------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. Footnotes have been moved to follow the paragraphs in which they are referenced. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. THE GOOSE-STEP THE GOOSE-STEP A Study of American Education BY UPTON SINCLAIR AUTHOR OF “THE BRASS CHECK,” “THE PROFITS OF RELIGION,” “THE JUNGLE,” ETC. [Illustration] PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR PASADENA, CALIFORNIA WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS _THE ECONOMY BOOK SHOP_ 33 SOUTH CLARK ST., CHICAGO, ILL. COPYRIGHT, 1922. 1923 BY UPTON SINCLAIR --- _All rights reserved_. --- First edition, February, 1923, 10,000 copies, clothbound. Second edition, February, 1923, 8,000 copies, paperbound. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTORY ix-x I. The Little Gosling 1 II. The College Goose 4 III. The University Goose 9 IV. The Goose-steppers 15 V. Interlocking Directorates 18 VI. The University of the House of Morgan 23 VII. The Interlocking President 29 VIII. The Scholar in Politics 34 IX. Nicholas Miraculous 40 X. The Lightning-change Artist 44 XI. The Twilight Zone 49 XII. The Academic Department Store 54 XIII. The Empire of Dullness 58 XIV. The University of Lee-Higginson 62 XV. The Harvard Tradition 67 XVI. Free Speech But— 72 XVII. Interference 77 XVIII. The Laski Lampoon 82