Editing David Graham Phillips (section)

== Education ==
David Graham Phillips began his college career by following in his father’s footsteps and attending Asbury College (now [[DePauw University|Depauw University]]) in Greencastle, Indiana.<ref name="DG">{{Cite book |last=Ravitz |first=Abe C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oNGr7soVUuwC&pg=PA3&dq=david+graham+phillips+biography&lr=&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=David Graham Phillips |date=1966 |publisher=Ardent Media |language=en}}</ref> He went into college with no clear career aspirations, only a potential interest in banking. Three months later Phillips temporarily left Asbury to live with his sister in Cincinnati and studied at the [[University of Cincinnati]].<ref name="GP">{{Cite journal |last=Strecker |first=Geralyn |date=2005 |title=David Graham Phillips |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T002&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&retrievalId=fa11decb-0c1c-4119-9c98-8323d2463d26&hitCount=3&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&currentPosition=2&docId=GALE%7CH1200012077&docType=Biography&sort=RELEVANCE&contentSegment=LRCDLB&prodId=LitRC&pageNum=1&contentSet=GALE%7CH1200012077&searchId=R1&userGroupName=txshracd2898&inPS=true&aty=ip |journal=American Radical and Reform Writers: First Series |series=Dictionary of Literary Biography |location=Detroit, MI}}</ref> He later returned to Asbury. While studying at Asbury, Phillips roomed with [[Albert J. Beveridge]]. Beveridge and Phillips were good friends while in school and remained correspondents until Phillip’s passing. His story “The Cost” reflects on his time at Asbury and includes stories of Beveridge.<ref name="DG" /> When Beveridge Graduated in 1885, Phillips decided to transfer to [[Princeton University|Princeton]] for the last two years of his degree. At Princeton, Phillips took note of the caste system and the role it played in society, which inspired him to start writing.<ref name="GP" /> He was known to host many lively debates and discussions in his room at Princeton,<ref name=":0" /> and was given the nickname “La Bouche” (The Mouth) for his talkativeness and conversational abilities. David Graham Phillips graduated from Princeton in 1887.<ref name="DG" />