Life — April 5, 1929 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Page Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The dominant content is a Burlington Route travel advertisement promoting a vacation bargain to Glacier National Park and Yellowstone, emphasizing affordability ("$4.75 extra" to Yellowstone). The left side contains two brief humor pieces: 1. **"Yeah, I Went to College"** - A satirical dialogue mocking a job interview where a young college graduate seeks work. The interviewer dismisses the applicant, noting the company only hires "collitch trained men" and praising workers who are "snappy" and ambitious—implying the college education is worthless. 2. **"Waste"** - A short joke about a Scottish speaker who "died of worry" after discovering he talked in his sleep. Both pieces are light social commentary typical of Life's humor tradition, not serious political satire.