Life — September 29, 1927 — page 13: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page from *Life* magazine presents "Two Lances from a Freshman's Notebook" with satirical sketches and accompanying commentary. The cartoons appear to mock college freshmen and their social pretensions or academic struggles. The sketches include crude drawings of students in various scenarios—some appearing to engage in tic-tac-toe games, others in exaggerated poses suggesting academic difficulty or social awkwardness. The dense handwritten-style text above suggests commentary on freshman behavior, attitudes, or experiences. Without clearer legibility of the specific text and artist attribution, the exact satirical targets are difficult to determine precisely, but the overall thrust seems to lampoon the naïveté, incompetence, or social missteps typical of first-year college students—a perennial subject of *Life's* humor.