  Until his father’s death (1893), Santayana regularly corresponded with his father and he visited him after Santayana’s first year at Harvard College. In Boston, Santayana’s family spoke only Spanish in their home. Santayana first attended Mrs. Welchman’s Kindergarten to learn English from the younger children, then he was a student at the Boston Latin School, and he completed his B.A. and Ph.D. at Harvard College (1882–1889), including eighteen months of study in Germany on a Walker Fellowship. His undergraduate years at Harvard reveal an energetic student with an active social life. He was a member of eleven organizations including The Lampoon (largely as a cartoonist), the Harvard Monthly (a founding member), the Philosophical Club (President), and the Hasty Pudding.