Life, 1917-03-29 · page 26 of 42
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## "The First Grade Shows Its Patriotism" This section presents a patriotic poem written in exaggerated phonetic dialect—apparently children reciting the Pledge of Allegiance or patriotic verse. The broken spelling ("dunzerly," "prouly," "brau stripes") satirizes how young children mispronounce the words while attempting to express patriotic fervor. The joke: first-graders earnestly butcher the language while singing about the flag and freedom. ## "Who's Who in America" Cartoon Four figures in top hats carry money bags marked with dollar signs. This appears to satirize wealthy Americans and the social hierarchy reflected in "Who's Who" directories—suggesting that American prominence is defined by wealth rather than merit or achievement. ## "Those Worthy Professors" This section criticizes college professors' awkward social position. The article (quoting University of Minnesota president George Vincent) notes professors are educated but poorly paid, yet expected to socialize with the wealthy. The satire mocks Vincent's suggestion that professors should be *grateful* for access to wealthy company—essentially accepting their inferior economic status with humility rather than demanding fair compensation.
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528 LL PP'E - The First Grade Shows Its Patriotism H saken you see, by the dunzerly light Whaso prouly wee hale atta twilize lass gleam in’? Whose brau stripes and bright starz threw tha pear ill us fight, Or the rampers we wash wereso gallun Lee stream in’ rockits reglare, thubbums burstin in air, Gay prufe threw tha night, that air flag wastill there! Oh sayduz that Stars bankled ba-an-er-er-sti-ill-wa-ave, Or tha land ah-uy th: Free, an tha Hom-a-tha-Brave ? The Truth About Your Vacation EW people have the courage not to go on a vacation Few people have the tenacity to prepare themselves for a vacation so that they may get out of it all that they are entitled to get. To do this, one should never get into a condition where a vacation is a necessity. This may seem a paradox, but it is strictly true. A great many people, with A sort of solemn joy, actually take pleasure in allowing themselves to run into a condition where a vacation is necessary. Then when they return from it and find that, after all, it hasn't done them so much good as they pected, they usually attribute this to the fact that it wasn’t long enough. If they could only have taken a couple of months, instead of a couple of weeks, how different every- thing would have been! A vacation ought never to be taken for the purpose of making over one’s body; but only one’s mind. Our bodies are largely automatic in their activities. They are subject largely to chemical laws, the result of chemical changes. If, therefore, your body is going back on you, you don’t need a vacation so much as you do a new method of living Your vacation will act only like a few sticks of kindling placed on a slumbering fire. When you go on your vaca- tion your body ought to be in such good condition that your mind will be able to derive the maximum benefit “WHO'S WHO” IN AMERICA A SURE THING Those Worthy Professors HE college professor occupies in American life a difti- cult position,” writes George incent, President of the University of Minnesota and President-elect of the Rockefeller Foundation. Continuing, in the Yale Ahonni Weekly, he says: By education and tastes he is fitted to associate with people who enjoy much larger incomes, and whose standards of dress, entertainment and other expendi tures are far beyond his reach. We wonder if the average college professor realizes this. If not, it behooves him to realize it at once. It is a great thing to be fit to associate with those who have larger in- comes, and, therefore, any professor who has education and tastes which he can offer in exchange for the com- panionship of somebody who has a larger income, no mat- ter how this income is earned or spent, should avail himself of the privilege joyfully, and not slink about, hat in hand, in a spirit of humility “It requires philosophy, humor and the’highest breeding to play such a part with dignity and serenity,” says Dr Vincent. Indeed it does. People with larger incomes are not to be sneezed at. Ellis O. Jones. ha all ish