Stover at Yale

by Owen Johnson

"Stover at Yale" by Owen Johnson is a novel serialized in 1911 that depicts undergraduate life at Yale at the turn of the twentieth century. Dink Stover arrives at Yale with a strong reputation from his prep school days, ready to prove himself on the football field and in campus life. But he soon confronts Yale's powerful secret society system and the social pressures that come with it. As Stover navigates rivalries, athletics, and friendships, he must decide what kind of man he wants to become within Yale's demanding social hierarchy.