Life — October 29, 1914 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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“See the Old-fashioned College Professor” EE the Old-fashioned College Pro- fessor. There was a time when he amounted to— Well, something. He was used to educate our sons and daughters. Now he is on his uppers. The great trouble with him is that he was born too late. He has been superseded by a race of handy-men- aboyt-the-college who spend their time in cultivating the coy millionaire and getting him to subscribe. The rest of their time is spent in writing adver- tisements or lecturing. The Old-fashioned College Profes- sor was Lorn with the idea that there is no royal road to learning. He can’t seem to get over it. He might make a good janitor. That is, if he were not so thoroughly obsessed with the idea of the dignity of learning. But, any way you look at him, he is a back number. ‘OTTO of militarists—In case of doubt, pull the trigger. elses: For the ‘OR the little children, the women and the aged persons whose suf- ferings in the terrible devastation caused by the war were so graphically described in the letter of Mrs. Nina Larrey Duryea, printed in this journal dated October 15th, Lire has decided to open a fund. The following amounts have already been received: Mary E. Grimes, Jersey City: john G. Reading, Willlamspo Mina Getz, Washington, D. C. Henry Lee, Valparaiso, In Gertrude F. Macdonough, ington, D.C! Rupert F. Claflin, Quincy, Mass ——. Lockport, N. W. T. Robertson, Rockford, IM... Mrs. John W, Bailey, Baltimore, Md: Miss Mabel E, Coho, Lancaster, Pa. . Mrs. L. V. Heydenreich, Brooklyn, Nichoison, Philadeiphia, Hoimes, . "A. Ayres, Hornell, N.Y. Mrs. Mabel’ Armstrong, M Paul N. Decretie, Baltimore, Md: David Dickson, Jr., Baltimore, Md. Helen Daneby,, Boston, Mass. Henry Baetz, ‘Baltimore, Md 10.50 $0.00 $.00 $362.50 The Editor’s Daughter: LACKING IN UNSUITED TO MY PRESENT USES Sufferers On account of the uncertain condi- tions prevailing in France and Belgium, the money will be forwarded through our State Department to, the Hon Myron T. Herrick, Ambassador to France, to be forwarded by him to Mrs. Duryea, or applied by him, in his discretion, to alleviate the miseries she describes so vividly. Lire has never found its readers backward in answering generously any appeal to help those in distress. Meas- ured by the present appalling condi- tions, the most that we all can do is little indeed, but it is our duty and should be our happiness to do all that we can. ARNEST YOUTH: Father, what qualifications do you need to be a member of the Supreme Court? Fatuer: You have to be thoroughly respectable, honorable beyond reproach, and be able to write English in such a way that no other lawyer will be quite sure what you mean. triton (SI NO, MR. PERKINS, I CAN NEVER BE YOURS— BUT THE REJECTION OF A MAN DOES NOT NECESSARILY IMPLY THAT HE IS MERIT. ANY ONE OF A NUMBER OF REASONS MAY RENDER YOU comicbooks.com