Life, 1928-11-23 · page 17 of 36
Life — November 23, 1928 — page 17: what you’re looking at
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This cartoon satirizes coaching in American football, likely from the early 20th century. A large bear (representing "dear old Wetsis" — possibly a university mascot or coach) addresses uniformed football players before a game. The coach's motivational speech—"you're going out to win for the honor of dear old Wetsis and the renewal of my contract"—reveals the satire's target: coaches who exploit players' idealism to serve their own career advancement and job security. The humor exposes the gap between the *stated* noble purpose (team honor) and the *actual* motivation (the coach's self-interest in contract renewal). This critiques the commercialization of college athletics and the cynical self-serving behavior of coaching staff.
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als =. Kb ee Coacn: Now remember, boys—you're going out to win for the honor of dear old Wotsis and the renewal of my contract. Republican party should not dominate the country indefinitely. It has happened before in other nations, this coalescence of the most discordant elements into a party so preponderant that it became practically the nation from another point of view. The most notable instance was the rallying of the Romans around Augustus at the end of the 1 Wars. There, too, the issue was prosperity—pros- perity and peace. The empire which Augustus founded did bring peace and Prosperity to the civilized world for two hundred years, and in all that time there Was no opposition of any consequence. If Mr. Hoover has the skill and luck of Augustus the Republican party will con- tinue in power; or, to say the same thing in different words, the present national faith will remain unaltered. But if he fails to abolish poverty, the suspicion may spread that there has been a mistake somewhere. Elmer Davis. —Life Lines— How to get the heavyweight champion- ship: Be sure you're white, then go ahead. LL A poputar novelty is a motor siren which toots a few notes from “Reveille” on approaching a pedestrian. It seems that “Taps” would be more appropriate, aL **Removal of Chief of Police Davis and severe commendation of the Police Commission was recommended last night by the Welfare Com- mittee of the City Council.”* —Los Angeles Times Tue Portce Commission may be thank- ful that it wasn’t damned with faint praise. . aL Ir the first primitive beasts on earth had foreseen what was going to happen, they might have passed some anti-evolution laws, too, SL “Mrs. G, B. Ehrman entertained the Sunday school class at her home last Saturday. A de lightful evening was spent in games and con- tests and a lovely luncheon was served after | the guests had departed."” | —Cadiz (Ohio) Democrat-Sentinel. On, well—the guests probably found some snacks in their own ice-boxes when they got home. One hundred per cent. American- ism—the American Mercury on the library table and True Stories in the bed- room, aL “OFTEN MISSPELLED: spaghetti. FMEE fNONU DHE? aoo aannawy. Note the hetti."’ —Doylestown (Pa.) Intelligencer Aren’r they carrying this spelling reform lidea a bit too far? comicbooks.com