The Education of a Socialist

Whatever it may have been for others, Yale at the beginning of the nineteen-twenties was a major experience for me. If you came there from Groton, Yale's elementary courses were a let-down, since you had already been exposed to a richer cultural background. If you came with the big group from Andover, you were a college man already and were inflicted almost inevitably with the responsibility of setting the right social tone.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website

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