpose between the benefactor and his instru- ments. Chicago University is sometimes embarrassed be- cause of the respect it is bound to show to the living Mr. Rockefeller. There have been troubles at Stanford be- cause Mrs. Stanford took a natural interest in the manage- ment of the university that is her heir, Just now the Sages, munificent givers to Cornell, have withdrawn from its directorate because certain things have not gone to suit them, Mr. Pulitzer proposes to avoid all these risks, ‘WHAT ARE YOU MAKING THAT TERRIBLE NOISE FOR?” VM KEEPING THE BABY QUIET.” “WHERE 1S THE BABY?” “UNDER THE DISH-PAN.” he Bull-he-leads-aJolly-lile saaaa Jolly: life Hes. free-from-all-Our carese-strife ul -cares.ustrife- el Hc: trees: a-Bear-cach-day-with-fiendish: THE LAMB'S SONG. “THE pore.”) (tune: First Principles. F all the fond delusions that beset the minds of men There is none so all-absorbing as the culture of the hen; Its devotees will tell you in most convincing tone Of the relative advantages of grit and green cut-bone, Of incubators, brooders, the praises they will sing, Each one has got the finest, the only proper thing ; They do a lot of talking, and figuring ; but when ‘They really want some chickens they go and set a hen, SL Litchfield, IGLAMPS: Why do you dislike Bighead so much ? Gotrocks: Oh, he is one of those tiresome fellows who have only brains enough to be accurate. comicbooks.com