f the
circumstances of my leaving Clark and Kentucky. He says he is in
substantial agreement with most of what I have said and that he
sees no reason why I can not get along at De Pauw. He says he feels
confident it will be a permanency. Ross had some hand in the game.
Pres. Grose interviewed him at Madison last week and Ross wrote
encouraging me to take the place. I did not make any great effort.
Grose knew that I did not care much one way or the other. He took
the initiative almost from the start and I sat back and waited. I'm
afraid Greencastle is too small to do much with the co-op.
Population 4000, 30 miles north of Bloomington. 800 students,
mostly in college, a few in School of Music, a few graduate
students. Hudson is prof. of Ec. there.

"Beals was here last week. He is pushing the 'Nation.' Says the
circulation has quadrupled since they became Bolshevist.

"As ever,

"AWC"

The Rand School, in New York City, is known as the University of
Socialism and is said to have had 5,000 attending its lectures in the
year 1918. The purpose of the school, as originally conceived, and as
adhered to throughout, is twofold, first, to offer to the general public
facilities for the study of Socialism and related subjects. This is done
by its reference library and reading-room and by its large book store,
in which are sold not only Socialist books, but books on atheism as
well; not only the more conservative Socialist papers, but ultra
revolutionary papers such as "The Revolutionary Age," "The Proletarian,"
many Bolshevist publications, and "The Rebel Worker" and "The New
Solidarity," the latter two being I. W. W. papers.

The last time the author of "The Red Conspiracy" visited the Rand School
book store, there was on sale a pile of Birth Control Reviews several
feet high, "The One Big Union Monthly," the I. W. W. organ, and enough
foul and revolutionary matter to satisfy the filthiest or most
blood-thirsty wretch in the United States.

The second purpose of the Rand School is to offer to Socialists such
instruction and training as may make them more efficient workers for the
Socialist movement. This is done by means of lectures, some 5,000
students attending, on an average, 20 lectures each in the year 1918.
The school also directs extension classes in outlying parts of the city
and neighboring places and correspondence courses for study cl