Life, 1924-06-05 · page 14 of 48
Life — June 5, 1924 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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The main illustration depicts a young woman in an elegant gown speaking with a man at what appears to be a doorway—captioned "She: How did you like your college course? The Greens were in pretty good shape, but I generally managed to get around in ninety." This is a golf joke. "The Greens" and "managed to get around in ninety" are references to golf course terminology, not academics. The humor derives from the woman discussing her college experience using golf language, suggesting she spent more time on the golf course than in actual studies—a satirical comment on wealthy young women's priorities during this era. The page also contains "Letters of a Modern Father" and other period content addressing contemporary social topics around education and travel.
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HOW DID YOU LIKE YOUR COLLEGE CoURSE? “THE GREENS WERE IN PRETTY POR SHAPE, BUT 1 GENERALLY MANAGED TO GET AROUNT IN. NINETY. Letters of a Modern Father MY Deax Sox: I wish to acknowledg munication in which you state you tention of going to Europe as soon as you have your diploma. I appreciated e was that it contained your fi mm to me that you e F other was that I think it for two reasons should know, in a general way, where his children expect to be, so that in sending them money he need not lose time by having to stop and hunt for their addresses The reasons you give for going to Europe are very good. In fact, seven of the nine are ones I gave my father for the same purpose in the spring of 1894. They seem just as nearly cc ng now as they did then. The er two reasons are new to me but I admit they are as original as the ones I framed thirty years ago T hope you will not spoil your tour by trying to remember cultural material with which to impress me when you come hack. I remember how that marred my pleasure and how bored m: father was when I tried to recite it to him, Before you sail I will give you some memoranda of two or three places of interest in Paris and Vienna which do not appear in the guide books Your Devoten Fatner. To a Young Lady (At Commencement Time) WHAT Alpha Del Won your nepen Who was the Zeta Psi who brooded On your acquisitive guile; Which was the De he Gave you your Junior Prom cum laude? you had so awed That young Psi U who corresponded With such exceptional zeal; Item, the Theta Delt you bonded To your impermanent weal; it not, dear—well, rather tricky, them both go for a Dickey? Around the college dances flitting. You are a brewer of storm Often, for hours, you have been split- ps of frat house dorm. It may be yours yet to relate a Conquest of some profound Phi Beta. James K. McGuinne. General Information NE gathers from the news reels that All the battleghips in the United States Navy are constantly streaking out acr the Pacific, Atlantic (take your choice) for target practice uts raise an American flag in Washington at least once a week. Fire boats in New Y tantly ex ish k harbor are mammoth con: grations which menace piers. Volcanoes erupt twenty-four hours a seven days a week, and intrepid tographers get closer every week Charles G. Dawes and his pipe are s just going to Europe or just ning back. Mary and Doug always smile and the gaping crowds before they a motor car, natives in Java Japan (vote for one) are still cing to J noises in an effort to keep the C..EB. Not in the Bond THE New ConcressMan (at @ gath- ering of the Old Guard): Boys. T've got a splendid idea— Tue Uxeasy Boss (sotto voce): Good heavens, is it possible we made a mistake in this chap? comicbooks.com