Life, 1916-06-29 · page 13 of 41
Life — June 29, 1916 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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The top cartoon depicts wealthy socialites at what appears to be an art gallery or cultural venue. The caption "Newboy: CUT! IT MUST BE GREAT TO GET TOO MUCH TO EAT ONCE IN A WHILE!" mocks the pretentiousness of the scene—a street urchin comments on the affluent people's excessive consumption. The accompanying essay "Higher Education" satirizes how universities cater to wealthy donors rather than genuine scholarship. It argues that college curricula are twisted to flatter rich benefactors, leaving these wealthy graduates poorly educated despite their "honorary degrees." The bottom cartoon, captioned "TO EXCHANGE—A DIPLOMA FOR A MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE," shows a woman trading educational credentials for matrimony, mocking the notion that higher education for women serves primarily as a path to advantageous marriage rather than intellectual pursuit.
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Newsboy: Gre! 1T MUST BE GREAT TO GET TOO MUCH TO EAT ONCET IN A WHILE! Higher Education IGHER education gives rise to curricula and curricula give rise to college faculties and college faculties give rise to college presidents, and then we are in trouble for sure. College presidents might be all right if they only had a little time to spend on education, but they are so busy hobnobbing with rich men who might be in- duced to contribute money that all uplifting and soul- stirring activities are excluded from their lives. Then all that gives rise to twisting the curricula about to conform with the notions of truth of the said rich men who have been so busy gathering money and goods that they have had no time to do anything else. And when the curricula are properly twisted it is realized that these aforesaid rich men are the most highly educated phenomena in the country, which leaves nothing but to bestow honor- ary degrees upon them, which gives rise to the notion among penetrating youths that higher education often borders on the farcical. RAsDAu : Is Delaney a vulgar person? Rocers: No, he’s too poor. Only a rich person can be vulgar successfully. TO EXCHANGE—A DIPLOMA FOR A MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE comicbooks.com