Life — June 9, 1927 — page 24: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a humorous cartoon titled "Collegiate Impressions—No. 7," depicting a logging camp scene at the University of Washington. The comic shows students engaged in tree-felling and log-handling activities among felled trees and logs scattered across a campus clearing. The satire plays on the University of Washington's location in the Pacific Northwest, a heavily forested region historically associated with logging. The joke juxtaposes typical collegiate activities with the region's timber industry—suggesting that a "light workout" at this university involves manual labor like chopping wood and moving logs, rather than standard gymnasium exercises. One character comments that this "wost jam" represents a persistent "campus fence freshman year" tradition, implying logging-related hazing or orientation activities unique to this institution. The cartoon satirizes regional identity and university customs through exaggeration.