The London School of Economics, like other human institu- tions,
gets blame for some offences it has not committed and credit for some virtues it does not•possess. In which category to place the legend that the Gold Coast leader, Kwam' Nkrumah. is " a graduate of the School of Economics " may be arguable. But the hard fact is that Mr. Nkrumah owes his education to the United States of America, not to any academy in this country. He was a student of Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, from 1935 to 1939 and took a B.A. degree there in economics and sociology. Then he had five years at the University of Pennsyl- vania, obtaining further degrees in theology and education. In 1944, it is true, he was admitted to the London School of Economics as candidate for a higher degree—which would have involved a three-years' course—but his attendance was so spas- modic, if indeed there was any attendance at all, that the School, with some liberality, returned the greater part of the term's fees. That was the end of the connection. No discredit to anyone, but facts are facts.
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