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title: Summer School
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/summer-school-berryman-1952/
description: A donkey in spectacles, sweating under a desk lamp, reads a 'Dictionary' and says 'H-m-m-m...? S-c-h-i-z-o-p-h-r-e-n-i-a...' beside a stack of books titled
section: Collection
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[![Summer School, 1952 US cartoon: A donkey in spectacles, sweating under a desk lamp, reads a 'Dictionary' and says](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/summer-school-berryman-1952.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/summer-school-berryman-1952.jpg)

# Summer School

A donkey in spectacles, sweating under a desk lamp, reads a 'Dictionary' and says 'H-m-m-m...? S-c-h-i-z-o-p-h-r-e-n-i-a...' beside a stack of books titled 'How to speak good English', 'Rhetoric' and 'Culture (in 10 easy lessons)'; torn copies of 'Missouri Slang' and 'Joe Miller's Joke Book' lie in a wastebasket. The cartoon mocks the party the donkey conventionally stands for as coaching itself in polished speech; ridicule through caricature (name-calling, a weak fit).

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
H-M-M-M....?
S-C-H-I-Z-O-PH-R-E-N-I-A...
DICTIONARY
HOW TO SPEAK GOOD ENGLISH
RHETORIC
CULTURE (IN 10 EASY LESSONS)
MISSOURI SLANG
JOE MILLER'S JOKE BOOK
Jim Berryman (signature)
```

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