Editing Max Ehrmann (section)

==Education==
Ehrmann was of German descent; both his parents emigrated from [[Bavaria]] to the United States in the 1840s.  Young Ehrmann was educated at the Terre Haute Fourth District School and the German Methodist Church.

He received a degree in English from [[DePauw University]] in [[Greencastle, Indiana]], which he attended from 1890 to 1894. While there, he was a member of [[Delta Tau Delta]]'s Beta Beta chapter<ref name=DTKalumni>{{cite web|url=http://www.delts.org/alumni/awards-distinguished-recipients.html |title=Alumni: Subpage – Distinguished Service Chapter Citation |access-date=2009-03-30 |publisher=[[Delta Tau Delta]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627154245/http://www.delts.org/alumni/awards-distinguished-recipients.html |archive-date=June 27, 2009 |quote=Max Ehrmann, Beta Beta (DePauw), 1894 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and was [[editor in chief|editor]] of the school newspaper, ''Depauw Weekly''.<ref name=VigoCountyLibBio/>

Ehrmann then studied philosophy and law at [[Harvard University]], where he was editor of [[Delta Tau Delta]]'s national magazine ''[[The Rainbow (fraternity magazine)|The Rainbow]]'', circa 1896.<ref name=DTKRainbow1897/>