Dear hev: I can't find anything about it on the Internet, but when sound movies first began, there was a lousy first movie (cowboys and Indians),a serial, an intermission during which everybody went to buy more popcorn,while the projectionist rewound the film, and then the feature. Frequently the serial was one called "College Humor". Its theme song started " We're working our way through college, to gain a lot of knowledge that we'll never, ever use again....."
Nonsense 101 is still being taught in many places.