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
- Date
- July 29, 1952
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Truman Administration
- Leader
- Harry S. Truman
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Elections and party politics
- Event
- 1952 US Election
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Records of the U.S. Senate, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons (NAID 5730852), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Jim Berryman, Washington Evening Star. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. Senate, 5743164 (NAID 5743164).
Text on the object
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)
