Life, 1916-12-14 · page 29 of 42
Life — December 14, 1916 — page 29: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon ("The Same Sin"):** A man struggles under a boulder labeled "CONSCIENCE" while another man playfully tosses a balloon. The satire suggests hypocrisy—both men are guilty of the same moral failing, but one acknowledges it while the other distracts himself with frivolity. **"The Candid Professor Speaks":** This is satirical commentary on academic corruption and indifference. The professor admits he: - Recycles decade-old lecture notes - Doesn't know his students - Has his secretary grade exams - Writes recommendations primarily to maintain his job rather than honestly assess students The satire highlights institutional dishonesty in early 20th-century higher education—the gap between academia's pretenses and the reality of lazy, self-interested teaching motivated by job security rather than educational integrity. **Bottom Cartoon ("For a Wonder"):** An overweight woman labeled "720 LBS" is served food. The crude humor relies on weight-based mockery common to the era.
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THE SAME SIN The Candid Professor Speaks =NTLEMEN, this course in English History which I yoing to give you will bore me as much as it will hore you. I wrote these notes over ten years ago, so that if any of you havé notes taken by former students you can read even the jokes and jewx d’esprit before you come into class. I don't expect to know any of you person- ally, My secretary corrects the final examination papers. Nevertheless, I shall be willing to recommend you as pre- paratory school teachers at the close of the year. I do this to accommodate a bureau of employment conducted by the college. The recommendations are read by those in author- ity, and T want them to sound well, so that I will hold my job. I shall now begin to read the notes, and I feel sure that you all will absent-mindedly take down erroneous “ FoR A WONDER” notes in your usual illegible handwriting. comicbooks.com