(Courtesy of Rutgers University Special Collections and University Archives)
From the Rutgers Owl, March 1942.
Critical Thinking Questions for teachers to use this article:
1) Would this same sense of humor been appreciated in March 1945 after 3+ years of war casualities?
2) Did this article imply that the war should not be taken seriously?
3) Evaluate the role of poltical humor/satire in other time periods.
4) Would a legitimate college-run newspaper have run this story? Would a legitimate regular newspaper run this story?
5) How effective is the article in pointing out the futility of going through air raid drills when Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was 10,000 miles away? Would this article have been printed in Boston or Philadelphia or New York had been bombed by Nazi German forces?