Life — September 20, 1917 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Evert Wendell, College Man This page is an obituary/biography of Evert Jansen Wendell, a Harvard graduate (class 1882) who died in France. The text celebrates his lifelong dedication to college life and establishing social clubs for university students in major cities. The cartoon illustrates the caption "We were repulsed on our left, but were more successful on our right"—a humorous military reference showing college men in France engaged in what appears to be leisure activities (possibly dining or socializing) rather than serious combat. The joke satirizes the gap between military language and the actual comfortable social pursuits of college men abroad, suggesting they were more focused on enjoying themselves than actual wartime duties.