Life — January 2, 1931 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Life Looks About" - Page Analysis This page contains three opinion essays rather than political cartoons. The masthead illustration shows a cherub or cupid figure, decorative rather than satirical. The essays discuss: 1. **"Alarums and Excursions"** - Criticizes the Manning-Lindsey controversy (an altercation between two clergy members) as unhelpful public distraction. The author argues such disputes distract from substantive issues and that the Bishop of New York's involvement was an inappropriate intrusion into ecclesiastical matters. 2. **Sinclair Lewis's remarks** - Notes Lewis's Stockholm address about American novel-reading habits since 1914, mentioning his Nobel Prize. 3. **"Education, Catch-as-catch-can"** - Discusses contemporary education criticism, referencing Abraham Flexner's educational reforms and autobiographies by Churchill and Balfour as examples of practical versus institutional education. This is opinion journalism, not satire or cartooning.